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Lydia Osgood

Female 1661 - 1741  (79 years)


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  • Name Lydia Osgood 
    Born 12 Aug 1661  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 Apr 1741  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1928  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family James Frye,   b. 5/05 Jan 1652/3, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1734, Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 20/20 Jan 1679/80  Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1196  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England...," by James Savage, 4 vols., (Boston, 1862), p. 214:
      "Frye, James, Andover, br. of Benjamin, m. 20 Jan. 1680, Lydia, d. of John Osgood, had Lydia, b. 10 Feb. 1681; James; Sarah, 27 Feb. 1685; Joseph, 11 Nov. 1687, d. soon; Timothy 17 Feb. 1689, d. soon; Timothy, again, 11 Dec. 1690, d. 27 Aug. 1693; Phebe, 1693; Jonathan, H. C. 1723, k. in Lovewell's fight at Pequaket, 1725; Ann, d. young; Dorothy; and Mary; both m. He was freem. 1691."

      2. The book "Ancestors and Kin," by Robert Walden Coggeshall (Spartanburg, SC; The Reprint Company, 1988), p. 429, 521:
      "Frye is from Middle English fre, from Anglo-Saxon frig, freo (free).[1]
      John frrie, b.c. 1606. d. 11-9-1693 (c. 87), with his wife Ann (Stratton?), d. 10-22-1680, and three children sailed from Southampton May 1638 in the ship "Bevis" and arrived at Boston August 1638 (c. 32), He was a wheelwright, and settled first at Newbury, Mass., then moved to Andover, Mass., before 1644 (c. 38). In 1656 (c. 50) he received £5 a head bounty for killing wolves, and was a Selectman 1670 (c. 64).[2] His seventh and youngest child
      -(Captain) James Frie, 1-5-1652, d. 9-28-1734 (82); m. 1-20-1679 (27) Lydia Osgood, b. 8-12-1661 (m. 18), d. 4-14-1741 (80), dau. of … (Captain) John Osgood and Mary Clements. In King Philip's War 1675-76 (23-24), he served as quartermaster in Capt. Gardner's and Capt. Hartshone's Co., and was in the "Great Swamp Fight" 12-19-1675, He was a Selectman 1689 (37); and Captain of Militia 1702 (50). Of his eleven children, his oldest son
      -James Frie, b. 12-23-1682, d. 2-3-1716 (34); m. (1) 5-25-1708 (26) Joanna Sprague, d. 1-5-1715, dau., of … Phineus Sprague and Sarah Hasey: m. (2) 12-20-1715 (33) Rachel Atwod. He was a farmer, and moved to Bradford. Mass…"
      Footnotes:
      1. Dolan 183-84; Reaney 134-35; Bardsley 302.
      2. G 12-7. Ellen Frye Barker, "Frye Genealogy" (New York: Tobias A. Wright, Printer, 1920; NEHGS) 45-49. 52, 61-62, 79; also "Our Frye Lineage," typescript citing Barker op cit. and Charlotte H. Abbott, "History of Andover Massachusetts," and attached to Genealogical Chart of Charles Putnam Barnes, Sons of the American Revolution, National No. 32450, Maine State No. 775, Approved 1920, hereafter Burnes, SAR."