Abraham Packard ^{2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Abraham Sr. was born March 2, 1749 in Bridgewater, Mass. He was baptized March 5, 1749 in North Bridgewater. This family appears to have lived in the Enfield section of Packardville speculation: could they have lived at the "D. Packard" site in the Enfield section of Packardville and about across the road from the Packardville Cemetery as shown on the 1860 Walling Map of Enfield? Source: Packard Genealogy, Alan D. Packard, 1993.
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Abraham and his brother Ephraim Packard went "Westward" from Bridgewater to Enfield, Mass. Sources: Bridgewater Vital Records
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Bradford Kingman's "History of North Bridgewater"Boston 1886 p. 586.
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"History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Mass." Boston 1840 , P. 256.
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Abraham Sr. was a cousin of Captain Lemuel Packard 1747-1822 of Bridgewater. Lemuel was Captain of Bridgewater Militia and Justice of the Peace, Lemuel was Captain of one of the two Bridgewater companies which stopped a mob from closing the court in Taunton in Sept. 1786. Source: Kingman, PP. 243-245, 588, 593-594.
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Petition to the First Baptist Church in Belchertown, Mass. for a branch of the church in North Belchertown, Packardville by seven members in 1795, typescript copy of petition in PHS Archives, Belchertown . Baptist Church members who signed the petition were Nehemiah Randall, Abraham Packard,Samuel Kimball, Mercy Randall, Violia Randall,Eunice Peeso, and Esther Kimball. The Belchertown Church granted this petition, the branch church became the North Baptist Society of Belchertown Packardville . Source: Typescript copy in PHS Archives.

Abraham Packard Sr. was an Enfield resident in 1816, he appears on the July 4, 1816 Enfield Tax Valuations, which may have been one of the first tax lists for the town of Enfield and was created on Feb. 15, 1816. Source: Enfield Tax Valuations, 1816-1845, at SRVHS.

MDC gravestone recordings in Packardville Cemetery , Enfield on Aug. 8, 1934, Lot No. 54, Assumed Graves No.'s 146-150:
[1] Harvey Packard son of Abraham and Elizabeth Packard , died Dec. 20, 1813 aged 10.
[2] Elizabeth Packard , wife of Abram Packard, died Apr. 22, 1844, aged 63
[3] Abram Packard Deacon , died Dec. 30, 1861 age 82
[4] Freelove Packard, wife of Abram Packard , died Apr. 6, 1841 age 86,
[5] Mr. Abram Packard, died Feb. 8, 1835, age 86,.
All stones slate and in fair condition, Moved to Quabbin Cemetery, Ware Rd. Ware across from the Quabbin Exit Rd. Source; Original MDC Cemetery Records.

Sources:
Early Families of North Bridgewater, Mass. By Moses Cary, Boston, 1824 P. 21& 22. Berkshire Antheneaum may 1996
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Bridgewater Vital Records to 1850 Vol. 1&2
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 26 March 1738 and a birth location of Bridgewater, MA.

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Abraham married Freelove Dyer, daughter of John Dyer and Freelove Sweet, on 30 June 1774 in Bridgewater, MA.^{1 2 3} (Freelove Dyer was born in 1754 in Bridgewater, MA ^{3 4} and died on 6 April 1841 in Enfield, MA ^{2 3 4}.)