Thomas Packer

Abt 1460 - 1558  (~ 98 years)

• Name	Thomas Packer
  Born	Abt 1460	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	ADE9A1B85CC6624F824F0D6B5223520ADC07
  Died	1558	England
  Buried	1558	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
  Person ID	I2592	Crandall Pember Legacy
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family	Margaret Kibblewhite,   b. Abt 1462, South Fawley, Berkshire, England
  Married	Abt 1487
  _UID	5412708A556C6149B2D3638C5BA7108BDCDA
  Children	1. John Packer,   c. Abt 1496   2. Robert Packer,   c. Abt 1490   3. Thomas Packer,   b. Abt 1493, Of Cheltenham, , , England ,   d. Aft 16 Jul 1558  (Age ~ 65 years)   4. Katherine Packer,   c. Abt 1500   5. Margaret Packer,   c. Abt 1488
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021 16:45:14
  Family ID	F1278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ".... from a pedigree at Oxford, by Sir Thomas Phillips, m. Margaret , d au. John Kibblewhite, of South Fawley, Berks, who was living in the 12th ye a r of King Henry VII. Her Sister, m. William White , of Richmansworth, Herts , a nd had a son, Sir Thomas White, by reason of which the Packers are record e d at Oxford as Founder's Kin." _________________ Much of what we know about the Packer family before 1850 comes from rese a rch done by Warren Packer from Evansville, Indiana. The following are e xc erpts from his letter to Richard Packer dated 27 Feb,1958. Philip Pa cke r arrived in Philadelphia on the Lion of Liverpool on 14 August 168 3 as a n indentured servant of Joseph Fisher. He had four years to serv e and wa s to receive 50 acres of land but no money at the end of his ind enture. T he Fishers were from Stillgorin, near Dublin, Ireland but we th ink that P hilip was from England. Two years later, 10 Sept 1685, Phili p married i n the house of Joseph Fisher in Philadelphia to Hannah Sessio ns, who wa s born 11 June 1665 in Oxfordshire, England. Her parents, Jame s and Ann S essions, were members of the Friends Meeting at Witney, Oxfor dshire, befo re coming to America. The next record of Philip Packer tha t we find was 1 0 Sept, 1689 when he was a yeoman of Philadelphia County . He was appointe d administrator of the estate of his mother in law, An n Sessions. The se cond wife of Philip Packer was Rebecca Jones, who cam e with her parents f rom Wales. She married 27 March, 1741. We do not kno w when Hannah die d . We do know that Philip Jr. was Hannah's son. Phili p Packer Jr., wa s born 1686 in Pa. He married in 1724 in Chester Co., Pa . to Ann Coates , daughter. of Peter Coates. She was born in Ireland, an d the family cam e to America as the result of the "war" against Protesta nts in Ireland. T he Coates family was Antibaptist. Philip Packer, Jr. , lived in New Jerse y and then moved to the head of Chester, in Maryland ., for a short time , finally going to the vicinity of Yellow Springs i n Chester Co. He die d in Pikeland Twp., Chester Co. He was injured in th e back in a sawmill a ccident and struck by a pitman (whatever that was ) so that in later year s he was feeble and walked with two staves. At on e time he lived with hi s son James in Uwchland Twp. , Chester Co. near D ownington. Later he live d with his son Moses, who was bound to support h is father and mother. An n live with her son Moses as a widow until he mo ved to York Co., Penn., a t which time she went to live with her son Jame s and died at the close o f the Revolutionary War. Philip Packer, Jr., wa s connected with the Frien ds Society in Burlington Co., New Jersey, an d later with the East Caln Mo nthly Meeting in Chester Co., Penn. Phili p and Ann had five children, amo ng whom was James. James Packer was bor n in Middlesex Co., New Jersey , 4 Feb,1726 . James died at Howard , Cent re Co., 10 Jan 1805, and is bur ied in the Old Packer cemetery near Howar d. He married at East Caln Month ly Meeting of Friends in Chester Co., 1J an, 1752 to Rose Mendenhall, wh o was born Chester Co., 4 August 1733 an d died at Bald Eagle, Jun 1824; h er parents were Aaron and Rose (Pierson ) Mendenhall. From various record s we find that James Packer went from N ew Providence Monthly Meeting to G wynedd, 30 Nov , 1750 and from Gwyned d to Goshen. The tax lists