Jonathan HUBBARD

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[54842.FTW] Jonathan, son of Isaac, graduated from Yale in 1724 and was an ordained pastor in Sheffield, Ct. Oct 22, 1735. He was dismissed in 1764 and died in tha t town on Jul 6, 1765. He married Rachael Ely, daughter of Deacon John and Ma ry (Bliss) Ely of West Springfield. His children were all born and died in Sh effield. He was a clergyman of good reputation for character and ability, was moderator of th4e somewhat famous Council which resulted in the dismission of Reverend Jonathan Edwards from his pastoral office at Northampton in Jun of 1750. The following inscription is on his gravestone in Sheffield: "The Reve rend Jonathan Hubbard was the first pastor of the Church in Sheffield. He was blest with a lively genius and solid judgement. His public disclosures were judicious and his conversation instructive." An incident in his pastoral life has been handed down to the effect that he raised 20 bushels of potatoes in on e year (A crop of eight bushels which one Hadley farmer had in 1763 was larg e -- too large, since 'If a man ate them every day he could not live beyond se ven years.' Indeed the gallant root of potatoes was regarded as a sort of for bidden fruit...so wholly abandoned as not to have been mentioned in the Bible !) for which reason he came very near being dealt with by the church for his worldly-mindedness. The copy of record which follows has been deemed of suffi cient interest to warrant its introduction into The Sunderland Town History of 1899, inasmuch as it gives the proceedings of the FIRST ecclesiasticl council on the occasion of the organization of the FIRST church and ordination of th e FIRST pator within the territory now constituting the couty of Berkshire: " At a council met at Shjeffield, Oct. 22nd, 1735, at the desire of the Inhabit ants to gather a Chruch and ordain Mr. Jonathan Hubbard to the Pastoral Office , then present ye record Ministers and Messengers: Timothy Collins of Litchfiel d, Deacon Nathaniel Baldwin. Samuel Hopins of Springfield Peter Reynolds of Enf ield, Capt. Joseph Saxton Jonathan Edwards of Northampton, Dea. Samuel Allen. W illiam Rand of Sunderland, Dea. Isaac Hubbard The Council understanding that Mr . Jonathan Hubbard who had been Chosen or Called to the work of the Ministry i n this place had the Aprobation of the Neighboring Ministers and having receiv ed satisfaction concerning his Soundness and Orthodoxy, proceeded at the desir e and with the consent of the church which was then Gathered to seperate him t o the work of the ministry by prayer, with imposition of hands. Samuel Hopins, Moderator Peter Reynolds, Scribe."

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