James Packer

Bef 1681 - 1765  (> 83 years)

• Name	James Packer  [1]
  Birth	Bef 11 Sep 1681  [1, 2]
  Baptism	11 Sep 1681	First Church, New London, New London, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Apr 1765  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I39941	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	John Packer   d. 1689, Groton, New London, Connecticut
  Mother	Rebecca Wells,   b. 10 Jan 1651   d. Aft 1709 (Age > 59 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1678  [3]
  Family ID	F23453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Avery,   b. 18 Jan 1679, Groton, New London, Connecticut d. 10 Nov 1722, Groton, New London, Connecticut (Age 43 years)
  Children	+ 1. John Packer,   b. 16 Sep 1720, Groton, New London, Connecticut d. 4 Mar 1797 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F23452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was deputy, 1717, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735; was commissioned captain, 1735. He died from a fire that consumed his barn.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7190] The Groton Avery Clan by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcok (Tilden) Avery. Volume I. Cleveland, 1912. [S6077] W. Herbert Wood, "John1 Packer of Groton, Conn., His Wives and Children." The American Genealogist 28:175, 1952. [S1995] Donald Lines Jacobus and W. Herbert Wood, "Widow Frances Wells and Hugh Wells of Wethersfield." The American Genealogist 28:227, 1952.