Person:Samuel Packard (16)

Source:Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Probate Records, 1686-1903; with Index and Docket, 1685-1967, film 0551539, vol. 12, p. 63: Will of "Samuel packerd of Bridgwater" dated 17 Nov 1748, proved 3 Apr 1749, mentions sons Samuel [eldest], Paul and Job [executor]; daughter Bethiah Barttelat [Bartlett], grandsons Samuel Packard and Samuel Bartlett.

1. ↑ Samuel Packard's Will, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
   14:253.

   Will of grandfather dated 29 Oct 1684 mentions "my two Grandchildren Samuell Packer, and Daniell Packer the son of my son Samuell Packer".

2. ↑ Plymouth Colony Probate Records and Files, in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
   41:187.

   [1:304, docket 15169] 27 Sept 1698 Division of father' s estate names Samuel as oldest son. Since he receives land, he was probably age 21, which suggests he was born by 1677.

3. ↑ Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1916)
   2:534.

   Packard, Samuel, h. Elisabeth, [died] Dec. 22, 1749.
   [Note: two posthumous documents in probate files bear date of 3 Apr 1749: proving of will and letters of administration to two executors. Suspect actually died in 1748 and date was mis-recorded or misread at some point.]