H., and the name is frequently found in the annals of that town. That of Samuel Scribner occurs in 1754, and during the following year he, in company with one of his neighbors, was taken prisoner by the Indians and carried to Canada, where he was sold as a captive, but was subsequently ransomed by the colonial government. In 1756 he joined the regiment of Colonel Nathan Meserve, which was raised for the Crown Point expedition, and served from May to December of that year. In 1757 he was a soldier in the regiment of Colonel Thomas Tash, and in the following year appears as one of the regiment raised by Colonel John Hart. The Revolution found in him a man ready for the hour, and, though exempt by age, he was one of the first to enlist in the regiment commanded by Colonel John Stark, which took an active

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part in tlie battle of Bimkor Hill. Among the list of soldiers in the town of Salisbury, May 27, 177t), are tbfi names i>f Edward, Ebene/er, Benjamin and Jonatiian Seribner.

David Seribner, son of Ebenezer and p;rands()n of yanuiel, was born May 12, 17G7, and was tbc father of thirteen eliildren, -- David, Hannah, Sarah, Eben. Sewall 15., Silas, Ruth, Jaeob D., Jonathan, Albert G., Hannah D., Alfred and Almira H.

Sewall B. Seribner was born March 12, 1793, and removed from his native place (Andover, N. H.) to Monroe County, N. Y., in ISlli. At that time the present eity of Kochester was a mere hamlet, and Mr Seribner was among the pioneers in what is now one of the most prosperous portions of the State.