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Note: . The following received from the Packard & Allied Families Assn.:
Samuel Packard of Wymondham, Norfolk, sailed from Ipswich with his
wife and child in June 1638 on the "Diligent", arriving at Boston on
10 Aug 1638. He went to Hingham until about 1654 when he removed to
Weymouth where he was Selectman from 1654-1664. He then removed to
Bridgewater where he was appointed Constable in 1664, Collector of
Minister's Rates in 1670, Surveyor of Highways in 1672, and again
Constable in 1674. In 1671 he received the first license to keep an
'ordinary'.
The birthdates for Samuel's children were estimated by Karle S Packard
from baptismal dates, John's birthdate (Weymouth VR), and the birth
order implied in Samuel's will. Source for baptismal dates: "The
Hobart Journal", NEHGR, CXXI, pp. 19,24,25.
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The following copied from the RootsWeb WorldConnect pages of Michael
Hervey <mike@mdhervey.com>
. He and his wife, Elizabeth ______ had numerous children. For Packard
descendants, of course, his will should be of interest, but it is also
interesting to note that she late in life married John Washburne, son
of John and Margery Washburn and the husband of Elizabeth Mitchell,
Mayflower Descendant. He died within a few years of the marriage,
being then about 65. Note the interesting comment as it relates to a
bequest for dau. Jael, current wife of John Smith, in which he seems
to, but perhaps not necessarily, expresses some distaste for Smith
Samuel Packard Will:
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On 29 October, 1684, "Samuell Packer senir of Bridgwater .... yeoman"
made his will.
Bequests were as follows:
"unto my loveing wiff Elizabeth all that my farm in the said Towne of
Bridgwater which I now Dwell upon Containing" 36 acres "with all the
houses Lands and Meddowes belonging to the said farme, During the
tearm of her Naturall Life;" also "all my Share of Meddow Lying att a
place in Bridgwater Called Bulls hole" for life; "end alsoe all my
goods and Cattles" for life; also �40 in money for life.
"unto Samuell Packer my eldest son" 64 acres of land in Bridgewater
"which his Dwelling house Now stands upon .... buting upon West meadow
brook on the east side of the said brooke and Runing east & west";
also 25 acres of land in Bridgewater "which is not yett Layed out";
also "one Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater "in the West meadow on the
south east syde of .... the west meadow Brooke"; also "one Lott of
Meddow" in Bridgewater "in the Great Meddow on the North east side of
the pond Joyning to the pond"
"unto my son Zacheus Packer .... the house wherin hee my said son
Zacheus Packer Dwelleth in with the Land therunto belonging which is"
24 acres lying in Bridgewater; also "my Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater
"in the west meddow on the Norwest syde of the brooke"; also "a Lott
of" 50 acres in Bridgewater "by the Bay. Path bounded on the south
side by Marke Laythorpes Land"; also "one Lott of Meddow" in
Bridgewater "in the Great meadow on the southeast side of the River"
"unto my son John Packer" 70 acres in Bridgewater "on the Eastward
side of the River; alsoe .... one lott of Meddow in "Meddow Called
Poor Meddow Lying in the said Bridgwater, alsoe .... all my lott of
Land att Teticut;"
"unto my son Nathaniel Packer .... two third prtes of my aforsaid farm
lying in Bridgwater which I Now Dwell upon Containing" 36 acres of
land more or less "That is to say of
all the houses Lands and Meddowes belonging to the said farme, to
enter upon it emediately after the Decease of my said wife;"
"The other third prte of my said farme that I Dwell Now upon in the
said Towne of Bridgwater; That is to say one third prte of the houses
Land and meddowes belonging to the said farme I give & bequeath unto
my Grand Child Israell Agur and to his heires .... hee or they to
enter upon it Imediately after the Decease of my said wife;"
"unto my said son Nathaniell: Packer .... the one halfe of my lott of"
50 acres in Bridgewater lying "Next to Joseph Bassetts lott Neare to
the Pond; alsoe I Give .... unto my said Grand Child Israell Augur and
to his heires .... the other halfe of the said Lott of fifty acrees of
land; to be equally Devided between the said Nathaniel Packer My son
and the said Israell Augur; they and both of them to enter upon it
Imediately after my Decease;"
"unto my said son Nathaniel Packer and To his heires and assignes for
ever the one halfe of my Share of meadow in Bridgwater lying there att
a place Called Bulls hole; hee or they to enter upon it after the
Decease of my said wife; alsoe I give and bequeath unto my Grand [p.
