54 GARDINER GREENE HUBBARD 



say a few words concerning those ancestors whose records Mr 

 Hubbard filed with our societj^ and of whose memory he was so 

 justly proud. 



The first of his forefathers to settle in the New World was Wil- 

 liam Hubbard, who sailed from London on the ship Defence and 

 landed in Boston on October 6, 1635. He is believed to have 

 been a gentleman of easy circumstances and the owner of much 

 landed estate, but left his home because of a sense of irritation 

 to his religious views, caused by the interference and restrictions 

 then placed upon freedom of worship in England. Two years 

 previous John Winthrop, the younger, had founded the settle- 

 ment of Ipswich in the young colony, and here William Hub- 

 bard, who had come from the older Ipswich in Suffolk, made his 

 new home. That he was a man of means is shown by the numer- 

 ous purchases of large tracts of land that are recorded in the 

 " Old Norfolk County Deeds." He was also a lover of learning, 

 for in 1636 he became the founder and principal of the Ipswich 

 Grammar School, giving one acre of ground for its site. The 

 spot is still preserved, for the Cogswell school occupies today the 

 acre consecrated to education more than two hundred and fifty 

 years ago by the first of the Hubbards. This early pioneer was 

 highly appreciated by his neighbors, for he was a deputy to the 

 general court during 1638 and 1646, and held other public ap- 

 pointments. About 1652 he removed to Boston, and there he* 

 died in the summer of 1670, at the ripe age of seventy-six. He 

 was regarded as " a very learned man, being well read in state 

 matters, of a very affable and humble behavior, who hath ex- 

 pended much of his estate to helpe on this worke." Such was 

 the ancestor through whom Mr Hubbard sought admission to 

 our society. 



Of greater fame, perhaps, was the second William Hubbard, 

 the fourth child and second son of his parents. He was born in 

 Essex county, England, and came to this country with his par- 

 ents. While a resident of Ipswich he entered Harvard and re- 

 ceived from that university the master's degree in 1642, in the 

 first class that ever graduated from an American college. While 

 in Harvard he studied medicine, but the church claimed him 

 and he was ordained in 1658, becoming the pastor of the Congre- 

 gational church in Ipswich, over which charge he continued 

 until advancing years compelled his retirement in 1703. He was 

 recognized as a scholar, a historian, and a divine, and was active 

 in many concerns of public interest. His historical works are 



