Samuel¹ Packard, became the second wife of John Washburn, and that his brother Philip Washburn married Elizabeth² Irish (John¹), will be presented in the "Washburn Notes" begun in this issue.

   A careful abstract of Samuel¹ Packard's will follows.

   [4 : 2 : 96]   On 29 October, 1684, "Samuell Packer seni^r 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 Cattles" 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 Runing 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