The daughter of John Osgood and Mary (Clement) Osgood, Lydia Osgood was born in Andover, Massachusetts in 1661.[1][2] She married James Frye, marrying in Andover on January 20, 1679[3][4] and having ten known children together, including:
FRIE, James, s. James and Lydia, Dec. 23, 1682.
FRIE, Joseph, s. James and Lydia, Nov. 11, 1687. [5]
FRIE, Lydia, d. James and Lydia, Feb. 10, 1680.
FRIE, Phoebe, d. James and Lydia, Mar. 29, 1693.
FRIE, Sarah, d. James and Lydia, Feb. 27, 1684.[6]
FRIE, Timothy, s. James and Lydia, Feb. 17, 1688-9.
FRIE, Timothy, s. Samuel and Sarah, May 8, 1735.[7]
Lydia Frye passed away at the age of 51 and is buried at the Old North Parish Burying Ground in North Andover, Massachusetts.[8][9][10]
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↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZH-95N9 : 31 October 2019), James Frie and Lydia Osgood, 20 Jan 1679; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010678.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191265273/lydia-frye: accessed 21 November 2023), memorial page for Lydia Osgood Frye (12 Aug 1661–14 Apr 1741). Old North Parish Burying Ground, North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493). Find A Grave: Memorial #191265273
↑ Death: FRIE, Lydia, wid. Capt. James, Apr. 14, 1741. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Ancestry Record 4080 #1148015593
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