Henry Hannes Willis b. 1775, inherited Chavenage

(Jody Gray): I am gathering together all the information I can find for Henry Hannes Willis who inherited Chavenage in 1801 when Henry Stephens, the last surviving male heir of the Stephens line died.

Source: for Henry Hannes Willis http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/t/e/William-Lackey--Stephens/GENE20-0019.html Some Descendants of the Fitz Stephen Family in England; pub 1904. Note (Jody Gray): there are some differences between the book and my ancestry family tree. I have Henry Stephens, b. 1710; son of Nathaniel Stephens b. 1655 and Elizabeth Pemberton b. 1675.

m: Ann Huntley, daughter of Rev. Richard Huntley… Henry d. 1/25/1795, last male representative of the elder line of this family; buried in Eastington Church; where is a monument erected to his memory by his widow… he left his landed possessions, after his widow’s death, to descendants of his aunt, Elizabeth Stephens b. 1658, daughter of Richard Stephens b. 1620 and Anne Cholmley. This Elizabeth Stephens had married her cousin John Packer b. 1656, Esq. of Shellingford Manor, co. Berks, whose mother was a Stephens [Temperance b. 1630, daughter of Edward b. 1583 and Anne Crewe b. 1584]]. Their daughter, Anne [Packer] b. 1680, married Sir Edward [Hannes] b. 1664, of Westminster. The sole issue of this marriage was Temperance [Packer] b. 1710, a ward in Chancery. She eloped with John Willis b. 1691, Esq. of Redingfield Hall, Eye, County of Suffolk. Their only surviving son Henry [Willis] was first entered as an officier of the Royal Navy, but afterwards took Holy Orders, and became Rector of Little Sodbury [1788], and Vicar of Wapley, County of Gloucester, the manor of which, Ralph Fitz Stephen had given to the Church at the death of King Henry II. He married Jane [Lubbock b. 1743], daughter of Richard Lubbock, Esq. of North Walsham, County Norfolk. They had a numerous family, and their son, Henry [Hannes] Willis b. 1775, inherited Chavenage on the death of the widow of Henry Stephens in 1801. In accordance with the provisions of his cousin’s [Henry Stephens] will, the heir through this female line was obliged to drop his own name and adopt by royal license, the name and arms of Stephens only. He became a monk, and died at the Monastery of La Treppe, Normandy, 1822, making the children of his sister [Harriot Willis b. 1771] Mrs. Richmond Shute, his heirs. The manor thus fist went to his nephew Henry Richmond Shute b. 1800, who died unmarried the following year [1823], and then to his niece, Alice Elizabeth Shute b. 1802, who married the Rev. Maurice Fitz Gerald Townse b, J.P. (Justice of the Peace ?) and D. L. of Castle Townsend, County Gloucester… The Rev. Mr. Townsend took by royal license, Dec 30, 1826, the name and arms of Stephens, in place of his own. He had a son Henry John, and two daughters. Chavenage, however, passed into the hands of William Holford, of Weston Bert, and was sold by him in 1891, to Captain Lowsley Williams, the present Squire [1904]. Eastington House had been destroyed by fire long before. So ended the connection of the the elder Stephens line with the old estates of Gloucestershire

Source: Chavenage -

https://books.google.com/books?id=WqhDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=Henry+Hannes+Willis&source=bl&ots=x5p_uL-cyM&sig=l6v3c6gDmIFFcnc3vbd-NFcPYRo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwji6v_d0rzNAhXCCiwKHbMGBPEQ6AEIRzAJ#v=onepage&q=Henry%20Hannes%20Willis&f=false Chavenage: A Tale on the Cotwolds…

Note: this appears to be based on “death” dates

Lineage begin: Edward Lugg, of Lugwardine, co Herefordshire

Henry Stephens of Frocester d. 1552 m: Alice [Alexandra] , daughter and coheir daughter of Edward Lugg she d. bef 1552

Edward Stephens of Chavenage and Eastington d. 10/22/1587 m: Joan, daughter and heir of Richard Fowler of Stone house; d. 8/5/1587

Richard Stephens of Chavenage and Eastington d. 1599 m: Margaret, daughter of Edward St. Loe [Leo], of Knighton, co. Wiltshire d. 3/4/1591

Nathaniel Stephens of Eastington and Chavenage, MP co Glouc. b. 1589 d. 5/22/1660 m: Catherine, daughter of Robert Beale, of Priors Marston, co. Warwickshire d. 2/22/1632

