Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameAbel Jay HUBBELL 3860
Birth1774, Old Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut3879, place only,3880, p 1
Removal1795, New York3880, place only,2506, p 194 Age: 21
Removalabt 1815, Township Hall Rd, Brighton, ON K0K, Canada3880, p 2,3864,2506, p 194 Age: 41
Removal1850, St. Clair County, Michigan2506, p 194 Age: 76
DeathAug 1859, St. Clair County, Michigan3880,2506, p 194 Age: 85
Memoprob nr Pt. Huron Mich where bur (St. Clair Co. v.r.)
BurialWilliams Family Cemetery, Columbus Twp., St. Clair, Michigan3880
MemoSect. 1, Columbus Township
Residenceof New York state, Canada and Michigan2506, p 194
FatherAbel HUBBELL (1747-)
MotherUNNAMED
Individual Notes
• Abel Jay, his wife Ann and several of his children with their families moved to the Little Canada Settlement south of Smith’s Creek in St. Clair Co., MI near the farm occupied by their daughter Polly and husband Elias C. Williams. Some of them are buried in the Williams Family Cemetery, Sec. 1 of Columbia Twp, St. Clair Co., Mi.3880, p 2

• Abel Jay Hubbell was the son of Abel Hubbell of Fairfield CT and unknown wife. It has been difficult to get a solid genealogy on Abel Jay, and I am glad to share what I know.3881

• One of the things I have been busy with is locating Canada Settlement in St. Clair County, MI. I have found it and I have located the cemetery that Abel Jay Hubble is buried in alongside his 2nd wife, Ann Reddick.
I am going to attach a picture of Abel’s stone. It is not very clear, but if you look closely, you will see his name is spelled A-B-L-E. That is the first spelling I had received, but was told by many that my spelling was wrong.3882
General
• I think it’s interesting that a US citizen moved to Canada in the immediate aftermath of the War of 1812. The two countries were really not on pleasant terms at the time.
[They] settled in Northumberland Co., Cramahe Township. This is out near Port Hope and Cobourg, Ontario, just a bit East of them.
I know his children were born in a village called Myrtle, just north of Whitby, Ontario, where the Hubbell family owned a farm from the early 1800s until the early 1900s. The farm was still there as of 1992 or so, about the last time I was there, although suburban development was making its way in. There is a Hubbell graveyard at the edge of the property, where some of AJ’s descendants are buried.3864
Spouses
MarriageNew York3879,2506, p 194
ChildrenDavid Charles (~1794-1849)
 Samuel S. (1799-1870)
 Phebe Ann
 Loretta
 Nathan
 Smith P. (~1807-)
 Laura
Death16 Jan 1866, St. Clair County, Michigan2506, p 194 Age: 82
FatherPhilip REDDICK
MotherUNNAMED
Census
• 1860 Census: Columbus PO, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 75, b NY. Living in household of Isaiah Moore, two households away from son, Hiram.3883
Family Notes
• Abel Jay Hubble and Ann [Reddick] Gaffield started housekeeping with 9 children, 7 Hubbles and 2 Gaffields.3880, p 2
ChildrenNancy
 Rebecca (-1904)
 Irene
 Diantha (~1819-1855)
 Reddick (1821-)
 Hiram (1824-1913)
 Mary (1826-1912)
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Updated 8 Aug 2023
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