Philip James Packer, II

Emigrated to U.S. as Indentured Servant to Joseph Fisher family, originally of Dublin, Ireland. Arrived in Philadelphia on August 14, 1683, aboard the "Lion of Liverpool."

Philip was the progenitor of the largest of 3 branches of the Packer Family in America. He was the first member of the Packer family to settle here. With his father, he went to Ireland and settled in Dublin. At the age of 27 he was apprenticed as a law clerk to Joseph Fisher, an old Jewry of London, for four years, for which he was to receive 50 acres of land. Joseph Fisher was a yeoman. He and his wife and four children came to America along with Philip, landing at Philadelphia on 8/14/1683. They crossed the Atlantic on the ship "Lion" of Liverpool, John Crompton, Master. He fulfilled his indenture on August 14, 1687.

Philip lived in Philadelphia a short time before removing to Pennsauken, NJ - across the river from Kensington. At about 1690, he moved to near the site of the present day city of Princeton. He married firstly at Philadelphia, Hannah Sessions. They had a son, Philip born in 1686 in Pennsauken.

He inherited the estate of his mother-in-law, Ann Sessions, which was granted him on 8/10/1689. Shortly after 1700, Philip moved through the wilderness to Head of Chester, between the Bays in Maryland and died in his 76th year after moving to Chester county.

He married secondly Rebecca Jones [Elisha Packer, His Ancestors and Descendants, Family 6].

GEDCOM Note

Son of Philip Packer and Isabella Berkeley. Married to Hannah Sessions on 10 Nov 1685 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA.

Note: Research has uncovered that Philip was the illigitimate son of Philip Esq. by his long-term mistress and second wife, Sara Isgar. All 3 of their children were born prior to the marriage. Philip was born in 1657 in London, and raised, along with his younger brothers William and James, on their father's Irish estates.

From FAG Member #48509020.

• ************************************* Millennium File about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Gender: Male Birth Date: 1664 Birth Place: Groombridge, Kent, England Death Date: 1739 Marriage Date: 10 Sep 1685 Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Philip Packer Mother: Isabel Berkeley Spouse: Hannah Sessions Children: Philip Packer Spouse Father: James Sessions Spouse Mother: Ann

• ************************************* U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Arrival Year: 1683 Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 236 Primary Immigrant: Packer, Philip Annotation: List of 21 ships arriving between 1682 and 1684 at Philadelphia and the Delaware Bay (p. 110). Also in no. 8370, Sheppard. Source Bibliography: BALDERSTON, MARION. Pennsylvania's 1683 Ships and Some of Their Passengers. In The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, vol. 24:2 (1965), pp. 69-114. Page: 93

• ************************************* American Marriages Before 1699 about Philip Parker

Name: Philip Parker Spouse: Hanna Sessions Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1685 Marriage Place: Penn. License.

• ************************************* U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Gender: Male Birth Place: En Birth Year: 1664 Spouse Name: Hannah Sessions Spouse Birth Year: 1665 Marriage Year: 1685 Marriage State: WI Number Pages: 1

Son of Philip Packer and Isabella Berkeley. Married to Hannah Sessions on 10 Nov 1685 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA.

Note: Research has uncovered that Philip was the illigitimate son of Philip Esq. by his long-term mistress and second wife, Sara Isgar. All 3 of their children were born prior to the marriage. Philip was born in 1657 in London, and raised, along with his younger brothers William and James, on their father's Irish estates.

From FAG Member #48509020.

• ************************************* From FAG Member #47110500:

Phillip Packer was the son of Phillip Packer, a courtier and attorney in the court of Charles II. He was married to Isabella Berkely, but had an affair with Sarah Isgar, a young woman in the court. They had three sons, the boys were born in London and raised on Packer family properties in Ireland and Donnington Castle in England. After Isabella died, Phillip married Sarah and they spent the rest of their lives at Groombridge near the border of Sussex. Phillip Jr. came to America as an indentured servant, served his time to pay back his ship fare. The two other boys were killed in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland...

• ************************************* Millennium File about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Gender: Male Birth Date: 1664 Birth Place: Groombridge, Kent, England Death Date: 1739 Marriage Date: 10 Sep 1685 Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Philip Packer Mother: Isabel Berkeley Spouse: Hannah Sessions Children: Philip Packer Spouse Father: James Sessions Spouse Mother: Ann

• ************************************* U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Arrival Year: 1683 Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 236 Primary Immigrant: Packer, Philip Annotation: List of 21 ships arriving between 1682 and 1684 at Philadelphia and the Delaware Bay (p. 110). Also in no. 8370, Sheppard. Source Bibliography: BALDERSTON, MARION. Pennsylvania's 1683 Ships and Some of Their Passengers. In The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, vol. 24:2 (1965), pp. 69-114. Page: 93

• ************************************* American Marriages Before 1699 about Philip Parker

Name: Philip Parker Spouse: Hanna Sessions Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1685 Marriage Place: Penn. License.

• ************************************* U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Gender: Male Birth Place: En Birth Year: 1664 Spouse Name: Hannah Sessions Spouse Birth Year: 1665 Marriage Year: 1685 Marriage State: WI Number Pages: 1

• *************************************
• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 13 2020, 2:28:11 UTC

Son of Philip Packer and Isabella Berkeley. Married to Hannah Sessions on 10 Nov 1685 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co, PA.

Note: Research has uncovered that Philip was the illigitimate son of Philip Esq. by his long-term mistress and second wife, Sara Isgar. All 3 of their children were born prior to the marriage. Philip was born in 1657 in London, and raised, along with his younger brothers William and James, on their father's Irish estates.

From FAG Member #48509020.

• ************************************* From FAG Member #47110500:

Phillip Packer was the son of Phillip Packer, a courtier and attorney in the court of Charles II. He was married to Isabella Berkely, but had an affair with Sarah Isgar, a young woman in the court. They had three sons, the boys were born in London and raised on Packer family properties in Ireland and Donnington Castle in England. After Isabella died, Phillip married Sarah and they spent the rest of their lives at Groombridge near the border of Sussex. Phillip Jr. came to America as an indentured servant, served his time to pay back his ship fare. The two other boys were killed in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland...

• ************************************* Millennium File about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Gender: Male Birth Date: 1664 Birth Place: Groombridge, Kent, England Death Date: 1739 Marriage Date: 10 Sep 1685 Marriage Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Father: Philip Packer Mother: Isabel Berkeley Spouse: Hannah Sessions Children: Philip Packer Spouse Father: James Sessions Spouse Mother: Ann

• ************************************* U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Arrival Year: 1683 Arrival Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 236 Primary Immigrant: Packer, Philip Annotation: List of 21 ships arriving between 1682 and 1684 at Philadelphia and the Delaware Bay (p. 110). Also in no. 8370, Sheppard. Source Bibliography: BALDERSTON, MARION. Pennsylvania's 1683 Ships and Some of Their Passengers. In The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, vol. 24:2 (1965), pp. 69-114. Page: 93

• ************************************* American Marriages Before 1699 about Philip Parker

Name: Philip Parker Spouse: Hanna Sessions Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1685 Marriage Place: Penn. License.

• ************************************* U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 about Philip Packer

Name: Philip Packer Gender: Male Birth Place: En Birth Year: 1664 Spouse Name: Hannah Sessions Spouse Birth Year: 1665 Marriage Year: 1685 Marriage State: WI Number Pages: 1

• *************************************
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 7 2021, 18:12:04 UTC

  ---

Philip came to America as an indentured servant, serving his time to pay back his ship fare. His two other brothers were killed in the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.