David Osgood (1734 - 1812)

Born 21 Apr 1734 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Bayley) Osgood — married 10 Apr 1759 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1812 at age 78 in Rutland, Rutland, Vermont, United States

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Biography

DAVID OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 21 Apr 1734 son of David Osgood and Eunice Carter; d. at Rutland, VT, 9 Oct 1812;^{[1] [2]} m. 1st at Lancaster, 12 Apr 1759,^[3] SARAH BAILEY, b. at Lancaster, 30 Oct 1738 daughter of Samuel and Anna (Richardson) Bailey; Sarah d. at Rutland, 11 Jun 1794. Sarah is interred at North Main Street Cemetery, Rutland, Vermont; David m. 2nd MARTHA SPENCER (widow Keeler), b. about 1740; Martha d. at Rutland, 9 Mar 1808. David m. 3rd at Rutland, 23 Sep 1810, widow ANNA CAMPBELL.

David and Sarah Osgood resided in Lancaster until about 1778 when they relocated to Rutland, Vermont. On 26 January 1774, David Osgood, yeoman of Lancaster, with his wife Sarah, in consideration of £180, conveyed to Samuel Bayley, Jr. of Lancaster a tract of land in Lancaster with the buildings and tan yard.^[4]

Quartermaster David Osgood served with Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

David Osgood is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A084597.

The family seems to have been in Lancaster for a few years after selling the interest in the tan yard as David served as captain of the 7th company of Col. Whitney’s 2nd company (Worcester County) of the Massachusetts militia. He received his commission 12 April 1780. He is likely the David Osgood of Lancaster who served as Quarter Master of Col. John Whetcomb’s regiment of Minute Men, credited with 22 days of service beginning 19 April 1775. In 1777, he was Quarter Master in Col. Josiah Whitney’s regiment with 25 days of service.^[5]

The family was then in Rutland where David was reported to be a large landholder and cattle dealer. He had a farm about one-half mile from the village on the Western road.^[6]

In the 1810 census, David Osgood headed a household of six persons at Rutland: one male 45 and over, one female 45 and over, one male 10 to 15, two females 10 to 15, and one female 16 to 25.^[7]

Children

David Osgood and Sarah Bailey were parents of eleven children, the oldest eight recorded at Lancaster.

i AZUBA OSGOOD, b. 6 Apr 1760; d. at Boston, 24 Nov 1803; m. at Lancaster, 28 Jun 1778, Dr. JOSIAH LEAVITT, b. at Hingham, 8 Nov 1744 son of Hezekiah and Grace (-) Leavitt; Josiah d. at Boston, 25 Feb 1804. Josiah Leavitt was a physician but later gave up the practice of medicine and built pipe organs.^[8]

ii NATHAN OSGOOD, b. 16 Jul 1761; d. at Rutland, VT, 1841; m. JANE WILLIAMS, b. at Bradford, MA, 22 Jan 1769 daughter of Dr. Samuel and Jane (Kilbourn) Williams; Jane d. at Rutland, 13 May 1818.

iii ANNA OSGOOD, b. 1 May 1764; d. at Sterling, 12 Dec 1829 at age 65;^[9] m. at Sterling, 7 Sep 1783, ABEL RICHARDSON, b. at Lancaster, 13 Apr 1761 son of James and Ruth (-) Richardson; Abel d. at Lancaster, 17 Jul 1834.

iv SUSANNAH “SUSA” OSGOOD, b. 16 Jan 1766; d. at Bethany, NY, 5 May 1822;^[10] m. at Sterling, 18 Apr 1782, PETER PUTNAM, likely b. at Danvers, 15 Jan 1758 son of Peter and Lydia (Endicott) Putnam.

v REBEKAH OSGOOD, b. 15 Jun 1768; d. at Lancaster, 20 Jan 1839; m. about 1790, STEPHEN HOUGHTON,^[11] b. at Lancaster, 8 May 1765 son of Nathaniel and Mary (Richardson) Houghton; Stephen d. at Lancaster, 17 Apr 1841.

