My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameAbiah Osgood
Birth Date13 Dec 1747
Birth PlaceAndover, Essex Co., MA
Death Date17 Sep 1825 Age: 77
Burial PlaceWoodbine Cem., Dracut, Middlesex Co., MA
FatherTimothy Osgood III (1719-1753)
MotherPhebe Frye (1722-)
Misc. Notes
No children.
Spouses
Birth Date17 Feb 1746
Birth PlaceDracut, Middlesex Co., MA
Death Date18 Dec 1824 Age: 78
Death PlaceDracut, Middlesex Co., MA
Burial PlaceWoodbine Cem., Dracut, Middlesex Co., MA
FatherJohn Varnum Jr. (1705-1785)
MotherPhebe Parker (1711-1786)
Misc. Notes
With his brothers James and Jonas, Parker was a member of Peter COBURN's Company of Minute-men which responded to the Lexington alarm in 1775 and in the Revolution with the Dracutt company under the command of Joseph Bradley Varnum, his cousin who was later became Speaker of the US House of Representatives and pres protemp of the US Senate. Parker later became a Justice of the Peace and a Representative in the MA General Court from Dracutt.
Sergeant Mass. Militia.
Sergeant Mass. Militia.
Marr Date24 Nov 1801