John Scribner (1727 - 1813)

Born 15 Nov 1727 in Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Smith) Scribner — married 27 Sep 1750 (to 21 Mar 1756) in Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Husband of Mary (Harriman) Scribner — married 4 Aug 1757 (to 9 Dec 1770) in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Husband of Grace (Hubbard) Scribner — married 7 Mar 1771 in Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Husband of Abigail (Gilman) Scribner — married 26 Jul 1787 in New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1813 at age 85 in Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Biography

John was born in 1727 to Samuel and Anna (Taylor) Scribner.

John was married four times as follows:

(1): Deborah Smith, the daughter of Jonathan and Bridget (Keniston) Smith, was married on September 27, 1750, in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Deborah and John had two children before she passed away in 1756: Annah Scribner and Lt. Samuel Scribner.

(2): Mary Harriman, the daughter of Daniel and Mary T. (Partridge) Harriman, was married on August 4, 1757, in Hampstead, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Mary and John would have six children before she passed away in 1770: Manoah Scribner, Deborah Scribner, Lydia Scribner, John Scribner, Deborah Scribner and Mary Scribner.

(3): Grace Hubbard, the daughter of Richard and Abigail (Taylor) Hubbard, was married on March 7, 1771, in Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire. Grace and John would have three children: Grace Scribner, Sarah Scribner and Betsy Scribner. Grace would pass away in 1784.

(4): Abigail Gilman, the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Ladd) Gilman, was married to John's older brother, Benjamin, who passed away in 1769. On July 26, 1787, John and Abigail were married in Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire. No children came from this union.

John passed away in 1813 at 85 years of age.

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The following comes from the research of, and was written by, Raymond Eugene Scribner.

It seems to be very possible that John's fourth wife, Abigail, was the Abigail Gilman Stevens who had previously been married to John's brother, Benjamin. After Benjamin died in 1769, quite likely she re-took her name of Stevens. After John was widowed for the third time, he and Abigail were married.

John was a prominent businessman who transacted all of the legal affairs of Raymond's early residents. He is remembered as an able, upright and worthy citizen. John is listed among the Freeholders of Poplin who, on 4 June 1776, reported on their election of a delegate to the state legislature. He bought 1,000 acres of land in the town of Raymond. Eventually, he divided that property equally among his sons.

In 1769, John joined with other Poplin (Fremont) Quaker men in presenting a "Quakers' Petition About Rates" to John Wentworth, Governor of the Province of New Hampshire.

It reads in part:

"The humble petition of John Scribner of Poplin in said province yeoman in behalf of himself and Jacob Smith of said Poplin, Daniel West and Jeremiah Glidden, both of Deerfield in said province yeomen (all being of the people called Quakers) shows that they apprehend they have been rated illegally and inequitably relating to the tax towards raising men to serve His Majesty's in the last war. Your petitioner humbly conceive that the act by which the men were levied was never designed to tax any of the people called Quakers who were always ready to contribute towards the public expense . . . Wherefore your petitioner in behalf of himself and others above mentioned humbly prays that they be exonerated and discharged from the payment of the whole such part of said tax, as you in your great wisdom shall think most proper and expedient and your petition as in duty bound shall ever pray etc."

February 23, 1769 John Scribner

On April 17 of that year, the House of Representatives voted "to discharge from paying their respective assessments to said tax namely the said John Scribner" and the other men named in the petition (Nathaniel Bouton (ed.), PROVINCIAL PAPERS. DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS RELATING TO THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, FROM 1764 TO 1776 [Manchester, NH: James M. Campbell, State Printer, 1873], 228).

Source - Our Scribner Family on Rootsweb [1]

Sources

• URL: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-291577125/john-scribner-in-geni-world-family-tree

• Free Source - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWLG-3JK : accessed 28 July 2019), entry for John SCRIBNER (1H80-V97)

• Free Source - Our Scribner Family on Rootsweb [2]

• Free Source - Family Search Profile [3]

• Free Source - John Scribner Profile on Yewenyi Rootsweb site [4]

• Free Source - Familypedia Profile on Anna (Taylor) Scribner [5]

• Free Source - Find A Grave Memorial [6]