Stephen Hubbard
Stephen Hubbard Stephen Hubbard was a wealthy Kingston resident. He was a cordwainer (a shoemaker) and ran his own business from Cook's Row on the east of the Market Place. He owned two cottages and a house in Giggs Hill (near Eden Street), Hook and Stoke D'Abernon in Surrey.
He was a Quaker and was associated with other Quakers including a local man, John Feilder. He helped with building the Quaker Meeting House in Kingston. On several occasions he was arrested for attending Quaker meetings, was fined £20 per month for not attending worship in the parish church and in one incident, was beaten and fined for being a Quaker.
Pictured: Farthing token.
Obverse: 'STEPHEN HUBBARD 1666'