Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Packard was born in 1694, in South Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Nathaniel Packard, was 37 and her mother, Lydia Smith, was 34. She married Jeremiah Howell on 7 April 1718, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She died in 1737, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 43.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Lydia Packard, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Bridgewater - History of, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Spouse and Children
1688–1726 Male
1694–1737 Female
Children (5)
1719–1743 Female
1720–1806 Female
1722– Male
1724– Female
1725–1768 Female
Parents and Siblings
1657–1721 Male
1660–1720 Female
Siblings (13)
1682–1743 Female
1684– Female
1687–1753 Female
1688–1754 Female
1692–1736 Male
+8 More Children
Name Meaning
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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