Fact: Burial Valley Cem.,, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch To commemorate the life of Josiah Smith Packard this stone was taken from land first broken from the wilderness at West Bridgewater, Massachusetts by Samuel Packard (Picard), Huguenot, who came to Massachusetts in 1638 and was the ancestor of the Packard family in America.
He had a son, Zacheus Packard, soldier of King Phillip's War;
He had a son, Jonathan Packard;
He had a son, Jacob Packard, soldier of the Revolution;
He had a son, Jonathan Packard;
He had a son, Ambrose Packard, soldier of the War of 1812, who married Elizabeth Bowen Smith;
They had a son, Josiah Smith Packard, born Enfield, Mass., 1833; lived at Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.; Bayonne, N.J.; Providence, R.I.; Seekonk, Mass.; Died Baltimore, Md., 1911, whose last earthly resting place is marked by this stone.
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Sources
"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWX9-VJ9 : 22 May 2019), Johnathan Packard, 08 Jul 1842; citing Pelham, Massachusetts, v 2 p 306, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 959,806.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 July 2019), memorial page for Jonathan Packard (unknown–8 Jul 1842), Find A Grave: Memorial #36241810, citing Valley Cemetery, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by David Edsall (contributor 46906546) .
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