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PACKWOOD FAMILY NAME

Samuel Packwood I--Born in 1690 in Manchester, England and died in 1770 in Patrick County, Virginia. He married Penelope Elizabeth Scott in Patrick County, Virginia.

Samuel is believed to have been burned at the stake by the Shawnee Indians in 1770.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND PENELOPE PACKWOOD:

1. William--Born about 1735 in England and died in 1801 in New London, Connecticut. William and his brother Joseph owned ships and were members of a company that had storage warehouses in the colonial era. During the Revolutionary War, the British burned their warehouses.

2. John--Born in England. He was known to captain vessels on trips to West Indies. He died of yellow fever on one of his trips.

3. Joseph--Born about 1739 in England and died on April 15, 1807 in New London, Connecticut. Married Demise Wright in 1777. She was born in 1758 and died in 1839. Joseph served in the Continental Army as a Captain in Connecticut according to the DAR Patriot Index of 1966. Shows on the 1790 New London County, Connecticut census. Shows on the 1800 Colchester, New London Co, Conn. census.

JOSEPH AND DEMISE HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1. Demise--born in 1779 and died in 1850. She married William Way in 1801.

2. Joseph Davis--Born about 1785 and married Harriet Smith

3. Sophia--Born in 1785 and died in 1868.

4. Samuel II---Born in 1745 in Patrick County, Virginia and died on July 25, 1824 in Patrick County, Virginia.He is buried in the Prillaman Cemetary near the Patrick/Franklin County line. He served in the Revolutionary War. On October 17, 1798 he owned 63 acres on the South side of the Smiths River, adjoining the Raves on Goblingtown Creek in Patrick County. He married a Judy Carter. He later married an Elizabeth P. Turner in 1769 in Patrick County. Elizabeth was born in 1750 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia and died on August 2, 1845 in Patrick County, Virginia. Elizabeth is also buried in the Prillaman Cemetary.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH:

1. William--Born 1770 in Patrick County, Virginia and died in 1852 in Clarke County, Indiana. Married Elenore Nellie Anderson on March 1, 1802 in Franklin County, VA. She died in 1850.

THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:

1. Jane Jincy--Born January 5, 1803 Patrick County and died in 1893.

2. John--Born in 1804 in Patrick County and died on August 7, 1861 in Patrick County, VA.

3. Elizabeth--Born in 1807 in Patrick County.

4. Samuel--Born on March 5, 1808 in Patrick County and died in 1896 in Clarke County, IND.

5. Edith--Born about 1809 in Patrick County.

2. Exonia--Born in 1772 in Patrick County, VA and died on December 25, 1825 in Celina, Overton County, Tennessee. She is buried at the Home Place, Celina, Overton County, Tenn. (NOTE: A road now covers her original burial and it is not known if her grave was moved.) Married Valentine Gearhart on March 11, 1802. He died on December 26, 1835 in Celina, Overton County, Tennn. He is buried in Roberts Cemetary in Celina, Tenn.

CHILDREN BORN TO VALENTINE AND EXONIA GEARHART:

1. Peter--born in 1803.

2. Samuel--born in 1805.

3. John Packwood--Born in 1806.

4. Edith--Born in 1807 and married to John Nevins.

5. William Jefferson--Born on July 22, 1809 and died in 1862.

6. Ruth--born on July 4, 1811 and died on April 19, 1881 in Webster County, Missouri.

7. Abraham--Born in 1813 and married Nancy S. Harris.

8. Valentine II--Born in 1814.

9. George--Born in 1819.

3. Larkin--Born in 1772 in Mill Creek, Patrick Co, VA and died in 1862 in Peareo, Stone Co, Missouri. He married a Miss Henderson in about 1795.

