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.