Zaccheus Packard
- Born: Abt 1650, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
- Marriage (1): Sarah Howard in 1679 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America 1
- Died: 3 August 1723, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America about age 73 1 3
General Notes:
(Source: "History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater, Mass") 1688.'97 Division of highways third Monday of May, for repairs, viz:'97 For the ways over at Joseph Hayward's. Elihu Brett, Nathaniel Brett, John Bolton, Zaccheus Packard, John Kingman. ---------------------------------------
Six of their sons, namely; David, Solomon, James, Zaccheus, John, and Abiel, settled in the Old North Parish in North Bridgewater, Mass. Kingman P. 586. According to "Early Families of North Bridgewater" By Moses Cary, P. 24 ; Solomon married a Miss Kingman. Could this have been a second marriage ? They had five sons and four daughters. -------------------------------------
(Source: Sharon Rouse, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9QD4-6JT) On an entry on Rootsweb, it says that Zacheus was a triplet. Don't have any information on that as of yet. May 24, 2002 Correction: Jeal, Zacheus and Abigail were the triplets according to the information submitted by Judith Stuntz on Rootsweb.
Entry on Barbara Lenker Rootsweb information: Mention in Will, Inv, or Prob; Oct 29, 1684: Bridgewater, Plymouth Co., MA 1. "Unto my son Zacheus Packer ... the house wherin hee my said son Zacheus Packer Dwelleth in with the Land the run to belonging which is "24 aacres lying in Bridgewater; also "my Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater '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 Meadow on the southeast side of the River"
New note, Oct 18, 2002: In 1679 Zaccheus built a house on what is now the corner of Copeland Street and Samuel Avenue in the Campello (southern) part of Brockton, MA., making him the first settler in the north precinct of Bridgewater. -------------------------------------
Zaccheus married Sarah Howard, daughter of John Howard and Martha, in 1679 in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.1 (Sarah Howard was born on 20 August 1658 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 4 and died on 11 July 1737 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.)
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