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James Packer

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
Death: April 24, 1765 (83-84)
West Mystic, New London County, Connecticut Colony (From a fire that burned his barn)
Place of Burial: Mystic, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Packer and Rebecca Wells
Husband of Abigail Packer; Elizabeth Packer and Thankful Packer
Father of Ichabod Packer; Abigail Eldredge; James Packer; Desire Burrows; Freelove Burrows and 12 others

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About Capt. James Packer

Son of Thomas Packer and Rebecca (Wells) Latham Packer. Following the death of his first wife Abigail (Avery) Packer, he married, second, Elizabeth Springer, and third, Thankful Fanning. From the Groton Avery Clan, page 141

He was a deputy, 1717 thru 1735; was commissioned captain, 1735 (Conn. Col. Rec., 6:2 & 7:363, 403, 424, 464 & 5:17 & 8:4).

He died from a fire that burned his barn. His will was probated at New London. He left each son a good farm.

  1. Note: m. 2d Elizabeth Springer m. 3d Thankful Fanning. He was a deputy, 1717 thru 1735; was commissioned captain, 1735 (Conn. Col. Rec., 6:2 & 7:363, 403, 424, 464 & 5:17 & 8:4). He died from a fire that burned his barn. His will was probated at New London. He left each son a good farm.
  2. Baptism: 11 SEP 1681 New London, New London Co., Connecticut

Note: James' father is listed as Thomas Source: The Groton Avery Clan, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden), Vol. I, p. 140-1

Alternate grave location: Find A Grave



GENEALOGY OF THE DECENDANTS OF WILLIAM CHESEBROUGH of Boston, Rehoboth, Mass., by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, New York, 1903, p. 21


HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 202


GEDCOM Source

@R1550500182@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=109338523&pi...


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83043018/james-packer

Following the death of his primer wife Abigail (Avery) Packer, he casada, second, Elizabeth Springer, and third, Thankful Fanning. From the Groton Avery Clan, page 141

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In the 84th year of his age

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Capt. James Packer's Timeline

1681
September 11, 1681
First Church, New London, New London County, Connecticut Colony
September 11, 1681
1st Cong Church, New London, CT
September 11, 1681
CT,
1681
Stonington, New London County, Connecticut Colony
1707
June 15, 1707
New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States
1708
October 23, 1708
Groton, New London County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1710
November 2, 1710
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
1712
September 11, 1712
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
1715
January 20, 1715
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony