Twelfth Generation

2544. Samuel PACKARD I (*) was born on 17 September 1612 in Wymondham, Norfolk County, England. Samuel Packard was born 17 September 1612, Wymondham, Suffolk, England. He was born and raised on a farm called “Coleman’s” in the village of Stonham Aspal in Suffolk County England. He was baptized 17 Sep 1612 Stonham, Aspal, Suffolk, England.

Because he was the fourth son and not the first-born son and heir to his father’s farm, from birth he was destined to be landless. After his marriage to Elizabeth and the birth of his first child, Mary, in England, he remedied his landlessness by traveling to Ipswich and boarding the ship Diligent bound for Boston. In 1638 America there was land for the taking.

Samuel Packard died on 11 July 1684 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, age 72. His will was dated 29 October 1684.From Samuel's Find A Grave entry: memorial # 42083351 Samuel and Elizabeth Packard are the progenitors of most of the 'Packard's in the USA.

There have been questions surrounding the accuracy of published information, going back to Packard history first presented in 1840. This biography accepts as fact the probable conclusions presented by Karle S. Packard in Packard's Progress, Vol. 17 [Feb. 1991], pp. 9-12. Samuel was the third son of George and Mary (Wyther) Packard, baptized 17 Sep 1612 in Stonham Aspal, Suffolk, England. Samuel married Elizabeth (surname unknown) in England. No record of the marriage has been found. Samuel arrived at Boston 10 Aug 1638. The ship was the "Diligent". He came with his wife Elizabeth Packard and "a child". The child is probably Mary. The Packard family first lived in Hingham. About 1654, they moved to Weymouth, where Samuel served as a Selectman for 2 years. About 1664, they moved to Bridgewater, where Samuel spent the rest of his life and served the community in many posts. Samuel and Elizabeth had fourteen children. Packard's Progress makes the case for the birth order of these children and their approximate birth years, based on a study of the baptismal records, marriages, and wills. Only the birth of John was officially recorded. The first 12 children were born in Hingham. John and Nathaniel were born in Weymouth. None were born in Bridgewater.From a memorial stone, mentioning the Packard lineage:To commemorate the life of Josiah Smith Packard this stone was taken from land first broken from the wilderness at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts by Samuel Packard (Picard), Huguenot, who came to Massachusetts in 1638 and was the ancestor of the Packard family in America.He had a son, Zacheus Packard, soldier of King Phillip's War;He had a son, Jonathan Packard; He had a son, Jacob Packard, soldier of the Revolution;He had a son, Jonathan Packard;He had a son, Ambrose Packard, soldier of the War of 1812, who married Elizabeth Bowen Smith; They had a son, Josiah Smith Packard, born Enfield, Mass., 1833; lived at Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.; Bayonne, N.J.; Providence, R.I.; Seekonk, Mass.; Died Baltimore, Md., 1911, whose last earthly resting place is marked by this stone. He emigrated in June 1638 from Ipswich, Suffolk County, England. Samuel, his wife and their eldest child came on the Diligent, which sailed from Ipswich, England Jun-1638 and arrived in Boston 10-Aug-1638, under Master John Martin and carrying about 100 passengers He died on 11 July 1684 at the age of 71 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Samuel was buried in North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. Elizabeth STREAM (*) and Samuel PACKARD I (*) were married about 1635 in Wymondham, Norfolk County, England. They had 14 children.

2545. Elizabeth STREAM (*) was born in 1614 in Suffolk County, England. She died after 27 October 1694 at the age of 80 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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