Richard Stephens of Eastington b. 1620 d. 4/3/1678 m: Anne, daughter of Hugh Cholmley, of Whitby, co. York, knight and baronet m: 1654; d. 11/17/1712 and Robert Stephens, Serjeant-at-Law b. 1622 d. Unmarried 1671 and Abigail Stephens b. 1628 m: Edward Harley

Richard Stephens, MP d. 1705 and Robert Stephens d. 1732 (I have Nathaniel b. 1655 d. 1732) and Elizabeth Stephens d. 6/27/1695 m: John Packer of Shellingford, co Berks d. 9/22/1682;

   their daughter, Anne Packer b. 1680 married 1698, Edward Hannes, of Westminster, M. D. She d. 7/1710

their daughter, Temperance Hannes m: John Willis, of Reddingfield, co Suffolk d. 1764

   their son: Rev Henry Willis, of Iron Acton, co Glouc; b. 1739, d. 6/4/1794 m: Jane, daughter of Richard Lubbock, of North Walsham, co. Norfolk; married 1765 d. 4/1799

   their son: Henry Hannes Willis, assumed the name and arms of Stephens in 1801. Died S.P. and daughter, Harriot m: Richmond Shute, of Iron Acton, co. Glouc.

   their daughter (and only surviving child), Alice Elizabeth married  Rev. Maurice Townsend-Stephens took the surname and arms of Stephens by royal licence, 12/30/1826

Confusion and Conflicting information regarding Edward Stephens b. 1583 and his wife, Anne Crewe, and their children: Many family trees only list John Stevens, immigrant to Guilford, CT -his birth date varies as does his death location; some list England, some list Guilford, CT. When other children are listed (birth dates vary, death locations vary), they are: Thomas (m: Catherine Combs); Edward (nothing known about him); Anne (m: Parker or Packer).

Conclusion (Jody Gray): all the confusion is probably why the only child listed in most family trees is John Stephens. And, I think the variation of information for John Stevens is due to another John Stephens [b. 1585], son of Edward Stephens and Joan Fowler, who was the inheritor of Lypiatt in 1613 when his father died; the most obvious identifier for him is that he married four times; he was a Member of Parliament and held many public offices; he died in Gloucestershire, England and was buried at the Church in Stroud; where the other heirs to Lypiatt and many of the Stephens family are buried.

http://sciway3.net/clark/beaufort/WillisDetails.htm Source: Papers of Henry Willis d. 1794. Rev Henry Willis, b. 1739; married, 9/1/1765, at Redingfield, Suffolk: Jane Lubbock b. 2/17/1743. His father John Willis lived at Redingfield Hall, Suffolk and married Temperance Hannes, a ward in Chancery. Her parents were Sir Edward Hannes of Shillingford, Queen Anne’s doctor, who died in 1710, and Ann Packer. Anne’s parents were John Packer of Shellingford Manor and Anne Stephens his cousin, Anne’s parents were Sir Edward Stephens b. 1583, of Lypiatt Park and Little Sodbury, d. 1670, who was knighted by Charles II. 7/11/1660. Jane, daughter of Richard Lubbock and Jane (?)

  Eldest son, Richard Lubbock Willis b. 1770, emigrated to Augusta, GA. from Norfolk in or about 1790 [bef 1792, his son, Henry Thomas b. 7/24/1792, Augusta, GA). His wife Diana Sophia Sandwich b. 4/1776 was appointed executor of the will of Ann Packer Willis [sister of Temperance Jane Willis and Richard Lubbock Willis], formerly of Grovesend, Alverton, Gloucestershire, England.  Diana Sophia’s parents Thomas S Sandwich and Leah Langton Barrett also emigrated to Augusta, GA. some time before the birth of their third child Thomas Kirby b. 1/15/1785 in August but after 1/19/1783 when their second child Leah Ann Sandwich was baptised at St Giles Cripplegate. Thomas Sandwich and Leah Barrett were married at St Giles Cripplegate, 4/22/1776, Diana Sophia baptised there 4/11/1777.

    About Temperance Hannes b. 1710 m: John Willis b. 1691: There is a court case which deals with the abduction of Temperance Hannes from her guardian Dr. Waugh; she was the daughter of Edward Hannes and Anne Packer; they died in 1710 leaving Temperance an orphan; she was placed under guardianship of Dr. Waugh.

