John SCRIBNER

1657 - 1738  (78 years)

• Name	John SCRIBNER
  Born	1657	Dover, Strafford, NH
  Gender	Male
  _UID	48640F44A8EE4E35800FCF9DCFED53BCDE5E
  Died	Between Mar 1734/35 and May 1738	Exeter, Rockingham, NH
  Notes	John was a blacksmith. He and his family moved from Dover to Exeter in 1689, after selling his Dover holdings inherited from his father. In 1698 he received 60 acres of land from the Town of Exeter. Also that year of 1698, he united with the newly -formed Congregational Church at Exeter. Then, in 1726, he received another 50 acres of land from the Town (Sinnett, SCRIBNER FAMILIES [note 5], 20-22. We learn the names of John and Elizabeth's children (at least, those who were living on March 2, 1735 from John's will. In the will he speaks of sons Joh, Edward, Samual and Joseph (who he named as Executor, leading us to suspect that Joseph was the oldest), and daughters Elizabeth Moody, Mary Gadon (Gordon), Abigail Young, Susann a Mudget and Sara Moody. John and his son John Jr. are mentioned as part-purchasers of King's Falls Saw Mill in Exeter on 7 August 1723, along with Nathaniel Glidden, Henry Wadleigh, Daniel Ladd and others (N.H. Provincial Deeds, 14:179, quoted by G. W. Chamberlain in hi s book, THE DESCENDENTS OF CHARLES GLIDDEN OF PORTSMOUTH AND EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE [Boston: Published by the author, 1925]: 77). CENSUS RECORDS New Hampshire, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 Name: John Scribner State: NH County: New Hampshire Territory Township: Petitioners Year: 1689 Page: 234 Database: NH Early Census Index
  Person ID	I6904	Master File
  Last Modified	21 May 2015

  
  

  Father	John SCRIVEN,   b. 27 Oct 1623, Wem, Shropshire, England ,   d. Bef 27 Jun 1675, Dover, Strafford, NH  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F4887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth CLOYES,   b. Abt 1666, Watertown, Middlesex, MA ,   d. Exeter, Rockingham, NH
  Married	Abt 1688	Dover Neck, Strafford Co., NH
  	Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Name: John Scribner Gender: Male Birth Year: 1664 Marriage Date: 1688 Marriage Place: New England Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Cloice [Elizabeth Cloyes]
  Children	1. Sarah SCRIBNER,   b. Abt 1709, Exeter, Rockingham, NH ,   d. Exeter, Rockingham, NH
  Last Modified	21 May 2015
  Family ID	F4885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart