This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRB.2ACE/490.2 Message Board Post: Your dates appear to be off somewhat. Benjamin's birth in Massachusetts in 1608 would be more than 10 years before the arrival of the Pilgrims and only 1 year after the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown, Va. Jamaica town records do show that a Benjamin Hubbard in 1659 purchased a house lot granted to one of the original town settlers (Nathaniel Denton), this without the knowledge & approval of the town. Hubbard agreed to join the town and comply with certain requirements. This indicates that he was not residing in the town prior to early 1659 and he was probably in the adjacent town of Flushing. At a later date, Hubbard's town lot was purchased by Richard Darling. Jeremiah Hubbard, husband of Rebecca Brush, did reside in the town of Jamaica, acquired land in the 1680s, and because of his work in the Ministry, was supported by the town at a value of 60 Pounds per year and each inhabitant was to furnish him with one wagon-load of firewood each year. This & similar information is contained in the Records of the Town of Jamaica, Queens County NY. These records may be available thru your nearest LDS Family History Center. The Queens Borough Public Library's Long Island Collection here in Jamaica has a wealth of information on early Long Island and its families, but the exact records you are seeking may not exist. You may visit the library or hire a genealogical researcher to go thru the library's information. The library staff, unfortunately, cannot perform any research for you.