Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Packard and allied families who came mainly from England. Some ancestors included: Joseph Packard (1684-1777) and his wife Hannah Manley (1711-1790); and Samuel Packard (1612-1684) and his wife, Elizabeth (1622-1686). Focus is on (but not limited to) ancestors, descendants and allied families of Samuel and Elizabeth, who emigrated from Windham, England, to Hingham, Massachusetts,...

Alfred Cookman Cass, an architect and musician, born Springfield, Massachusetts, son of Rev. Dr. John A. Cass and Lucy E. Packard, died 1965. Packard family of Kennebec County, Maine included.

Thomas Snell (ca. 1634-1724) was born Fillongley, Warwickshire, England. He married Martha Harris ca. 1668. Thomas emigrated from England and settled in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New York, Ohio, and elsewhere. Includes Copeland, Howard, Packard, Keith, Reynolds, Washburn, Osgood, and other related families. .

Thomas Mitchell, son of Thomas Mitchell, was born in 1588 in Eltisley, Cambridge, England. He married Maria Tromdlin. He also married Margrite Williams Vochin or Stockin, in 1606 in Amsterdam, Holland. They had three children. He died in 1628 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Wisconsin and Nebraska.

John Fobes (ca.1600-1660) immigrated from Scotland (via Holland) to Duxbury, Massachusetts in 1636, married Constant Mitchell, and moved to Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1645. Descendants lived in New England, New York, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas and elsewhere.

John Christian Stinemates was born in Westmoreland, Pa. in 1796, the son of John Phillip Steinmetz and Anna Catherine. He married Hester McMullen in 1815. Their children include John, Wilhelm, Mariah, George Washington (born 1823), Franklin, Catherine, Phillip, Eli, Mary and Richard.

Thomas Touleman/Tolman was born 6 February 1608 in Lancaster, England. He was the son of Richard Parkenson and Issabel Towlming. He married Sarah, born about 1612, in England about 1629. Probably they migrated to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1635. Thomas died 18 June 1690, and Sarah died 7 November 1677 in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Their children were: Thomas (1633-1718) who married Elizabeth Johnson; Sarah (1636-1690) who married Henry Leadbetter,...

George Charles Phillips was born 9 October 1859 in Gosport, Hampshire, England. His parents were Charles Phillips (1822-1895) and Eliza Nobes (1827-1873). His family emigrated in 1866 and settled in Utah. He married Martha Evans (1861-1906) 2 December 1880 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had eighteen children. He married Alice Louise Lauper (1881-1970), widow of Louis Constantine Pernoux, 14 January 1909. She had one daughter from her first marriage...

Henry Kingman (1594-ca.1666), of Welsh lineage, emigrated from England to Weymouth, Massachusetts in 1635. Includes other immigrant ancestors and their descendants (some with surnames spelled Kingsman, Kinsman, etc.). Descendants lived throughout the United States and elsewhere.

George Jacob Stamets was born 15 Feb. 1775, son of Phillip Steinmetz and Maria Magdalena Schlauch. He married Ruth Evans. Their children include Magdalena, George W., John, Leah, Malinda, Harrison, Evan P. (born 1818), Ruth Ann, Harriet, Elizabeth. John Nuton Stamets was the son of Evan P. Stamets. He was born in Ohio in 1841 and died in Iowa in 1912. He married Hulda Vickers. Descendants and relatives lived in Iowa and Canada.