Samuel Scribner (abt. 1719 - aft. 1745)

Born about 1719 in Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Died after 1745 after about age 26 in Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire

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Biography

Born in around 1719, Samuel was the son of John Scribner, Jr., and Sarah Wadleigh.

Samuel is probably the "Sam Scribner, age c. 13" who, in June 1732, accidentally shot a young friend, William Levit of Exeter. The news of this sad event appeared in the 26 June 1732 issue of the "New-York Gazette" newspaper (Kenneth Scott [contrib.], "Genealogical Data from New York's First Newspaper," THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 95 [New York: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1964], 223). In 1745, Samuel served as a colonial soldier in the French-Indian War in Capt. Light's Exeter Company, which took part in the successful attack upon the French fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Clement Moody (a son of Samuel's aunt, Elizabeth, and her husband, Clement) died in that attack.

There are no records of Samuel marrying or having children. It's unclear when exactly he died but records indicate it was in Raymond, New Hampshire.

Sources

• Scribner Families Profile on Samuel Scribner [1]

• Rootsweb Profile on Samuel Scribner [2]

• Descendants of John Scribner, Sr., Son of John and Mary Scriven, by Raymond Scribner [3]

• History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire, by Charles Henry Bell. Press of J. E. Farwell & Company, Boston, 1888. Pages 230-231. [4]