Joseph Latham

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• Married: say 1720; Sarah Hayward. She was born 28 Jun 1696 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and died 25 April 1781 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Joseph Latham (1717-____) 2. Betty Latham (1722-1808) 3. Thomas Latham (1729-1778) 4. James Latham (1732-1758) 5. Nathaniel Latham (1732-1776) 6. Sarah Latham (1733-1785) 7. Seth Latham (1738-1825)
• Occupation: say 1725; Joseph was a horse trader and farmer.
• Probate/Proved: 1758, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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• Probate/Proved: 1738, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

James married Deliverance Alger in 1693 in Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Deliverance (daughter of Thomas Alger and Elizabeth Packard) was born in 1669 in West Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Jan 1749 in East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Graveyard, East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Probate/Proved: 1749, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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• Offices Held: 1643, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was a Constable.
• Proprietor: 1650, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
• History: Jan 1654/55; He was punished for causing the death of his servant, John Walker.
• History: 1657, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He took the Oath of Fidelity.
• Moved To: Before 1667, East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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His parents may have been William or Cary Latham.

Robert married Susanna Winslow in 1649. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Moved To: Before 1667, East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

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• Land/House: 9 Jan 1664/5, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; From the town records, "January 9th, 1664-5. Granted that Thomas Auger* shall have a parcel of land that lieth at ye head of Thomas Linkon's land and ye land ot Robert Grossman, as much as that place will afford."

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• Immigration: 1638; Samuel, his wife, and daughter arrived on board The Diligent.

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• Immigration: 1621, Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England; He sailed on board The Foirtune arriving in Plymouth.

John married Mary Chilton. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Immigration: 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; She is said to have been the first female who set foot on the Plymouth shore.

