William Osgood (abt. 1505 - abt. 1582)

Born about 1505 in England [uncertain]

Died about 1582 at about age 77 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

This is the Osgood Coat of Arms from England although I have seen different versions of it. The story goes that Benjamin Osgood, Esq., one of the Captains of the Blue Regiment of trained bands in the city of London bore this coat of arms. It was said that these arms were granted to Benjamin, by King James Stuart, First, of England and Scotland, as a coat of augmentation and concession given in the case of military merit here.

Sources

• Source: Osgood, Ira, comp. A Genealogy of the Descendants of John, Christopher and William Osgood, Who Came from England and Settld in New England Early in the Seventeenth Century. Ed. Eben Putnam. Salem, Massachusetts: Salem, 1891. Print.

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