Christopher OSGOOD, Capt.

1642 - 1723  (81 years)

• Name	Christopher OSGOOD
  Suffix	Capt.
  Birth	1642	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 May 1723	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I21725	kirkpatrick
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Christopher OSGOOD,   b. 25 May 1615, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d. Between Apr and Oct 1650, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Margery FOWLER,   b. 20 May 1615, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d. Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	28 Jul 1633	St. Marys, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
  Family ID	F6544	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah BARKER,   b. 21 Oct 1656, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts d. 6 Apr 1687, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	27 May 1680	Andover, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Sarah OSGOOD,   b. 19 Feb 1683, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts d. 14 May 1718, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts (Age 35 years)
  Family ID	F7210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2007

  
  

• 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.