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BENJAMIN'S PARENTS: Joseph Hoeg was born 18 January 1676/77 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (Goodwin) Hoeg was born 9 June 1688. They were married 5 April 1707 at Amesbury, Massachusetts, which is where Sarah died 29 October 1770. Joseph died 10 years earlier, 12 November 1760 at Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire (VITAL RECORDS OF AMESBURY MASSACHUSETTS [op. cit.], 110; VITAL RECORDS OF NEWBURY MASSACHUSETTS [op. cit.], Vol. 1, 228, Vol. 2, 241; Theodore P. Webster (Contributor), "Webster, Carson, Hoag of England, MA 1205-1995," Family Archives #3219, World Family Tree Volume #14 [Broderbund Software, 1997], CD-ROM).
After the death of Mary, Benjamin re-married, taking for his second wife Mary Martyn of Stratham, 13 February 1756 in Kingston ("Kingston First Church Records," NHGR, 3 [op. cit.], 88).
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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."
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Margaret was admitted to membership in the Kingston First Church 22 November 1741 (Ann Theopold Chaplin [contrib.], "Kingston First Church Records," THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 14 [Concord, NH: The New Hampshire Society of Genealogists, 1997],118).
David was an uncle to Ezekiel Sleeper, husband of Margaret's niece, Grace Scribner.
David's main occupation was farming, although he "was prominently identified with the early civic affairs of Sandown, and also with the Baptist Church of which he was one of the leading supporters. As commander of the local militia company he hastily assembled his command on hearing the news of the battle of Lexington, and marching to Boston reported for duty in defense of national independence" (Stearns, GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 2 [op. cit.], 811).
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Elizabeth was admitted to membership in Kingston First Church 2 January 1742. Abraham joined 14 March 1742 ("Kingston First Church Records," NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGICAL RECORD, 14 [op. cit.], 118-119). After Elizabeth died, Abraham married Dorothy Rowel of Kingston.
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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).