Packard, Barnabas

Barnabas married Ford, Sarah on 27 Nov 1760 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah was born on 2 Oct 1739 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 2 Apr 1813 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Packard, Barnabas Jr was born on 19 May 1764 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Apr 1847 in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Packard, Molly was born on 30 Mar 1766 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Packard, Pollycarpus was born on 25 Jan 1768 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Packard, Bartemeus was born in 1769 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
5. Packard, Cyrus was born on 26 Feb 1771 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
6. Packard, John Ford was born on 5 Mar 1776 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 26 Sep 1849 in Madison, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA.
7. Packard, Philander was born on 26 Jan 1778 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA; died on 24 Apr 1861.

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John built the first grist mill in North Bridgewater, says Kingman. After John's death Lydia and their son, Abel moved to Cummington, MA. Children are all on vital records Bridgewater.[gpackard.ged]

John built the first grist mill in North Bridgewater, says Kingman. After John's death Lydia and their son, Abel moved to Cummington, MA. Children are all on vital records Bridgewater.

John married Thompson, Lydia in 1726 in Massachusetts, USA. Lydia was born on 22 Apr 1703; died on 10 Mar 1789 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zaccheus married Howard, Sarah on 1 Feb 1682 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Sarah (daughter of Howard, John and Hayward, Martha) was born on 20 Aug 1648 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1703 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Second daughter, fifth child.[gpackard.ged]

Second daughter, fifth child.

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Samuel Packard the immigrant, early of Weymouth and Hingham came on the ship "The Diligent" and ultimately settled in Bridgewater. 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:

[4:2:96] (MD 15:4:253+)

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.ged]

See Packard's Progress, Feb 1991, for analysis by K. S. Packard, Jr., of the birth order and marriages of Samuel and Elizabeth's children.
Birth order of Samuel's children has been established of the basis of Samuel Packard's will and Records of Baptism from Rev. Peter Hobart's Journal.[gpackard.ged]

See Packard's Progress, Feb 1991, for analysis by K. S. Packard, Jr., of the birth order and marriages of Samuel and Elizabeth's children.
Birth order of Samuel's children has been established of the basis of Samuel Packard's will and Records of Baptism from Rev. Peter Hobart's Journal.

Samuel married (Packard), W/S Elizabeth in 1632 in England. Elizabeth (daughter of Unknown) was born about 1614 in Wymondham, Suffolk, England; died on 27 Oct 1694 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Plym. Co. Deeds, 10: 1: 333]

"Elizabeth Washburn Widow of the Town of Bridgewater" for £5 current money "paid unto me by an Indian known by the name of Sam James of sd Bridgewater" sold to him "All that my twenty acre Lot of Land being Situate within the Confines of sd Bridgewater and at a Place called & known by the name of Setucket Pond and being about Fourty Poles in breadth and about eighty Poles in Length & on the Southern Side of said Pond It being the Sixth Lot from Pimkin Bridge of that Division of twenty acre Lots & lying between the Land of mr James Keith and the Land of Thomas Hayward Senr .... and I sd Elizabeth Washburn .... Covenant ., . . yt I at the time of making over & Passing away the sd Land .... Stood truly & lawfully Seized & Possessed with the Same .... by vertue of my first Husband viz: Samuel
Packard his Will" The deed was dated 27 October, 1694, and signed by a mark, and was acknowledged the same day before Thomas Hayward, Justice of the Peace.

It was witnessed by Samuel Packard, Thomas Washburn and Edward Fobes, and was recorded 22 October, 1713.

Notes:

John Howard, with his brother James, came from England and settled in
Duxbury; he was among those able to bear arms there in 1643. James, it
is said, went to Bermuda, and John came to W. B., and was one of the
proprietors and original settlers in the town a. 1651; was young when
he came over, and it is said, lived in Capt. Miles Standish's family;
was a man of much influence in the new plantation; one of the first
military officers in Bridgewater; took the oath of fidelity here 1657;
his descendants still own and live on the place where he first
settled; he always wrote his name Haward, and so did all his
descendants till after 1700, and the early town records are
conformable to this spelling; but for the last century it has been
invariably written Howard. It is remarkable that the two names of
Hayward and Haward, which have always been known as distinct families,
were uniformly pronounced alike, Howard. They were perhaps the same
originally, and both Hayward; but, in writing, John omitted the Y.
There was supposed to have been some connection between the families,
but perhaps it arose altogether from intermarriage, as John m. Martha
, D. of Thos. Hayward, and was a younger man even that Thomas Hayward,
Jr.--He d. about 1700.--He had John, James, Jonathan, Elizabeth,
Sarah, Bethiah, Ephraim.--Elizabeth m. Edward Fobes.--Sarah m.
Zaccheus Packard.--Bethiah m. Henry Kingman.--He was licensed to keep
an Ordinary or Tavern as early as 1670, and it is remarkable that a
public house has been kept there by his descendants ever since till
within a few years.

,, p. 147. Immigrant ancestor to Duxbury, MA,prior to 1643, later moving to Bridgewater.

John married Hayward, Martha on 6 Apr 1657 in Dennis, Barnstable Co., MA. Martha (daughter of Hayward, Thomas and Towne, Susanna) was born about 1635 in Aylesford, Kent, England; died before 15 Oct 1701 in Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]