Mary (Hilton) Scribner (abt. 1630 - abt. 1680)

Wife of John Scribner — married 1655 in Dover, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died about 1680 at about age 50 in New Hampshire [uncertain]

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Disputed Associations

George Norbury Mackenzie in 1914 wrote regarding John Scribner: "It is claimed that his wife was Mary Hilton, dau. of Edward Hilton, one of the historic founders of New Hampshire, 1623, and that he came from Kent, England." ^[1] This earlier source cites no primary source for this information. The same information is reported in John S. Wurts' Magna Charta (1954).^[2]

Robert Charles Anderson's report about Edward Hilton doesn't show a daughter named Mary, and no children were reported born to Edward and second wife, Katherine (Shapleigh) Treworgy. All contemporary records simply record her name as Mary (Maiden Name Unknown).^[3]

Biography

Mary was born about 1640. She passed away about 1680.

Sources

1. ↑ George Norbury Mackenzie, Colonial Families of the United States of America, (1914) Volume IV: Scribner Family p 448 ("It is claimed that his wife was Mary Hilton, dau. of Edward Hilton, one of the historic founders of New Hampshire, 1623, and that he came from Kent, England.") link
2. ↑ John S. Wurts, Magna Charta (Philadelphia: Brookfield Pub. Co., 1944-[v1, 1945]), multiple vols, 7:2071-72; digital images, Hathi Trust.
3. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vols I-III (1995), 2:947-951 (Edward Hilton); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestor.

• U.S. New England Marriages Prior to 1700 lists John Scribner marriage to Mary

• Charles N. Sinnett The History of the Scribner Families in America Fertile, Minnesota, 1914 Repository Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine. p 20 - 22

• The Great Migration Directory, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640” 2015 points to “The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633” 1996 (for Edward Hilton. It only lists the 4 sons and 2 daughters Susanna and Sobriety. This then points to Noyes, Libby and Davis where the same children are listed. Its second reference is Mary Lovering Holman’s “Pillsbury Ancestry” 1938; it lists the same 6 children for Edward Hilton).

• G. W. Chamberlain The Descendants of Charles Glidden of Portsmouth and Exeter, New Hampshire Boston: 1925 p 77 (has both names, but typically referring to land boundaries. There is nothing about wives or children – no genealogies for these two men. I would delete this source).

• Frank R. Holmes Title: Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1720 Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ. Co., Inc. (does not list any wives or children).

• Child's Genealogy of Henniker, New Hampshire

• Ruth Lawrence, 1933, New York Title: Colonial Families of America

• Noyes Libby and Davis and they don't even have a daughter Mary. They do say under Edward Hilton: "Sobriety, m. 20 Nov. 1651 Henry Moulton. (Savage mistook her name for Mary.)"

• “History of the Town of Andover New Hampshire 1751-1906” 1910 by John R Eastman has genealogies for both Scribner and Hilton. The genealogy for John Scribner has the wife Mary with no surname. The genealogy for Edward Hilton shows a seventh child, Mary, but has her married to Joseph Hall of Exeter.

• James Savage A Gen. Dict. of the First Settlers of New England Publication: Name: Genealogical Publ Co, Inc., Baltimore ;

• Source Citation, New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers; Author: Albert Stillman Batchellor; Probate Place: New Hampshire, Source Information, Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.