(19) MARGARET,4 (b. probably at Ipswich,) m. REV. (42) WILLIAM HUBBARD, of Ipswich, who was born in England, 1621, and came to N. E., 1630, son of Mr. Wm. Hubbard (an eminent inhabitant of Ipswich, afterwards of Boston, to which place be removed about 1662 --" a learned man, being well read in State matters, of a Very affable and humble behavior, though he be slow in speech, yet is be downright for the businesse.") Rev. Wm. Hubbard was a graduate of the first class at Harvard College in 1642, and invited to preach at Ipswich as colleague with Rev. Thomas Cobbett in 1656. In 1676 he preached the election sermon. In 1679 his Historical work receives the approbation of the colonial licensers and was soon published in Boston, it contained
" A narrative of the trouble with the Indians, with a supplement concerning the war with the Pequods in 1637, and a Table and Postscript, also a Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in N. E. from Piscataqua to Pemaquid." The same book was licensed in London, June 27th, and immediately printed there under the title, " Present state of NewEngland." Mr. Hubbard was on a visit to England in 1678, and was probably there to superintend the publication of this work ; this was afterwards thrown into the present form of his " Indian Wars." " 1680, May 19th, as Mr. Hubbard hath compiled a history of New England a committee are chosen to peruse the same and report, so that the General Court may judge about having it printed."
Accordingly the same year the Legislature vote him L50 for his history of N. E., which vote is copied from the records of that year, Oct.11th:
" Whereas it bath been thought necessary and a duty incumbent on us to take due notice of all occurrences and passages of God's Providence towards the people of this jurisdiction since their first arrival in these parts, which may remain to posterity, and that the Rev. Wm. Hubbard hath taken pains to compile a History of this nature, which the court doth with thankfulness acknowledge, and as a manifestation thereof, do hereby order the treasurer to pay unto him the sum of fifty pounds in money, he transcribing fairly into a book that it may be more easily perused in order to, the satisfaction of this Court."
The Mass. Hist. Society, aided by a liberal donation from the General Court, had this history printed in a volume distinct from those of their Collections which contain it, in 1815.
In 1682, he delivers a Fast Sermon, and in Sept. a discourse on the death of Gen. Denison, both of these were superior productions, and were printed.
In 1686 he receives a visit from John Dunton, an English traveller, who thus describes him:
The benefit of nature and the fatigue of study have equally conributed to his eminence, neither are we less obliged to both than himself; he freely communicates of his learning to all who have the happiness to share in his converse. In a word, he is learned without ostentation and vanity and gives all his productions such a delicate turn and grace, that features and the lineaments of the child make a clear discovery and distinction of the father ; yet he is a man of singular modesty, of strict morals, and has done as much for the conversion of the Indians as most men in New-England."
This year he receives assistance in the ministry from Rev. John Rogers5 (22) and his cousin Rev. John Denison (a grandson of the Major Gen'l.) who died 1689, in his 24th year.
In 1688 Mr. Hubbard is appointed by Sir Edmund Andros and Council, as temporary Rector or President of Harvard College, when officiating at commencement he makes an oration, " in which he compares Sir Wm. Phipps (who had been knighted for discovering and taking possession of a sunken Spanish galleon,) to Jason bringing home the golden fleece."
He was one of the 17 ministers who bore testimony against the Old Church in Boston when they settled Mr. Davenport, also when the General Assembly approved of the act of the 1st Church, and censured the proceedings of the 3d Church, commonly called the Old South. The division excited upon this occasion interested the passions of the people at large, so as to give a new complexion to public affairs, most of the deputies who had so severely censured the brethren who built the Old South Church for their spirit of innovation, and leaving the good old path of their fathers, were left out and new members chosen. The town of Ipswich took an active part in this matter, and Mr. Hubbards influence had considerable effect upon their proceedings.
In all his histories,* Mr. H., appears to have been a steady friend of the churches, and among his last publications was one entitled " Dying Testimony to the order of the Churches," which he wrote jointly with Rev. John Higginson, of Salem
Among other writings, he left memoirs of his friend Maj. Gen. Denison.
"He was for many years the most eminent minister of the County of Essex, equal to any in the Province, for learning and candor, and superior to all his contemporaries as a writer."
He died Sept. 24th, 1704, at the advanced age of 83 having 'till within a few of his last years, been active in the ministry.
MARGARET4 (19) and REV. WM. HUBBARD, of Ipswich had children:
(42) I. JOHN5 , of Boston, b. at Ipswich, 1648, d. at B. 8 Jan. 1709-10, leaving a wife, Ann, b. Nov. 23, 1652, a daughter of Gov. John Leverett, of Mass. She d. in 1717, Hon. NATHANIEL, "a grandson of Rev, Wm. Hubbard, of Ipswich,"was probably their son, graduated at Harvard College, 1698.
"and resided at Bristol, in Bristol Co., of C. C. Pleas of which, he was Judge from 1728 till 1745 ; also appointed, in 1729, by Nathaniel Byfield, Deputy judge of Admiralty for Co. of Bristol, Mass., Colony of Rhode Island and the Narragansette country.
In 1741, he was of the Council, and Jan. 24, 1745, was appointed a justice of the Superior Court of Mass., to succeed Hon. Paul Dudley, promoted to be chief Justice; he left this bench in 1747, which was probably the year of his death at Bristol, in that part of the town which retains the Indian name of -poppy Squash, where may be seen his tomb. He inherited his father's virtues, especially that amiable spirit of benevolence"*
A son was Hon. Leverett Hubbard, Judge of Sup- Court of N. grad. H. C. 1742.
(43) II. NATHANIEL 5.
(44) III. MARGARET 5, m. John Pyncon, Esquire, of Springfield. b. Oct. 17, 1647. He filled many important offices, in his county (Hampshire) among which was that of Clerk of the Courts, and Register of Deeds; was appointed Judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1708, and d. April 25th, 1721, AE. 74.
His father was John Pynchon, also a judge of the same Court, and one of Sir Edmund Andros' Council, and mother Ann, daug of Gov. John Wylys, of Hartford Conn. She d. at Springfield, Nov. 11th 1716.
Their children were:
John, b. at Ipswich.
Margaret m. Capt. Nathl, Downing ;
William, b. at Ipswich, m. Catherine, daug of Rev. Danl Brewer, d. Jan. 1, 1741.
*Washburn's Judicial History-Felt's hist. of Ipswich.