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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Staff Officer
Birth: 21 Jul 1725 New Haven / New Haven / CT Death: 01 Oct 1794 Hartford / Hartford / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
EXAMINING SURGEON
Additional References:
Charles J. Hoadly: The public records of the State of Connecticut ... : with the journal of the Council of Safety ... and an appendix ... published in accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly. Volume 1, pg 24
Henry Phelps Johnston, ed.: The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783. pg 18.
Spouse: (1) Sarah Whitehead; (2) Hester Robinson Children: Sarah;
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Leverett Hubbard was born July 21, 1725, at Hartford, Connecticut, eldest son of John Hubbard and Elizabeth. His father settled at New Haven, Connecticut, in 1776. Leverett graduated from Yale in 1744, and a year after graduation, he went to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, to familiarize himself with surgical and medical cases. On his return to Connecticut, he started a practice in New Haven. He married Sarah Whitehead, May 22, 1746.
In 1755, he left New Haven for Crown Point to head a Company of Volunteers. Leverett was promoted in 1771 to Lieutenant Colonel in the Connecticut Militia. Colonel Leverett Hubbard was the chairman for the elections of officers in the Second Company of the Governor’s Foot Guard, March 16, 1775. Benedict Arnold was made captain. In September 1776, he was appointed Examining Surgeon for the State of Connecticut.
Leverett Hubbard married Hester Robinson, February 13, 1771.
Hubbard was the first president of New Haven County Medical Association, from 1784-1791. He was also a member of the Connecticut State Medical Society from 1792-1794. In 1794, he was treating patients for Yellow Fever. Leverett became exhausted from his work. He went to Hartford, Connecticut, to regain his strength, but died there of Yellow Fever, October 1, 1794. He left an estate worth over $27,000.
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