Hannah (Wheeler) Hubbell (1719 - 1797)

Born 19 Nov 1719 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Hubbell — married 1739 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 2 Nov 1797 at age 77 in Shelton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Hannah Wheeler was born 19 Nov 1719 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT. Her father was Robert Wheeler^[1][2][3]

She married John Hubbell.^[4] John was born Feb 20 1709/10, d at Huntington May 7 1782, age 73. ^{[2] [3]}

Hannah and John had the following children: ^[3]

1. Timothy, d Jan 12 1808
2. Richard
3. Gideon
4. John, b 1751
5. Elisha
6. Ann, m Zachariah Bostwick of New Milford, CT
7. Hannah, m Samuel Patterson
8. Abigail
9. Sarah

In 1766, her husband appeared before the court and petitioned the probate court to order and approve her father, Robert Wheeler's estate distribution.^[5]

She died 2 Nov 1797, age 78, ^{[1] [2] [6]} and was buried in Lower White Hills Cemetery, Shelton, Fairfield, CT.^[7][1]

Her will is dated 6 April 1791 and proved on 13 November 1797 in Stratford. She mentions the children of her daughter Sarah Thompson, wife of Abel Thompson (Hannah, Eunice, Elizabeth Ann, Sarah, and Annah), her daughters Hannah Patterson, wife of Samuel Patterson, Abigail Hull, wife of Abel Hull of Derby, and Ann Bostwick, wife of Zachariah Bostwick of New Milford, and her sons Elisha Hubbell, Timothy Hubbell, Gideon Hubbell, Richard Hubbell, and John Hubbell. Her inventory was completed on 22 December 1797.^[8]

The real estate distribution was set out to Elisha Hubbell, Timothy Hubbell, Gideon Hubbell, Richard Hubbell, and John Hubbell. The personal estate was set out to Hannah, Eunice Elizabeth Ann, Sarah, and Annah (the five daughters of Abel Thompson), Hannah Patterson, wife of Samuel Patterson, Abigail, wife of Abel Hull of Oxford, and Ann, wife of Zachariah Bostwick of New Milford.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 28 October 2019), memorial page for Hannah Wheeler Hubbell (19 Nov 1719–2 Nov 1797), Find A Grave: Memorial #20976025, citing Lower White Hills Cemetery, Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Jacobus: Vol. 2A, Page 476
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Hubbell: Page 69 #84 John Hubbell, 249
4. ↑ U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93X-2  : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 154, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 270-271.
6. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
7. ↑ 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Lower White Hills Cemetery, Shelton, p. 41. http://www.oxfordpast.com/lwhcemscan41.html.
8. ↑ “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TKNX : 27 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 194-195, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1795-1801, Pages 352-355.
9. ↑ “Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TKJ4  : 27 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627133, image 196, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 3, 1795-1801, Pages 356-357.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1930)
• Hubbell, Walter. History of the Hubbell Family (Hubbell, 1881)
• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886), Vol 2, p. 1334

• Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 13609.