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682 SOUTHEASTEEN" MASSACHUSETTS
Weymouth ; Hannah married Thomas Randall ;
Jael married John Smith; Deborah married
Samuel Washburn; Deliverance married
Thomas Washburn.
(II) Zaccheus Packard married Sarah,
daughter of John Howard, and their children
were: Israel, born in 1680; Sarah, born in
1682; Jonathan, born in 1684; David, born
in 1687; Solomon, born in 1689; James, born
in 1691; Zaccheus, born in 1693; John, born
in 1695; and Abiel, born in 1699. The father
died in
in 1704
1723.
Capt.
The daughter
Josiah Edson.
Sarah married
(III) David Packard, son of Zaccheus, bprn
in 1687, married Hannah, daughter of John
Ames. He was among the first settlers in the
North parish, which later became North
Bridgewater, and subsequently changed to
Brockton. He lived on what in the early years
of the nineteenth century was the Capt. Robert
Packard place. His children were : David',
born in 1713; William, born in 1715; Han-
nah, born in 1718; Isaac, born in 1720; Mary,
born in 1722; Ebenezer, born in 1724; Abiah,
born in 1727; Mehetabel, born in 1730; and
Jane, born in 1734. The father died in 1755,
and the mother passed away in 1767. Of the
daughters, Hannah married in 1737 Samuel
Brett; Mary married in 1740 Daniel Richards;
Mehetabel married in 1748 Simeon Brett; and
Jane married in 1755 Matthew Kingman.
(IV) William Packard, son of David, born
in 1715, married in 1740 Sarah, daughter of
in 1783 Capt. Zachariah Gurney.
(V) William Packard (2), son of William,
born in 1745, man-ied in 1769 Hannah, daughter
of Nathaniel Reynolds, and their children
these died, and the father married (second)
in 1784 Mary Wales, by whom he had children
: Ambrose, Cyrus, Charles, Hannah, Polly,
Matilda and Sarah. Of these Eliphaz removed
to Milton, and William went to Stoughton.
(VI) Sihon Packard, son of William (2),
born in 1770, married in 1794 Abigail Scott,
of Dedham. Their children were : Betsey, who
died unmarried; Joseph S. ; Oren; Sihon;
Isaac ; Washburn ; John ; Nathaniel R. ; David ;
and Mary, who died young. Of these Oren
married in 1821 Sally Skinner, of Mansfield;
Isaac married Laura, daughter of Daniel
Bryant, of East Bridgewater; and David lived
in Boston.
(VII) Washburn Packard, son of Sihon,
was born Dec. 26, 1805, and married Jan. 15,
1832, Hannah Packard, daughter of Samuel
Packard. They had two children, namely :
DeWitt Clinton, born Sept. 22, 1834; and
Julia Frances, who died Oct. 8, 1844. The
mother died Oct. 9, 1850, and on Jan. 3, 1852,
Mr. Packard married (second) Phebe Thomas
Sherman, daughter of Otis Sherman, of Rochester,
Mass. Mr. Packard was a shoe manufacturer
and his factory was situated on Pond
street. He was well known and highly re-
spected in Brockton, where he died Feb. 14,
1881. His widow died Dec. 21, 1892.
(VIII) DeWitt Clinton Packard received
his early education in the common schools and
local academies, and studied out of school,
reading somewhat of the classics, Greek and
Roman, and taking French and German under
native teachers. For some time after leaving
school he worked with and assisted his father
Benjamin Richards. Mr. Packard lived to be
ninety years of age, dying in 1805. His children
were: Amy, born in in the latter's business of shoe manufacturing,
and then became a school teacher. About the
year
1741; Hannah, born
in 1743; William, born in 1745; Lemuel, born
in 1747; Sarah, born in 1750; Silvanus, born
in 1752; Keziah, born in 1754; and Matilda.
Of the daughters, Amy married in 1764 Levi
French; Hannah married in 1765 Philip Reynolds,
and afterward in 1782 Enos Thayer;
Sarah married in 1769 Samuel Sturtevant ;
Keziah married a Pierce and Matilda ;
married
1859 he was chosen principal of the academy
at Plympton, Mass., and served there two
years, resigning in 1861. He also taught in
common schools. In 1862 he reentered the
shoe business, in which he continued successfully
for a number of years. In 1865, forming
a copartnership with Oliver F. Leach,
under the firm name of Leach & Packard, he
engaged in the manufacture of shoes for the
Southern and Western trade. This partnership
held until 1871, when it was dissolved,
and Mr. Packard continued alone, manufacturing
niainly for. the New England trade, until
1879. Then this business was gradually abandoned
for the mortgage, brokerage and real
estate line, in which he was engaged until his
were: Sihon, born in 1770;
1772; Eliphaz, and William.
Nancy, born in
The mother of
election as city clerk.
Mr. Packard has been 'prominent in town
and city afPairs for many years, and has held
numerous local positions. From 1877 to 1888
he was a trustee and a member of the board
for the management of the From 1879 to 1883 he was a
public library.
member of the
school committee. In 1880 he was a member
of the committee of citizens chosen to prepare
and obtain a city charter, in 1881 was chosen
town clerk, and in 1882 elected city clerk,
which position he has held continuously to