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• Proprietor: 1638, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; In 1638, he was a proprietor of Hingham, Massachusetts.
• Immigration: 1638; On 10 August 1638, Samuel, his wife, and daughter arrived on board The Diligent and settling in Hingham.
• Residence: 1640, Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; In 1640, he resided in Hingham, Plymouth Colony, but shortly afterwards, moved to Weymouth.
• Offices Held: 1664, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a constable in 1664 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
• Occupation: 1670, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; He was licensed to keep an Ordinary in 1670.
• Will: 29 Oct 1684, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; "Samuel! Packer senir of Bridgwater .... yeoman " made his will. Bequests were as follows : "unto my loveing wiff Elizabeth all that my farm in the said Towne of Bridgwater which I now Dwell upon Containing" 36 acres " with all the houses Lands and Meddowes belonging to the said farme, During the tearm of her Naturall Life; " also "all my Share of Meddow Lying att a place in Bridgwater Called Bulls hole " for life; "and alsoe all my goods and Catties "for life; also £40 in money for life. "unto Samuell Packer my eldest son" 64 acres of land in Bridgewater "which his Dwelling house Now stands upon buting upon West meddow brook on the east side of the said brooke and Riming east & west"; also 25 acres of land in Bridgewater "which is not yett Layed out"; also "one Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater " in the West meddow on the south east syde of ... . the west meddow Brooke"; also "one Lott of Meddow " in Bridgewater" in the Great Meddow on the North east side of the pond Joyning to the pond" " unto my son Zacheus Packer .... the house wherin hee my said son Zacheus Packer Dwelleth in with the Land therunto belonging which is " 24 acres lying in Bridgewater; also "my Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater "in the west meddow on the Norwest syde of the brooke"; also " a Lott of "50 acres in Bridgewater " by the Bay Path bounded on the south side by Marke Laythorpes Land"; also "one Lott of Meddow" in Bridgewater " in the Great meddow on the southeast side of the River" "unto my. son John Packer" 70 acres in Bridgewater "on the Eastward side of the River ; alsoe .... one lott of Meddow in a Meddow Called Poor Meddow Lying in the said Bridgwater, alsoe .... all my lott of Land att Teticut;" " unto my son Nathaniel Packer .... two third prtes of my aforsaid farm lying in Bridgwater which I Now Dwell upon Containing" 36 acres of land more or less "That is to say of all the houses Lands and Meddowes belonging to the said farme, to enter upon it emediately after the Decease of my said wife;" "The other third prte of my said farme that I Dwell Now upon in the said Towne of Bridgwater ; That is to say one third prte of the houses Land and meddowes belonging to the said farme I give & bequeath unto my Grand Child Israeli Agur and to his heires .... hee or they to enter upon it Imediately after the Decease of my said wife;" "unto my said son Nathaniel! : Packer .... the one halfe of my lott of" 50 acres in Bridgewater lying "Next to Joseph Bassetts lott Neare to the Pond ; alsoe I Give .... unto my said Grand Child Israeli Augur and to his heires ..... the other halfe of the said Lott of fifty aerees of land ; to be equally Devided between the said Nathaniel Packer My son and the said Israeli Augur ; they and both of them to enter upon it Imediately after my Decease;" "unto my said son Nathaniel Packer and To his .heires and assignes for ever the one halfe of my Share of meddow in Bridgwater lying there att a place Called Bulls hole; hee or they to enter upon it after the Decease of my said wife ; alsoe I give and bequeath unto my Grand [p. 9^] Child Issraell Augur and to his heires and assignes for ever, the other halfe of my said Share of meddow lying att Said bulls hole, hee or they, to enter upon itt after the Decease of my said wife;" "I Give and bequeath unto the said Elizabeth Packer my wife and to her heires and assignes for ever all my Lott Containing twenty Aerees of land lying and being in Bridgwater; between the Land of mr James Keith on the one side and the Land of Joseph haward on the other side, buting upon the pond Called Satuckett pond;" "unto my fouer sones (viz) Samuell Packer Zacheus Packer John Packer and Nathaniell Packer ; and to my Grandchild Issrael: Augur .... all my Right & title of Comons and Comonage which I Now have in the Townshipp of Bridgwater to be equally Devided betwixt them them five excepting som prticular prsells of land alreddy Given by will and are not yett Layed out and alsoe my will is that my five Daughters Mary Phillips the wife of Richard Phillips and hannah Randall The wife of Tho: Randall Jaell Smith the wife of John Smith and Daborah Washburn the wife of Samuell Washburn and Deliverance Washburn The wife of Thomas Washburn with my Grand Child Deliverance Augur shall have equally Devided amongst them six all what mony or Chatties shalbe left after the Decease of my said wife Elizabeth Packer ; alsoe my will is That as Concerning my Daghter Jaell Smith the wife of John Smith that the prte of the Mony and Chatties above Named that shalbe Due to my said Daughter Jaell after the Decease of my said wife Elizabeth Packer shall not be Delivered to the said John Smith ; but shalbe Desposed of to my said Daughter Jaell for her Comfort by the executors of my said Will ; alsoe my will is that my Grand Child Deliverance Augur shall have a heifer ; when shee my said Grandchild is of age ; and alsoe I Give unto my Grandchild Deliverance Augur one bed ; with such furniture to it as is now in the house ; I Doe mean a feather bed after the Decease of My said wife, Elizabeth Packer" "my said son Nathaniel : Packer shall pay unto my Executors heerafter mentioned " £10 in money "when bee .... shall Come to Injoy his pr te of the farme that I have before mentioned and Given him in this My will" "to my two Grandchildren Samuell Packer, and Daniell Packer the son of my son Samuell Packer ten shillings apeece in Mony;" "to my Grandchild Issraell Packer; the son of my son Zacheus Packer : ten shillings in Mony" " to my Grandchild Caleb Phillipes the son of Caleb Phillipes ten shillings in Mony" "To my Daughter Deliverance the the wife of Thomas Washburn ten acres of land" in Bridgewater, "which said ten acrees is agreed on by the Towne ; to lay it Conveniently to the Lott not yett layed out" " my beloved wife Elizabeth Packer and my son Samuell Packer; to be Joynt executors I Desire that mr James Keith and William Brett should be overseers to this my last will" [see picture below]
• Inventory: 5 Mar 1684/85, Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; "An Inventory of the estate of Samuall Packer of vthe Towne of Bridgwater Deceased the seaventh of November 1684" No real estate is mentioned and the total is £,133, 6s., 6d. "A true and faire apprisall .... taken by us the eleventh of Novem: 1684 as witnesseth our hands Marke Laythorpe John ffeild" "Samuell Packer Junior made oath to this Inventory before the Court held att Plymouth " on 5 March, 1684/5."
• Last Full Review: 1 Jul 2020

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Samuel married Elizabeth on yes, date unknown. Elizabeth died after 27 Oct. 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 1 Jul 2020