Zachariah Paddock was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, 20 Mar 1636, died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 1 May 1727, aged 91. However his obituary stated he was "born in the beginning of the year 1640" and died "in the 88th year of his age" having "retained his Reason to an uncommon degree, until his last Sickness, which lasted but a few Days."

He married at Yarmouth in 1659, to Deborah Sears who was born in Yarmouth, Sep 1639. Deborah was the daughter of Richard Sears and Dorothy Jones. Zachary Padock and his wife were mentioned in the will of her father, 10 Mar 1667.

Zachary served on a coroner's jury to investigate the death of a child of Nicholas Nickerson 24 Oct 1667. He was assessed for King Phillip's War, Yarmouth 1676. He was granted 50 acres at Seaconnet, part of Tatamanuck's land 7 Jul 1680, and later that year he was again on the grand jury.

Of his sons, Ichabod, Joseph and Nathaniel moved to Nantucket Island where there name often appeared as Paddack. Of these sons and their sons, many were mariners and whaling ship captains.