Lucy (Hubbard) Weddle (abt. 1795 - abt. 1878)

Born about 1795 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Weddle — married 14 Nov 1811 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died about 1878 at about age 83 in Indiana, United States

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Biography

Lucy Hubbard was born about 1795 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Easter and John Hubbard.^[1] She migrated with her family to Hawkins County, Tennessee, when she was a little girl.^[2]

On November 14, 1811, Lucy Hubbard married John Weddle in Hawkins County, Tennessee.^[3]

They began raising their family in Hawkins County, Tennessee, but their lives were interrupted in 1814 when her husband John and Lucy's brother Benjamin served together in the same unit of the East Tennessee Militia during the Creek War, part of the War of 1812.^[4]

Within a few years of the end of that conflict, Lucy and John Weddle, and several related Hubbard, Weddle, and other families began migrating from Eastern Tennessee to Indiana. Lucy and John likely made this journey in about 1816-1817, and John Weddle is listed as one of the early settlers in the area that was to become Carr township in Jackson County, with a land entry in 1817.^[5] The family appears in immediately adjacent Lawrence County, Indiana, in the 1820 census.^[6]

On March 16, 1828, however, John Weddle died near Carr township, leaving Lucy a widow with several young children.^[3] In an 1830 order of the Probate Court of Jackson County, she was awarded guardianship of their children, with her brother Benjamin serving as one of her sureties.^[7] She appears as the head of her household in Carr township in 1830.^[8]

Lucy raised her family as a single mother and remained in Carr township for many years.^[9][10][11] Finally, late in life, she moved to live with the family of her son Elisha in Gibson township, in nearby Washington County.^[12]

Lucy died before 1880, most likely in Washington County, Indiana. Her Find A Grave memorial indicates that it was on March 16, 1878.^[13]

Children

Children of John Weddle and Lucy Hubbard include at least:

1. Elizabeth, b. abt 1814, m. Isaac Y. Weddle
2. Elisha, b. 1816
3. Edwin, b. abt 1818
4. Hester ("Hetty"), b. abt 1820, m. Ephraim Daniels
5. Alvin, b. 1822
6. Eliza, b. abt 1824, m. Meredith Edmonds
7. Matilda, b. 1825, m. John Wesley Poole
8. Andrew J., b. abt 1827

All of the above except Elizabeth were minor children named in the 1830 guardianship order in Jackson County.^[7] Lucy is living in the household of Elizabeth in 1860,^[11] in the household of Matilda in 1850,^[10] and in the household of Elisha in 1870.^[12]

DNA

Although not formally triangulated, the frequent identification of Lucy Hubbard as the daughter of John and Easter Hubbard is corroborated by at least 19 AncestryDNA matches between Ancestry users descended from Lucy Hubbard and John Weddle through their children Elizabeth, Elisha, Hester, Alvin, and Andrew, on the one hand; and either Michael McClain or JMM, both of whom are 4GGsons of John and Easter Hubbard through their son John. However, these matches may be on the Weddel side, since Michael and Mark also share a different common ancestor with John Weddle (his grandparents John Weddle and Mary Walling.)

Research Notes

None of the cited sources provide direct evidence of the relationship between Lucy Hubbard and her parents John and Easter Hubbard, but many researchers claim this connection, and it is corroborated by the following (1) her maiden name was Hubbard and she married John Weddle in Hawkins County, Tennessee in 1811, where John and Easter Hubbard had arrived by 1805; (2) her husband John Weddle and Benjamin Hubbard fought together in the same unit during the Creek War; (3) Benjamin was a surety for her guardianship after her husband died; (3) her birth year fits in the gap between Benjamin and John Hubbard; (4) John Hubbard was a witness on her behalf in her widow's pension application, testifying that he observed her wedding to John Weddle; (5) Lucy later migrated to Indiana along with many related Hubbard families, and (6) the DNA evidence discussed above.

The 1850, 1860, and 1870 census all indicate she was born in about 1794-1795 but give Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, respectively as her place of birth.^[10][11][12] Lucy's father John migrated with his and several related families from Patrick County, Virginia, to Wilkes County, North Carolina, arriving in about 1793-1794, and then on to Hawkins County, Tennessee, by 1805.^[2] Given a birth year of 1795, it is most likely that Lucy was born while they were in North Carolina.

Sources

1. ↑ See Research Notes.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} See profile for John Hubbard.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} FamilySearch, "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Z8-YJH : 11 March 2018), John Waddle Or Weddle, pension file nos. WO 2603, & WC 902; citing National Archives, "War of 1812 Pension Applications," Record Group 15, NARA microfilm publication M313, roll 95; FHL microfilm 847,525, DGS 4,625,764.
4. ↑ See profiles for John Weddle and Benjamin Hubbard.
5. ↑ History of Jackson, Indiana, from the Earliest Times to the Present, (Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1886; reproduction, Evansville : Unigraphic, 1975), 374; images, Google Books, (https://www.google.com/books/edition/_/Zo5AAQAAMAAJ : accessed 31 Aug 2020).
6. ↑ 1820 U.S. census, Lawrence County, Indiana, [township not stated], p. 19 (penned), John Waddle; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY6-SF7D : accessed 31 Aug 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M33, roll 14.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Jackson County [Indiana] Probate Court, Order Book 1, p. 17, 8 Jul 1830; image, Ancestry.com, “Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999,” (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9045/images/007663973_00123 : accessed 30 Aug 2020), Jackson>Probate Order Book, Vol 00, 1839-1840; Vol 1,1829-1838; Vol 2, 1838-1843; Vol 3, 1843-1846> image 123; citing FHL microfilm 1,314,637 (images available at FHL or FHC only)
8. ↑ 1830 U.S. census, Jackson County, Indiana, Carr township, p. 225 (stamped), Lucy Weddel; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYTR-389Q : accessed 31 Aug 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M19, roll 29.
9. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Jackson County, Indiana, [township not stated], p. 6 (stamped), Lucy Weddel; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBS-S4LD : accessed 31 Aug 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 83.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} 1850 U.S. census, Jackson County, Indiana, population schedule, Carr township, p. 177 (stamped), dwelling 114, family 116, Lucy Weddle; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QMQ-419 : accessed 31 Aug 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 152.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} 1860 U.S. census, Jackson County, Indiana, population schedule, Carr township, p. 90 (penned), dwelling 638, family 636, line 18, Lucy Weddel; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBB-3DBJ : accessed 31 Aug 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 268.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} 1870 U.S. census, Washington County, Indiana, population schedule, Gibson township, p. 124 (penned), dwelling 132, family 132, line 5, Lucy Weddell; image, FamilySearch.org, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6Q93-M42 : accessed 31 Aug 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 369.
13. ↑ Ancestry, Find a Grave, database, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82502370 : accessed 31 Aug 2020), memorial 82502370, Lucy Hubbard Weddle (1795-1878), Old Pleasantville Cemetery, Weddleville, Jackson County, Indiana; no gravestone image.