Levi Hubbard
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Levi Hubbard was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts
Worcester, Massachusetts
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 to Jonas Hubbard and Mary (Stevens) Hubbard, he attended the common schools. He moved to Paris, Maine
Paris, Maine
Paris is a town in and the county seat of Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,793 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of South Paris is located within the town. Because the U.S. Post Office refers to the entire town as South Paris, the town as a whole is commonly...

 (then a district of Massachusetts), in 1785 and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He was prominent in State military organizations, served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

, and served in the Massachusetts State Senate.

Hubbard was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth
13th United States Congress
- Senate :* President: Elbridge Gerry , until November 23, 1814, thereafter vacant.* President pro tempore: Joseph B. Varnum , December 6, 1813 – February 3, 1814** John Gaillard , elected November 25, 1814- House of Representatives :...

 Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815). After leaving the House, he again served in the Massachusetts State Senate, resumed his agricultural pursuits, served as member of Maine Executive Council in 1829, and died in Paris, Maine
Paris, Maine
Paris is a town in and the county seat of Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,793 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of South Paris is located within the town. Because the U.S. Post Office refers to the entire town as South Paris, the town as a whole is commonly...

 on February 18, 1836. He was interred in a tomb on his farm.

Levi Hubbard is a descendant of Edmund Rice
Edmund Rice (1638)
Edmund Rice , was an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony who was born in Suffolk, England, and lived in Stanstead, Suffolk and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire prior to sailing with his family to America. He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in summer or fall of 1638, presumed to be first...

 an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...

 as follows:
  • Levi Hubbard, son of
  • Jonas Hubbard (21 May 1739 - ?), son of
  • Cornet Daniel Hubbard (20 Nov 1694 - 28 Apr 1784), son of
  • Hannah Rice (1658 - 9 Apr 1747), daughter of
  • Samuel Rice (12 Nov 1634 - 25 Feb 1684), son of
  • Edmund Rice
    Edmund Rice (1638)
    Edmund Rice , was an early immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony who was born in Suffolk, England, and lived in Stanstead, Suffolk and Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire prior to sailing with his family to America. He arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in summer or fall of 1638, presumed to be first...

     (1594 - 3 May 1663)

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