there was in her society, and how it was sought, by the wise and good, clergymen as well as laymen. Their children were :

John Hubbard, born October 3d, 1778, and died November 8th, 1845, aged 67 years 1 month and 5 days. He inherited his father's homestead, a small farm a short distance south of his grandfather's residence. He assumed the debts of his father and ultimately paid them off; but how a little patch of land of about thirty-five acres could produce enough to sustain a family of eleven children, would be a marvel to the present generation. The house, which was opened for the neighborhood prayer-meetings many years, was a one-story cottage, low ceilings, with kitchen in the rear. Here, when a boy, I found my greatest happiness. My uncle John had become a religious man, and my grandmother was one of the most agreeable women of those times. I used frequently to walk twelve miles to enjoy their society. The place was sold a few years since, and the buildings have been torn down, and all that remains of the old house, where so much happiness was experienced, is a few timbers, boards, and plastering, some of which I secured as relics. Abel Hubbard, born October 5th, 1779, died in Boston, November 3d, 1852, aged 73 years and 28 days.

He was a builder, and planned and erected some of the finest houses of that day. I visited him about 1825, at his beautiful residence in Brookline, Mass. He was in stature rather above the ordinary height, and well proportioned. My recollections of him are that he possessed a nice sense of honor, and was somewhat aristocratic in his feelings.

Nathan Hubbard, born March 12th, 1781, died in Portland, Maine, about 1826.

Luther Hubbard, born August 13th, 1782, died at Man

chester, N. H., March 2d, 1857, aged about 75 years.

He was an apprentice to John Ball, of Hollis, N. H., and learned the art of cutting granite and marble, and when he was twenty-one, purchased the place of Mr. Ball, and continued the business. He also gave some attention to mason work. The abutments on which rested the bridge over the Nashua at Runnel's Mills were constructed by him, and were the only ones that stood the test when the ice gave way in the spring, while the bridge was below the falls. He was a good husband and father, being known as "Major Hubbard," though he never held any military position. Monumental stones furnished by him may be seen in the cemeteries of Hollis, Nashua, Litchfield, Groton, Brookline, Amherst, and Milford, where he was well known and highly esteemed. He probably never had an enemy.

Amos and Jonas Hubbard (twins) were born December 13th, 1783. Jonas married and settled in Providence, R. L., but had no children. He died not far from 1825, aged about 42. His widow married Mr. French, of Merrimack, N. H., and still resides there. Amos was tall and erect, with a very pleasant countenance. He was frank and open-hearted, and though a farmer, was a perfect gentleman. He was a great reader of the Bible, and was well informed on every subject, and his society was very fascinating to old and young. He was highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. He died at his home in Amherst, N. H., January 30th, 1858, aged 74 years, 1 month, and 17 days.

Hannah Hubbard was born August 28th, 1785, and died June 23d, 1786, aged nearly 10 months.

Anna Hubbard, born January 5th, 1787.

Phinehas Hubbard, born March 8th, 1789; died January 23d, 1852, aged 63 years. He was a mason by trade, and carried on the business in connection with farming in Hopkinton, Mass., where he was highly respected and

esteemed. His son Henry Jones Hubbard, who possesses all the virtues of his father, occupies the old homestead.

Lucy Hubbard, the last child, was born March 20th, 1791, and died February 10th, 1832, aged 40 years, 10 months, and 20 days. She was for some time a member of my father's family, and I remember her as a young woman of great energy of character.

John Hubbard married Emma Fisk, of Groton, December 4th, 1805. She was born May 9th, 1786, and died August 11th, 1841, aged 55 years, 3 months, and 2 days. Their children were:

EIGHTH GENERATION.

George Hubbard, born October 7th, 1809.
Mary Hubbard, born May 24th, 1812.

Sarah Hubbard, born August 28th, 1816.

Nathaniel F. Hubbard, born January 28th, 1822.

Abel Hubbard married Martha Winchester March 8th, 1810. She was born June 11th, 1785, and died October 15th, 1836. Their children were:

George Dunbar Hubbard, born December 20th, 1810, in Brookline, Mass. He has been engaged in mercantile pursuits most of his life, but at one time occupied a position in the office of the General Agent of the American Bible Society about three years, and for a period of four years was Registrar of the Nassau Water Department, Brooklyn, N. Y. For the past ten years, he has been Assistant Cashier of the Williamsburg, N. Y., Savings Bank.

Martha Ann Hubbard, born May 16th, 1813, and died December 22d, 1840.

William Winchester Hubbard, born August 2d, 1819. He is a remarkably ingenious mechanic. In is boyhood he constructed a miniature steam-engine, complete in all its parts, of most beautiful workmanship, which was greatly admired. For many years past, he has had a water-power manufactory at Manchester, N. H., for the production of patterns and other articles requiring very accurate mechanical skill.

Luther Hubbard married Hannah Russell December 18th, 1806. She was born at Westford, Mass., July 9th, 1781, and died at Manchester, N. H., Dec. 12th, 1870, aged about 90 years. Their children were: Luther Prescott Hubbard, born at Hollis, N. H., June 30th, 1808. He was the oldest grandson of Thomas and Lois Hubbard, and the oldest child of Luther and Hannah Hubbard. In youth he attended the district school in his native town, and for a short time was a pupil of Pinkerton Academy. He helped build Mill No. 1 of the Nashua Manufacturing Company, worked on the granite for Quincy Market, Boston, the Bunker Hill Monument, and superintended the fitting of the stone for Tremont House.

The last forty years of his life have been devoted mostly to the interests of seamen, in connection with the Bible Society, the Society for Promoting the Gospel among Seamen in the Port of New-York, and for ten years past as Financial Agent of the American Seamen's Friend Society. For many years he has been Secretary of the New England Society in the city of New-York, a benevolent institution that has been in operation sixtyseven years. In these connections he feels that it has been a great privilege to be constantly brought in contact with the most cultivated and best portion of so