HUBBARD
Hubbard
-The name Hubbard/Hobart can be traced all the way back to a Viking sea
king named Hubba (Ubba, Ubbe), whose father was the Viking warrior
Ragnar Lodbrog. The name Hubbard is now worldwide, but is associated
with Leicestershire and counties along the east coast of England.
We can trace back to a William and Catherine Hubbard whose son John
married Margaret Knowland. John and Margaret were both born in 1759.
They had at least two sons John and Samuel. By 1828 Samuel was listed in Pigot’s National Directory
as a Maltster living at Free School Lane, central Leicester. A maltster
would supply fine malts for the brewing of beer, ales and meads. In the
1800's it was hard to find clean drinking water, so the drinking of
alcoholic beverages was safer as they were free of bacteria; not that it
was fully understood quite how at that time. A maltster was not
necessarily a brewer or pub owner as his was a specialism to supply to
others.
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Samuel married Sarah Waddington who came from a prosperous Yorkshire
family. They must have been fairly well off as they were able to educate
their son John Waddington Hubbard who qualified as a medical doctor.
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