Individual Details
George Pack
(Abt 1635 - 2 Oct 1704)
George had six children with his first wife Anna, and then married a younger woman and had another group of children.
George Pack, born in England, emigrated to America in the 1650’s, probably with his parents. It is likely that he settled first in the Milford area of Connecticut. In 1665 he was among the eighty Associates, who with a patent granted by the new English Governor of New York, Governor Richard Nicolls, purchased a large track of land west of the Hudson River from the Indian Sachems of Staten Island, and then settled the first English town in eastern New Jersey. With the coming of Sir George Carteret as Proprietary Governor, it was named Elizabethtown, after the governor’s wife. He took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in the town on 19 February 1665.
George and his wife Anna had six children; among them, Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth, Abigail and Jeziah. Anna died around 1681, after her death, George moved to Rahway where he married Elizabeth Moore, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Isley, in March 1683. They had four children: Bethiah, Thomas, Job and Benjamin. George died in Rahway on 2 October 1704. His will, the original of which is in the State House in Trenton, New Jersey, mentions his wife Elizabeth and his children.
George Pack, born in England, emigrated to America in the 1650’s, probably with his parents. It is likely that he settled first in the Milford area of Connecticut. In 1665 he was among the eighty Associates, who with a patent granted by the new English Governor of New York, Governor Richard Nicolls, purchased a large track of land west of the Hudson River from the Indian Sachems of Staten Island, and then settled the first English town in eastern New Jersey. With the coming of Sir George Carteret as Proprietary Governor, it was named Elizabethtown, after the governor’s wife. He took the Oath of Allegiance and Fidelity in the town on 19 February 1665.
George and his wife Anna had six children; among them, Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth, Abigail and Jeziah. Anna died around 1681, after her death, George moved to Rahway where he married Elizabeth Moore, the daughter of Samuel and Mary Isley, in March 1683. They had four children: Bethiah, Thomas, Job and Benjamin. George died in Rahway on 2 October 1704. His will, the original of which is in the State House in Trenton, New Jersey, mentions his wife Elizabeth and his children.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1635 | England | |||
| Immigration | Abt 1655 | Connecticut | |||
| Marriage | By 1661 | Anna Mann? | |||
| Marriage | Mar 1683 | Rahway, Middlesex, New Jersey - Elizabeth Moore | |||
| Death | 2 Oct 1704 | Rahway, Middlesex, New Jersey |  |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Moore (1668 - ) |
| Child | Bethiah Pack (1684 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Pack (1686 - ) |
| Child | Job Pack (1690 - 1750) |
| Child | Benjamin Pack (1694 - ) |
| Spouse | Anna Mann? ( - 1681) |
| Child | Mary Pack (1665 - ) |