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.