George Hubbard and Elizabeth Watts
Husband George Hubbard
Born: 1601/1614/1620/1633 - England Christened: Died: 18 Mar 1684 - Middletown, Connecticut Buried:
Father: George Hubbard (Abt 1594-1683) Mother: Mary Bishop (Abt 1633-1675)
Marriage: 1639-1640 - Hartford, Connecticut
Wife Elizabeth Watts
Born: 1617-1618 Christened: Died: 6 Dec 1702 - Middletown, Connecticut Buried:
Father: Richard Watts (1584-1654) Mother: Elizabeth (Abt 1592-After 1665)
Children
1 M Richard Hubbard
Born: Jul 1655 - Middletown, Connecticut Christened: Died: 30 Jul 1755 - Middletown, Ct Buried:Spouse: Martha Cornwell (1669- ) Marr: 31 Mar 1692
2 F Mary Hubbard
Born: 16 Jan 1641 - Hartford, Ct Christened: Died: 18 Dec 1721 Buried:Spouse: Thomas Ranney (1616-1713) Marr: May 1659
3 M Joseph Hubbard
Born: 10 Dec 1643 - Hartford, Ct Christened: Died: 26 Dec 1686 - Middletown, Ct Buried:Spouse: Mary Porter (1650-1707) Marr: 29 Dec 1670
4 M Daniel Hubbard
Born: Christened: 7 Dec 1645 - Hartford, Ct Died: 9 Nov 1704 - Haddam Ct Buried:Spouse: Mary Clark ( -1673) Marr: 24 Feb 1670Spouse: Sarah Cornwell (1647- ) Marr: 16 Oct 1675
5 M Samuel Hubbard
Born: May 1648 - Hartford, Ct Christened: Died: 4 Nov 1732 - Hartford, Ct Buried:Spouse: Sarah Kirby (1654- ) Marr: 9 Aug 1673
6 M George Hubbard
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 M Nathaniel Hubbard
Born: 10 Dec 1652 - Middletown, Ct Christened: Died: 20 May 1738 - Middletown, Ct Buried:Spouse: Mary Earle (1663-1732) Marr: 29 May 1682
8 F Elizabeth Hubbard
Born: 15 Jan 1659 - Middletown, Ct Christened: Died: 6 Dec 1725 - Middletown, Ct Buried:Spouse: Thomas Wetmore (1652-1689) Marr: 20 Feb 1684
General Notes (Husband)
Same line of descent on my Raymond pedigree.
His birth date can't be correct.
Either his birth date is not correct, or the other George Hubbard's birth date is not correct, or this George was not the son of the other George.
Author of "Hubbard History and Genealogy" has following to say about it;
p 200 - "In the summer of 1635 a few explorers from Watertown established themselves where Wethersfield at length grew up. ...Oct 15, 1635, about sixty men, women and little children went by land towards Connecticut with tehir cows, horses and swine, and after a tedious and difficlut journey, arrived safe there." With these migrators went George Hubbard (the alleged father), his family, his father in law, John Bishop, and his faimly; also another George Hubbard, a Thomas Hubbard, and a William Hubbard -- relatioships unknown, if any existed."
name Hubbard was very common in SE England after having been founded in Northern England by followers of Hubba the Viking in Danish Viking times.
George Hubbard was born in 1601, adn probably in eastern or se England, where those bearing the name were located in great numbers. Nothing in the form of reocrds has yet been found determining his birthplace or time of arrival in America. His name first appears in 1639 on a list of the early settlers of Hartford. "
He was given six acres of land "by courtesy of the town" with privilege of wood and keeping cows on the common ... in 1640 he married Elizabeth Watts, daughter of Ricahrd and /Elizabeth Watts, and was tehn assigned a "home lot" and land.
