Benjamin Scribner (bef1718-c1769)

Vital Statistics

 * Sex : Male
 * Born: Bef Day at Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
 * Died: Abt 30 at Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA at years
 * Interment: Day at Location

Parents

 * Father: Samuel Scribner (Abt 1695-1730)
 * Mother: Anna Taylor (Abt 1704-Bef 1754)

Siblings

 * Sibling: Benjamin Scribner (Bef 1718-Abt 1769)
 * Sibling: Margaret Scribner (Abt 1720-1752)
 * Sibling: Elizabeth Scribner (Abt 1724-Bef 1748)
 * Sibling: John Scribner (1727-1813)

Spouses

 * Spouse: Abigail Gilman (1720-Aft 1771)

Offspring

 * Child: Elizabeth Scribner (1746-?)
 * Child: Anna Scribner (1748-?)
 * Child: Benjamin Scribner (1748-1829)
 * Child: Dorothy Scribner (1750-1842)
 * Child: Nathaniel Scribner (1754-?)
 * Child: Stephen Scribner (1759-1836)

Biography
Abigail's first marriage was to Samuel Stevens (born 17 December 1704) of Stratham, Rockingham, NH, on 26 April 1739 in Kingston (THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGICAL RECORD, 3 [op. cit.], 40). It is not clear as to what caused Samuel and Abigail to part. Most likely, he died about 1743, leaving Abigail with two young sons, Samuel (born about 1740) and Daniel (born about 1742). On the other hand, Samuel's will was not probated until 20 January 1755, at which time guardianship of his sons (at the time Samuel was aged "more than 14 years" and Daniel was "less than 14 years") was granted to Benjamin Scribner (PROBATE RECORDS OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 5 [op. cit.], 209). Whatever the circumstances, Abigail's marriage to Samuel Stevens was over by the time she married Benjamin 26 May 1744. It seems quite likely that, following Benjamin's death in 1769, Abigail re-took her name of Stevens and, on 26 July 1787, married Benjamin's brother, John. Benjamin was a husbandman [farmer]. He and the family lived for a time in Kingston, then moved to Brentwood, sometime before 1745, where he joined the Society of Friends. The Brentwood Meeting of Friends was established in 1751 and quickly fell into disfavor with the Hampton Monthly Meeting, due to some reported "disorders" among the people at Brentwood. Among the disorders were that (1) several persons were speaking at the same time at the meetings, (2) they were greeting one another with kisses, "pretending it to be a kiss of charity [which] is not to be commended in the way and manner it is practiced in your meetings: its to be feared will prove of ill consequence if you continue therein," and (3) they were holding meetings at times other than on Sundays, which "is contrary to the practice of Friends and not to be justified amongst us." The Brentwood Meeting was ordered to reply to these complaints in writing. That reply was signed by Benjamin and one other member explaining that, in their opinions, the charges against them "are groundless." The Hampton and Amesbury Monthly Meetings did not accept Benjamin's reasoning and ordered that " the people of Brentwood no longer hold a meeting from this time in the unity of Friends until they condemn the disorders..." The Amesbury and Hampton Meetings withdrew fellowship from the Brentwood people, including Benjamin, on 21 October 1756. The Brentwood group continued to meet, however, as "belonging to the People called Quakers."

Birth: Date:Bef 1718 Location:at Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Death: Date:Abt 30 Nov 1769 Location:at Brentwood, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

partner: Abigail Gilman (1720-Aft 1771) Marriage: : Date:26 May 1744 Location:at Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

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