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[[marginalia]] my father's (Packard) ancestors [[/marginalia]] RADICAL ELDERS: FIRST INTERVIEW FEB 1, 1979; second version 1. El Centro, Imperial Valley, California, 1914 (April 15) (birth) 2. (class background) Both parents'background could be called middle class. My father, Walter Eugene Packard, came from French Huguenot ancestors - honest, hard-working, with strongly-held religious beliefs which led to their persecutions in the 16th and 17th centuries. They were Protestants, one of the members of the Reformed or Calvinistic communion. From France, where they were named Piccard, they fled to England where the name was changed to Packard. [[strikethrough]] My great, great, great grandfather [[/strikethrough]] Samuel Packard was christened in 1612. He came from [[strikethrough]] Suffolk County [[/strikethrough]] Windham, Norfolk County, England aboard the ship Diligence, which arrived in Plymouth, Mass. in 1638. His wife's name was Elizabeth Stream, but we know nothing about her. Samuel settled in Hingham, Mass. and then moved to Bridgewater. He was a constable and a tavern-keeper. Nearly all the Packards in the United States can be traced finally to Bridgewater. Samuel had 14 children. He was more interested in political liberties than religious; he was primarily interested in freedom of expression. My great, great grandfather was born in North Bridgeport Mass in 1765. His name was Theophilus Packard, and he became a doctor of divinity. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1796. (from a geneology of Samuel Packard by Rev. Theophilus Packard Jr., 1871, G.W.Wheat & Co., 1871) He was on the Board of Trustees of Williams College. He represented Shelbourne in the statelegislature 1829-39 and received his doctorate from Dartmouth in 1824. His son, Theophilus Packard Jr. was my great grandfather. He was born in Shelbourne Mass Feb 1, 1802, and married Elizabeth Parsons Ware,(daughter of Reverend Samuel Ware who was born in Ware, Mass.) They had six children. The life of these two was of particular interest
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