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- 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.
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