The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . with his army asso-ciates between whom and himself there existed thestaunchest admiration and friendship. In the midst ofall the many tasks with which his broad and willingshoulders were burdened. Dr. Budlongs feelings andaffections all drove him to his home and the intercourseof his own family for rest and relaxation. Here he ex-perienced more real happiness than he could extract outof any other form of occupation, and every hour ofwhich he felt free to dispose to his own pleasure wasthus spent among those he loved best. Th
The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . with his army asso-ciates between whom and himself there existed thestaunchest admiration and friendship. In the midst ofall the many tasks with which his broad and willingshoulders were burdened. Dr. Budlongs feelings andaffections all drove him to his home and the intercourseof his own family for rest and relaxation. Here he ex-perienced more real happiness than he could extract outof any other form of occupation, and every hour ofwhich he felt free to dispose to his own pleasure wasthus spent among those he loved best. Thus did heround out his life, and, to his splendid record of publicservice, good citizenship and business success, he addedthat highest praise of a true and worthy manhood. GEORGE WHIPPLE HUBBARD—The nameHubbard is an exceedingly ancient one and dates, ac-cording to the best authorities, from the time when sur-names first came into use in England. It is probablethat it is derived, like so many other family names,from an earlier given name, which, through the habit. flparttn ^. Budlong, £g. ^< BIOGRAPHICAL of calling the children and grandchildren of a well-known man by his name, had some prefix or affix,designating the son of. There are some indeed whohold that in the case of Hubbard the origin is to befound in the old Danish name Hubba, which was borneby one of the famous old sea kings, who invaded andconquered a section of Britain. The given names,Hubert and Herbert, are supposed to have had a sim-ilar derivation, while of all the many forms in whichthe derived patronymics have been found, Hubbard andHobart are the most familiar to us to-day. In the oldEnglish records, however, there have been found asmany as fifty different spellings and even in Colonialtimes in this country the varieties were numerous. InEngland the name has occupied a high position andseveral of the branches of the family have borne coats-of-arms. The arms of the Hubbard family of this re-view are as
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