Prudence (Harris) Osgood (1758 - 1822)

Born 20 Sep 1758 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Osgood Sr — married 23 Nov 1784 in Bozrah, New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1822 at age 64 in Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

The daughter of Daniel Harris (1726-1819) and Prudence Rogers (1734-1781), Prudence Harris was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1758.^[1]

Prudence married Josiah Osgood, marrying in Bozrah, Connecticut on November 23, 1784^[2][3] and having six known children together. Prudence Osgood passed away in Wendell, Massachusetts^[4] at the age of 80.

Research Notes

Unable to find birth or death records for two children:

1. Polly Osgood, born Pomfret, Massachusetts 12 May 1800
2. Josiah E. Osgod, born Pomfret, Massachusetts 14 Dec 1802

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77K-Q6J : 7 January 2020), Prudence Harris, 1758.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7P5-VBQ : Tue Oct 03 14:56:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Josiah Ozgood and Prudence Harris, 23 November 1784.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7P5-VB3 : 11 June 2020), Prudence Harris in entry for Josiah Ozgood, 1784.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1L-YH3 : 17 January 2020), Osgood, 1822.