Joseph Osgood (1720 - 1804)

Born 25 Jan 1720 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Died 1804 at about age 83 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

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Biography

According to the Genealogy, Joseph was also married to Elizabeth Wood who died 1754 and Catherine Sawyer who died 1819.

In addition to the children listed on the profile above, the children of Joseph were:

1. Dorothy, born 1754
2. Ephraim, born 1757; died 1814
3. Katherine, born 1760, died, unmarried, 1814
4. Eunice, born 4 Aug 1762; died July, 1833; married, 10 Mar 1784, Thomas Wright, farmer, of Sterling, MA. Eunice and Thomas had 10 children and at least 5 grandchildren.

JOSEPH OSGOOD,^[1] b. at Lancaster, 25 Jan 1720/1 son of Hooker and Mary (Wheelock) Osgood; d. at Lancaster, 24 Sep 1797; m. 1st at Lancaster, Feb 1740/1, ELIZABETH CARTER, baptized at Lancaster, 30 Oct 1720 daughter of Samuel and Dorothy (Wilder) Carter; Elizabeth d. at Lancaster, 9 Oct 1755. Joseph m. 2nd at Lancaster, 29 Jan 1756, KATHARINE SAWYER, baptized at Lancaster, 16 Jul 1727 daughter of Ephraim and Eunice (Houghton) Sawyer; Katharine d. at Lancaster, 1819 (probate 10 May 1819).

Joseph resided in Lancaster where he was active in town affairs including a term as town moderator.^[2] Joseph was a farmer. On 27 June 1782 (recorded 1797), Joseph Osgood conveyed to his son Ephraim for love and goodwill one-half of his farm in Lancaster containing about sixty-eight acres. The deed also references other parcels of meadow that were conveyed to Ephraim by deed in 1778. In a second transaction, the other half of the farm was transferred to Ephraim, this being the half that Joseph received from his honored father Hooker Osgood.^[3]

In his will written 26 May 1792 (probate 21 November 1797), Joseph bequeathed to wife Catharine all the household goods, two cows, all the notes due to him, and the money on hand and this is to be her full dower interest in the estate. Children Elizabeth, Joseph, Jonathan, Ezra, Dorothy, Eunice, and Catharine each receives five shillings which constitutes their full share with what they have already received. The residue of the estate goes to sone Ephraim who is also named executor.^[4]

In her will written 30 November 1801 (proved 10 May 1819), widow Katharine Osgood made bequests of one dollar each to son Ephraim Osgood and to daughter Eunice wife of Thomas Wright of Sterling. The residue of the estate was bequeathed to daughter Katharine Osgood who was also named executrix.^[5]

Joseph Osgood and Elizabeth Carter were parents of six children born at Lancaster.

i ELIZABETH OSGOOD, b. 19 May 1742; d. at Waitsfield, VT, 26 May 1808; m. at Lancaster, 4 Feb 1779, JONATHAN WALLIS, baptized at Woodstock, CT, 22 Jul 1733 son of David and Mary (Anderson) Wallis; Jonathan d. at Waitsfield, 27 Feb 1818.

ii JOSEPH OSGOOD, b. 7 Nov 1744; d. 27 Nov 1744.

iii JOSEPH OSGOOD, b. 18 Sep 1746; d. at Waitsfield, VT, of hydrophobia, 22 Apr 1812. It is thought that Joseph did not marry.^[6]

iv JONATHAN OSGOOD, b. 1 Apr 1749; d. at Lancaster, 14 Jul 1808; m. at Lancaster, 11 Jan 1775, RUTH DIVOLL, b. at Lancaster, 31 Jan 1749/50 daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Woods) Divoll; Ruth d. at Lancaster, 15 Jul 1792.

v EZRA OSGOOD, b. 23 May 1752; d. at Sullivan, NH, 4 Apr 1812; m. at Lancaster, 2 Mar 1785, SUSANNA WHITE, baptized at Lancaster, 13 May 1763 daughter of Joseph and Patience (Ball) White; Susanna d. at Sullivan, 11 Feb 1854.

vi DOROTHY OSGOOD, b. 22 Sep 1754; d. at Waitsfield, VT, 30 Nov 1844; m. at Lancaster, 6 Jun 1775, JOSEPH JOSLIN, b. at Lancaster, 18 Mar 1753 son of Nathaniel and Martha (Fairbank) Joslin; Joseph d. at Waitsfield, 7 Mar 1819.

Joseph Osgood and Katharine Sawyer were parents of three children born at Lancaster.

i EPHRAIM OSGOOD, b. 4 Dec 1757; d. at Lancaster, 15 Mar 1834; m. at Lancaster, 12 Jan 1786, LUCY RICHARDSON, b. about 1764; Lucy d. after 1850 when she was living at Lancaster with her daughter Betsey.^[7]

ii CATHARINE OSGOOD, b. 18 Oct 1760; d. at Lancaster, 30 May 1821. Catharine did not marry. In her will, written 9 May 1821, Catharine bequeathed a piece of pasture in Sterling to Jonathan Osgood, one dollar to sister Eunice Wright, and the remainder of the estate to brother Ephraim.^[8]

iii EUNICE OSGOOD, b. 4 Aug 1762; m. at Sterling, 11 Mar 1784, THOMAS WRIGHT, b. at Lancaster, 20 May 1756 son of Nathaniel and Martha (-) Wright; Thomas d. at Sterling, 4 Nov 1813 at age 57. Eunice was living at the probate of her husband’s estate.

Sources

A genealogy of the Descendants of John, Christopher and William Osgood, page 28 and page 50

https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00osgo#page/28/mode/2up

• First-hand knowledge of Harry Maltby.

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. ↑ Marvin, Abijah Perkins. 1879. History of the Town of Lancaster, Massachusetts: From the First Settlement to the Present Time, 1643-1879. Lancaster, MA: Published by the town. p 213
3. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 131:343 and 131:344
4. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 44542
5. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Case 44549
6. ↑ Jones, Matt Bushnell. 1909. History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908, with Family Genealogies. Boston, MA: G. E. Littlefield. p 404
7. ↑ Year: 1850; Census Place: Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 343; Page: 164b
8. ↑ Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. Case 44514

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