Hubard Family; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 5, No. 2 Transcribed by Nancy Taylor for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No.2 (Oct, 1896, pp. 106-109. 106 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY. Committee for Louisa County, 8 May 1775. Thomas Walker, William White, James Dabney, Charles Barret, Samuel Ragland, William Pettus, Waddy Thomson Garrett Minor, Thomas Johnson, jun., Thomas Johnson, sen., Nathaniel Anderson, John Crutchfield, Robert Anderson, Charles Smith. [Purdie, 19 May, 1775] Committee for Louisa County, 4 December 1775. Rev. Thomas Hall, Chairman, Rev. John Todd, Thomas Johnston (Major), Charles Smith, Robert Armistead, Thomas Johnson (Sheriff), Col. Richard Anderson, James dbney, Charles Barret, Col. William White, Nathaniel Anderson, Waddy Thomson, Thomas Johnston (Minor,), George Meriwether, Charles Yancey, John Bullock, William Pettus, Garrett Minor, John Nelson, William Lipscomb, William Hughes, Henry Garrett, Clerk. [Dixon & Hunter, 23 December, 1775] [To be continued] ________________ HUBARD FAMILY. (QUARTERLY, IV, PP. 125, 203.) It would probably be well to give brief abstracts of the authorities on which the facts already stated rest. Chancery proceedings in York county: In the suit in chancery between Matthew Hubard of Yorktown, James Hubard of the county of Gloucester, Dudley Diggs and Mary his wife and Wm Hubard complts. and Elizabeth Hubard, Exor. of James Hubard deced. Catherine Hubard spinster and George Holden and Eliza- beth his wife defendants-----ordered 1st, that the Molatto Moll and her increase by the said Exx. in the answer are part of the said Decedents estate; 2dly, that the personal estate of the sd de- cedent exclusive of negroes likewise claimed by her be equally divided amounst the said complainants and her self as it now is, 8 HUBARD FAMILY 107 and not according to the appraised value; 3rdly, that the division and allottment by the said Extrix to the Defendants Catharine and George in right of his wife be good and binding.--Nov. 19, 1744. Will of Matthew Hubard, of Yorktown, clerk of York County, proved Nov. 18, 1745: mentions wife Jane, three sons: James, Matthew and William and dau. Elizabeth. Item, it is my desire that my said sons be kept to school and educated in the best manner their Estates will afford until they respectively arrive at the age of 16 years and then be bound out to some lawful calling, &c. His appraisement amounted to 293, 13, 5, and among the items we 62 books of different sort, 3 pictures in gilt frames and 5 others do, 1 silver hilted sword and belt worth 3, a clock worth 6, 12 high back leather chairs. Will of Elizabeth Hubard, of Bruton Parish, in the county of York, widow : gives 30 s. to son James Hubard for a ring; 25 s. to grranddau Elizabeth Taliaferro for same; 30 shillings to grand- son James Hubard of the City of Williamsburg, for same purpose; mentions also son William Hubard sen. grandson Matthew Hubard granddaus. Elizabeth, Mary and Susannah Digges. Will dated Sept. 1, 1763---prd. 16 Jan., 1764. In the orignal Bursars Book of the college, William and John Hubard are entered in 1761, and there is a note wrote to Mr. James Hubard, their father. It was perhaps 13, James Hubard, sen., of Gloucester, who qualified to practice law in 1759, and not 18, James Hubard (son of Matthew Hubard, clerk of York county), who was a merchant. In 1769 the latter was a clerk to the oard of Trade and a partner in merchandising with Jerman Baker. (Va. Gazette.) In 1769, 23, James Hubard advertised to practice in the County Courts, Court of Admiralty, &c. (Va Gazette.) In the account of the children of James Hubard, of Gloucester, 24, William Hubard was a colonel in the American Revolution, 26, Anne married Gen. James Taylor, of Kentucky, and 28, Mary was mother of Bishop Kavanaugh. (Letter of James L. Hubbard, of Amherst, great great-grandson of James Hubard, of Gloucester.) 18, James Hubard, of Williamsburg, married Frances Morton, eldest child of Joseph Morton, of King George and James City countiies. The latter and his brother George were justices of King George in 1744. George Mortons will was provided in King George in 1765, and mentions a wife Lucy (Baylor?) and children John, George, 108 WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY. Robert Baylor, Joseph, Elizabeth and Frances Hedgeman. John Morton Jordan, of Annapolis, Maryland, who had extensive estates in Maryland, Virginia, England and the Island of Antigua, was George and Joseph Mortons half-brother. In his will, dated June 6, 1771, and proved in King George county, he mentions his younger son John Nesbit