When Othniel Packard was born on 30 April 1786, in Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonathan Packard, was 34 and his mother, Susanna Alger, was 32. He married Susanna Whitcomb on 15 January 1806, in Randolph, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1860 and Vermont, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1812. He died about 1870, in Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 85.
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The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
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English: from Middle English pak(e) ‘pack, bundle’ + the Anglo-Norman French pejorative suffix -ard, probably a derogatory occupational name for a peddler.
English: pejorative derivative of the Middle English personal name Pack .
Probably also an Americanized form of German Packert, Päckert, from ancient Germanic personal names formed with a word meaning ‘battle’ or ‘to fight’; or a variant of Packer 2 (with excrescent -t).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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