Sarah married Edward GRAY on 2 Dec 1702 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Edward (son of Robert GRAY and Hannah HOLT) was born on 12 Sep 1679 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 15 Sep 1759 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lydia GRAY was born on 22 Aug 1716 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; and died.

Notes:

Daniel Blanchard, servant of Christopher Osgood, was killed in an Indianambush at Scarborough, south of Portland ME, in June, 1677 p. 72, Andover
From: Johnson, Carol Clark, A Genealogical History of the Clark and WorthFamilies and Other Puritan Settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony,(Privately Printed 1970), p. 423-424.
Christopher, Captain, a millwright, was born in 1643, received aneducation, and became an ardent
patriot. He sold the property inherited from his father to ThomasMetcalf October 2, 1666, and moved to Andover where he was sworn afreeman in 1676. In 1677 he was made constable and received a licenseto keep an ordinary "and draw wine and liquors to strangers for a yearbut not to suffer any townsmen to drink liquors in his house."
Daniel Blackhead, servant of Christopher, was killed by Indians at BlackPoint June 29, 1677.
Captain Osgood was a selectman in 1680, and he was one of the many whorebelled openly in 1687 against the harsh rule of the governor Sir EdmundAndros and were jailed without warrant and heavily fined. On April 18,1689, the drums beat through the streets to announce the overthrow ofAndros. A provincial government under Bradstreet was organized andapproved by England.
Christopher built Frye's Mills at Andover and was a representative tothe General Court for a number of years. In October 1692 he was forced topetition in behalf of his daughter Mary who was imprisoned for supposedwitchcraft.
In April 1704, Captain Osgood received the order to build threeblockhouses on the bank of the Merrimack, 12 feet wide, 15 feet long,with a fireplace at one end and a covered well, like the blockhouse atNewbury. A bounty of œ40 sterling was offered for every Indian scalp,and the soldiers were told that every Indian child under ten yearsshould be sold as a slave, the price to be theirs. This was inretaliation for the Indian attack at Black Point when 200 Indiansattacked 20 men at work in the fields, killing or capturing all but one,and for the Deerfield massacre of February 29, 1704, when 49 men, womenand children were killed, and 109 others taken on a forced march toCanada, including many children who were held for ransom.

Christopher married Hannah BARKER on 27 May 1680 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Richard BARKER and Joanna UNKNOWN) was born on 21 Oct 1656 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 6 Apr 1687 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Christopher and his wife came to New England in the "Mary and John" fromLondon, which arrived in June of 1634. Christopher is listed "ofMarlborough, county Wilts" and bound for Ipswich. Marjory is listed as"Margery". Marjory's parents and siblings are also listed on this ship,but there is no mention of Christopher's daughter Mary.

On an old Powder Horn in possession of Mr. Clark Osgood of CapeElizabeth, Maine, was an inscription, "Christopher Osgood of Orrell,England, came to America, Feb. ye 14, 1634."

They settled in Ipswich, being among the earliest settlers there. He wasa brickmaker, is listed as a proprietor at Ipswich in 1634.

In 1635, he was granted a house lot in Ipswich, Mass, having JohnProctor's houselot on the south, John Robinson on the north, WilliamFuller east, and a swamp west.

He is listed as "commoner" at Ipswich in 1641, and on December 20, 1645possessed a lot on the Town Hill, Ipswich, Mass., next to Ezra Rolfe.

His will is dated Apr a9, 1650, proved Oct 10, 1650 by the oath ofDaniell Rolfe. He bequeathed to his eldest daughter, Mary Osgood, 10pounds. To 3 other daughters, Abigail, Elizabeth, and Deborah, 5 poundseach. To his son Christopher Osgood, his house and lands. He madeprovision for Margery Osgood, his wife, and appointed Mr. John Norton andhis "father, Philip ffowler," the overseers.From: Johnson, Carol Clark, AGenealogical History of the Clark and Worth Families and Other PuritanSettlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Privately Printed 1970), p.422.
CHRISTOPHER OSGOOD, seemingly the son of Christopher and Elizabeth(Brockwell) Osgood of Marlborough, Wilts., England, came to Ipswich inNew England from London on theship Mary and John in March 1634. Abrickmaker by trade, he had married in the parish of St. Marys inMarlborough, Wiltshire, April 21, 1632, Mary Everett who died thefollowing year in April 1633, following the birth of a daughter.
Christopher married (2) on July 28, 1633, Margery Fowler, inMarlborough. She was the daughter of Philip Fowler who also came toAmerica.
Christopher became a freeman in May 1635 and received a grant of land in1635 in Ipswich where he served on the trial jury in 1642, 1648, and in1650, the year he died. His will of April 19, prov. October 10, 1650,bequeathed his house and land to his son Christopher.

Christopher married Margery FOWLER on 28 Jul 1633 in St. Marys, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Margery was born on 20 May 1615 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; died in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Margery, then married to Christopher Osgoode "of Marlborough, countyWilts", came to America aboard the Mary and John, which sailed fromSouthampton March 24, 1633/34. Her arrival is not recorded.

Margery is listed as Margery Osgoode, but also on that vessel were herparents and 5 of her siblings.

After Christopher's death in August, 1649, Margery remarried to ThomasRowell. Thomas was an original Propriator of Salisbury, and there was amarriage contract written in February 1650 that details the arrangementsin the event of his death. This contract was entered to the Court on the30th of Sept., 1662, shortly after Thomas Rowell's death. Some of hisestate was on the Indian Plains, being the third division meadow, on thewest side of Shawshine river, and upland in the swamp division.

Margery last married Thomas Coleman, about 1682.

Notes:

Richard Barker, Sr. was the first settler known in Andover in 1643. Thedetails of his arrival are not known. (See "Historical Sketches ofAndover" by S. L. Bailey, p. 90 and 7). On Oct 24, 1645 he founded theFirst Baptist Church of Andover. He is identified as Yeoman, and was aSurveyor in 1671/72. He was a member of the "Loyal Legion".

Richard lived near the house lot of John Osgood, on the north side ofCochichawicke. His descendants ultimately settled on their farm lands,and the several families of Barkers circled almost the entire shore ofthe Great Pond, on the north, east, and south, owning a total of 310acres there. Richard was a selectman of Andover until his death on Mar18, 1692/93.

Richard married Joanna UNKNOWNMethuen, Essex, Massachusetts. Joanna was born in 1623 in Suffolkshire, England; died on 11 Apr 1687 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]