The elopement of John Willis and Temperance [Hannes]: 5/21/1723, Temperance [Hannes] was ‘inveigled [lured] from her guardian Dr Waugh for which John Willis, the parson and the agents were committed by the Master of the Rolls’, an order subsequently confirmed by Lord Harcourt, who was Lord Chancellor 1710-1714. The elopement was clearly a well-planned operation, with a Mr Knight giving the 13-year old bride away, a clergyman Bentham performing the marriage service which was also certified by a Minister Stephen Hales and witnessed by three men named Grymes, Fidder and Knight. Presumably Temperance was restored to the care of her guardian for the time being, and there is no record of when she resumed her married life. She had four other children besides Henry, birth dates unknown. Note (Jody Gray): I used the Source: Ancestry.com Wright Family Tree, for Temperance Hannes m: John Willis; the tree had many verified records for the families.

    About Rev Henry Willis: 1763-Jan 8, Masters’ Mate of His Majesty’s Ship.  Letter requesting payment: one half Prize Money due to me for the Bon Intention a Dutch sloop with Negroes etc and also the same part that will arrive from the Sally Schooner... 1777 -Feb 24, ordained Deacon by Bishop of Lincoln, and curate in the Parish of Springthorpe, Lincolnshire. 1777 -Dec 21, ordained Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. 1778 -Dec 12, matriculated at Merton College. 1778 -Jan 13, appointed Rector of Newton in the Archdeaconry of Lincoln. 1781 -May 31, appointed Curate in the Parish of Rangeworthy and vicar of Wapley, by the patron of the living, Henry Stephens, probably a relation through his great-grandmother Elizabeth Stephens (d. 1695; daughter of Richard Stephens b. 1620 and Anne Cholmley b. 1620)… . 1787, BA, Merton College. 1787, MA, Merton College. Noteworthy: The archivist at Merton College, Julian Read (01865 276310), writes: "it is clear that in the eighteenth century undergraduates were not officially permitted to be married, following the example of senior members of the university. Upon marriage, Fellows were supposed to resign their fellowships. However, there are documented cases in the eighteenth century of Fellows, and in at least one case a head of a college, marrying and not resigning their fellowships; their wives and any resulting children being kept a respectable distance from Oxford. I suppose it is possible that there were cases of undergraduates acting in a similar fashion but I have no evidence of it". 1788 -Mar 28, appointed Rector of LIttle Sodbury on the presentation of another relative, Winchcomb Henry Hartley, and he continued to hold the living of Wapley at the same time… 1792 -Nov 8, appointed Rector of Rector of East Shefford, Berkshire, on the presentation of Winchcombe. 1783 -Oct 3, his will is dated. 1791 -Aug, codicil to his will: My eldest Son Richard Lubbock Willis having by his infamous conduct forfeited my favour & affection I here cut him off from any Share of my Effects except one shilling to be paid Him a month after my decease by my Executors.

    Wives of Rev. Henry Willis: Note (Jody Gray): about his first wife and mother of his children, Jane Lubbock: the date of her death varies between family trees; I have not found any verified records; most list no death date, one listed, 4/10/1798. Not to much appears to be known about the Lubbock family; not much for Google Search results for her father, Richard or her mother Jane (maiden name unknown or unverified). Source, Chavenage, “death dates” April 1799 is given for Jane Lubbock; m: 1765, daughter of Richard Lubbock, of North Walsham, co. Norfolk. It wouldn’t really matter when she died; however, there appears to be a second wife, Mary, that died in 1792 (see entry below). If his first wife died in 1799, he would have to have been divorced and that would be highly unlikely especially since he was a minister. So, I’m changing Jane’s death date to “after the birth of their last child”, Ann Packer Willis, b. 1780.

    About Mary, 2nd wife of Rev Henry Willis: We do know that he remarried before 1784, that his second wife Mary was a cousin , and that she died in 1792 after a short illness which was treated with 'Liniment', 'Draught' 'Tulip' and 'Camphor', and was buried at Sodbury July 16, 1792. The undertaker was Joseph Wallis and the Rev Nichols officiated. Wallis's bill dated August 18, 1792 came to £19-18-6. A conjecture is that although Henry matriculated in 1778, his academic ambitions were temporarily on hold during his second marriage, and it was not until Mary died in June 1782 that he took up residence at Merton.

