Individual Details

Birth

ROBERT HUBBARD, third son and sixth child of Robert and Elizabeth Hubbard, of Middletown, Connecticut, and grandson of Robert and Abigail (Atkins) Hubbard, of Middletown
His mother was a sister of the Rev. Elijah Sill (Yale 1748) and of Dr. Elisha Sill (Yale 1754).

Occupation

He studied theology with his pastor, the Rev. Enoch Huntington (Yale 1759), and was licensed to preach by the Hartford South Association of Ministers in October, 1771.

Occupation

In May, 1773, he was called to the church in Harwinton, Connecticut, but declined this call, in order to accept another from the new town of Shelburne, recently set off from Deerficld, Massachusetts, where he was ordained on October 20, 1773. The sermon preached on the occasion by his pastor and theological instructor was afterwards published.

Marriage

his cousin, Lucy, second daughter of Nehemiah and Sarah Hubbard, of Middletown, their mothers being sisters.

Death

His faithful ministry was terminated by his early death from consumption, in his native place, on November 2, 1788, in his 46th year. He was buried in Middletown, but a monument was also erected in Shelburne by vote of the town.

Burial: Mortimer Cemetery