Nathaniel HUBBARD

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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]