EARLY
INHABITANTS OF IPSWICH, MASS.
By Abraham Hammatt , pages 237-238
OSGOOD,
Christopher. Took the freeman's oath at Boston, May 6. 1635.
1635.
He had granted to him an house lot, having John Proctor's houselot on the south,
John Robinson on the north, William Fuller east, and a swamp west.
1641.
He was a commoner.
1645.
He possessed a lot on the Town Hill.
1650.
His will is dated April 19, and was proved by the oath of Daniel Rolfe, October
10, 1650.
He
bequeaths to his eldest daughter, Mary
Osgood, ten pounds. To three other daughters. Abigail, Elizabeth, a.nd Deborah,
five pounds each.
[Mary
Osgood, his daughter, and John Lovejoy of Andover. were married at Ipswich, June
1, 1651, by Mr. Symonds. ]
To
his son Christopher Osgood. he bequeaths house and lands. He makes provision for
Margery (Fowler) Osgood his wife. He appoints Mr. John Norton and his “father.
Phil1p Fowler,” the overseers.
Capt
Christopher Osgood 2, son of Christopher I, removed from Ipswich to Andover
after 1673.
1675.
He was admitted freeman.
1690.
Representative at the December session.
Died
at the age of eighty years, in 1723, leaving a memory in Ipswich as well as in
Andover. He is a1luded to on the church records, March 1, 1673, “Tho: Osgood,
the sonne of our brother Christopher Osgood,” took the covenant.
This “sonne Tho :" also removed to Andover and he is later mentioned as. “Tho : Osgood of Andover ;” but his daughter, Mary was born in Ipswich. February 1, 1675.
[A
most pleasant fellowship existed between the Andover Osgoods and Ipswich
relatives, continuously for a century. ]
Capt.
Christopher Osgood 2, had an account with Robert Lord, June 25, 1681, as did
Thomas Osgood his son.
[To
Mr. Hammatt’s gleanings, we add a newspaper clipping of 1879 :]
“A
venerable Powder Horn belongs to Mr. Clark Osgood of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. It
is covered all over with inscriptions. It appears that Old Buck. the original
proprietor, parted with this branching horn in 1601.
“Christopher
Osgood. of Orre11, England, came to America,. Feb. ye 14, 1634.”
He
brought Old Buck's horn with him. The remaining inscriptions run as follows :
Ezekiel
Osgood 3, born 1712, Andover.
Ezekiel
Osgood 4, born June ye 12, 1747. died 1816
Isaac
Osgood, born September 16, 1775
died
November 30, I853
Clark
Osgood, born Aug. 18. 1803, Bluehill, Me.
The
eighth family that settled in Bluehill, was Ezekiel Osgood of Andover,
Mass., November 6, 1765. He died in 1798, aged eighty-six. In 1810, his descendants
numbered five children, forty-two grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren.