Matthew Hubbard

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.gif"> <div> <B>Ashtabula Bicentennial Celebration</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>     </B></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="Home.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ashtabula Bicentennial Celebration"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>          </B><A HREF="History.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" History "><U><B>History</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=197 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad4c00dkelyh.gif"> <div> <IMG SRC="263bcc30.jpg" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" width="188" height="195"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="577" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 862 ><NOBR><div> <B>The Settlement of Matthew Hubbard</B></div> <div> <B>by</B></div> <div> <B>Darrell E. Hamilton</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>      Matthew  Hubbard  came  to  Ashtabula  as  agent for his uncle,</B></div> <div> <B>Nehemiah  Hubbard who had purchased a large tract of land from</B></div> <div> <B>the  Connecticut  Land  Company.  The  large  tract of  land nearly</B></div> <div> <B>comprised all of what is now Ashtabula City. </B></div> <div> <B>       On  May  21,  1804,  Matthew  Hubbard  left Trenton,  New  York</B></div> <div> <B>with  William  Pierce,  a young  man hired by Matthew Hubbard to</B></div> <div> <B>be a companion and  laborer  for the  summer.  Along  the  way, the</B></div> <div> <B>two men meet up with  Joshua  Stow of Connecticut who was  with</B></div> <div> <B>the  company  which  surveyed   Western  Reserve  into Townships.</B></div> <div> <B>On  June 3, 1804,  the  three  men  reached  the  Ashtabula  River  at </B></div> <div> <B>which time,  Joshua  Stowe  parted  their  company to continue his</B></div> <div> <B>journey west to the Cuyahoga River.</B></div> <div> <B>         Having   crossed   the  Ashtabula  River,  Hubbard  and   Pierce</B></div> <div> <B>went  in  search  of  th George  Beckwith cabin.  Thinking the cabin</B></div> <div> <B>would be deserted,  both  men  were surprised to find the widow of</B></div> <div> <B>George  Beckwith  and  her  two  small  daughters still living in the</B></div> <div> <B>cabin. Also at the Beckwith cabin at  the  time  were  Samuel  Beck-</B></div> <div> <B>with, brother of George Beckwith, and a Mr, & Mrs. Thompson.</B></div> <div> <B>        After  the  metting at the Beckwith cabin, the two men continu-</B></div> <div> <B>ed on.  On  June 4  they  arrived  in Austinburg where they meet up</B></div> <div> <B>with  Judge  Austin,  founder  of  Austinburg.  At  the Austin  cabin,</B></div> <div> <B>Hubbard  and Pierce were treated with the abode of hospitality of</B></div> <div> <B>which they had never seen before among strangers.</B></div> <div> <B>         After  leaving  Austinburg, the two traveled back to Ashtabula</B></div> <div> <B>to  erect  a  log  cabin.  The  site  Mathew   Hubbard picked was just </B></div> <div> <B>south of the Beckwith log cabin. </B></div> <div> <B>         Matthew  Hubbard's  mission  to Ashtabula was to be an agent</B></div> <div> <B>for his uncle and to look out after his uncle's interest.  In exchange</B></div> <div> <B>for his services,  Matthew  Hubbard  was  to receive a large tract of</B></div> <div> <B>land to become a permanent settler.  Matthew  Hubbard would not </B></div> <div> <B>become  a  permanent  settler  in  1804.  Every  year  for  four  years,</B></div> <div> <B>Matthew  Hubbard  would  leave  Ashtabula and spend the winters</B></div> <div> <B>in  the  East.  It  was  not  until  1808  that Matthew Hubbard would </B></div> <div> <B>build a permant home on South Ridge to bring his family to Ashta-</B></div> <div> <B>bula in April of 1808.</B></div> <div> <B>          Matthew  Hubbard  was  born  in Middletown, Connecticut on </B></div> <div> <B>April 29, 1783.  At  the  age  of  fifteen,  he moved with his parents to </B></div> <div> <B>Trenton,  New York.  He was married less than seven months when</B></div> <div> <B>he  made  his  first  trip  to  Ashtabula. Matthew Hubbard left many</B></div> <div> <B>desendants  as  twelve  children  were  born  to  Matthew and Mary</B></div> <div> <B>Willard  Hubbard.  He  died  at  the  age  of   87  in 1869. Him and his </B></div> <div> <B>wife are both buried in Chestnut Grove Cemetery.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>