Jordan, half-brothers Joseph and George Morton, half-sisters Mrs. Mary Sydenham, widow of Jonathan Sydenham, and Frances Meriwether, and wife Dorothy. Joseph Morton removed to James City county, where he died in 1759, but his will is set out in a suit in King George (Order Book, 1751 to 1765) and leaves to his dau Frances land which formerly be- longed to his fist wifes mother, Mrs. Bellfield; mentions son William Jordan, and one not yet christened, and daus. Molly Beckwith Morton, Betty McCarty Morton, Lucy Butler Morton, and Margaret Sydenham Morton; excors. Col. Presley Thornton, Capt. Wm. Brockenbrough, Jonathan Beckwith, Esq., Lawrence Butler, and Mr. Samuel Apperson. According to the The Beckwiths by Paul Beckwith, Joseph Mortons second wife was Elizabeth Beckwith, dau of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, and sister of Jonathan Beckwith. His first wife, Frances Colston, was daughter of William Colston and Mary Meriwether. (Henings Stats., Vii., 637; VIII., 169.) Mrs. Colston married 2dly Thomas Wright Bellfield, and had issue, Major John Bellfield. Issue of 18, James Hubard and Frances Morton: 29, Morton, a member of the Williamsburg Lodge of Masons 1778-1781, 30, James, born Feb. 12, 1765 (Bruton Reg.), 31, Matthew, born Dec. 25, 1766 (Ibid), 32, Meriwether, born Oct. 16, 176-. (Ibid), 33, Frances, 34, Elizabeth, 35, Charlotte. ---(Family Statement.) Hon. A. H. H. Stuart writes (1182) that when he began prac- tising law some 50 years before, Col. John Bowyer and his wife 34, Elizabeth Hubard lived in elgant style at Thornhill, near Lexington . Her elder sister married Mr. Robert B. St. Clair, who, while a student at William and Mary College, fell in love with her, married her and brought her to Stauton. Another sister (Charlotte?) married Mr. Griggs, of Jefferson county, Va., a lawyer of high standing. To this Mr. Otis Bowyer adds: I believe was a son of Gen. St. Clair of the Revolution. The mar- --------------- Col. William Caliborne, Jr.: Certificate of Loyalty William Berkeley William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No.2 (Oct., 1896), p. 109. By the Govnr and Captt Genll of Virginia Altho the Indian war and the late rebellion in Virginia hath been a great affliction, yet it hath given the country excellent experience of vallian layalty and fidelity of sundry Gent who hath eminently appeared in the countrys service amongst whom Coll William Claiborne Junr hath given testimony to all the world of his singular courage, prudence, and most remarkable loyalty by his sacred Maj-tie and me the Gov-nr of Virginia as well as his services agt the Indians as agt the late rebells not regarding ye hazard of his person or estate so that he might promote his majes- ties and country's service which for ye encouragement of others to do justice to his merit and good deservings, I have given this certificate undr my hand at Green Spring this 29th of March 1677. William Berkeley. Witness of the truth -- Henry Chicheley We are sensible and do testify that what is above written is truth -- Nathaniel Bacon, Philip Ludwell, dep. sec., Wm Cole, Ralph Wormley, Richard Lee. -------------- Brick-Making in Goochland Isham Randolph William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No.2 (Oct., 1896), p. 109-110. COL. WILLIAM LAIBORNE, JR. 109 riage certificate of Michael Bowyer and Frances Carpenter (parents of Col. John Bowyer), dated 1766, is witnessed by Alexander St. Clair (perhaps a relative) and John Jones, rector. The brother of Michael Bowyer was Gen. John Bowyer, born about 1720. (To be Continued) ______________ COL. WILLIAM CLAIBORNE, JR. CERITFICATE OF LOYALTY. (1) By the Govnr and Captn Genll of Virginia Altho the Indian war and the late rebellion in Virginia hath been a great affliction, yet it hath given the country excellent experience of vallian loyalty and fidelity of sundry Gent who hath eminently appeared in the countrys service amongst whom Coll William Claiborne Junr hath given testimony to all the world of his singular courage, prudence, and most remarkable loyalty by his sacred Majtie and me the Govenr of Virginia as well as his services aft the Indians as aft the late rebells not regarding ye hazard of his person or estate so that he might promote his majes- ties and countrys service which for ye encouragement of others to do justice to his merit and good deservings. I have given this certificate under my hand at Green Spring this 29th of March 1677. WILLIAM BERKELEY. Witness of the truth --- Henry Chicheley We are sensible and do testify that what is above written is truth--- Nathaniel Bacon, Philip Ludwell, dep. sec., Wm Cole, Ralph Wormley, Richard Lee.