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Mr. Hubbard married (first ) November 28, 1832, Sarah Ogden Johnson, and for his second wife, Mary Cummings Ten- ney, who was born November 19, 1819, in Hollis, daughter of Hon. Ralph E. and Phebe Colburn (Smith) Tenney. . Their children were: Frederick A., of further mention ; Mary Tenney, born October 12, 1855; John Theodore, born October 2, 1857, died February 2, 1882; William Norris, born November 2, 1865, a physi- cian in New York City ; Benjamin Farley, deceased.
(IX) Frederick Augustus Hubbard, eldest son of Luther Prescott and Mary Cummings (Tenney) Hubbard, was born November 17, 1851, in Hollis, New Hamp- shire, and was seven years old when brought by his parents to Greenwich, Connecticut. There he attended school
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and the Greenwich Academy. The legal profession had attracted him from youth, and with the purpose of making that his career he began the study of law under the preceptorship of Evarts, Southmayd & Choate, noted New York lawyers and friends of his father. In 1875 Mr. Hub- bard was graduated from the University of the City of New York with the degree of LL. B. and in the same year was ad- mitted to practice there and also in the State of Connecticut. His practice has been in Greenwich and he has made a specialty of probate cases, care of estates, real estate law, and a good deal of convey- ancing.
For many years Judge Hubbard has been one of the foremost citizens of Greenwich. Upright in his dealings, he has commanded the respect of his fellow- citizens. His political affiliations are with the Republican party; although not de- sirous of holding office, Judge Hubbard never shirks a public duty, and any move- ment for the general welfare can count upon his loyal support. He was appointed deputy judge of the Borough Court of Greenwich.
Judge Hubbard has found time outside of his business cares to indulge in his talent for writing. His library at home and collection of curios is typical of his tastes. His writing is entertaining and instructive. He has contributed many articles to newspapers over the pen name, Ezekiel Lemondale. Many who are famil- iar with his articles feel that his literary work should be embodied in a more en- during form. He is a fluent, graceful writer, possesses a keen sense of humor and has a splendid sense of proportion. He will always be remembered for his one published volume "Other Days in Green- wich," which, while disclaiming to be a history, splendidly supplements the work of other historians by relating interesting
facts and anecdotes of people, places and things identified with the past of that town. It is a unique and valuable con- tribution to Connecticut's historical liter- ature. Fraternally, Judge Hubbard is a member of Acacia Lodge, No. 85, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Greenwich, and is a life member of the New England Society of New York.
Judge Hubbard married, August I, 1883, Agnes Helena Waterbury, daugh- ter of George P. and Ellen F. (June) Wa- terbury. They are the parents of three sons : I. Carleton Waterbury, born April 25, 1884; he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, class of 1909, and is a mechanical engi- neer in New York; he married Katharine Chase, and they are the parents of Mal- vern Drexel, Richmond Chase, Dorothy Georgia and Frances Alice. 2. Drexel Tenney, born August 22, 1886; he mar- ried Katherine Bond, and they have one child, Charlotte Bond, born June 3, 1919. 3. George Frederick, born October 19, 1899; he was educated in Repton School, Tarrytown, and was a first lieutenant in the Royal Air Force, and was injured while in service by an airplane crash ; he has fully recovered. The family attend the Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, and aid in its support.
WEED, Edward Franklin, Lover of Natural Science.
For almost three hundred years the sur- name of Weed has been prominently iden- tified with the interests of Fairfield county, Connecticut. Members of this family have been among the useful and upright citizens of their communities, and they have left definite impress upon the industrial and public life of these com- munities.
The Weed family is a very ancient one
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in England. The name is derived from the place which was the residence of the family, Weed-on-the-Street, or Weed-on- Beck, one of the oldest parishes in the hundred of Fawsley county, Northamp- ton, situated four miles from Daventry. The name could be found only in North- amptonshire at the time of Jonas Weed's emigration to this country.
There is a record of Ralph, of Weed- on-Beck, or as the name became simpli- fied, Ralph de Weedon, having settled in Buckinghamshire in 1307. He became knight of the shire, and his arms were:
"Argent, two bars gules, in chief three marlets sable."
The family became scattered through- out Great Britain, and different branches were soon established in various sections of the kingdom. The form of the name changed with the different environment, and we find Wedon, Wead, Weedon, Weede, and Weeden, as well as other names somewhat similar. Only in the County of Northampton did the simple spelling Weed survive. From this fact it is possible to state with more than ordinary certainty the locality where this line of the family originated.
