Hubard FamilySource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Apr., 1898), pp. 244-249Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915889 .

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the detail given in the former numbers. The compiler expects, in the future, to reprint in book form the account of the Thorntons, and urgently requests that corrections of errors in the published genealogy may be sent to him, as well as such additional data as will enable him to make the republication as complete as possible. Full accounts, to the present day, are desired of all lines which have not been traced in these articles, with all possible dates, accounts of civil or military offices held, etc. Corrections of errors will be printed in the QUARTERLY.

W. G. STANARD, 314 11. Cary Street, Richmond, Va.

HUBARD FAMILY. (Vol. III., p. 172; Vol. IV., pp. 135, 203; Vol. V., pp. 106, 211.)

Col. James L. Hubard sends the following list of the children of 13, James Hubard as found among his uncle's papers, and in the handwriting of his great-grandfather, 24, Col. William Hubard, of the Revolution:

Matthew Hubard, born March 11, 1736. Ann Hubard, born March 26, 1738. Elizabeth Hubard, born September 6, 1739. Mary Hubard, died an infant. James Hubard, born February 6, 1743. William Hubard, born December 19, 1744. John Hubard, born November 2, 1747. Margaret Hubard, born October 24, 1749. Mary Hubard, born June 12, 1752. Elizabeth Hubard, born September 15, 1754.

Co. Hubard then adds the following interesting information: I know that Col. William Hubard, of Charlotte, was the son of that "James

Hubard, of Gloster," whose book-plate is in a book of his bought in London in 1735. Mrs. Virginia Van Voast, of Cincinnati, a descendant through his daughter Anne, who was Mrs. Col. James Taylor, wrote me that our said ancestor James married Anne Todd, aunt of Judge Todd, of Kentucky. My great-grand- father, Col. William Hubard, of Charlotte, was a physician, and graduated at Edinburgh after leaving William and Mary, and was the first senator from the district composed of Halifax, Charlotte and Prince Edward, after the republic was formed. The Charlotte county records show the following concerning him: In 1774 at July court said "William Hubard, gent., produced a com- mission from his excellency the governor to be a captain of a company of foot in this county, which was openly read, whereupon the said Hubard took the usual oaths to his majesty's person and government, and repeated and subscribed the test." When the Revolutionary War broke out he took the

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side of the colonists, and marched with a battalion to Fort Moultrie. There is a, letter extant from General Lawson, urging him to again take the field and to march a regiment to Greene's command. He certainly appeared again as a field officer, doubtless lieutenant-colonel, and acted with conspicuous gallantry at Guilford Courthouse, where he had his horse killed under him. He was equally active in politics, as he was senator in 1785, and probably a member of the conventions before and after that date.

In 1786, he, at October court, produced a commission from Patrick Henry (Governor) to be colonel of the militia of Charlotte, and qualified. November court, 1787, he gave bond and qualified as sheriff; December court, 1787, was sworn as county lieutenant; July, 1788, again appointed and qualified as sheriff. He was a man of extensive and varied learning, and the intimate friend of Patrick Henry. He was also a man of wealth, but lost heavily by British debts that had to be paid after the war. Died 1805 or thereabout.

Dr. William Hubard married Frances Thruston (daughter of Col. Charles Mynn Thruston), 25th May, 1768. Their son, Dr. James Thruston Ilubard, born January 13, 1776, married Susan Wilcox, of Buckingham county, Va., and moved there to live.

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i. Edmund Wilcox ffulbard, born February 20, 1806, died December 9, 1872; married Sarah Eppes, November 26, 1846. Member of Congress six years. Their children: 1, Dr. John E. Hubard, born September 27, 1847, married Lucy Mosely (three children); died 1892. 2, Edmund Wilcox ifubard, Jr., born August 5, 1853, commonwealth's attorney, etc.; single. 3, Willie I. Hubard, born July 27, 1855, representative for Buckingham and Cumberland. 4, Susan W. Hubard, born May 25, 1851, died as Mrs. Crow, of Baltimore; no issue.

ii. Robert Thruston HIubard, born September 26, 1808, died October 19, 1871, in Buckingham; was member of Legislature twice; married Susan Bol- ling 1834. Their children: 1, Col. James L. Tubard, Lieutenant-Colonel Forty-fourth Regiment Virginia Volunteers in Confederate States army, born 27th February, 1835, married Miss Isaetta C. Randolph, 13th November, 1860; eleven children. 2, William Bolling Hubard, born December 24, 1836, mar- xied Eliza Calloway (six children); deceased. 3, Cot. Bovert Thruston Iiiubard, born 1839; married Sarah Edmunds; member of Legislature and of Governor Cameron's staff. 4, Bev. Edmund Wilcox Ilubard, born 27th February, 1841; Episcopal minister; married Julia Taylor, of Louisa county. 5, Eugene Hubard, died at eight years old. 6, Louisa Hubard, married Dr. L. C. Ran- dolph. 7, Bolling Hubard, married Julia Chapman; both dead. 8, Philip A. Hubard, married Miss Mary Wilson; they live in Cumberland county, Va.

iii. A daughter who married - Burwell, and had issue, William Bur- well, who moved to Vicksburg.

