Hubball, Richard

Richard HUBBALL and Sarah WAKEMAN

my 10g-grandparents

Richard HUBBALL was born before 1605, and lived near Redditich, Ribbesford Parish, Worcestershire, England. He was a Husbandman of Ribsford [Ribbesford], as recorded on 2 Oct 1640. His son Richard, who emigrated to America, spelled his name HUBBELL.

The HUBBELL coat-of-arms, from [HH2, frontispiece]

That the Hubbell Family of America is of Danish origin there is no doubt. All the heraldic devices relating to the family in all its branches, offer undeniable proof that it is of Scandinavian blood. The name of Hugo Hubald of Ipsley, Warwickshire, England—who was seated there before the Norman invasion of 1066,—appears in the Domesday Book, made by William the Conqueror, in 1086, and the family can be traced to him as its founder.

According to the best works on the nomenclature of surnames, Hubbell was derived from "Hubba," a Danish chief.

[HH2, p. 2]

Richard HUBBALL married Sarah WAKEMAN on 21 Apr 1621. They lived in Ribbesford and had at least one son, Richard, born about 1626.

Sarah WAKEMAN was baptized 23 Apr 1593 in Bewdley, Ribbesford Parish, a daughter of Francis WAKEMAN and Anne GOODE. Sarah was one of the eldest of 10 children. Her bothers, Samuel WAKEMAN and John WAKEMAN, emigrated to America, settling in CT, and Sarah's son Richard may have travelled with one or both of them.

1904 map shows Redditch, 15 miles south of Birmingham, and Bewdley, 22 miles southwest of Birmingham.

"This work incorporates historical material provided by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and the University of Portsmouth through their web site A Vision of Britain through Time (http://www.VisionofBritain.org.uk)."

Sources

[HH1] History of the Hubbell Family, Containing a Genealogical Record (1881) by Walter Hubbell (the title page is image 13)

[HH2] History of the Hubbell Family, Containing Genealogical Records of the Ancestors and Descendants of Richard Hubbell (1915) by Walter Hubbell

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