97] Child Issraell Augur and to his heires and assignes for ever, the
other halfe of my said Share of meadow lying att Said bulls hole, hee
or they, to enter upon itt after the Decease of my said wife ;"
"I Give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Packer my wife and to her
heires and assignes for ever all my Lott Containing twenty Acrees of
land lying and being in Bridgwater; between the Land of mr James Keith
on the one side and the Land of Joseph haward on the other side,
buting upon the pond Called Satuckett pond;"
"unto my fouer sones (viz) Samuell Packer Zacheus Packer John Packer
and Nathaniell Packer; and to my Grandchild Issrael . Augur .... all
my Right & title of Comons and Comonage which I Now have in the
Townshipp of Bridgwater to be equally Devided betwixt them them five
excepting som prticular prsells of land already Given by will and are
not yett Layed out
and alsoe my will is that my five Daughters Mary Phillips the wife of
Richard Phillips and hannah Randall The wife of Tho: Randall Jaell
Smith the wife of John Smith and Daborah Washburn the wife of Samuell
Washburn and Deliverance Washburn The wife of Thomas Washburn with my
Grand Child Deliverance Augur shall have equally Devided amongst them
six all what mony or Chattles shalbe left after the Decease of my said
wife Elizabeth Packer;
alsoe my will is That as Concerning my Daghter Jaell Smith the wife of
John Smith that the prte of the Mony and Chattles above Named that
shalbe Due to my said Daughter Jaell after the Decease of my said wife
Elizabeth Packer shall not be Delivered to the said John Smith; but
shalbe Desposed of to my said Daughter Jaell for her Comfort by the
executors of my said
Will; alsoe my will is that my Grand Child Deliverance Augur shall
have a heifer; when shee my said Grandchild is of age; and alsoe I
Give unto my Grandchild Deliverance Augur one bed; with such furniture
to it as is now in the house; I Doe mean a feather bed after the
Decease of My said wife, Elizabeth Packer"
"my said son Nathaniel: Packer shall pay unto my Executors heerafter
mencioned" �10 in money "when hee .... shall Come to Injoy his prte of
the farme that I have before mencioned and Given him in this My will"
"to my two Grandchildren Samuell Packer, and Daniell Packer the son of
my son Samuell Packer ten shillings apeece in Mony; ,
"to my Grandchild Issraell Packer; the son of my son Zacheus Packer:
ten shillings in Mony"
"to my Grandchild Caleb Phillipes the son of Caleb Phillipes ten
shillings in Mony"
"To my Daughter Deliverance the the wife of Thomas Washburn ten acres
of land" in Bridgewater, "which said ten acrees is agreed on by the
Towne; to lay it Conveniently to the Lott not yett layed out"
"my beloved wife Elizabeth Packer and my son Samuell Packer; to be
Joynt executors"
"I Desire that mr James Keith and William Brett should be overseers to
this my last will"
The will was signed by a mark and witnessed by John Field, John Ames,
Jr., and Shadrack Wilbore. John Field and John Ames, Jr., testified on
3 March, 1684/5, and at the same time" Declared upon the oath they had
taken as abovewritten that the said Samuell Packer senir Declared att
the time hee signed and sealed this Will .... that hee Intented Thomas
Washburne to be a Joynt executor of his Last will & Testament with the
other two that in the said Will are Mensioned; and accordingly are
alowed of by the Court"
"An Inventory of the estate of Samuall Packer of the Towne of
Bridgwater Deceased the seaventh of November 1684 "No real estate is
mentioned and the total is �133, 6s., 6d. "A true and faire apprisall
.... taken by us the eleventh of Novem: 1684 as witnesseth our hands
Marke Laythorpe John ffeild" "Samuell Packer Junior made oath to this
Inventory before the Court held att Plymouth" on 5 March, 1684/5.
He had an estate probated on 29 Nov 1684 in Plymouth Colony, MA.
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Source: A Mayflower and New England Study,
http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/wills/samuel1_packard.htm[epackard.ge
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An old History of Goshen, Massachusetts p.162 says:
'The following is copied from a newspaper of several years ago:'
"The Packards are a thrifty, well-stocked race. Abel Packard who
settled at Cummington 100 years ago, has now posterity of over 350,
scattered in 15 states of the Union. This Abel was a great-grandson
of Samuel Packard, who settled in Plymouth 18 years after the landing
of the Pilgrims in 1620; and he is supposed to be ancestor of all the
Packards in the country. His posterity is estimated to have
multiplied in 236 years beyond 50,000. He had 12 children, all of
whom had families. Several of his sons were soldiers in King Philip's
war and aided in the pursuit and conquest of that celebrated Indian
Chief at Mt. Hope in 1676, 200 years ago."
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