    About a 3rd wife of Rev Henry Willis (evidently, a widow “Mrs. C Murray”): Henry remarried for the third time, because on December 4, 1792 Charles Murray wrote to him from Norwich: "I… shall be extremely glad when I have it in my power to introduce Mrs C Murray to yourself and Mrs W as two of my best Friends". A letter from W H Hartley from Chesterfield Street dated August 4, 1792 may provide a clue to the third wife, as well as throwing light on Henry's acquisition of the living at Shefford: Dear Sir, I have just received yours of yesterday from Chavenage. A letter I have written to Mr Stephens (Henry b. 1710, the Stephens that Henry Willis inherited Chavenage from), if it arrived before you left Chavenage, will prevent your having the trouble of coming again and you will find by that, it would be to no purpose. I write however now in answer to yours by today's post, that it may find you at Acton. You have I am certain every reason to be satisfied with what I have expressed upon the subject of the Shefford living, and I shall sign the presentation, when I am satisfied, and think proper. A letter from Mr Ludlow tells me I have sufficiently empowered yourself and Mrs Basset to conduct the late Mrs Mary Willis's affairs, which will I am sure be settled by you both perfectly according to her desire, and I am exceedingly happy that you are both together to put her will into execution. Mrs Hartley and myself rejoice exceedingly at the good account of Mr and Mrs Stephens (Henry and Anne)… (signed) W H Hartley.

    Children of Henry Willis and Jane Lubbock: Temperance Jane 1767; Amelia 1768; Richard Lubbock 1770; Harriot 1771; Sophia 1772; Henry Hannes 1775; Ann Packer 1780 -all born in North Walsham, after Temperance Jane.

Willis Family Lineage: Thomas Willis 1658-1699

John Willis 1691-1761 m(5/21/1713): Temperance Hannes 1710-1764

Rev Henry Willis 1739-1794 m: Jane Lubbock 1743-1780

Their Children:

Temperance Jane Willis 1767-1843 (Thornbury) m: ?

Amelia Willis 1768 m: ?

Richard Lubbock Willis 1770-1810 (immigrant to Augusta, GA before 1792) m: Dianna Sophia Sandwich b. 1776; their son, Henry Thomas Willis 1792-1830

Harriot Willis 1771 m: Richmond Shute b. 1751 their daughter, Alice Elizabeth Shute b. 1802 (inherited Chavenage 1823) m: Rev Maurice Townsend-Stephens b. 1791

Sophia Willis 1772 m: ?

Henry Hannes Willis-Stephens (became a Monk, d. At Monastery) 1775-1882; inherited Chavenage 1801 when Henry Stephen’s wife, Ann Huntley d. 1801.

Ann Packer Willis 1780-1806 m: ?

    About Temperance Jane Willis b. 1767:
https://books.google.com/books?id=MDpDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA444&lpg=PA444&dq=henry+willis+stephens&source=bl&ots=H17WaRKxzO&sig=YqJFGX707D0PhTjvy16LsZmZLDc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjq2cTT4bfNAhXBiywKHXUcDSMQ6AEIKzAD#v=onepage&q=henry%20willis%20stephens&f=false Gentleman’s Magazine Pub 1843. Obituary. Feb 26, 1843. At Thornbury, Temperance Jane Willis, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Henry Willis [d. 1794], sister of Henry Hannes Willis-Stephens, Esq. late of Chavenage House [d. 1822].  

    About Richard Lubbock Willis, b. 1770:  A letter from John Bulman of Brunswick Street, Blackfriars Bridge, of June 16, 1794, addressed to the Rev and Mrs Willis says: I am informed by Mr Howard of Southampton Street to whom I have made application that you have given him Orders not to discharge at present my small Bill delivered some time ago amounting to £(illegible) for Cloths made up for your Son before his departure from England - and the reason he assigns for this unexpected delay of Payment is you think too high a Charge has been made - in this particular I am confident no Man in London would have been more reasonable considering the very expensive manner and the number of Buttons etc - they were made up with and at the request of your Son every thing is stated at the very lowest price for present money, which he informed me would be the Case, and that Mr Howard had full directions to discharge those small matters.

   I should esteem it a particular favor if you would now give that Gentleman leave to settle -with me as I have several very pressing decisions which require all the money I can possibly raise and a Line for that purpose will much oblige. The 'small Bill', for uniforms, came to £11-8-6.

