Sarah Ford

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Ford was born on 2 October 1739, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Jacob Ford, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Poole, was 22. She married Barnabas Packard Sr. on 27 November 1760, in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 2 April 1813, in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dawes Cemetery, Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Barnabas Packard Sr.
1738–1824
Sarah Ford
1739–1813
Marriage: 27 November 1760
Packard
1762–1762
Barnabas Packard Jr.
1764–1847
Molly or Polly Packard
1766–1846
Pollycarpus "Carpus" Packard
1768–1836
Bartimeus Packard
1769–1854
Cyrus Barnabas Packard
1771–1825
Sylvia Packard
1774–1840
John Ford Packard
1776–1849
Philander Packard
1778–1861

Sources (19)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Ford - birth-name: Sarah B. Osborn-Cook
  • Sarah Ford, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Sarah Packard, "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"

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1773

Oldest Grave seen in the Memorials list.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).

Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).

Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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