(I) Jonas Weed, the immigrant ances- tor of the family in America, lived near Stamford, Northampton county, England, and with a group of friends became in- terested in the stories of the new colonies across the ocean, and joined Governor Winthrop's fleet, sailing in company with Sir Robert Saltonstall on the good ship, "Arabella." The expedition landed in Boston, May 29, 1630, and old records of Watertown, Massachusetts, show that Jonas Weed was among the settlers there the following year. On May 18, 1631, he was admitted a freeman in Watertown. He removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut, in 1635, and during his stay there served
as a juror, this service carrying great re- spect and honor in the pioneer communi- ties. He removed from Wethersfield to New Haven, and the colonizing expedition to Stamford was organized and started from there. In 1641 he removed to Stam- ford, and there received a grant of land in 1642. He died in 1676, and his wife sur- vived him until 1689 or 1690.
(II) Daniel Weed, son of Jonas Weed, married Ruth , and was the father of Nathaniel, of whom further.
(III) Nathaniel Weed, son of Daniel and Ruth Weed, born October 22, 1696. The latter married Mary , and was the father of Nathan, of whom further.
(IV) Nathan Weed, son of Nathaniel Weed, was born January 1, 1725. He married and was the father of Nathan, of whom further.
(V) Nathan (2) Weed, son of Nathan (1) Weed, married, September 2, 1787, Mary Scofield.
(VI) Joseph Weed, son of Nathan (2) and Mary (Scofield) Weed, was born De- cember 20, 1801, and died March 9, 1888. He was a Whig, and later a Republican. He attended the Congregational church of Darien. He married (first) Louise Weed, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Waterbury) Weed, March 7, 1825, and their children were: Joseph Henry, Na- than, Louisa, and Alvah. He married (second) Jane Tweedy, of New York City, and their children were: Samuel Richard of whom further; Arthur, Bea- trice, Mary, Edgar, Edwin, Mary J., Jessie G., and Annie Tweedy.
(VII) Samuel Richard Weed, eldest child of Joseph and Jane (Tweedy) Weed, was born in New York City, Feb- ruary 9, 1837, where he died, Feberuary 4, 1918. He was a writer by occupation, and in later years was in the insurance business. In politics he was a Repub- lican, and in religious faith a Congrega-
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tionalist. Mr. Weed married, October II, 1859, Nellie S. Jones, daughter of David W. and Mary Cabor (Newell) Jones, the former of Boston, and the latter of Fram- ingham, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Weed were the parents of the following children: I. Walter Harvey, born May I, 1862. 2. Nathan Herbert, born August I, 1868. 3. Edward Franklin, of whom further.
(VIII) Edward Franklin Weed, son of Samuel Richard and Nellie S. (Jones) Weed, was born January 20, 1870, in St. Louis, Missouri. When he was about six years of age his parents removed to Brooklyn, New York, and Edward F. re- ceived his education in the public schools of that city. Following his courses there, he became a student in the Connecticut Agricultural College in Storrs, Connecti- cut. Mr. Weed then became a special student of Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College in microscopic botany and entomology. Mr. Weed has never lost his interest in his natural science work, and spends much of the leisure time from his business in this work. Mr. Weed's hobby is stamp collecting. For forty years he has been collecting stamps, spe- cializing at different times in the stamps of certain countries. At the present time Mr. Weed is making a specialty of Brit- ish Colony stamps and has a valuable col- lection of them. The social activities of Mr. Weed are many. He is a thirty- second degree Mason; he affiliates with Old Well Lodge, No. 108, Free and Ac- cepted Masons; Butler Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons; Clinton Command- ery, Knights Templar; Lafayette Con- sistory ; and Pyramid Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeport. He is secretary of the local Red Cross Association, and a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of Noroton, of which he is junior warden.
Mr. Weed married (first) Mrs. Louise
(Lane) Colyer, daughter of Adolphus and Eliza Jane (Stearns) Lane. He married (second), July 18, 1912, Isabel M. Weed, daughter of Nathan and Elizabeth (Dor- lon) Weed, of New York City, and Ma- con, Georgia, the former a son of Joseph and Louise (Weed) Weed.
WEED, Hanford Smith.
Lawyer, Legislator.
In the annals of Fairfield county fre- quent mention is found of the Weed family. This family is not only among the oldest families of that county, but also among the most prominent.
(II) John Weed, eldest son of Jonas Weed (q. v.), purchased land in Stam- ford, Conn., April 20, 1657, and died in 1688. He married, in 1665, Joanna West- cott, daughter of Richard Westcott.
