John HUBBARD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 25 Jan 1673; Joined Ipswich Church
• Fact: 11 Oct 1676, Made a Freeman

John married Ann LEVERETT on 12 Nov 1672. Ann (daughter of John LEVERETT, Esq. and Sarah SEDGWICK) was born on 23 Nov 1652; died in Sep 1717. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary HUBBARD was born on 25 Oct 1673 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 17 Dec 1742.
2. Sarah HUBBARD was born on 11 Feb 1674/5 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Rev. John HUBBARD was born on 09 Jan 1677 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 05 Oct 1705 in Jamaica. Long Island.
4. William HUBBARD was born on 15 Dec 1678 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1704 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Nathaniel HUBBARD was born on 13 Oct 1680 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1748 in Bristol, Rhode Island.
6. Richard HUBBARD was born on 27 Aug 1684 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Notes:

Excerpt from "One Thousand Years of Hubbard History": After His parents had settled in 1635 in Ipswich, he entered Harvard College and graduated, a Master of Arts, in a class of nine, the second Tuesday in August, 1642, in the first class ever graduated from an American college. He also studied medicine there, in conjunction with his other studies. May 18, 1653, he was made a freeman......July 4, 1656, he began to preach in Ipswich as the colleague of Mr. Thomas Cobbett. November 17, 1658, he was ordained minister and began then to make himself felt in the colony as a scholar, historian, and divine...........Many of his sermons have been printed. His last publication was entitled "Dying Testimony to the Order of the Churches," prepared jointly by himself and Mr. John Higginson of Salem. March 19, 1677, his "Indian Wars" received the approbation of the colonial censors and was soon published in Boston. Under the name of "Present State of New England" it was licensed to appear in London....

William married Mary ROGERS about 1646. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel ROGERS and Margaret CRANE) was born in Feb 1628; died after 25 Mar 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: 1620; Graduated at Cambridge University, England
• Immigration: 06 Oct 1635, Landed in Boston, Massachusetts in the ship "Defence"
• Will Proved: 19 Aug 1670

Notes:

Excerpt from "One Thousands years of Hubbard History": He was the founder and principal benefactor of the Ipswich Grammar School in 1636,....He was made freeman May 2, 1638, and was Deputy to the General Court for six years, between 1638-1646, and commissioned in 1651 by the General court to "marry people," not then a clergyman's prerogative: was commissioner of Salem Court, 1654-1656; Justice of the Quarterly Court in 1658; and "assistant" in 1659..... In 1659 he was on a committee of complaints "that the ministers suffer for want of support." He removed to Boston in 1652.......

William married Judith KNAPP. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of John Knapp and Martha Blosse of Ipswich England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will Proved: 26 Sep 1655

Nathaniel married Margaret CRANE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]