Genealogy of the Olmsted family in America : embracing the ...

344 Olmsted Family Genealogy
quently upon the Executive Committee of the George Junior Republic, at
Freeville, N. Y.
He is author of " The Sonnet in French Literature and the Development
of the French Sonnet Form," dissertation, 1897; co-author, with Professor
Arthur Gordon, of Cornell University, of " A Spanish Grammar," Henry
Holt & Co., 1910; and of various magazine articles; and editor of " A Selection
from the Comedies of Marivaux," Macmillan, 1901 ; " Le Malade Imaginaire,
by Moliere," Ginn & Co., 1904; and "Legends, Tales and Poems, by Gustavo
A. Becquer," Ginn & Co., 1907.
Prof. Olmsted is President of the Olmsted Family Association.
Ancestry of Bula Hubbeij.
I. Richard Hubbell (b. in England about 1627; m. 1651, probably at
Guilford, Conn., Elizabeth [dau. of John Meigs and gr.-dau. of
Vincent Meigs who was born in Devonshire, Eng. in 1583, came to
America in 1637, and died at Hammonassett, Dec. 1, 1658J). Richard
Hubbell married three times and had fifteen children. He died
Oct. 23, 1699. Richard Hubbell came to New England between
1640 and 1645; took the oath of fidelity in the New Haven colony,
Mar. 7, 1645; became resident of Fairfield, Conn., 1664; is said to
have been active in the Indian wars. Among his children by Elizabeth
Meigs, was:
II. Samuel Hubbell (b. at Guilford, Conn., Nov. 6, 1657; m. as his second
wife, Apr. 17, 1688, Temperance Preston; d. Sept. 18, 1713). He
had ten children. Among others by second wife, was:
III. Stephen Hubbell (b. at Stratfield, Conn., Feb. 16, 1695; m. Jan. 10,
1720, Abigail Squire [bap. Nov. 11, 1694; dau. of Jonathan Squire];
d. Apr. 20, 1792, aged 97). Among 4 children, was:
IV. Gersham Hubbell (b. about 1725 or 1726; d. " before his father ").
Among 8 children, was:
V. Ezbon Hubbell (b. 1757; d. 1820). He was a soldier of the Revolution.
Among 7 children, was:
VI. Eli Hubbell (b. Dec. 29, 1796, at Ballston, N. Y.; m. Nov. 30, 1820,
Mary Huxley; d. at Napoli, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1884). Among 9 children,
was:
VII. Schuyler Philip Hubbell (b. in Monroe County, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1821 ; m.
Sept. 4, 1845, Hepzibah Farnsworth, of Perrysburgh, N. Y. [b. at
Hawley, Mass., Apr. 28, 1824; d. at Leon, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1886;
dau. of David Farnsworth (b. June 5, 1788; d. Apr. 2, 1841) and
gr.-dau. of William Farnsworth (b. Dec. 27, 1737; d. 1837, at the age
of over 99. A soldier in the French and Indian, and in the Revolutionary
Wars]). Schuyler P. Hubbell died Feb. 24, 1899. Among
4 children, was:
VIII. Alvin Allace Hubbell (b. May 1, 1846; m. June 26, 1872, Evangeline
Fancher [b. June 22, 1853; dau. of Capt. Wm. Fancher (b. June 1,
1823, at German Flats, Herkimer County, N. Y.; served in the
Mexican War; d. in service in the War of the Rebellion, Mav 24,
1862) and of Lydia Mills (b. Dec. 15, 1832; d. May 9, 1885]). Both
Dr. A. A. Hubbell and Evangeline Fancher Hubbell are members of
the Unitarian Church, as is their only child, Bula Hubbell Olmsted.
Dr. Hubbell is an occulist. (Address, 212 Franklin St., Buffalo, N.Y.)
Besides other positions of honor, he was President of the New York