| Call Number: | MIC-Loyalist FC LFR .H8W5M3 |
| Name: | Hubbard, William, 1751-1813. |
| Title: | Marriage Certificates and Probate Records : 1756-1827. |
| Description: | 1 microfilm reel of textual records ; 35 mm. |
| Background Information: |
William Hubbard, a Loyalist from Stamford, Connecticut, was the first registrar
of deeds and wills for Sunbury County. He was elected to the first House of
Assembly after New Brunswick had been created a separate jurisdiction from
Nova Scotia in 1784, and served for many years as chief justice of the Court of
Common Pleas. He was a lawyer by profession and farmed a large land holding
at Burton, New Brunswick.
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| Contents: |
The collection contains marriage certificates, 1756-1826, and probate records,
1786-1827, for Sunbury County. The probate records include an account book
for Surrogate Fees, 1786-1808, Return of Fees for 1807, and Reports of Fees for
1816-1822 and 1814-1817. The material is subdivided chronologically.
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| Originals: | The original records are held by the New Brunswick Museum Archives. |
| Other Numbers: | NBM Shelf 28, Box 1 and Box 2. |
| Finding Aids: |
A nominal index precedes both the marriage certificates and the probate records.
The nominal indexes are available in print.
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| Notes: |
The Return of Fees and the Reports of Fees at the end of the probate records are difficult to read.
Two additional series of Hubbard Papers are available in the Loyalist Collection and are shelved at MIC-Loyalist FC LFR .H8F3P3 and MIC-Loyalist LFR .N8W5P3.
The quality of the microfilm reproduction is poor. The text is indistinct.
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The Loyalist Collection is located within the Microforms Department at the Harriet Irving Library.
Last update: 2012/12