vi EUNICE OSGOOD, b. Sep 1770; d. at Sterling, 25 Jul 1859; m. at Rutland, VT, 2 Dec 1788 (at the home of her brother Nathan),^[12] TIMOTHY WILDER, b. 1745; Timothy d. at Sterling, 9 May 1831.

vii SARAH OSGOOD, b. Jan 1773; d. at Fairfax, VT, 1 Aug 1831; m. NATHANIEL GOVE, b. at Preston, CT, 8 Apr 1769 son of Nathaniel and Esther (Tyler) Gove; Nathaniel d. at Fairfax, 23 Dec 1848.

viii DAVID OSGOOD, b. 31 Dec 1774; d. at Hamilton, NY, 1820; m. CAROLINE LESTER, b. estimate 1783^[13] daughter of Jason and Irene (-) Lester;^[14] Caroline d. at Hamilton, 6 Jun 1831. The Osgood genealogy reports David had a first marriage to Mary Rice who died without children.

ix MARY OSGOOD,^[15] b. 1778; d. at Sterling, 17 Oct 1866; m. at Sterling, 18 Apr 1801, JOSEPH BROWN, likely b. at Danvers, 23 Oct 1760 son of Nathaniel and Ginger (Osborn) Brown; Joseph d. at Sterling, 31 Aug 1850.

x JOSIAH OSGOOD, b. 1779; m. at Rutland, VT, 2 Nov 1800, HULDAH HOPKINS. Josiah is reported to have moved to Canada. He was killed by the fall of a tree.^[16]

xi ELIZABETH “BETSEY” OSGOOD, b. 1781; d. perhaps at Port Colborne, Ontario, 15 Oct 1831; m. about 1803, PRENTISS FARRAR, b. at New Ipswich, NH, 12 Nov 1773 son of Stephen and Eunice (Brown) Farrar.^[17]

Sources and Footnotes

1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFK7-BXH : 19 February 2021), D Osgood, 1812.
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34942681/david-osgood
3. ↑ David Osgood junr. and Sarah Bayley, April 12 1759, Lancaster Vital Records, volume 1, p 88
4. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 82:468
5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, volume 11, p 700.
6. ↑ Osgood, Ira. 1894. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John, Christopher and William Osgood, Who Came from England and Settled in New England Early in the Seventeenth Century. Salem, MA: Salem Press. p 48
7. ↑ Year: 1810; Census Place: Rutland, Rutland, Vermont; Roll: 65; Page: 72; Image: 00047; Family History Library Film: 0218669
8. ↑ U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995
9. ↑ Mrs. Anna wife of Mr. Abel Richardson died Dec. 12th 1829, ae 65; Sterling Births, Marriages, and Deaths, p 214
10. ↑ 10,000 Vital Records of Western New York, 1809-1850
11. ↑ Rebekah Houghton of Lancaster provided a statement supporting the widow’s pension application of her sister Eunice Osgood Wilder in which Rebekah states she attended the marriage of her sister Eunice to Timothy Wilder at the home of her brother Nathan Osgood; U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, Case W26056, Timothy Wilder.
12. ↑ U. S. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, Case W26056
13. ↑ Caroline’s gravestone seems to say she died at age 38; however, the first child of David and Caroline was born in 1803.
14. ↑ The names of Caroline’s parents are given on her gravestone; Woodlawn Cemetery, Hamilton, NY; Find a Grave: 97480762
15. ↑ Mary is not a child given in the Osgood genealogy, but she seems a likely child in this family based on age and location.
16. ↑ Osgood, Ira. 1894. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John, Christopher and William Osgood, Who Came from England and Settled in New England Early in the Seventeenth Century. Salem, MA: Salem Press. p 48
17. ↑ New Hampshire, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904