Matthew Scribner (1709 - 1801)

Born 1709 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Smith) Scribner — married 10 Nov 1742 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York Colony

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1801 at about age 92 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Matthew, the son of Benjamin Scribner, Jr. and Abigail (Abbott), was born and lived his whole life in Norwalk, Connecticut. He married Martha Smith, of Huntington, on November 10, 1742.

Matthew would live for 92 years, passing away in 1801.

Here is an excerpt from http://www.scribnerfamilies.org/Report-BenjaminScribner.htm :

"The family of Matthew Scribner is of great importance and especially so in writing a Scribner genealogy. There is no family of note who holds the name so dear to their hearts, who does not look back to this as the place that seems like home. Here father and mother, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts and numerous cousins seem to center as on common ground ...... Nine children were born to the household during the next twenty years--five boys and four girls. Men of great ambition and courage and women equally fitted to do their part in founding this great republic. There was much to be done, many trials to be borne, many difficulties to overcome; but through it all they came off as conquerors, ans well deserve the honors that were gladly given them."

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The children of Matthew Scribner and Martha (Smith) Scribner are as follows:

1. Capt. Nathaniel Scribner, born December 23, 1743, in Norwalk, Connecticut; died on a business trip in Georgia. He married Phebe (Phoebe) "Polly" Kellogg.
2. Rev. Matthew Scribner, born February 7, 1746, in Norwalk, Connecticut; died in 1813 in Tyngsboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married (1) Abigail Rogers; (2) Sarah Porter.
3. Martha Scribner, born February 20, 1748, in Norwalk, Connecticut.
4. Ens. Enoch Scribner, born August 29, 1750 in Norwalk, Connecticut; died September 21, 1816, in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married Betty Benedict.
5. Elijah Scribner, born June 25, 1753, in Norwalk, Connecticut; died in in battle. Elijah enlisted as a soldier, and was killed in the Revolutionary War. He was a corporal in Captain Mead's Company (of Norwalk), Fifth Regiment, Col. David Waterbury, having enlisted May 12, 1775.
6. Jeremiah Scribner, born December 15, 1755, in Norwalk, Connecticut; died August 6, 1780, in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Apparently was unmarried.
7. Keziah Scribner, born January 29, 1758, in Norwalk, Connecticut; died in Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. She married Thomas Hawley.
8. Abigail Scribner, born November 9, 1760, in Norwalk, Connecticut. She married Mr. Edmunds or Edmonds.
9. Elizabeth Scribner, born December 10, 1763, in Norwalk, Connecticut. She married Dr. Spaulding.

Sources

• Records of The First Church in Huntington, Long island, 1723-1779 (Moses L. Scudder, Huntington, NY, 1899) Page 77. Marriage record.

• Family of Benjamin Scribner [1]

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:S5KQ-SJC : accessed 2018-01-11), entry for Matthew /Scribner/.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-H28 : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Nathaniel Scribner, 23 Dec 1743; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WL-P5R : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Martha Scribner, 20 Feb 1748; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WL-5QC : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Kezia Scribner, 20 Jan 1758; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-H7C : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Matthew Scribner, 07 Feb 1746; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-H7F : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Enoch Scribner, 29 Aug 1750; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-H46 : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Elijah Scribner, 25 Jun 1753; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-HNG : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Jeremiah Scribner, 15 Dec 1755; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WL-P53 : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Abigail Scribner, 09 Nov 1760; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WL-P5D : 3 December 2014), Matthew Scribner in entry for Elizabeth Scribner, 10 Dec 1763; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKV-YXJ : accessed 11 January 2018), Matthew Scribner, Norwalk and Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 311, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 568,141.

• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR9-ZN8 : accessed 11 January 2018), Matthew Scribner, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; citing p. 194, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 205,618.

• Find A Grave Memorial [2]