Josiah Osgood (1740 - 1830)

Born 1 Oct 1740 in Sterling, Franklin, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Byington) Osgood — married 9 Dec 1760 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1830 at age 89 in Verona, New York

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Biography

JOSIAH OSGOOD,^[1] baptized at Lancaster, 12 Oct 1740^[2] son of David Osgood and Eunice Carter; d. at Verona, NY, 17 Aug 1830;^[3] m. at Lancaster, 9 Dec 1760,^[4] JANE BOYNTON (or Byington), b. at Lancaster, 22 Mar 1741/2^[5] and baptized 18 Apr 1742 daughter of Zaccheus and Anna (Ross) Boynton; Jane d. at Wendell, 23 Oct 1822.

Josiah and Jane were first in Lancaster where the births of the oldest five children are recorded. On 14 January 1768, Josiah Osgood of Lancaster, in consideration of £200, conveyed to David Osgood all rights to both the real and personal estates of honored father David Osgood. On 24 June 1768, Josiah Osgood of Lancaster, in consideration of £150, sold to David Osgood of Lancaster a parcel of 150 acres in Lancaster.^[6]

The family was afterwards in Wendell. Josiah built his home in Wendell on the corner of Wendell Depot and Farley Roads. Jane died in Wendell and after her death Josiah went to Verona, New York where some of his children settled.^[7]

On 24 December 1799, Josiah Osgood of Wendell sold two acres to David Osgood for payment on one dollar. On 25 April 1807, Josiah sold half of his homestead farm in Wendell to Luther Osgood for payment of $800. On 14 April 1812, Josiah sold the other half of the farm to Luther for $800.^[8]

Josiah served as lieutenant in Capt. Ebenezer Goodale’s company in of Minute Men in Col. Woolbridge’s regiment that marched at the alarm on 19 April 1775 with service of 26 days. He served six weeks in 1779 as second lieutenant in the company of Capt. Samuel Merriman.^[9] He was captain in the militia after the war and served with Commonwealth forces during Shay’s rebellion.^[10]

Josiah Osgood and Jane Boynton were parents of thirteen children.^[11]

i EUNICE OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 3 Mar 1761; d. 8 Nov 1762.

ii MARY “POLLY” OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 28 May 1762; d. at Wendell, 22 Dec 1834; m. at Wendell, 9 Nov 1785, her second cousin, ELIHU OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 21 Sep 1762 son of Jonathan and Joanna (Beaman) Osgood; Elihu d. at Wendell, 27 Aug 1834.

iii SAMUEL OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 29 Apr 1764; d. at Hamilton, NY, 1830; m. at Wendell, 11 Jun 1786, MARTHA “PATTY” DOW, b. 1765; Patty d. at Hamilton, 1835 (probate 26 Nov 1835).

iv JOSIAH OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 14 Feb 1766; d. at Hamilton, NY, 1838; m. at Wendell, 13 Jul 1789, POLLY LOCKE, b. at Shutesbury, 22 Jun 1765 daughter of Joseph and Mary (Ayers) Locke.

v JOSEPH OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 6 Apr 1768; d. at Leverett, MA, 24 Feb 1842; m. at Deerfield, MA, 6 Jun 1793, SARAH GRAVES, b. at Sunderland, 1768 daughter of Benoni and Mary (Clark) Graves;^[12] Sarah d. at Leverett, 21 Apr 1846.

vi DAVID OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 25 Jan 1770; d. at Verona, NY, 15 Sep 1841; m. at Wendell, 27 May 1792, his second cousin, BETSEY OSGOOD, b. at Sterling, 11 Nov 1770 daughter of Jonathan and Joanna (Beaman) Osgood; Betsey d. at Verona, 7 Mar 1839.

vii SOLOMON OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 30 Oct 1772; m. at Montague, MA, 11 Nov 1805, ABIGAIL BARTLETT, b. 2 Apr 1781 daughter of Elisha and Rebecca (Waterman) Bartlett.^[13]

viii EUNICE OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 7 May 1774; d. at Sudbury, about 1820; m. 1st at Wendell, 30 Apr 1792, her second cousin, SAMUEL OSGOOD, b. at Sterling, 21 Sep 1766 son of Jonathan and Joanna (Beaman) Osgood; Samuel d. at Montague, 22 Apr 1808. Eunice m. 2nd 1810, as the second of his four wives, SAMUEL PUFFER, b. at Sudbury, 28 May 1770 son of Samuel and Olive (Rice) Puffer;^[14] Samuel d. at Sunderland, 1 May 1845. Samuel was first married to Betsey Moore, third married to Mrs. Hannah Stone, and fourth married to Rhoda C. Baker.

