Draft:Samuel Hubbard (Massachusetts judge)

Samuel Hubbard (June 2, 1785 – December 24, 1847) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1842 to 1847. He was appointed by Governor John Davis.

Career

He was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Yale University in 1802. He then commenced the study of law. After admittance to the Bar, he practiced in Biddeford, Maine, from 1806 to 1810. He returned to Boston, was elected as Representative and afterwards served several terms as State Senator.

In 1827, he received an LLD from Yale University.

In 1842, he received an LLD from Harvard University. The same year, he was elected judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, remaining in that office until his death.

Personal life and death

On June 18, 1815, he married Mary Anne Greene (1790-1827), daughter of Gardiner Greene and Elizabeth Greene. Their children were: Elizabeth Greene Hubbard [Buck] (1817-1890); Joanna Perkins Hubbard [Gillette] (1818-1862); Mary Anne Hubbard [Blatchford] (1820-1864); Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822-1897); and Caroline Hubbard [McCurdy] (1826-1868).

After the death of his first wife, he married Mary Ann Coit [Blatchford] (1798-1869) on November 27, 1828 in Boston. Their children were: Sarah Wisner Hubbard (1829-1856); Samuel Hubbard (1831-1912); Henry Blatchford Hubbard (1833-1862); William Coit Hubbard (1834-1865); James Mascarene Hubbard (1836-1932); and Charles Eustis Hubbard (1842-1928).

He died December 24, 1847, in Boston, at the age of 62.

References

Category:1785 births Category:1847 deaths Category:People from Boston Category:Yale University alumni Category:Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

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