Samuel PACKARD b. Abt 1610 , , , England d. 7 Nov 1684 Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1610 - 1684 (~ 74 years)

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Name	Samuel PACKARD [1, 2]
Birth	Abt 1610	, , , England [2]
Gender	Male
_UID	3E0FB7EEAB5F444DB012D0C372F7E1CBF736
Immigration	10 Aug 1638	Ipswich, , Massachusetts, [3]
From Windham, Norfolk, England, on the ship Diligent SAMUEL PACKARD came with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Elizabeth from Windham (Wymondham, Co. Norfolk, England) near Hingham in the ship called "The Diligent" of Ipswich, John Martin, master, on which there were 133 passengers. It arrived here Aug. 10, 1638. Samuel Packard settled first in Hingham, Mass.
Will	29 Oct 1684	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, [4]
[Samuel¹ Packard's Will] [4: 2: 96] On 29 October, 1684, "Samuel Packer seni^r 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; "and 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 meddow 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 meddow on the south east syde of .... the west meddow 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 Bridgewateer "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 meddow on the southeast side of the River" "unto my son Joh Packer" 70 acres in Bridgewater "on the Eastward side of the River; alsoe .... one lott of Meddow in a Meddow Called Poor Meddow Lying in the said Bridgwater, alsoe .... all my lott of Land att Teticut;" "unto my son Nathaniel Packer .... two third p^rtes 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 Land and Meddowes belonging to the said farme, to enter upon it emediatedly after the Decease of my said wife;" "The other third p^rte of of my said farme that I Dwell Now upon in the said Towne of Bridgwater; That is to say one third p^rte 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 acres of land; to be equally Devided between the daid Nathaniel Packer My son and the said Israell Augue; 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 meddow 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 meddow 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 m^r James Keith on the one side and the Land of Joseph haward ont he 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 int he Townshipp of Bridgwater to be equally Devided betwixt them them five excepting som p^rticular p^rsells of land alreddy 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 Daughter Jaell Smith the wife of John Smith that the p^rte of the Mony and Chattles above Named that shalbe Due to my said Daughter Jaell after the Decease of my said wife Elizabeth Packershall 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 nathaneil : Packer shall pay unto my Executors heerafter mencioned" £10 in money "when hee .... shall Come to Injoy his p^rte 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" [p. 98] "I Desire that m^r 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 seni^r 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" [p.99] " An Inventory of the estate of Samuall Pack 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.
Death	7 Nov 1684	Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, [2, 4]
Person ID	I3143	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Oct 2023

Family Elizabeth, b. Abt 1615, , , , England d. Aft 1685, , , Massachusetts, (Age ~ 71 years)

Marriage Abt 1635 Wymondham, , Norfolk, England [3, 5]

Children

+	1. Elizabeth PACKARD, b. Abt 1636, Wymondham, , Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Samuel PACKARD, Jr., b. Abt 1640, , , Massachusetts, d. Bef 1698 (Age ~ 57 years)
	3. Thomas PACKARD, b. Abt 1642, , , Massachusetts, d. Aft 1673 (Age ~ 32 years)
	4. Mary PACKARD, b. Abt 1644, , , Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Hannah PACKARD, b. Abt 1646, , , Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	6. Israel PACKARD, b. Abt 1648, , , Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Jane PACKARD, b. 20 Apr 1651, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, d. Young
	8. Abigail PACKARD, b. 20 Apr 1651, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, d. Young
+	9. Zaccheus PACKARD, b. 20 Apr 1651, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, d. 1723, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Age 71 years)
	10. Deliverance PACKARD, b. 11 Jul 1652, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	11. Jael PACKARD, b. 1653, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	12. Deborah PACKARD, b. Abt 1655, , , Massachusetts, d. Yes, date unknown
	13. Nathaniel PACKARD, b. Abt 1658, , , Massachusetts, d. Abt 1720 (Age ~ 62 years)
	14. John PACKARD, b. 20 Jul 1665, Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts, d. Bef 1741, South Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, (Age 75 years)

Family ID F896 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 3 Jun 2022

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1610 - , , , England
	Marriage - Abt 1635 - Wymondham, , Norfolk, England
	Immigration - 10 Aug 1638 - Ipswich, , Massachusetts,
	Will - 29 Oct 1684 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts,
	Death - 7 Nov 1684 - Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I3143&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "Samuel PACKARD."

Sources

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[S1602] Nahum Mitchell, History of the early settlement of Bridgewater, in Plymouth county, Massachusetts, including an extensive Family register, (Bridgewater, Mass. : Kidder & Wright, 1840; Edward Alden, 1897. Digital images: Internet Archive.https://archive.org: 2008), 253. accessed 27 Aug 2016.
[S1576] Lester Carlisle Gustin, The Ancestry of Herbert Ervin Gustin and that of his wife Julia Livingston Carlisle and their Descendants together with some account of the Gustin Family in America. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Digital images. 2 Vols. (Newton, Mass.: Gustin, 1954), (https://catalog.hathitrust.org: 2013), 1: 533-539. accessed 16 Sep 2016.
[S2544] "Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899-," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2010)), accessed 20 Jul 2021), Vol. 15: 253-256, "Samuel1 Packard's Will" by George Ernest Bowman; citing Plymouth Colony Wills and Inventories, IV: II : 96 et seq.
[S1015] "New England Marriages to 1700," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2008)), accessed 16 Feb 2013), PACKARD, Samuel1 (-1684) & Elizabeth ____; citing New England Marriages Prior to 1700, 3 Vols. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015) 2:1121.