Richard Hubbell (1742 - 1829)

Born 1742 in Stratfield, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 16 Jul 1829 at about age 87 in New York, New York, New York, USA

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Biography

Richard was born into a prominent merchant family in Newfield (now Bridgeport) Connecticut. He was in the merchant business with his father, also named Richard, and his brother Amos. Their business involve trade with the West Indies. A number of Hubbells in this extended family were merchants or sea captains.

During the revolutionary War , the Hubbell family provided supplies and support to revolutionary forces including General Washington. Richard was paid in Continental Money after the war, and as you might imagine, a whole boat load of this type of money was soon worth next to nothing.

Richard, who married Roxanna Burritt, came from a long line of Richards, and his own son is referred to as Richard the fifth. That son was lost at sea.

A small biographical sketch of this Richard can be found in "The History of the Hubbell Family" p. 81.

• Additional children:
  1. Pamela, m. Capt. Robert William Wetmore
  2. Eli
• For the 1790 US Census, Richard's household included 3 slaves. (Not 100% certain this is the right Richard, but no better fit has been found.)

Sources

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 2, pages 480, 489-90
• Photo image of 1790 Fairfield Census courtesy of Family Search
• "The History of the Hubbell Family" pp. 81 and 254
• "Hubbell Sea Captains" by Hilbert Hubble link to partial text
• FindAGrave Memorial For Richard Hubbell IV

From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:

• Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1742 & 1829
• US Census, 1790 (Fairfield, CT)