(III) Daniel Weed, son of John and Joanna (Westcott) Weed, was born Feb- ruary II, 1669. He married and was the father of Abraham, of further mention.
(IV) Abraham Weed, son of Daniel Weed, was born August 18, 1680. He married and was the father of Abraham, of further mention.
(V) Abraham (2) Weed, son of Abra- ham (1) Weed, was born in that part of Stamford now included in New Canaan, January II, 1727-28. He married Naomi Pond.
(VI) Enos Weed, son of Abraham (2) and Naomi (Pond) Weed, was born March 14, 1731-32. The Christian name of his wife was Mary.
(VII) Lieutenant Seth Weed, son of Enos and Mary Weed, was born January 30, 1752. He was a member of the First Company, 5th Regiment, under Captain David Waterbury (later colonel), and Lieutenant Jonathan Whitney, in May, 1775. This regiment marched to New York under General Wooster. Seth Weed
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was commissioned lieutenant, January I, 1777, and resigned September 30, 1777. In June, 1776, he was in Captain Hall's company under command of Lieutenant- Colonel Thomas Seymour of the Connec- ticut Light Horse, which was ordered to New York for service. In 1779, Seth Weed was in Captain Scofield's company under Major-General Oliver Wolcott during the New Haven alarm. Lieuten- ant Seth Weed and Silas Davenport were appointed to procure provisions needed for the Continental army and State troops. Lieutenant Seth Weed married, January 3, 1771, Hannah Andreas or Andros. He died December 26, 1822. A house which Lieutenant Seth Weed built was remodelled in 1920. It stands on Weed street, about a quarter of a mile south of the Weed homestead.
(VIII) Seth (2) Weed, son of Lieu- tenant Seth (1) Weed and Hannah (An- dreas, or Andros) Weed, was born July 7, 1772, and died January 14, 1833. He was a farmer and with his father owned most of the land through which Weed street, New Canaan, now passes. He married, November 27, 1793, Sally Ayres, born March 27, 1774, died March 5, 1844.
(IX) Samuel Andros Weed, son of Seth (2) and Sally (Ayres) Weed, was born in New Canaan, November 13, 1799, and died July 7, 1868. For many years he was a wholesale grocer in New York City, during which time he resided there. On his return to New Canaan, he built the house now occupied by Mr. Hanford S. Weed, on his father's property. At this time Mr. Weed retired from business. He was the first president of the first bank organized in New Canaan. Mr. Weed married, April 7, 1835, Anna Smith, born March 14, 1799, died March 23, 1894, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Tall- madge) Smith, of New Canaan.
(X) Seth Chauncey Weed, son of Sam-
uel Andros and Anna (Smith) Weed, was born May 4, 1838, and died January 26, 1896. He attended Rockwell's schools in New Canaan, and prepared for college at Hoyt's private school at Niagara Falls. About this time his father opened a hard- ware store in New Canaan, and Seth C. Weed took charge of the management of this store. He continued in this business for some years, finally resigning to travel with his wife. Mr. Weed married, June 19, 1862, Jane Amelia Smith, daughter of Hanford and Naomi C. (Wortendyke) Smith, of New York City, and their chil- dren were: I. Jennie C. A., born April 23, 1863, a member of Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter, Daughters of the Amer- ican Revolution. Miss Weed is past regent, and was active in Red Cross work during the World War. 2. Amanda P., born September 16, 1865; she is now regent of the above named chapter and also was active in aiding the Red Cross. 3. Samuel Andros, born December 4, 1866, died September 10, 1914. 4. Hanford Smith, of further mention. 5. Chauncey James, born October 23, 1870, died Feb- ruary 5, 1872. 6. Sherman Chauncey, born March 20, 1872. 7. Naomi W., born February II, 1874, a member of Hannah Benedict Carter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and was active in Red Cross work. 8. William St. John, born January 27, 1875. The family still own the three Weed homesteads, their great-great-grandfather's and their great- grandfather's and they make their home in their grandfather's homestead. For many years the family have attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church and aid in its good works.
(XI) Hanford Smith Weed, son of Seth Chauncey and Jane Amelia (Smith) Weed, was born in New Canaan, October 3, 1868. He was educated in the public schools, and spent two years at Rev. Dr.
