Samuel Pack (1757 - 1804)

Born 1757 in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Died 1804 at about age 47 in Ireland

Biography

Military Service joined the 62nd Regiment as a volunteer, in which capacity he served as a private soldier in Major Henry Harnage's company. By the latter half of 1776, Pack was transferred to Captain Erle Hawker's light infantry company; flank company service was common amongst even new volunteers, Pack didn't have long to wait for a promotion: he was given the rank of ensign on 25 March 1777 in room of Ensign William Wybrants only months before the Northern Campaign of 1777 began.

Pack, along with Captain William Hall, was ordered upon other business. According to a general order dated Quebec, 24 July 1778, "Captain Hall and Ensn Pack of the 62nd Regt and Ensign Jones of the 20th will embark on board of the Vessel which carries the Rebel Prisoners to New York and take them under their charge." Rebel prisoners? Indeed, not long afterward, Hall received his official orders for the task at hand (Haldimand Papers):

Sam Pack is a former non-graduated student of Trinity College, University of Dublin, Samuel Pack

Nationality: Irish

Born: Dublin, Ireland, ca.1757

Regimental commission dates:

Ensign, 25 March 1777

Lieutenant, 1 June 1780

Location during the Northern Campaign of 1777: ensign of the 62nd Regiment contingent left in Canada

Exchanged into another regiment: 9 January 1784 (with Lieutenant Thomas Drinkwater, half-pay, Lord Strathaven's Corps)

Died: unknown

Samuel Pack, the son of Samuel and Jane (née Caddell) Pack of Dubin, Ireland, was the only son of four children whose uncle, The Very Reverend Thomas Pack, D.D., was father to the future celebrated Major-General Sir Denis Pack, K.C.B. (1775-1823). Ironically, it was a fellow 1777 campaigner and future 62nd Regiment officer, Sir Thomas Reynell, who married General Pack's widow, Lady Elizabeth, in 1831.

Sources

Sam Pack, his signature from a regimental paylist dated Lincoln, England, 9 August 1781

Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858 Event Type: Probate Event Date: 1804 Event Place: Ireland Name: Samuel Pack Residence Place: Newyork, America