Person:John Packard (3)

John PACKARD was born on 20 May 1655 in Weymouth, MA.

1.Came with fau., mother . . ." from Windham, near Hingham, in England, in the ship called "The Diligent, of Ipswich, 133 passengers, John Martin, master," John (s. of Samuel) lived at S. B. near the bridge, which was called, after him, Packard's bridge, 1688, and since called Pope's bridge.

He was Mentioned In Father's Will on 29 Nov 1684 in Plymouth, MA."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;" He died on 16 Mar 1741 in Grave # 120.ill of John Packard probated by his son Joseph 15 Apr. 1741. (estate intestate)

1. Mass. B 28 p 253, 255 2. Am. 190 vol. 19 p 126, 129 3. vol. 1 p 56 4. Weymouth, Norfolk MA V. Rec. 1850 5. Taunton MA V. Rec to 1850 6. N. Eng. MArr bef 1700 p. 549 7. Submitted by Mary Olive Knowlton Pack 224 W. 1st No Apt. 2 Salt Lake City, UT Gen Soc MLB

Bowling, Alice Christine, The Ancestors and Family of John Lawson Packard.

Judith Winslow m. John Packard 12 Apr 1688, d. 19 Jun 1761, age 90. Judith Packard, widow of John, d. 19 Jun 1761 in 90th y". bur. Old Cemetery, Bridgewater".

says "Judith Winslow b. 1672 Taunton, Bristol MA, p. John Winslow & Judith Smith, m. John Packard 12 Apr 1688 Taunton, Bristol Co MA".

American Marriage Records Before 1699 PACKARD, John and Judith Windslow, 12 April 1688, Taunton, Mass. Children were: Mary PACKARD, Joseph PACKARD , Elizabeth PACKARD, Sarah PACKARD.

1. Packard Genealogy, Handwritten transcribed note. Nahum Mitchell, History of the Early Settlement Of Bridgewater in Plymouth County, Massachusetts., Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, 1970: "his estate was settled 1741 by his son Joseph. Wid. Packard d. 1761, very aged. There is a John Packard, Pre-1790 Census in Rowley, Essex Co MA in 1677, Census page 48. 2. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Bridgewater MA To The Year 1850. NEHG 12,13:347 Weymouth Births: "John son of Sam & Eliz Packer 20; 5 mo: 55.". 3. Will of Samuel Packard. [SAMUEL PACKARD'S WILL] [4:2:96] He gives his son John Parker (sic) 50 acres in the town of Bridgewater, adjoining Mark Laythorpe's (sic) land, as well as a lot in "Poor Meddow", as well as a lot of land in "Teticut.". 4. Latham's Epitahs. 5. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Vital Records of Bridgewater MA To The Year 1850. Boston, Mass, 1916. P. 278. 6. Mitchell, "Bridgewater, Mass" 1897. Reprinted, Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD 1970. P. 264: "John (s. of Samuel 1) lived a S. B. near the bridge, which was called, after him Packard's bridge, 1688, and since called Pope's bridge; his estate was settled 1741 by his son Joseph. -- Wid Packard d. 1761, very aged.". 7. VR of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. 3 vols. Boston, 1929. v. 2,.

p. 349: The marriage is actually twice listed, under Winslow and under "Packer" (April

12,1688) See scanned documents. 8. Notes: Joseph (18) From Theophilis Packard's Genealogy of Samuel Packard. NY 1871 P. 75:

1. ↑ Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910)
   1:204.

   Packer, John, s. Samuel and Eliza, [born] July 20, 1655.

2. ↑ Latham, Williams. Epitaphs in old Bridgewater, Massachusetts. (Bridgewater, Massachusetts: Henry T. Pratt, 1882)
   70.

   Old Graveyard in Bridgewater
   #120. Here lies the body of Mr. John Packard, who dec'd March ye 16th 1741, in ye 85th year of his age.
   [Age 84, so born about 1656/57.]

3. ↑ John Packard, in Find A Grave.