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Subject: [PIATT] Re: PIATT-D Digest V00 #15
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:51:18 EST
Laverne: This was Carter Genealogy with Piatts coming in by marriage. Lynn
did not have this material. The case was the Aspden Case. Rebecca Packer, a
sister of Sarah Packer Carter married Mathais Aspden, a widower with one
daughter, as her second husband. They had a son, who was born in Phil. PA
but died in London. He and his mother became wealthy in the shipping
industry. At one time they owned all the land between Market and Arch sts.
from the river west to 2nd St in Philadelphia. When the Revolution started
Mathais, Jr. went to England. He favored the colonists but he thought
England would win. His property was confiscated by the Colony of
Philadelphia. In his will, written in America . Through this will 4
generations of relatives were made eligible for a share of the estate. This
included Sarah Packer's descendants up to the early 1850's. Then his
relatives in England filed for their share. This became the Packer vs Nixon
case which was finally settled by the US Supreme Court after 30 years of
litigation. There was a book of over 1200pages containing the testimonies &
records of the first 5 generations of Packer Descendants in America.This is
where Mrs. Weinatz compiled her genealogy.The encyclopedia is Vol 22 and
Lynnn sent me this material on the Ward Family. It tied in with the Daisy
Piatt Warner letters. Dee
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