    About Henry Thomas Willis Lubbock, b. 7/24/1792, Augusta, GA: Married Susan Ann Saltus, b. 5/16/1793, Beaufort, S.C.,  daughter of Capt. Francis Saltus (said to have emigrated in the early 1790s) and Sarah Grayson. 1810, graduated from Medical College in PA. Practiced as a doctor in Beaufort, S.C.  until  1819. 1822, took a sea-captain’s licence and became the captain and part owner with Henry Schultz, of the Commerce, plying between Charleston, Savannah and Augusta. 1824, he was was captain and part owner of the Henry Schultz, also part owner of the Macon. 1825, the Henry Schultz caught fire and exploded in Augusta dock, and later the Commerce was holed and had to be sold as scrap. 1828 -Dec 11, Lubbock took a lease of the City Hotel in Savannah in an attempt to rebuild his assets. 1830 -Feb 15, died in Savannah, GA.
Stephens Family

Edward Stephens 1523-1587 m: Joan Fowler 1529-1587 Richard Stephens 1554-1599 m: Margarett St Leo d. 1591 Nathaniel Stephens 1589-1660 m: Catherine Beale d. 1632 Richard Stephens 1620-1678 m: Ann Cholmley 1620-1712 Elizabeth Stephens 1658-1695 m: John Packer 1658-1682 Anne Packer 1680-1710 m: Edward Hannes 1664-1710 Temperance Hannes 1710-1764 m: John Willis 1691-1761 Rev Henry Willis 1739-1794

Stephens Family

Edward Stephens 1523-1587 m: Joan Fowler 1529-1587 Thomas Stephens 1558-1613 m: Elizabeth Stone 1562-1616 Edward Stephens 1583-1670 m: Anne Crewe 1584-1670 Temperance Stephens 1630-1705 m: Robert Packer 1614-1681 John Packer 1658-1682 m: Elizabeth Stephens 1658-1695   Parents of Elizabeth: Richard Stephens b. 1620 and Anne Cholmley b. 1620; Elizabeth was the sister of Nathaniel Stephens b. 1655, the father of Henry Stephens b. 1710, of whom Henry Hannes Willis b. 1775 inherited Chavenage from when Henry's wife, Ann died in 1801. Anne Packer 1680-1710 m: Edward Hannes 1664-1710 Temperance Hannes 1710-1764 m: John Willis 1691-1794 Rev Henry Willis 1739-1794

Packer Family Lineage: Thomas Packer 1546-1631

John Packer 1572-1649 m: Philippa Mills 1590-1665 (reminder, dup’s)

Robert Packer 1614-1681 m: Temperance Stephens 1630-1705

John Packer 1656-1682 m: Elizabeth Stephens 1658-1695

Anne Packer 1680-1710 m: Edward Hennes 1664-1710

Temperance Hannes 16710-1764 m: John Willis 1691-1761

Rev Henry Willis 1739-1794 m: Jane Lubbock 1743-1780

Shellingford Manor

Media: From History and Genealogy of the Packer Family by John Thurbur Packer: John Packer b. 1656 d. Soon after making his Will 9/25/1682 m: 1/1/1675, at St. Andrews Church, his cousin, Elizabeth [Stephens] b. 1658 d. 6/27/1695, daughter of Richard Stephens of Eastington, Co. Gloucester. Memorial tablet in Shellingford Church to Temperance [Stephens b. 1630, m: Robert Packer b.1614], the mother of John [Packer], inscription: Here lyeth the body of Elizabeth Jacob [2nd husband], eldest daughter of Richard Stephens of Eastington, in ye County of Gloucester, Esq. She was 1st m: to John Packer, of this place, Esq. by whom she had issue -Robert, Anne, Temperance and Richard, and after to Thomas Jacob of Norton, in ye County of Wilts, Esq. by whom she had one son, John. She dyed ye 27th day of June Anno Domini 1695” Children: i. Robert b. 1677. ii. Anne b. 1689 m: 1698, Sir Richard Hannes, of Westminster, and had Temperance Hannes, who, as a ward in Chancery, eloped with John Willis, of Reddingfield Hall, Eye, Suffolk. The Chancellor held that he (Willis) could not be punished because he rode behind his fiance on her horse, she eloping with him, and not he with her. iii. Temperance, who m: Thomas Gisborne, b. 1680, d. 1760, of Derby, Esq. had issue, John Gisborne. iv. Richard.

  From Chancery Proceedings before 1714, Raynard, 9-474-118, 9-86-71, we note a bill of 4/16/1683, by Anne, Temperance and Richard Packer, (all under 21) by Thomas Stephens, their next friend (? “kin”) versus Temperance, Elizabeth and Robert Packer, Nathaniel and Richard Stephens, claiming the latter are holding their shares of their father John’s [Packer] estate.

