Nehemiah Hubbard (1721 - 1814)

Born 22 Jul 1721 in Middletown, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Sill) Hubbard — married 12 Oct 1748 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1814 at age 92 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Nehemiah was born July 22, 1721, the second son of Nathaniel and grandson of Nathaniel the first, of Middletown, Connecticut. ^[1]

Nehemiah married Sarah Sill, daughter of Joseph Sill and Phebe Lord, of Lyme, Connecticut, ^[1] on Oct 12 1748 in Middletown, Connecticut. ^[2]

Nehemiah and Sarah had the following children: ^[1]

1. Isaac, b Sep 24 1749, m R coleman
2. Nehemiah, b Apr 10 1752, m 1st C Willis, 2nd L Starr, 3rd ____ Latimer
3. Elisha, b Oct 1 1753, m M Roberts
4. Lucy, b Apr 22 1755, m Rev. R Hubbard
5. David, b Feb 24 1757, d unmarried
6. Jacob, b Jan 28 1759, m 1st S Hobby, 2nd, S Hall
7. Sarah, b Jan 16 ____, m Daniel Crowell
8. Phebe, b Jan 3 ____, m. Elijah Roberts
9. Anna, b Oct 18 1762, m Ithamar Atkins
10. Mary, b Aug 18 1764, d in childhood
11. Mary 2nd, b Aug 20 1765, m G Lyman
12. Nathaniel, b Jul 17 1766, lost at sea
13. Matthew, b Nov 20 1770, d in childhood

He bought a piece of land on the corner of Middlefield and Laurel Grove streets, in the year 1744, and soon after erected a house on the corner of the lot. The house was still standing in 1879 after a lapse of more than 135 years.^[1]

He was a very cheerful man, and cheerfulness is conducive to old age. He was 93 years old when he died. When he was 84 years old he went down in his well on the stones and got a pail of milk which had fallen into the well.^[1]

When at an advanced age in life he used to go to church on horseback, carrying his wife behind him on a pillion. He took great interest in schools, as well as in church matters. He visited some of the schools when he was over 80 years old, and spoke encouraging words to the children. His Grandson, Thomas Atkins remembered a visit the good old man made at the "Old Stone School-house" in 1805 or 1806. In his remarks he adverted to the Revolutionary war, and told the children the cost of freedom. He had at one time six sons in the war.^[1]

Nehemiah passed away on March 10, 1814. ^[3]

He is buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Atkins: Page 135
2. ↑ Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-K92 : 12 May 2016), Nehemiah Hubbard and Sarah Sill, 12 Oct 1748; citing Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, Connecticut State Library, Hartford.; FHL microfilm 1,513,707
3. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F72L-V6J : 3 December 2014), Nehemiah Hubbard, 10 Mar 1814; citing , reference 303; FHL microfilm 3,144..
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 15 October 2019), memorial page for Nehemiah Hubbard (22 Jul 1721–10 Mar 1814), Find A Grave: Memorial #24680229, citing Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) . Gravestone picture

• Atkins, Thomas. History of Middlefield and Long Hill (Lockwood & Brainard Company, Hartford, Conn., 1883)