Betsey (Segar) Scribner (1794 - 1873)

Born 5 Dec 1794 in Standish, York, Maine

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Died 20 Jun 1873 at age 78 in Unity, Waldo, Maine

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Biography

Betsey was born in 1794, the daughter of Josiah and Jane (Meserve) Segar, in Standish, Maine. In 1816 when 22 years of age she would marry Broadstreet Scribner, the son of John and Penial (Hall) Scribner. Broadstreet was 17 years older than Betsey.

They settled in Unity, Maine and had the following children:

John Scribner (1817-1864)

Penial (Scribner) Mayo (1818-1896)

Jane Segar Scribner (1821- )

Betsey (Scribner) Fowler (1825-1847)

Sarah Ann Libby (Scribner) Larrabee (1827-1867)

Meribah H. Scribner (1830- )

Daniel M. Scribner (1833- )

Josiah Seger Scribner (1836-1861)

Betsey would pass away in 1873, nine years after Broadstreet died. She was 78 years of age.

Sources

• Scribner Families Profile on Broadstreet and Betsey (Segar) Scribner [1]

• Family Search Profile on Betsey (Segar) Scribner [2]

• "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW1F-9BJ : 14 January 2020), Betsey in entry for John Jr. Scribner, 1817.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V4-GBK : 4 April 2020), Betsy Scribnen in household of Broadstreet Scribnen, Unity, Waldo, Maine, United States; citing family 50, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Betsey Segar is mentioned in her husband's Find A Grave Memorial [3]