HUBBELL
The Hubbell family is probably of Danish origin and the name is believed to have been drived from "Hubba," a Danish chief, who settled in Britain in the ninth century, and the Anglo-Saxon word "hill." From "Hubba's hill" the name Hubhill was derived, and from that surname Hubbell. The family is largely represented in all parts of the United States.
(I) Richard Hubbell, the first of the name in America, was born in Great Britain in 1627-28. The exact date of his arrival in New England is not known, but it must have been between 1645 and 1647, because on Marcy 7th, of the latter year, he took the oath of fidelity to the government of the New Haven Colony. He was admitted a planter is Gulford, Conn., Feb. 25, 1653-54, and lived there until 1664, when he and his family removed to Pequonnock, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died Oct. 23, 1699, aged about seventy-two years.
In 1650 he married Elizabeth, daughter of John, and graddaughter of Vincent Meigs, of Dorsetshire, England. Children of first wife:
1. John, born about 1652.
2. Richard, 1654, mentioned below.
3. James, 1656.
4. Samuel, Nov. 6, 1657.
5. Elizabeth, Nov. 16, 1659.
6. Ebenezer.
7. Mary.
8. Martha.
Children of second wife:
9. Samuel.
10. Abigail.
11. Sarah.
12. James.
Children of third wife:
13. Joseph.
14. John, born April, 1691.
(II) Richard (2) son of Richard (1) Hubbell, was born in 1654, at Guilford, Conn. He married (first) Nov. 5, 1685, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Morehouse. She died April 2d, 1692. He married (second) Hannah Sillway or Sillman, of Madlen, Mass., Oct. 12, 1692.
Children of first wife:
1. Peter, born Aug. 10, 1686, mentioned below.
2. Ebenezer, Sept. 19, 1687.
3. Elizabeth, Oct. 23, 1689.
4. Jonathan, March 25, 1692.
Children of second wife:
5. Zechariah, Aug. 25, 1694.
6. Richard, Oct. 20, 1696.
7. Hannah, July 7, 1698.
8. Eleazer, Aug. 15, 1700.
9. Nathaniel, Aug. 11, 1702.
10. Margery, Jan. 17, 1704-05.
11. Abigail, Sept. 19, 1709.
(III) Peter, son of Richard (2) Hubbell, was born Aug. 10, 1686 in Fairfield, Fairfield county, Conn. He married (first) Katharine Wheeler, of Stratfield Parish, Fairfield county, Jan. 19, 1709. She died March 16, 1742. He married (second) Sarah _____, who died in 1780.
Children of first wife:
1. Ephraim, born Dec. 21, 1712.
2. Peter, April 15, 1715.
3. Ezra, Feb. 28, 1717.
4. Sarah, FEb. 27, 1719.
5. Jedediah, Aug. 22, 1720.
6. Matthew, Sept. 3, 1723, mentioned below.
7. Gideon, April 28, 1726.
8. Comfort, Nov. 10, 1729.
9. Katharine, July , 1732.
10. Enoch, Aug. 10, 1735.
11. Silas, Feb. 24, 1738.
Children of second wife:
12. Rhoda, May 31, 1745.
13. Mary, Nov. 21, 1746.
14. Phebe, Dec. 21, 1748.
(IV) Matthew, son of Peter Hubbell, was born Sept. 4, 1723. He married, Dec. 6, 1743, Abigail Hawley. In 1770 he moved to Lanesborough, Mass., from Woodbury, Conn.
Children:
1. Ann, baptized Sept. 18, 1744.
2. Annah, baptized Dec. 28, 1746.
3. Silas.
4. Wolcott, born 1754, mentioned below.
5. Sarah.
6. Calvin, Oct. 29, 1764.
(V) Wolcott, son of Matthew Hubbell, was born in Woodbury, Conn., in 1754. When about fiteen years old he removed with his father to Lanesborough, Mass. he fought at the battle of Bennington, in the revolution; was afterwards state senator, and for many years judge of one of the courts of Berkshire county. At the age of twnety he married Mary, daughter of Major Thaddeus Curtis.
Children:
1. Silas P.
2. Wolcott.
3. Julius Caesar, born April 17, 1787, mentioned below.
4. Loring Curtis, April 1, 1798.
5. Algernon Sidney, born about 1800.
6. Eunice.
7. Elizabeth.
8. Mary.
9. Nancy.
(VI) Julius Caesar, son of Wolcott Hubbell, was born at Lanesborough, Mass., April 17, 1787, died at Chazy, New York, aged ninety-three years. At the age of fifteen years he walked from Lanesborough, Mass. to Burlington, Vermont, there took a boat and rowed to the mouth of Champlain river, now the Big Chazy river, and walked to Champlain, where his brother, Silas P. Hubbell, was practicing law. There he studied law with his brother, serving some seven years, the last three years doing most of the office business. He later walked from Champlain to Chazy, where he established himself in the profession of law, which he continued successfully until his death.
He married Anna, daughter of Judge Pliny Moore of Champlain, N.Y (see Moore).
Children:
1. Plinty Moore, born Oct. 29, 1812, died Nov. 26, 1827.
2. Mary Caroline, May 28, 1814, died April 12, 1831.
3. Martha Ann, June 24, 1816.
4. Susan Catharine, April 19, 1823; married Henry C. Seymour.
5. George, died young.
6. George Wolcott, Oct. 12, 1828, died young.
7. John Wolcott, mentioned below.
(VII) John Wolcott, son of Julius Caesar Hubbell, was born at Chazy, N.Y., April 28, 1830. He was educated in the public schools at his native place and at Keesevillle, New York. He then attended school at the Williston Seminery, East Hampton, Mass., and at Manchester, Vermont, where he finished his studies. He then returned to Chazy, and engaged in farming. He assisted his father in his office for some time, and has been a notary public for many years. He was station agent for seven years, from 1877. He was a member of ____ Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and a Democrat in politics.
He married Margaret Louise, born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., daughter of Judge George M. and Hannah Elizabeth (Mooers) Beckwith, the latter of whom was the daughter of General Benjamin Mooers.
Mr and Mrs. Hubbell are the parents of eleven children, all born in the house where he now resides, [1910].
Children:
1. Anna Moore, born Dec. 5, 1857; married C. H. Jones; child, Daisy.
2. Elizabeth Beckwith, born Aug. 31, 1859; married N. W. Fisk, of Isle La Motts.
3. Mary Caroline, born May 28, 1861; married John W. North; child, Edgerton.
4. Julius Caesar, born June 4, 1863; banker and real estate operator of Ellensburgh, Washington; member of state legistlature; married Carrie E. Loomis, of St. Albans, Vermont; children: Wolcott, Frances, Beckwith and Ruth.
5. George Loring, born Oct. 18, 1865; resides in Garden City, Long Island; manager of estates; married Eliza S. Platt of Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; children: John, Loring, Sheridan, Margaret, and Elizabeth.
6. Margaret Susan, born Jan. 18, 1868; married Alaric Start; child: Cedric H.
7. Martha Ann, born March 11, 1871; married Dr. J. S. Stetson, of New York; children: Helen and Martha Ann.
8. Lucy S., born Sept. 17, 1873.
9. John Stuart, born Feb. 1, 1875; mechanic.
10. Richard Wolcott, born May 30, 1880; assistant cashier of Sherman Bank, New York; married Lucy Embury.