Samuel Osgood (1714 - 1774)

Born 29 May 1714 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Wardwell) Osgood — married 21 May 1739 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Elizabeth (Abbot) Osgood — married 4 Jan 1753 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1774 at age 59 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Biography

Samuel Osgood was born May 29 1714. ^[1]He was the son of Ezekiel Osgood and Rebecca Wardwell.

m. Elezebith Abbot Jan. 4, 1753^[2] at Andover

He passed away Mar. 16, 1774 ^[3] Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts

Samuel Osgood was one of a committee of 5 (Capt John Farnum, Mr. Nehemiah Abbot, Capt Asa Foster, and Samuel Holt) appointed on May 17, 1773, to prepare the instructions to Andover's representative in the Massachusetts General Court in response to a letter from the Committee of Correspondence of Boston.

"Sir: We cannot but be possessed with thoughts pregnant with the deepest sorrow, when on every side we behold the most bold invasions made upon our civil rights: Resentment against the daring invader, and distress of kind for the wound liberty has already received, ... Therefore, we advise you, Sir, to oppose, not with an indifferent coolness, but with an unremitting resentment everything that threatens the peaceful and quiet enjoyment of our liberties ... "

Gravestone reads "Stop passengers as you pass by, As you are now so once was I; As I am now so you must be, Prepare for death and follow me."^[4]

His son Samuel was a well known Unitarian minister and prolific writer in NY in the mid 1800's who counted Webster, Bryant, and Irving as friends. He was the first president of the Harvard Club of NY (his portrait is in the lobby) and a long time member of the NY Historical Society (which has his bust). His daughter Mabel was a well regarded conservationist and author, notably of "My New York". His wife, Ellen Haswell Murdock Osgood, was the granddaughter of Robert Haswell, the first American to sail around the world.

IV. 45 Samuel Osgood (Ezekiel, Christophher, Christopher), of Andover, Mass., farmer; born 27 May, 1714; died 16 Mar., 1774; married, first, 21 May, 1739, Dorothy Wardwell ; married, second, 4 Jan., 1753, Elizabeth Abbott, who died 27 Sept., 1792.

Children, by first wife :

92 Rebecca, b. 6 Feb., 1740; m. 7 Feb., 1770, David Holt.

93 Samuel, b. 6 Oct., 1741.

94 Eliakim, b. 20 Aug., 1743.

95 Dorothy, b. 18 Sept., 1745.

96 Hannah, b. 7 Feb., 1748.

By second wife :

97 Lydia, b. 30 May, 1754; m. Abiel Faulkner.

98 Elizabeth, b. 7 Dec, 1755; d. 18 Sept. 1764.

99 Sarah, b. 14 Sept., 1758; d. 21 Oct., 1764.

100 Jossph, b. 6 Oct., 1760; d. 15 Mar., 1854.

101 Dorcas, b. 21 Mar., 1763; d. 12 July, 1829; m. 24 Oct., 1791, Theodore Stevens, of Andover, Mass., blacksmith, who d. 15 Mar., 1854.

102 John, b. 5 Sept., 1765; d. Dec, 1829; of Allenstown, N. H. ; m. Oct., 1802, Mary Slater.

103 Thomas, b. 11 June, 1767; cl. 21 Mar., 1818.

104 Christopher, b. 25 Apr., 1769; d. 3 Oct., 1841.

Sources

• Osgood, Ira, 1799-1877; Putnam, Eben "A Genealogy of the Descendants of John, Christopher, and William Osgood" Salem, Mass. : Salem Press page 265

• Minutes of Town Meetings, microfilm records, frame 5244, Memorial Hall Library Collection.

• 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

Sources

1. ↑ Andover - Births Image of page 287
2. ↑ Andover - Marriages Image of page 257
3. ↑ Andover - Deaths Image of page 515
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2020), memorial page for Samuel Osgood (29 May 1714–16 Mar 1774), Find A Grave: Memorial #55607279, citing South Church Cemetery, Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Farrar-Wallace (contributor 47290731) .

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZX-S3V6 : 19 April 2021), Samuel Osgood and Elezebith Abbot, 4 Jan 1753; citing Marriage, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009715.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKB-B1Z8 : 16 December 2021), Samuel Osgood, ; Burial, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, South Church Cemetery; citing record ID 55607279, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

"Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK7-YVR : 15 January 2020), Samuel Osgood, 1714.