    Note (Jody Gray): Validation of the statement: Elizabeth Stephens b. 1658, daughter of Richard Stephens b. 1620 and Ann Cholmley b. 1620. m: John Packer b. 1658, whose mother was a Stephens (his mother, Temperance Stephens b. 1630, daughter of Edward Stephens b. 1583 and Anne Crewe).

    About Robert Packer b. 1614: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Packer Robert Packer b. 9/12/1614 d. 2/25/1682. Sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1646 and 1679; as well as being Usher of the Exchequer. Son of Clerk of the Privy Seal, John Packer of Shellingford Manor in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and Philippa, daughter of Francis Mills of Bitterne, Hampshire. In 1646 he was elected Member of Parliament for Wallingford in the Long Parliament. He was excluded in 1648 under Pride’s Purge. In 1660, he was elected again as MP for Wallingford in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. He married Temperance Stephens daughter of Col. Edward Stephens of Little Sodbury in Gloucestershire, by whom he had at least four children. He inherited Shellingford in 1649 when his father died. Robert died, 2/25/1682 and is buried in Shellingford Church. Note (Jody Gray): Robert Packer b. 1614 m: Temperance Stephens b. 1630; his political career matches that of his father-in-law, Edward Stephens b. 1583.

priest's door

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellingford Shellingford: Abingdon Abbey held the manor of Shellingford from 931 to 1538. In 1598 Sir Henry Neville bought the manor. It was later held by the Packer Family. In 1738 Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough bought it as an investment. It was later held by the Goodlake and Ashbrook families. In the 19th century the Goodlakes built a new house to the north of the village, Kitemore House, to replace the Elizabethan manor south of the church, which was then demolished.

    The Church of England parish church of Saint Faith has a late 12th century Norman nave and chancel. The church still has its Norman chancel arch, south door, priest’s door and part of the north door. The west tower is an Early English Gothic addition from the early part of the 13th century…. St Faith’s is now part of the Benefice of Uffington, Shellingford, Woolstone and Baulking.

Other: http://www.shellingford.org.uk/ Shelling Parish. History goes back to the Norman Conquest; details are recorded in the Domesday Book (there’s a link).

Source for Shellingford Parish -http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp475-478  *interesting history here…     In 1598, Shellingford was purchased by the courtier and diplomatist, Sir Henry Neville, from the trustees of the late Sir Henry Unton. Sir Henry Neville died seised of the manor in 1615. His heir was his son Sir Henry Neville of Billingbear in Waltham, who in 1620 sold the estate to John Packer of Westminster, who had acted as secretary to his father while ambassador in France. John Packer became a great favourite at court owing to the patronage of Lord Burghley, Thomas and Richard Earls of Dorset, and the Duke of Buckingham, but he allied himself with the Parliamentary party on the outbreak of the Civil War. He died in 1649 and was buried at St. Margaret's, Westminster. In 1625 he rebuilt Shellingford Church at a cost of at least £200, and 'at his own expense he sent able and orthodox ministers to preach in Lancashire, Staffordshire, Westmoreland, South Wales and other remote parts of the kingdom.' On his death his estates passed to his son Robert Packer, M.P. for Wallingford, who married Temperance daughter of Col. Edward Stephens of Sodbury, member of the Long Parliament, and died in 1687. (his son was John Packer b. 1656 m: Elizabeth Stephens b. 1658 -he d. 1682, age 26) He was succeeded by his son Robert, M.P. for Berkshire 1710–11, 1713–14, 1722 and 1727, who married Mary, the daughter and eventually sole heir of Sir Henry Winchcombe, baronet., of Bucklebury and Donnington Castle, and died in 1731. Their son, Winchcombe Howard Packer b. 1702 d. 1746.
Packer Family Sources: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/QUAKER-ROOTS/1997-04/0860977120 Packer Genealogy (Quaker Roots) and http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/packer-robert-1614-82 History of Parliament, Robert Packer.

-http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol4/pp475-478 Shellingford Parish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Packer Robert Packer b. 1614

Blog Posts for Stephens/Stevens Family: https://gray-piperfamily.blogspot.com/2016/07/blog-posts-for-stephensstevens-family.html (Jody Gray) created this Blog Post to provide links to all Blog Posts related to the Stephens/Stevens Family. The Gray-Piper Family Tree Trunk - The Stevens Family is connected to the Piper Family.
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