ary by James Savage, and other standard works, as well as family Bibles. I have found some discrepancies in dates, but have adopted those that seemed to have the greatest weight of evidence in their favor. In seeking information, a pleasant correspondence has been commenced with some that I knew but little of before. My visits to the Astor Library, New-York, the Genealogical Rooms, Boston, and among my friends in cities and towns, have been most agreeable. I take this opportunity to tender my thanks to all who have so cheerfully aided me in the undertaking. To me it has been a labor of love, and I present it, aware of its imperfections, to those whose names are here recorded, with my best wishes and prayers for their prosperity and happiness. L. P. H. GREENWICH, CT., June 30, 1872. OUR BRANCH OF THE HUBBARD FAMILY. "HE who regards not the memory and character of his ancestors deserves to be forgotten by posterity." THIS name is now quite common in the United States. Tradition has it, that early in the settlement of this country, three brothers of that name came over from England and settled in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New-Hampshire respectively, and from them sprang the Hubbards, now so numerous. The name is an ancient one, it having been traced back to the Saxon kings. In England, the Hubbards have occupied important political positions, and have maintained a high rank as merchants, bankers, and professional men. One was for a long time governor of the Bank of England, and some have occupied seats in Parliament, while others are distinguished as philanthropists and for their liberal donations to benevolent objects. In our own country, we find them occupying almost every place of trust and responsibility as judges, governors of States, and members of Congress. For many years, a gentleman of the name, Hon. Samuel Hubbard, of Boston, Mass., was Chairman of the Prudential Committee of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. It is proposed in this sketch merely to place on record a few facts as a nucleus for those who come after me to go more fully into the subject, if they are so inclined. FIRST GENERATION. GEORGE HUBBARD, of Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England, was born about the year 1600, at the close of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, or the beginning of that of King James I. He settled in that part of Wethersfield, Ct., now called Glastonbury. Lands were assigned him, a portion of which was in possession of the family a few years since, and probably is still occupied by them. The name of his wife was Mary. He was a man of considerable note in the colony. At its commencement, he made a deposition respecting the purchasing from the Indians of the lands of Wethersfield by the General Court, which was ordered to be printed. He was a member of the First General Court in 1638, and several subsequent years. He removed to Milford in 1644, and in 1648 to Guilford. He had four sons and five daughters. All attempts to trace our ancestry further back have thus far failed. SECOND GENERATION. JOHN HUBBARD, the oldest son of the above, married Mary Merriam, probably sister of Robert. He removed to Hadley with Rev. Mr. Russell, where a house-lot was set out to him. In 1660, he again removed to Hartford, and a house-lot was laid out for him, which is still owned by his descendants. They had two children; the first was born in January, 1651. He died in 1705. THIRD GENERATION. JONATHAN HUBBARD, the other child of the above, was born January 3d, 1659, and settled in Concord, Mass., when he was twenty-one, 1680. He married Hannah Merriam, of Concord, and died there in 1728, at the age of seventy years. Benjamin W. Merriam, of 577 Broadway, NewYork, the enterprising and successful mechanic whose beautiful mirrors and picture-frames adorn so many of our parlors, is a descendant of the Concord Merriams. Their children were: FOURTH GENERATION. Mary Hubbard, born April 3, 1682. NATHAN HUBBARD, only son of Thomas and Mary, was born at Concord, Mass., February 23d, 1723-4. He removed to Groton, and bought a farm about two miles south of the meeting-house, on the Harvard road, now occupied by Mr. Alvah Wright. "He was a man of estimable qualities in all the relations of life—kind, benevolent, and hospitable, and his character was irreproachable. He was a fine-looking old gentleman, and quite aristocratic in his appearance, when over seventy years of age.' (Letter of Mrs. Anna H. Clough, his granddaughter.) He married Mary Patterson April 2d, 1745, and their children were : SIXTH GENERATION. THOMAS,* born Dec. 28, 1745; died May 25, 1807. June 2, 1747. * "I remember my father, Thomas Hubbard, as a very social and intellectual man, and he had many moral excellencies. He was noted for his 66 Phinehas, Feb. 25, 1751; died March 10, 1786. Hezekiah, born Jan. 19, 1755. 66 Hannah, born July 10, 1761; died March 6, 1795. 66 SEVENTH GENERATION. Thomas Hubbard married for his first wife Miss Conant, of Townsend. Their son, He Thomas Hubbard, was born about 1775. He was a man of fine presence, tall, athletic, and well proportioned. inherited the farm of his grandfather Nathan Hubbard. I never went to Groton without visiting him. He had one daughter and three sons, Eliza, Calvin, Charles-who married a daughter of Abner Kneeland-and Andrew. They are all dead. He married for his second wife Lois White, of Lancaster, Mass., October 1st, 1777, who was born April 30th, 1747, and died March 26th, 1834, aged 87. She was from one of the first families of that town, a granddaughter of Judge Wilder. She was a woman of great decision of character, highly intellectual, with all the culture afforded by the schools of those days, to which were added the refining and chastening influences of a beautiful religious life. I remember what a charm good government in his family, and his word was a law to his children. However, he was a kind parent, a good neighbor, and a good citizen, and was highly respected by all who knew him." (Letter of Mrs. Anna H. Clough.) |