CHILDREN OF LARKIN PACKWOOD:

1. Samuel W.--Born about 1810.

2. Parrington--Born in 1812 and died in 1892 in Missouri.

3. Larkin Canada--Born in 1814 in Tennessee and died in 1905.

4. James--Born in 1816 in Tennessee and died in 1848. He married Angeline Jipson.

5. Angeline--Born about 1818 in Tennessee.

6. William Henderson--Born in 1822 and died in 1917 in San Bernadina, California.

7. Mary Elizabeth--Born about 1824 in Tennessee.

9. Ellen--Born about 1826.

4. Elisha H.--Born on February 22, 1773 in Mill Creek, VA and died on December 22, 1865 in Olde Creek, El Dorado, CA.

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5. Samuel III--Born on April 9, 1775 in Mill Creek, VA and died December 18, 1848 in New Providence, Wood Twp., Clark County, Indiana. He married Judith Sneed on May 1, 1800 in Franklin Co, Indiana. She was born on November 23, 1783 and died on September 1, 1813 in Barren County, Kentucky. He later married Easter Isabell McKinley in 1816 in Kentucky.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND JUDITH PACKWOOD:

1. Larkin--Born in 1802 in Virginia and died in 1868 in Oregon.

2. Virginia Jincy--Born on January 5, 1803 in Virginia and died on September 1, 1887 in Clarke County, IND.

3. William--Born in 1805 in Virginia and died in about 1872 in Pennsylvania.

4. Rachel Sally Ann--Born about 1807.

5. Joseph--Born about 1809.

6. Richard--Born in 1776 in Mill Creek, VA and died in about 1825 in Bartholomew Co, Indiana. Married Nancy Spalding on December 10, 1803 in Virgina. Richard served as a Corporal in the War of 1812 in Lt. Com's Company, 18th Reginment, Virginia Militia, Patrick County, Virginia. Found on the 1820 Floyd County, Kentucky Census and the 1822-1824 Lawrence County, Kentucky tax list.

CHILDREN OF RICHARD AND NANCY PACKWOOD:

1. Martha--Born October 1804 and died April 1, 1874 in Kentucky. Married a Johnson Thompson.

2. Lucinda--Born about 1805.

3. Temperance--Born about 1806.

4. William--Born about 1816.

5. Fortner--Born in 1829.

7. Sarah Polly--Born 1780 Mill Creek and died sometime before 1835 in Burkesville, Cumberland Co, Kentucky. She married Edmund Bartlett on December 6, 1800 in Virginia. He was born May 10, 1781 in Virginia and died in 1835 in Kentucky.

CHILDREN OF EDMUND AND SARAH BARTLETT:

1. Mary Possy--Born April 14, 1802 in VA and died September 1878 in Kentucky.

2. Elizabeth--Born July 25, 1804 in Kentucky and married Cleve Ballew in 1835 in KY.

3. Mary Ann--Born August 4, 1806 in KY and married John Craig on November 28, 1826 in KY.

4. Edmund II--Born May 9, 1817 in KY and died January 1898 in Missouri.

5. James--Born September 29, 1819 in KY. Died young.

6. Nancy--Born August 31, 1820 in KY.

7. John--Born May 6, 1822 in KY and died in 1822.

8. Nancy--Born 1787 in Patrick County, VA. She married Benjamin Davis on November 30, 1826 in Patrick Co, VA.

9. Edith--Born August 10, 1788 in Virginia and died in 1862 in Estill Springs, Coffee County, Tennessee. Married John McCutcheon on February 11, 1813 in Patrick County, VA.

CHILDREN OF JOHN EDITH MCCUTCHEON:

1. Elizabeth--Born 1815.

2. George Turner--Born 1816.

3. Ruth A.--Born 1817.

4. Gorgon C.--Born June 3, 1821.

5. Permelia--Born in 1822.

6. Samuel--Born about 1825.

7. John Packwood--Born 1829.

10. Elizabeth--Born on May 23, 1791 in Virginia and died on May 19, 1863 in Calloway, Franklin Co, Virginia. Married Spencer Hardy on May 9, 1819 in Patrick County, Virginia. She then married Abraham Prillaman on December 4, 1820 in Patrick County, VA.

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND ELIZABETH PRILLAMAN:

1. Elisha--Born about 1821.

2. John--Born December 12, 1824 in VA.

3. Jacob--Born September 25, 1829 in VA.

4. Medad--Born February 20, 1830 in VA.

5. Andrew--Born May 20, 1833 in VA.

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