ix JOHN WASHINGTON OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 21 Apr 1776; d. at Wendell, 25 Apr 1820; m. about 1799, his second cousin, HANNAH CROSBY OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 20 Jun 1779 daughter of Lucas and Hannah (Crosby) Osgood; Hannah d. at Sterling, 5 Jan 1864. Hannah married second JONATHAN CROSBY (1778-1839) on 4 Jun 1827.

x CALVIN OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 3 May 1778; d. at Westmoreland, NY, 22 Sep 1838; m. at Wendell, Jan 1816, BETSEY FISHER, b. 1791 daughter of Aaron and Betty (Moore) Fisher; Betsey d. at Westmoreland, 3 Mar 1880.

xi LUTHER OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 20 Jun 1780; d. at Verona, NY, 31 May 1850; m. at Wendell, 18 Feb 1805, his second cousin, LUCY OSGOOD, b. at Sterling, 5 Oct 1775 daughter of Jonathan and Joanna (Beaman) Osgood; Lucy d. at Verona, 23 May 1857.

xii JANE OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 27 Sep 1782; d. 23 Sep 1866 (memorial at Bear Valley, WI);^[15] m. at Wendell, 25 Dec 1805, EBENEZER JOHNSON, b. at Wendell, 11 Jan 1781 son of Ebenezer and Prudence (Kendall) Johnson; Ebenezer d. at Bristol, VT, 10 Nov 1843.

xiii ELIZA OSGOOD, b. at Wendell, 4 Mar 1788; d. at Greenfield, MA, 31 Mar 1876; m. at Wendell, 24 Apr 1806, ELMER HOWE, b. at Gill, 15 Dec 1786 son of Asa and Esther (Bowker) Howe; Elmer d. at Gill, 9 May 1853.

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ Family summary taken from Abbott, Patricia A., The Descendants of John and Elizabeth Stevens of Andover Through Six Generations, 2021, In Press
2. ↑ Osgood, Octob. 12th, 1740. Josiah, Son of David Osgood; Lancaster Vital Records, volume 1, p 289
3. ↑ Josiah is interred at Verona Cemetery, Find a Grave 12169981; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12169981/josiah-osgood
4. ↑ Osgood, Josiah Osgood & Jane Boynton both of Lancaster Decr. 9. 1760; Lancaster Vital Records, volume 1, p 87
5. ↑ Boynton, Jane the Daughter of Zacheus and Anna Boynton was born march ye 22 1742; Lancaster Vital Records, volume 1, p 68
6. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 64:367, 60:58
7. ↑ Richardson, Pamela A., and Thomas E. Sawin. 2015. Wendell, Massachusetts: Its Settlers and Citizenry, 1752-1900. Amherst, MA: An Off the Common Book. p 29, p 31
8. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Franklin County, 19:341, 30:368, 40:395
9. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, volume 11, p 704
10. ↑ Richardson, Pamela A., and Thomas E. Sawin. 2015. Wendell, Massachusetts: Its Settlers and Citizenry, 1752-1900. Amherst, MA: An Off the Common Book. pp 95-96
11. ↑ Children numbered two to thirteen are recorded in Wendell town records, volume I, p 60; Holbrook Research Institute, Wendell, 1763-1893
12. ↑ The 1814 will/probate of Benoni Graves of Sunderland includes a bequest to daughter Sarah Osgood; Franklin County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1812-1910 Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019. Case 2032
13. ↑ The 1817 will of Elisha Bartlett of Montague includes a bequest to daughter Abigail wife of Solomon Osgood; Franklin County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1812-1910 Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2019. Case 332
14. ↑ Smith, John Montague. 1899. History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, 1673-1899. Greenfield, MA: Press of E. A. Hall. p 486
15. ↑ Bear Valley Cemetery; Find a Grave 57960413; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57960413/jane-osgood-johnson