Person:John Packard (12)

Watchers
m. 2 Feb 1725/26
  1. Lydia Packard1726 -
  2. Abel Packard1729 -
  3. Abiah Packard1731 -
  4. Abigail Packard1733 -
  5. Deacon John Packard1735 - 1807
  6. Barnabas Packard1737/38 - 1824
  • HDeacon John Packard1735 - 1807
  • WSarah HammondAft 1735 - 1773
m. 17 Mar 1763
  • HDeacon John Packard1735 - 1807
  • WHannah VinsonAbt 1745 - 1805
m. 12 Oct 1774
Facts and Events
Name Deacon John Packard
Gender Male
Birth[1] 6 Nov 1735 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 17 Mar 1763 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Hammond
Marriage 12 Oct 1774 Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Hannah Vinson
Death[2] 1807 Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Per #S2, John and Hannah Packard were founders of the church in Plainfield in 1786, and he on the committee to hire their first minister. He was selected one of its first set of deacons in 1792. He was a selelctman in 1785-7

References
  1. Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916)
    1:243.

    Packard, John, ch. John and Lydia, [born] Nov. 6, 1735.

  2. Dyer, Charles N. History of the town of Plainfield, Hampshire County, Mass: from its settlement to 1891 : including a genealogical history of twenty-three of the original settlers and their descendants, with anecdotes and sketches. (Northampton, Mass.: Press of Gazette Printing Co., 1891)
    60.

    Dea. John Packard, d. 1807, age 71.