Robert Hubbard

Other Events and Attributes:

• Arrival: 1644, Jamestown, James City, Virginia, USA

Notes:

Robert Hubbard was christened on 28 Sept 1606 as son of the "celebrated Sir Henry Hobart," who was knighted on King James's accession to the throne in 1603.

Hubbard married Margaret Kevell on 7 July 1625 at Holy Trinity Church in Cambridge, England, where he had studied at St. John's College. Robert and Margaret had three sons before Margaret passed away.

The Second Anglo-Powhatan War of spring 1644 wiped out over 25% of the 1,240 American colonists. Following the war, the British were looking for fresh reinforcements of soldiers and settlers. Hubbard answered the call and sailed later the same year with his three sons. He took with him charters of the Virginia Company of London that his father had helped him draw up before his death in 1625. The Virginia Company was responsible for founding the Jamestown Settlement and expanding the English colonies.

In Virginia, Hubbard exported cotton and tobacco back to England. He served as the Clerk of Virginia Council in 1650. By 10 June 1654, he had acquired 500 acres of land in Westmoreland County. Hubbard added an additional 200 acres in 1656 with Major William Lewis.

He made voyages back to England to bring more settlers back to Virginia, but he also made a conscious decision to make his permanent home in Virginia in order to escape religious persecution and the English Civil Wars. Robert's brothers stayed in England to continue the Hubbard family dynasty.

Robert Hubbard died early in 1663 and was buried 9 Feb 1663 near James City, VA. Records show he was a man with education and respect of his peers in Virginia.

Sources:
University of London & History of Parliament Trust. "British History Online." 2011.

Simon, Tomlin. "Sons of Soldiers." Lulu.com. 2010.

Nugent, Nell M. "All Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666, Vol 1." Genealogical Publishing Company. 1992.

So why would Robert Hubbard (Hobart) decide to come to America? And how can we best link the family lines of Hubbard back to Hobart.

Robert Hobart, Son of Sir Henry Hobart of Blickling Hall was connected to the New World on both sides of his family. His father, Sir Henry Hobart was an investor in the second charter for the Virginia Company (noted in the list of investors later in this document).

But prior to that Sir Henry’s father-in-law (and Robert’s grandfather) Sir Robert Bell, was an investor in the Virginia Company from the beginning and both men had sons that went to Jamestown in the early days. Robert Hobart/Hubbard (note that Hobart is pronounced Hubbard in England) followed after the death of his father and mother. Not being the first son, heir apparent, and one of ten sons (not all living at the time).....Robert may have chosen the New World as his best option allowing him to use his family ties and position of gentry to arrange for the transportation of individuals to the New World – where he received 50 acres for each person to arrive (see description of headrights).

Facts below from the 2007 book “Sir Robert Bell and his Early Virginia Colony Descendants.”

1607, Henry Jr. Hobart (son of Sir Henry Hobart and Dorothy Bell, Dame Hobart, daughter of Sir Robert Bell) is said to have “died in Jamestown, Virginia. (No proof records found to date.)

August 1607, Stephen Calthorpe (brother of Catherine Calthorpe who married Esq. Sinolphus Bell, son of Sir Robert Bell) was murdered in Jamestown, Virginia.

1608, as grim as the first year (1607) was at Jamestown, the darkest days for the colonists were yet to come. In 1608, the settlement was re-supplied twice (Henry Bell, second supply short visit and son of Sir Edmund Bell) with new recruits and fresh provisions from London, but;

• In 1617, the Virginia Company instituted the head-right system, a way to bring more settlers to Virginia. Investors and residents were able to acquire land in paying the passage of new settlers.

Sir Edwin Sandys, a leading force in the Virginia Company, strongly supported the head-right system, for his goal was a permanent colony which would enlarge British territory, relieve the nation’s overpopulation, and expand the market for English goods.

Sir Thomas Smith, (Rich faction)as the Company’s Treasurer, had a different dream: the virginia Company’s mission was to trade and make a profit. This led to conflict between Sandys and Rich, Earl of Warwick.

1619 When Sandys became Treasurer of the Company in 1619, he moved forward to populate the colony and earn a protective status for tobacco which had become the cash crop of Virginia.

The Virginia company of London, so far as achieving its aim as a profitable stockholding company, was a dismal failure, but; England’s territory was increased vastly and the new land could be settled and its natural resources harvested. Spanish colonial enterprise in the New World was challenged. England’s laws, language and religion were transplanted to a new place, and laying the foundations for what would become the United States of America. They were really laying the roots of American society. “Despite the agony, the tragedy, and all the missteps; this is where modern American began.

Biographical Information

The following biographical information about Robert Hubbard is taken from another webpage:

"Robart or Robert Hubbard-Hobart was born 24 June 1606 at Hackney on the outskirts of London, at the time an exclusive village for the wealthy and powerful. Sir Henry was a patron of the local St Augustine’s church. British History Online has the listing, “Robert Hubbard, the son of Sr Harrye Hubbard, Knt. was christened the 28 daye of September 1606.”

"After Robart landed in Virginia about c.1644 in the midst of the English Civil War, he claimed Virginia land through transporting English Colonists to the New World. His father had helped to draw up the charters of the Virginia Company of London and also invested in the company before his death in 1625. Sir Henry wrote the names of his surviving children in a Bible shortly before his death so that history would remember them.

