Ancestry of
George Packwood

(1773–1854)

George Packwood

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • William Packwood 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Powers   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Mar 1773 
  • Birth Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Jan 1854 
  • Death Location:
  • St. Helena Parish, Louisiana 
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  • Notes: 

  • Death notice in the Times-Picayune says that George Packwood was a native of New London, Connecticut and had been a resident of the state of Louisiana for 48 years. This would indicate he moved to the state around 1806.

    George Packwood's tombstone gives his birth year as 1774, however the New London vital records (Barbour Collection) has it as 1773.

• Marriages for George Packwood

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah Jones Hinman
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Dec 1799
  • Marriage Location:
  • New London, New London Co., Connecticut

• Sources for George Packwood

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 226, Marriage record for George Packwood and Sally Hinman.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, New London, p. 226, Birth record for George Packwood.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/17/2019).
  • ⁴ The People's Advocate (New London, Connecticut), 16 SEP 1840, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, p. 3, Obituary for Mrs. Sarah Packwood.
  • ⁵ The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana), 12 FEB 1854, p. 4, Death notice for George Packwood gives date as 17 JAN 1854.
  • ⁶ O'Gorman, Ella Foy, Descendants of Virginia Calverts, Los Angeles, California: n. p. (1947), 525.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 87.