of Cheste r Co. show that he was in Pikeland t wp. 1765-1781. He was taxed in East C aln twp., 1767-1771. He evidently d id not live in Pikeland, as he was tax ed on property only and not on ani mals. In 1794 he was taxed on a mill i n Centre Co., Penn. In 1796 he wa s overseer of the poor in Bald Eagle twp ., which at that time was in Cen tre Co. The tax records Centre co. show t hat in 1801 he was taxed on 5 0 acres and 1 horse; in 1802 on 250 acres; i n 1803 on 200 acres, and aga in in 1804 on 200 acres. In 1808, Rose Packe r was taxed on 265 acres, a s she was in 1809 and 1810. The land record s of Centre Co. show that o n 19 Dec 1796 James Packer, Sr. received of Th omas Johnston ( who was hi s son-in-law) and James Packer Jr., 34 pounds , 9 shillings, for part o f the money due for a tract of land, 200 acres , mill, and sawmill. On 1 9 May 1800, James Packer, Sr., settled with Thom as Johnston for 200 acre s, gristmill, and sawmill, with James Packer, Jr. , present. Among the t hirteen children of James and Rose was James Jr. w ho was the father of G ov. William Fisher Packer and Aaron Packer. The bir th record of Aaron i s found in the Uwchland Monthly Meeting records a s 5 November 1764. He m arried Hannah Johnston, who died 1804, age 40, an d is buried in the Pack er cemetery. In the 1801tax list of Centre Co., Aa ron Packer was taxed o n 20 acres and 1 cow. In 1802, Aaron Packer, a blac ksmith, was taxed o n 25 acres, as he was until 1804. We do not find any r ecord of him afte r that time. Aaron and Hannah had six children, among wh om was Jehu Pack er. Jehu Packer ( in some of the records as John ) was b orn 15 Octobe r 1792 in Chester Co., Penn., and died in Howard twp., 31 Ja nuary 1852 . He married Sarah Lowe or Dow, who was born in 1793 and died 1 5 Februar y 1871, Dau. of Patrick Lowe or Dow. they are both buried in th e Packe r cemetery. His will is on file in Centre Co. I found him listed i n 183 0 census of Bald Eagle twp., Centre Co. as well as in the 1850 censu s o f Howard twp. He and Sarah had twelve children among whom was Maria, b or n 25 September 1827.Maria Packer , a daughter of Jehu and Sarah (Low e o r Dow) Packer. She was born 25 September 1827 and married Henry Glossn er . I don't have their marriage date. It is not known for sure why Jare d P acker was in the Glossner family. The brothers of Maria Packer Glossn e r were Job Way Packer, John Johnson Packer, Cornelius Lemborn Packer,Ja me s, William Nelson, All of these men lived much beyond 1850 and would n o t have left a son to be living in the household of their sister. In 18 8 5 Reuben Glossner was appointed administrator of Henry Glossner, lat e o f the Borough of Howard, Center co. with widow Maria. In order to so lv e the mystery of why Jared or (Jairus) was given the name Packer rathe r t han Glossner I wrote to his daughter Mrs. Guyer I received her repl y toda y 28 Feb 1958. She said that her father was buried seventy years t he four th of January at Howard. . She said that he was killed and that h e worke d in the woods as a lumberman. She also stated that his mother ga ve him h er maiden name which was Packer, for what reason she never heard . It migh t have been that he was born out of wedlock. The above was i n Family Tr ee Maker, CD Vol 1-1637. Much more information was gathere d from Famil y Tree Maker, CD Vol 4-2818. The information on the line fr om Jehu dow n to Zella was researched and entered by Daniel Ellis Howe. M uch of the i nfo was taken from: Linn's, History of Centre and Clinton C ounties Penns ylvania, 1883. The Packer information has also been check ed against th e information contained in a very fine book written by Donn a Smith Packe r titled "On Footings From The Past: The Packers in England ". Children of THOMAS PACKER and MARGARET KIBBLEWHITE are: i. MARGARET2 PACKER, b. Abt. 1488, Unknown; d. Unknown. ii. ROBERT PACKER, b. Abt. 1490, Unknown; d. Bef. 1525, Unknown. iii. THOMAS PACKER, b. Abt. 1493, Unknown; d. Unknown; m. JO A N RIDDLER, Unknown; b. Abt. 1499, Unknown ; d . Unknown. 2. iv. JOHN PACKER, b. Abt. 1496, Cheltenham, Gloucestershi r e, England; d. 1557, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. v. KATHERINE PACKER, b. Abt. 1500, Unknown; d. Unknown.