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Selleck's school, Norwalk, and two years at the King School, Stamford. In 1891, Mr. Weed received his degree of B. A. from Yale College, and in 1893 received his degree of LL. D. from the New York Law School. The same year Mr. Weed was admitted to the New York bar, and some time later to the Connecticut bar. After association in practice with other attorneys in New York for about three years, Mr. Weed opened an office of his own in New York, in 1896, where his prin- cipal practice has been, although he has a large and growing practice in New Ca- naan and vicinity. Mr. Weed specializes on surrogate and probate work and real estate law and has the care of many estates.
Mr. Weed is a Democrat in politics, and has been very active in the work of his party. He is not a politician, but takes a very sincere and earnest interest in public affairs, especially as concerns the town where he and his ancestors for so many generations were born. For a number of years he served as justice of the peace and as a member of the board of finance. He went to the convention that nominated the candidate for State Senator in 1912, pledged to support an- other candidate for the nomination, one of the county's most estimable citizens, but it developed that, because of certain pro- fessional activities in connection with lit- igation, that candidate at that time would not be acceptable to the voters of his party, and so quite unexpectedly Mr. Weed was nominated for the office and was elected. As a member of the State Senate, in 1913, Mr. Weed served as chairman of the committee on banks and banking, chairman of the finance commit- tee, and chairman of the committee on constitutional amendments. These ap- pointments were a signal honor, as it has been very rare in the history of the State
that a man at one session has been made chairman of so many committees. But it was only a just recognition of his ability, indefatigable industry and patriotic de- votion to public duty. The committee on banking revised the entire banking laws of the State, and so thoroughly and satis- factorily was the work done that since that time very few and those minor changes have been made in the laws as then adopted. Mr. Weed has another unique distinction, that is, that every bill that he in his capacity as chairman of a committee approved was enacted into law and every bill that he disapproved failed of enactment. He also served as a member of several other committees: Towns and probate districts, Putnam memorial camp contested elections, and Senate appointments.
Mr. Weed is a member of the Yale Club of New York, and of the Norwalk and Roxbury clubs. He is held in high es- teem among his fellow-citizens, and takes his place among the leading men of Fair- field county.
WEED, Eugene Augustus, Contractor and Builder.
From the beginning of time the build- ers of the world have left their mark on the pages of history. In this day, when it is hard to believe that there is anything further to be said or written in the story of construction, still the builder puts him- self, his best, into his work, and to the discerning observer there is individuality and meaning in the edifices which to the multitude signify only use or shelter. In the structural development of the city of Stamford, Connecticut, Eugene Augustus Weed has had a large share.
(III) Abraham Weed, son of Daniel and Ruth Weed (q. v.), was born August
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18, 1680. He married, April 11, 1706, he operated for himself. The rapidly in- Susannah Bell.
(IV) Abraham (2) Weed, son of Ab- raham (1) and Susannah (Bell) Weed, married, January II, 1727 or 1728, Na- omi Pond.
(V) Peter Weed, son of Abraham (2) and Naomi (Pond) Weed, was born March 29, 1745. He married, June I, 1768, Esther Bouton.
(VI) Zenas Weed, son of Peter and Esther (Bouton) Weed, was born Au- gust 24, 1790. He lived the greater part of his life in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was an industrious, thrifty man, and besides following farming was a skilled shoemaker. He married Betsey R. Com- stock, daughter of Abijah and Betsey (Raymond) Comstock. This family were descendants of William Comstock, an early settler of New London.
(VII) Rufus Weed, son of Zenas and Betsey R. (Comstock) Weed, was born in New Canaan, Connecticut. He received a thorough grounding in the essentials of education in the public schools of that town. He then learned the shoemaker's trade. But he was not a young man to sit quietly down and watch the world pass by him, and he looked upon his trade more as an equipment in case of emer- gency than as a definite life work. He left home at an early age and went to New York City, where he secured a posi- tion as clerk in a grocery store. He re- mained there until he had acquired a working knowledge of the business, then opened a store for himself. His location was the corner of Seventeenth street and Tenth avenue, quite well uptown some seventy-odd years ago. He continued in business for some years, then was offered an excellent position on the police force of New York City, which he accepted. Later he resigned and went into draying. In this line, as in the grocery business,
creasing trade of the Metropolis made this a profitable venture. He increased his equipment judiciously, and after he had acquired a sufficient sum of money for further ventures disposed of the busi- ness to advantage and went to Wiscon .. sin. This was in 1855, and he found him. self one of the early pioneers of that State. He bought a quarter section of land, erec- ted a house for his little family, and re- mained there for seven years. The open spaces appealed to him, and the opportu- nity of shaping the beginnings of the State thrilled him as his ancestors had been thrilled by early Colonial life in the East. In 1862, still imbued with the pioneer spirit, he pressed farther West, removing to Minnesota. Here he again established himself and his family, and here he died in the home he had chosen for himself rather than any place circumstances might have apportioned him. His wife was Charlotte Bowman, daughter of Sam- uel Bowman, whose family home was near Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey. Of their six children four grew to maturity ; the children were as follows : Zenas, deceased; Eugene Augustus, of whom further ; William, deceased; Har- riet, who married James Pike, of Aurora, Brookings county, Dakota; Ithiel; and Charles, of Rochester, Minnesota. The family were members of the Congrega- tional church, of which the father was deacon for many years.
