Walk-In-The-Water
 Our Hubbard family traveled from New York to Michigan aboard this vessel in 1818
, Chin Folks? Talk about having "THE HUBBARD CHIN" Could there be something to the old family saying?
 Nehemiah Hubbard, Jr 1752-1837 - Hartford Co, CT
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 Willis R Hubbard 1875-1950
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 Frederic Hubbard 1879-1964
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 Charles F Hubbard 1919-2003 |
Perhaps our humble roots stem from the noted Hubbard Families of Massachusetts, or Connecticut, who helped shape our nation during it's early infancy and eventual westward expansion. Although we have yet to uncover any physical proof to such a lofty lineage, our research leads us to
seriously consider a connection to the Hubbard Family of Hartford, who were
among the prominent players of the Connecticut Western Reserve. To date, our earliest known Hubbard was named, George, born between 1774 and 1886 as evidenced in the 1810 Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York Census; and, the 1820 Wayne County, Michigan Territory Census. The information contained on early census enumerations can be vague to say the least, so we can only guess that the George on these records is actually ours.
However, by analyzing other information appearing within these enumerations, and from family lore, we find a couple of facts that stand out to support our theory.
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In addition to two adults of the correct age groups, listed on the 1810 Canandaigua, Ontario, NY Census, in the George Hubbard household, there are three males and one female, all under the age of 10-years old; which coincides with the ages of known elder children of our Hubbard Family.
On the same census page, just two lines below our Hubbard family, are Rufus Case, whom we suspect to be the father of our elder George's wife, Leticia; and a Homer Case, who would be brother to our elder, Leticia.
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Other Rufus Case researchers list a daughter, named "Lillisa", born June 17, 1782; who was married to a "Mr. Hubbard".
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We know that our elder "Leticia" was born on June 17, 1782, in Connecticut. It is our conclusion that "Leticia" & "Lillisa" are one and the same.
A Nathaniel Hubbard
is listed as a resident of Canandaigua, Ontario County in 1800; and in nearby Avon, Ontario County in 1810.
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It is mentioned in Ohio History that
a Nathaniel Hubbard and his large family had migrated to Ohio about 1814 from New York.
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While possibly related to our Hubbard Family, it has not yet been proven if this is the same Nathaniel Hubbard in the 1800 and 1810 Enumerations.
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Regardless of where our George Hubbard was born, we do know he came into this world in the era of the American Revolution; perhaps during
the same time as the brave
Patriots were defeating Cornwallis, at the Battle of Yorktown. Oh, the history we could imagine if we could only uncover the true parentage of our
ancestor, George. That being said, our story truly begins in the unsettled wilderness of the 1818 Michigan Territory; where our Hubbard Family firmly planted their roots;
tilling the soil, felling the trees, and carving out our own legacy. |