He was fined in 1649 for exchanging a gun with an Indian. He disposed of his land and removed with 15 other families in 1651 to Mattabesett which became Middletown. About 1650 when he left Hartford, he carried a commission from teh Colonial Governemtn as Indian Agent and Trader for the Mattabesett District. Made freeman in 1654. Owned large tracts of land. He and son in law Thomas Wetmore gave land for hte meeting house. George Hubbard lived opposite it and was selected as its keeper. His eldest son Joseph beat the drum to assemble the ocngregation adn to give warning of the approach of Indians. The minister, Nathaniel Collins, was one of the first graduates of Harvard. At his death eh was worth 243 ponds and ossessed of a dwelling house and home lot worth 50 pounds, several meadows, and several lots of land of several hundred acres each.
He was said to have been highly respected and of marked integrity and fairness. He appears to have been devout and industrious. He and his widow are burie din the Middletown Riverside Cemetery near the original log church.
Whether or not George Hubbard who married Elizabeth Watts is the son of George Hubbard who married Mary Bishop is controversial.
""It has been generally believed by Heorge Hubbard's descendants that he was the son of Geroge Hubbard of Wethersfield, both apparently coming overland from Massachusetts to Connecticut at the same time. There being no positive evidence on file to support this statement, the compiler is disinclined to accept it. Edwin Hubbard and Douglas Hubbard, genealogists, gave his birth as 1614 and 1620, respectively. They could certainly have never seen his will. It is true that there were two George Hubbards, a William Hubbard, and a Thomas Hubbard in and about Hartford and Wethersfield between 1636 and 1640. There may have been, and probably were, some relationships amongst them, but nothing so far has come to light to convedrt the theory into a fact. William disappears soon from the reports, leaving no traces of descendants except a daughhter Sara, and Thomas' children appear to have left no issue. Thomas' son Ebenezer was a witness to Geroge Hubbard's will. This might have indicated some relationship among those families. The names Richard, Nathaniel, Daniel, John and William were common in teh families of George of Wetherwfield, George of Middletown, and William of Ipswich, MA. Some might infer relationships because of that coincidence. Royal Hinman, in his "Puritan Settlers" has confused the two Geroges in to one person. Dr. David Dudley Field merely wrote of them that they were "two distinct persons: while J. Hammond Trumbull, LL.D. in his "Memorial History of Hartford County" uses teh expression "George Hubbard, son of George Hubbard of Milford and Guilford, a prominent surveyor. " The latter declaration undoubtedly sprung from a tradition only, which the compiloer preferes to abandon in this instance, not caring to establish such degree of kinship, upon merely conjectural grounds, though he conceds the high standing Mr. Trumbull occupies as a reliable historian.
The following must have come from a post to Rootsewb mailing list but I apparently didn't include the details.
I am a descendant of both of these George Hubbards and although they may be related they are not father and son. This is what I found in a book titled "Hubbard's History and Genealogy" by Leslie S. Hubbard: "Compiler's Note: Two George Hubbard's in Connecticut at the same time and places makes it necessary for all desc. of these two lines to be especially careful in their tracing of these families. Another caution: I suspect these two Hubbards were related back in England and may have named their ch after their ggp and gp's as well as aunts, uncles, brothers, and sisters. Thus assuming they were first or second cousins we will certainly find both will have Mary's, John's, Josephs and Elizabeths. Get out those family histories, charts or notes and check them. Mrs. Edith Redman, Highland Park, Ill., sends info on this and we use a portion from Genealogy & Family History of the State of Conn. p. 1822: GeorgeHubbard, b Eng. 1601, settled before 1639 in Hartford. Another George Hubbard who settled in Wethersfield, Conn. was doubtless a relative but not his f. William Hubbard and Thomas Hubbard, also of Hartford among the early settlers, seem also to be closely related. George Hubbard came with the first settlers overland from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1640 he married Elizabeth, dau of Richard and Elizabeth Watts. He d March 16, 1684." On another page in this same book it says: "In Issue #2 we introduced George and Elizabeth Watts Hubbard who settled in Wethersfield, Conn, ca 1639. Again as a caution to those of you who are desc of George and Mary Bishop Hubbard check very closely as desc. of these two George Hubbards are badly mixed up." Kathy
See notes on George Sr - Y DNA conclusively proves that this George Hubbard and George Hubbard Sr. were of teh same Y DNA lineage. It does not prove they were father and son. Logic suggests that probably they were closely related.
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