(VIII) Eugene Augustus Weed, the second son of Rufus and Charlotte (Bow- man) Weed, was born in New York City, December 22, 1847. It was in Wisconsin that he began attending school, and he enjoyed only the advantages afforded by the primitive schools of the pioneer coun- try. But many men of orderly minds and a capacity for assimilating information have won their way to success with no
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better start, and Mr. Weed has added his name to this group. In accordance with his family tradition, he made his start in life on his own responsibility, leaving home and coming East. He remained with his grandparents for about a year, in Monmouth county, New Jersey, then went to Portchester, New York, and be- gan to learn the trade of mason. When about seventeen years old he located in Stamford, Connecticut, and followed his trade as a journeyman. He was indus- trious and economical, but what is more important, perhaps, he never was satis- fied with a piece of work unless it was completed in a workmanlike manner. In 1876 he went into business for himself, he had not only his savings with which to build his success, but an established reputation for excellence of work. In his long career Mr. Weed has built innu- merable structures, many of them of vital significance to the industrial and business world of Stamford and vicinity. Note- worthy among these are the Blickensder- fer Typewriter factory, and several build- ings for the Yale & Towne Manufactur- ing Company. Included in his earlier work were the Irving block, since torn down; the Hurlburt block, the first five- story building to be erected in Stamford, which stood at what is now No. 107 At- lantic street; and the Adams four-story block, where the Town Hall now stands. He also built many school houses in Stamford and neighboring towns. In January, 1910, he retired from active business. He is still hale and hearty, and is keenly interested in every phase of pub- lic progress. He has always borne his share in public responsibility, but has al- ways been reluctant to enter the political game. He is affiliated with the Repub- lican party, and served a term of six years as a member of the Park Board. For some years Mr. Weed was a director
of the Blickensderfer Typewriter Com- pany, and is now a director of the Stam- ford Realty Company. He is an hon- ored member of Union Lodge, No. 5, An- cient Free and Accepted Masons ; of Rit- tenhouse Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Washington Council, Royal and Se- lect Masters; of Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, of Norwalk; and a member of Pyramid Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Bridgeport.
Mr. Weed married Emily Morrell, daughter of Elijah P. Morrell, a promi- nent public official of Portchester, New York. They have one child, Harry E., of Lakewood, Ohio, who married Minnie E. Wilson, of Stamford, and has two chil- dren, Harriet and Wilson. Mr. Weed has long been identified with the Method- ist Episcopal church, as was his wife, who passed away December 25, 1919, and he has always been active in every move- ment that made for the public good.
WEED, Edgar S.,
Real Estate and Insurance.
One of the oldest families in Fairfield county, Connecticut, and one which has played an important part in the upbuild- ing of that county, particularly in the city of Stamford, Connecticut, is the Weed family, represented in the present gener- ation by Edgar S. Weed, of Stamford.
(I) Hezekiah (2) Weed, great-grand- father of Edgar S. Weed, was born July 26, 1756, and was a son of Hezekiah (I) Weed, and traced descent to the emigrant, Jonas Weed, through his son, Jonas (2) Weed. Hezekiah (2) Weed married, October 28, 1779, Rebecca Knapp, and they were the parents of Alanson, of whom further.
(II) Alanson Weed, son of Hezekiah (2) and Rebecca (Knapp) Weed, was
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born July 23, 1780, and died March 3, 1849, in New York City. He went to New York at the age of thirteen years and clerked in a store. Eventually, through his good judgment and thrifty habits, he was able to open a store on his own ac- count, and this was situated at East Broadway and Catherine street. For al- most half a century he continued success- fully in business. He married (first) April 8, 1804, Betsey Wilson, Dr. Mitchell officiating ; he married (second) Clorinda Smith, April 27, 1826, Rev. Henry Chase officiating. His first wife died June 25, 1824, his second, December 3, 1857.
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