We have no family tree, and, strange to say, no knowlege whatever of my great-grandfather's brothers, Matthew and John. The painter Hubard inust be descended from one of these, judging from his surprise on meeting my father on one occasion whom he first took for his brother, but I do not know. Rev. Mr. Loyd, of the Episcopal church, Lynchburg, married Miss Ellen Hubard, daughter of the painter. Possibly she could give you some points. James HIlubard, in the above list, we have always supposed was the Hubard of

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Williamsburg, who went off with Lord Dunmore, returning after the war and dying in New York, was buried in Christ Church there, but his descendants all lived in Virginia, and claimed relationship with my father and uncle. One of his daughters, Charlotte, married Mr. Sinclair, of Staunton; another' a Mr. Greggs, a lawyer of Clark, or Jefferson; another married Mr. Bowyer, near Lexington, Va. His descendants were Hubard Bowyer, Mrs. Judge Colston, Mrs. Judge Brokenborough, Mrs. Poindexter and Henry Bowyer, of Botetourt county.

I find a doubt in my own mind after reading your magazine whether James Iubard, of Williamsburg, was not the first cousin, instead of brother, of my great-grandfather, William Hubard, of Charlotte. Mr. Otis Bowyer, a de- scendant of James Hubard, of Williamsburg, inferred they were brothers, be- cause they had the same coat-of-arms, and one of them had Gloster scratched out and Williamsburg put in its place, besides the old people all claimed relationship, yet they may have been only first cousins.

Owing to the two brothers, James Hubard, of Gloucester (died 1774), and Matthew Hubard, of York Co., both- having sons called James, much confusion has resulted, and from this confusion my own' narrative is doubtless not free. The facts seem to be these: James, the son of James Hubard, of Gloucester, was born February 17, 1743-'44. James, son of Matthew, of York Co., was under sixteen years and the eldest of four children, when his father made his will, May 9, 1744 (proved November 18, 1745). The latter then must have been the James who was usher of the grammar school in William and Mary College in 1752, and the lawyer who qualified in York court in 1759 and advertised to prac- tice law in Williamsburg and surrounding counties in 1769. In May, 1760, James Hubard, Jr., George Davenport and Peter Pelham (all of Williamsburg) were appointed to supervise the printing, in Williamsburg, of treasury notes. If this had been the son of the Gloucester gentleman, he would have been hardly six- teen years old. In November, 1762, James Hubard, of Williams- burg, was already married to Frances Morton, and for some time had been making deeds to real estate. James Hubard, son of James Hubard, of Gloucester, would have been, at this time, hardly more than eighteen years. As a man of property, James Hubard, of Williamsburg, was also, in 1769, secretary of the Board of Trade, which met annually at the city of Williamsburg. Then we have James Hubard, Jr., of Gloucester, marrying Miss Molly Whiting, in July, 1775, and in 1780 he acted as comnmissioner in Gloucester for escheated lands. (Virginia Gazette.) In 1782, Mrs. Frances Hubard, on the other hand, was acting in her own name in Williamsburg when she made a deed. Tradition has it that

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James Hubard, of Williamsburg, was a loyalist, and that he went to New York and died there during the Revolution. Certain letters in the possession of the family seem to give color to this view. How comes it, then, that in December, 1774, he was of the Committee of Safety for Williamsburg, and on July 5, 1776, was appointed a judge of admiralty along with Joseph Prentis and John Tyler, for the enforcement of the restrictions " against the enemies of America" . Perhaps the answer is that while he endorsed the preliminary steps of the Revolution, he did not approve the policy of separation.

I have seen a letter of Matthew Hubard to his mother, Mrs. Frances Hubard, dated from London December 30, 1782, inform- ing her of events since his arrival, and how "that humane and generous nobleman, Lord Cornwallis," had invited him to accom- pany him to the East Indies, a proposition which " my good friend, Lord Dunmore," advised him by all means to accept. He sent his love to his "dear brothers and sisters," and desired "Morton [Hubard] and Aunt Dudley and all the family " to write to him. There is also a letter to Mrs. Frances Hubard from Lord Dun- more's brother, James Murray, who asks after "Miss Charlotte and Betsy," and sends "my kindest compliments to my Dear Fanny [Hubard]," to whom he was reported to have paid his ad- dresses. These letters are in the possession of Mrs. Hubards great-grandson, Otis Bowyer, Esq., of Baird, Texas. He has a silhouette of James Hubard, of Williamsburg, and he has the original die from which the book-plates of James Hubard were struck. He kindly presented the editor with a book-plate used by James Hubard, which represents Hobart [Hubard] impaling some other family unknown to him.

