Capt. Lemuel Packard, Minuteman at Lexington

Son of William Packard and Sarah Richards. Husband of Sarah Hunt. Descendant of Mayflower Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins and her father William Mullins. Lemuel served most of his life in the Massachusetts Militia. He was a Soldier of the Revolution and a Minuteman at the Lexington Alarm.

Packard, Lemuel, Bridgewater.Private, Capt. Josiah Hayden's co., Col. Bailey's regt. of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 12 days; also, Capt. Nathan Packard's co., Col. Edward Mitchell's regt.; service, 5 days; company ordered to march to Squantum March 4, 1776, on an alarm; also, Capt. David Packard's co., Col. Eliphalet Cary's regt.; service, 11 days; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 22, 1780. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution; Volume 11 page 739)

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Minuteman at Lexington. DAR# A085620

Packard, Lemuel, Bridgewater.Private, Capt. Josiah Hayden's co., Col. Bailey's regt. of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 12 days; also, Capt. Nathan Packard's co., Col. Edward Mitchell's regt.; service, 5 days; company ordered to march to Squantum March 4, 1776, on an alarm; also, Capt. David Packard's co., Col. Eliphalet Cary's regt.; service, 11 days; company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 22, 1780. (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution; Volume 11 page 739)

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