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tance and most of his life was devoted to public service. He 

 was born in Hertfordshire, England, in 1612, and came to Mas- 

 sachusetts in 1640. Four 3' ears later he was made treasurer of 

 the C0I0113', and held that place until his death, in 1674. Besides 

 filling that important office, he was a member of the general court 

 for manv years, serving as its speaker in 1648-'9, 1654-'6, and 

 1659, and he was assistant during tbe years 1659 to 1674. 



Mr Hubbard was sixth in descent from Samuel Wyllis in conse- 

 quence of the marriage of his great-great-grandfather with Mabel 

 Russell, and we pass from the records of Massachusetts to those 

 of Connecticut. 



Samuel Wyllis was a native of Warwick, England, and ac- 

 companied his father to the New World, settling in Hartford. 

 He was graduated from Harvard in 1653, and a 3 7 ear later was 

 elected one of the magistrates of Connecticut. In this office and 

 the corresponding one of assistant under the charter of Charles 

 II he was retained by annual election until 1685. It was on 

 his estate, directly in front of his house, that the famous oak 

 stood in which the charter of Connecticut was concealed in 1687. 

 His death occurred in Hartford on May 30, 1709. Samuel Wyl- 

 lis married Ruth, daughter of Governor John Ha3 r nes, and of 

 whom a few words are necessary. 



John Haynes was born in Hertford, England, in. 1654. He 

 was a man of wealth and culture and lived on his estate of Cap- 

 ford Hall in Essex before emigrating. In company with Thomas 

 Hooker he sailed in the Griffin and arrived in Massachusetts in 

 1633. In the year following he was made a freeman and also 

 an assistant, becoming governor of Massachusetts in 1635. Re- 

 moving to Connecticut a 3^ear later, he settled in Hartford, and 

 in 1639 was made first governor of Connecticut, Thereafter, 

 until his death, in 1654, he was chosen governor every alternate 

 year. Governor Haynes was one of the five authors of the first 

 constitution of Connecticut in 1638, which embodies the main 

 points of all subsequent state constitutions and of the Federal 

 Constitution. He was a man of great uprightness and refine- 

 ment of character, and of strong religious convictions. He tem- 

 peredjustice with mercy and had the power of making himself 

 greatly beloved. His life was spotless and his character with- 

 out reproach. 



Of the six ancestors whose records were filed by Mr Hubbard 

 in the archives of our societ3'' there still remains one to be men- 

 tioned, namely, the father of Samuel Wyllis. 



