186. CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD (bp. 1606–1650)

187. MARY EVERATT (say 1610–by 1633)

Ancestry of Christopher Osgood [1]

John Osgood, husbandman of Newton Tony, Wiltshire, died between 16 and 25 February 1552/3 (when he made his will and when it was proved). He married Joan (or Jone) Carpenter
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Christopher Osgood was born say 1645. He died in 1607 in Salisbury. He married first Alice Unknown. She was buried on 16 December 1596 in Wilton Tony. He married second Elizabeth (Nychols) (Maylard) Brockwell on 30 October 1599 at St. Thomas, Salisbury. She died between 9 and 27 June 1612.
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Thomas Osgood was born say 1570, probably in New Tony. He was buried there on 16 June 1634. He married Margaret Skeat on 13 July 1595 in New Tony. She was buried there on 1 May 1616.
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Christopher Osgood of Ipswich

Christopher Osgood was baptized on 17 April 1606 in Newton Tony, Wiltshire, England. [1] He died between 19 April 1650, when he made his will, and 10 October, when it was proved. [2] He married first Mary Everatt on 21 April 1632 at St. Mary's in Marlborough, Wiltshire. [3][4] She was born say 1610. She was buried there on 21 April 1633. He married second Margery Fowler in 1633 at St. Mary's. [4] Margery married second Thomas Rowell of Andover. [5] Thomas died on 8 May 1662 and Margery married third Thomas Coleman of Nantucket. [5] She married fourth Thomas Osborne by 1682. [2]

The immigrants William and John Osgood were not Christopher's brothers. [1]

Christopher came to New England in the Mary and John in March 1633/4 and settled in Ipswich. [5] He was a freeman on 16 May 1635. [5]

Christopher was a bricklayer. [2]

Thomas and Margery Rowell had a son Jacob, who was a trade carpenter, and moved to Elizabeth Town, New Jersey. [5]

In his will of 19 April 1650, Christopher of Ipswich mentions his eldest daughter Mary; his younger daughters Abigail, Elizabeth and Deborah; his son Christopher and his wife Margory. His executors were Mr. John Norton and Father Philip Fowler. [5]

That Christopher called Philip Fowler "father" and made him an executor of his will suggests that the Marjory was the daughter of Philip.

Children of Christopher Osgood and Mary Everett:

i. Mary Osgood was baptized on 17 March 1632/3 in St. Mary's. She died on 15 July 1675 in Andover. She married John Lovejoy.

In a memorandum to his will, transcribed in Endicott [5], Christopher asks that his eldest daughter not marry without permission of his wife; his three younger daughters were not to marry without the permission of their mother.

Children of Christopher Osgood and Margery Fowler:

ii. Abigail Osgood was born say 1636. [2] married Sherborne Wilson on 9 September 1657 in Ipswich. [2]

iii. Elizabeth Osgood was born say 1640. [2] She died, without children, between 19 April 1650 and 27 May 1673. [2]

iv. Deborah Osgood was born say 1643. [2] She married John Russ on 28 August 1663 in Andover. [2] He died on 4 March 1692. [5]

v. Christopher Osgood was born about 1643. [5] He married first Hannah Belknap on 6: 10m: 1663 in Salem. [6] He married (second?) Hannah Barker. [7] Hannah, the daughter of Richard and Joanna Barker, was born on 21 October 1656. [7] She died on 6 April 1687 in Andover, age 30. [7] Christopher married third Sarah Redington on 21 December 1687 in Topsfield. [8] Sarah, the daughter of John Redington of Topsfield, was born on 12 March 1658/9. [9] She died on 8 July 1689. [5] Christopher married fourth Sarah Unknown. [5] She died on 8 July 1738 in Andover. [2]

vi. Thomas Osgood was born in 1650/1. [2] He married Susannna Lord on 22 May 1674 in Andover. [2]

Thomas was not named in his father's will, but his mother refers to him in deeds. [5] He may have been born posthumously.

References:

1. Jane Fletcher Fiske, "New Light on the English Backgroud of the Osgoods of Essex County, Massachusetts," The Amererican Genealogist 83 (2008): 51–58.

2. "Great Migration, 1634–1635, M–P," digitized book, AmericanAncestors, 318–22.

3. Osgood Field, "A Contribution to the History of the Family of Osgood," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 20 (1886): 22–28.

4. "England: Marriages, 1538–1973," database, AmericanAncestors, entries for Christopher Osgood.

5. C.M. Endicott, "The Osgood Family in New England," New England Historic and Genealogical Register 13 (1859): 117–121, 200–202.

6. Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, vol. 4 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1924), 148.

7. Marjorie Wardwell Otten, "Richard Barker of Andover, Massachusetts," Essex Genealogist 20 (2000): 164–8, specifically 165.

8. Vital Records of Topsfield, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849, vol. 1 (Topesfield: Topsfield Historical Society, 1916), 168.

9. J. Granville Leach and Cornelia M. Redington," John Redington of Topsfield, Mass., and Some of His Descendants," New England Historic and Genealogical Register 61 (1907), 226.

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