There is a suit among the chancery papers in Williamsburg en- titled " Dorothy Jordan, widow, and John Nesbit Jordan, only son and heir of John Morton Jordan, late of Annapolis, Md., deceased1 vs. John Skinker, executor, and Sukey, his wife, executrix, of the will of Thomas Jett, deceased, who was executor of John Morton Jordan, deceased, William Storke Jett, administrator of Thomas Jett, deceased, and executor of Wmn. Bernard, deceased, who was another executor of John Morton Jordan, and Wm. Bernard a de- visee of said Wm. Bernard, deceased, and Wm. Gibson." Suit be- gan in 1792. Wm. Storke Jett was son of Thos. Jett, two of whose letters have a black seal, with three fleurs-de-lis, as coat-of arms. (From King George Records, Thomas Jett had two brothers-

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Burkett, will proved 1771, and Francis, will proved 1761-his wife was Frances .) John Morton Jordan was partner of Robert Maxwell, merchant of London, from 1766 to 1769. He visited Maryland in 1769, and was agent for Lord Baltimore. He died July 23, 1771, in Bermuda. He married Dorothy, daughter of Nesbit Darby (and Elizabeth, his wife, aged 65, in 1799.) There are depositions of Elizabeth Darby, of Charlotte St., Pancreas Parish, Middlesex county, Eng.; Mary Darby, spinster, of same place, aged 45; of Edmund Jenings, Esq., of Kensington, Mid- dlesex county, aged 70 (in 1799); Samuel Gist, of Tower St., Bed- ford Square, etc.

Joseph Morton's daughter, Betty McCarthy Morton, married George Payne, of Goochland. Their tombstones are in the Payne burying-ground, near Goochland C. H., according to which she was born February 9, 1746, and died September 13, 1807, and he was born January 9, 1743, and died May 3, 1831, aged 88 years, three months and twenty-four days. In the same place is the tombstone of Col. Matthew Mountjoy Payne, "born in Goochland, Virginia, 1787, served forty years in the United States Army, wounded at Palo Alto. Died 1862, aged 75." The will of George Payne of the parish of St. James, Goochland, dated December 3, 1744, proved January 15, 1744-5, names wife Mary, sons, Josias, George, John, and grandsons Augustine and Jesse Payne, and granddaughter Agnes Payne. The following marriage bonds are in the clerk's office:

1. George Payne Jr., to Agatha George, December 22, 1754. Security William Mitchell (James George, father of Agatha, and Josias Payne, father of George Payne, write notes of consent.) 2. Robert Payne, Jr., to Anne Burton, daughter of Robert Burton, July 20, 1762. Security Josias Payne. 3. William Heale, son of George Ileale, of Lancaster county, to Susanna Payne, daughter of Josias Payne, the elder, June 21, 1762. 4. Josias Payne, Jr., to Elizabeth Fleming, with letter of consent from Josias Payne, father of Josias, Jr., August 24, 1755. Witnesses: Thomas Flem- ing and William Mitchell. There is also a marriage bond dated June 28, 1770 (which bond seems to identify these Paynes with the Paynes of the Northern Neck), of Burgess Ball, of Lancaster county, to Mary Chichester. Security, Archer Payne, containing letters of consent from James Ball to the marriage of his ward (Burgess Ball) and from Josias Payne in behalf of Miss Chichester (see Hayden's Virginia Genealogies.)

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Nicholas Meriwether, in his will dated January 21, 1753, proved July 18, 1758, mentions brothers William and Francis, and his three sons and daughters, and wife Frances, who married secondly, Dr. Samuel Pryor, and in 1769, she makes a deed of gift to her son George Meriwether.

As shown by the will of John Morton Jordan, of Annapolis (QUARTERLY, VOL. V., p. 107), Frances (Meriwether) Pryor was his half-sister, and Joseph Morton's full sister, and therefore aunt of Frances Hubard, wife of James Hubard, of Williamsburg.

In 1740 Benjamin Hubbard was a prominent merchant in King William county, and in 1774, Benjamin Hubbard was one of the Caroline county committee. I do not think these Hubbards were relations of the Gloucester and Williamsburg people, and it appears to me now that Anne Taylor, wife of James Taylor, of Caroline (see Vol. V., p. 211), was a daughter of this Benjamin Hubbard, or Hubard, of Carcline.

Rev. William Hubard (numbered 15 on p. 204, Vol. IV.), son of James and Elizabeth Hubard, subscribed the "Association," in 1774 (Vol. V., p. 98), and was minister of Warwick parish in same year (Vol. V., p. 203.)

COUNTY COMMITTEE OF CAROLINE. (See QUARTERLY, IV., p. 101.)

Dr. B. B. Minor sends the following contribution from the pages of the committee book:

County committee, Novenber 10, 1774. Edmd Pendleton, . . 1 George Baylor, . . 11 James Taylor, . . . 2 Jno Tennant, . . 12 Walker Taliaferro, . . 3 Jno Minor, . . . 13 Wm Nelson, . . . 4 Tho' Loury, . . . 14 James Upshaw, . . 5 Benj' Hubbard, . . 15 Anthony Thornton, . . 6 John Jones, . . . 16 George Taylor, . . . 7 George Guy, . . . 17 Wm Woodford, . . 8 Sam' Hawes, . . . 18 Rich' Johnston, . 9 John Armistead, . . 19 Thomas Lomax, . . 10 Edmd Pendleton, jr. . . 20, The members of the committee are given twice afterwards, with

the number of votes that each received. August 29th 1775. "Colo. Ed. Pendleton declined acting Chair-

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