Person:Leverett Hubbard (1)

m. 30 Aug 1724
  1. Leverett Hubbard, M.D.1725 - 1794
  2. Rev. John Hubbard1726/27 - 1786
  3. Daniel Hubbard1729 - 1765
  4. Elizabeth Hubbard1731 - 1775
  5. William Hubbard1732/33 - 1736
  6. William Abdiel Hubbard1736 - 1772
  7. Dr. Nathaniel Hubbard1738 - 1762
  8. Amelia Hubbard1742 - Aft 1803
m. 22 May 1746
  1. Dr. Stephanus Whitehead Hubbard1747 - 1771
m. 13 Feb 1771
Facts and Events
Name[1] Leverett Hubbard, M.D.
Alt Name[1] Col. Leverett Hubbard
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 21 Jul 1725 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Degree[1][4] 1744 B.A., Yale College
Marriage 22 May 1746 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States[1st wife]
to Sarah Whitehead
Marriage 13 Feb 1771 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States[2nd wife]
to Esther Robinson
Census[1] 1790 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States2-1-3.
Degree[4] 1793 M.D.
Death[1] 1 Oct 1794 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Burial[1][3] Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974)
    4:864-65.

    "Leverett (Hubbard), b 21 July 1725, d 1 Oct 1794 æ. 70 (gravestone, City Burial Ground, New Haven), (church record, First Congregational Society, New Haven); B.A. (Yale 1744); Dr.; Col.; Census (NH) 2-1-3; …"

  2. Killingworth Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    48.

    "Hubbard, … Leverett, s. John & Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1725 [2:188]"

  3. Col Leverett Hubbard, in Find A Grave.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College With Annals of the College History. (New York / New Haven: Holt / Yale University Press, 1885-1912)
    1:760-761.

    Leverett Hubbard, the eldest of eight children of Colonel John and Elizabeth (Stevens) Hubbard, and grandson of the Rev. John (Harv. 1695) and Mabel (Russell) Hubbard, of Jamaica, Long Island, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, July 21, 1725. He was a brother of the foregoing and of Daniel and Nathaniel Hubbard (Y. C. 1748 and 1759), as well of the first wife of President Stiles. The father settled in New Haven in 1726. He was a doctor by profession, and under him Leverett Hubbard pursued medical studies while in College. In the year after graduation the son went on the expedition to Louisburg, and thus familiarized himself with surgical as well as medical cases.

    On his return he began practice in New Haven, and married here, May 22, 1746, Sarah, only child of Stephen and Mary (Miles) Whitehead. In September, 1755, he left New Haven for Crown Point at the head of a company of volunteers ; and in the next year he was regularly commissioned as one of the surgeons in the intended expedition against the same fortifications. He was promoted in 1 771 to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Militia, and two years later to that of Colonel, but resigned his position in 1775. He was among the most influential of the founders of the Connecticut Medical Society, in 1 784, and was elected its first president. In January, 1791, after having been re-elected to the presidency for the seventh time, he declined a further service. In 1793, when the society for the first time exercised its charter right of granting degrees, the degree of M.D. was conferred upon him.

    In 1794 New Haven was visited by epidemics of putrid sore throat and yellow fever. After his exhausting labors with the sick, he left town for a brief visit to Hartford, to recruit his strength," and there died of yellow fever, October 1, in his 70th year. He left an estate worth over $27000.

    His wife died December 5, 1769, in her 40th year.

    He next married, February 13, 1771, Hester Robinson, probably daughter of Benjamin and Catharine (Durand) Robinson, of East Haven, Connecticut. She died October 19, 1800, aged 51 years.

    Of his thirteen children, only five survived him : a daughter and two sons by his first marriage, and a son and daughter by his second marriage.

    The eldest son was graduated here in 1766 and died in 1771. One daughter married John Trumbull, the poet (Y. C. 1767), and another married the Rev. John Lewis (Y. C. 1770).

    Dr. Hubbard was remarkable for his tact in the management of the sick, and was greatly honored in this community.

    AUTHORITIES.
    Conn. Journal. Dec. 8, 1769, and Oct. 15, 1794.
    Conn. Medical Society Proceedings for 1851, 58.
    N. H, Col. Hist. Soc. Papers, ii, 257-63 ; iii, 539 40.