"Robart was able to use his influential contacts to leave for the New World to claim land and start a new life. The Virginia Company was responsible for founding the Jamestown Settlement and expanding the English Colonies in North America. One of the major tools used to recruit future Colonists was the Headright System, whereby a settler was granted fifty acres of land for every person he brought to the colony.

"On 18 April 1644, the Second Anglo-Powhatan War erupted and in about a day 350 out of 1,240 colonists were killed, and some outlying settlements were wiped out. The Jamestown colony needed fresh reinforcements of soldiers and settlers as a result and Robert Hubbard was one of many Englishmen to answer the call.

"He married Margaret Kevell on 7th July 1625 at Holy Trinity Church in Cambridge, England. Margaret was born in England to Reverend Matthew Kevell. Records show that Robert Hubbard and Margaret Kevell had three sons; Matthew, Robert and John travelled to Virginia with their father after the death of their mother in England. During most of the 1640s England was ravaged by civil war as Oliver Cromwell’s New Model Army clashed with Royalist forces for the control of not just England but the entire British Isles. This information was taken from a web site established earlier this year by Simon Tomlin writer of the book "Sons of Soldiers" in it Robert Hubbard is mentioned."

Robert married Margaret Kevell on 7 Jul 1625 in Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, England. Margaret was born in 1606 in London, London, England; died in 1644 in , , , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mathew Hubbard, Sr. was born in 1627 in , , , England; died on 24 Apr 1667 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
2. John Hubbard was born in 1629 in , , , England; died on 24 Feb 1667 in Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA.
3. Robert Hubbard was born in 1631 in , , , England; died in 1691 in Warwick, Surry, Virginia, USA.

Henry married Dorothy Bell on 22 Apr 1590 in Blickling, Norfolk, England. Dorothy (daughter of Robert Bell and Dorothy Beaupre) was born on 19 Oct 1572 in Beaupre, Norfolk, England; died on 30 Apr 1641 in Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Audrey Hare. Audrey (daughter of William Hare and Alice Rugge) was born in 1541 in , Norfolk, England; died on 16 Jul 1580 in Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Dorothy Beaupre on 15 Oct 1559 in , Norfolk, England. Dorothy (daughter of Edward Beaupre and Catherine Bedingfield) was born in 1538 in Beaupre, Norfolk, England; died in Beaupre, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Miles married Ellen Blaverhasset in 1527 in Frenze, Diss, Norfolk, England. Ellen (daughter of John Blennerhassett and Jane Tindall) was born in 1507 in , Norfolk, England; died in 1557 in , Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Alice Rugge in 1541 in , Norfolk, England. Alice (daughter of Rugge) was born in 1511 in Beeston, Norfolk, England; died in 1611. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Mrs Robert Bell in 1538 in Beaupre, Norfolk, England. Mrs was born in 1517 in Norwich, Norfolk, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Catherine Bedingfield in 1527 in Outwell, Norfolk, England. Catherine (daughter of Henry Bedingfield and Elizabeth Walsingham) was born in Bedingfield, Suffolk, England; died in Outwell, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Margery Lyhart. Margery (daughter of Peter Naunton) was born in 1440 in Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk, England; died in 1494 in Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Jane Tindall on 26 Mar 1472 in , Hockwold, Norfolk, England. Jane (daughter of Thomas Tyndall) was born in 1446 in Hockwold, Norfolk, England; died on 6 Oct 1521 in , Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Alice Wayte. Alice was born in 1494 in Titleshall, Norfolk, England; died on 1 Jul 1566 in , Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Margaret Forderinghay on 14 Nov 1492 in Dorwood Hall, Bocking, Essex, England. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Fotheringhaye and Elizabeth Doreward) was born in 1473 in Bocking, Essex, England; died on 10 Feb 1514 in Bocking, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Elizabeth Walsingham in 1563 in Ditchingham, Norfolk, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William Walsingham and Mrs William Walsingham) was born in 1532 in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England; died in Bedingfield, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ralph married Jane Lowderham in 1420 in Lowdhan Frense, Suffolk, England. Jane (daughter of John Lowdham and Jane Kelvedon) was born in 1409 in Great Braxsted, Essex, England; died on 20 Jun 1501 in Frenze, Diss, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Arthur married Johanna Percy. Johanna (daughter of Henry Percy and Maud Herbert) was born in 1475 in , Northumberland, England; died on 10 Jul 1547 in Southminster, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Margaret Ashfield in 1459 in Stowe, Langtofte, Suffolk, England. Margaret was born in 1439 in Stowe, Langtofte, Suffolk, England; died on 10 Feb 1512 in Outwell, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth Doreward. Elizabeth (daughter of William Doreward and Margaret Harsyke) was born in 1473 in Bocking, Essex, England; died in 1491 in Bocking, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Philip married Agnes Yaxley in 1507 in Ditchingham, Norfolk, England. Agnes (daughter of Richard Yaxley and Alice Stratton) was born in 1487 in Yaxley, Stratton, Suffolk, England; died in 1563 in Ditchingham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Mrs William Walsingham. Mrs was born in 1510 in Huntingfield, Suffolk, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]