Thanks once more Diddy
I also thought Braintree, Essex would be his birthplace, but others have said it could just as well be his place of residence at the time of his marriage. I checked the parish registers for Braintree, but could find no mention of any Scriveners - being a nonconformist only marriages are likely to be recorded anyway. They were very hard to read.
There were so many Scriveners in the Ipswich area and the fact that he married a Hannah Ridley from Woodbridge would seem to suggest he was from the same area. Perhaps he had accepted a teaching post in Braintree, who knows? Anyway, I have recorded all the info I can obtain on the Scriveners of the Ipswich area in the hope that one day I'll find the missing link.
Kind regards,
Alan