Samuel Packard (1612-1684)

Elizabeth Stream (Abt 1614-1694)

John Howard (Abt 1612-)

Zaccheus Packard (1651-1723)

Sarah Howard (1648-1737)

Sarah Packard (1682-1754)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Josiah Edson Freelove Edson 2. Ephraim Packard Sarah Packard 3 4 5 Born: 19 August 1682, North Bridgewater, MA 1 3 4 5 6 7 Marriage (1): Josiah Edson on 27 July 1704 in Bridgewater, MA 1 2 Marriage (2): Ephraim Packard Died: 14 February 1754, Bridgewater, MA at age 71 4 5   General Notes: Sarah was first married to Josiah Edson and they had 7 children. Ephraim Packard was her second husband which resulted in no children. ----------------------------- Sarah married Josiah Edson on 27 July 1704 in Bridgewater, MA.1 2 (Josiah Edson was born about 1677 and died after 11 October 1718.) Sarah next married Ephraim Packard, son of David Packard and Mehitable Richards. (Ephraim Packard was born on 26 October 1751 5 8 and died on an unknown date in Enfield, NH 4.)   Marriage Notes: Note: If the age of Sarah is correct, then I believe that this marriage is highly doubtful. There is a difference in age of over 69 years between Ephraim and Sarah. Sarah's last born child was in 1706 when she was already 23 years old. By the time Ephraim was born, Sarah would have already been about 69 years old which means that by the time Ephraim was about 20 years old and ready for marriage, his bride would have been about 89 years old. Very doubtful! [Brian L. Lightfoot] ---------------------------------------------

1 Vital Records of Bridgewater, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1903).

2 Lawrence G. Fobes, The Fobes Family in America.

3 Valerie Robichaud, "Samuel Packard of Bridgewater, Massachusetts" (http://genhaven.com/genealogy/individual.php?pid=I01).

4 Barbara Beers, "The Whole Family" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyshare; Updated: Fri Feb 27 11:31:15 2004).

5 Sharon Rouse, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9QD4-WNW : accessed 24 Jul 2012).

6 The Mayflower Descendant: A Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History (Boston: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899-1937, 1987 to present; Edited by George Ernest Bowman).

7 History of North Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts From Its First Settlement to the Present Time (Published by the author; Boston, 1866).

8 Lisa Holmes, "Holmes, Magee, Bradley Family" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3129438; Updated: 2006-08-12 12:46:20 UTC (Sat)).