Memorial to the First Settlers in Newbury USA.
Robert Adams | William Moody |
Giles Badger | Anthony Morse |
John Bailey | William Moulton |
Richard Brown | Edmond Moores |
Thomas Brown | Nicholas Noyes |
Richard Bartlet | James Noyes |
John Cheney | James Ordway |
Aquila Chase | John Osgood |
Nathaniel Clark | Thomas Parker |
Thomas Colman | Richard Pettincell |
Tristram Coffin | Daniel Pierce |
Robert Coker | John Pike |
John Cutting | William Pillsbury |
John Davis | Francis Plumer |
Richard Dole | John Poore |
Richard Dummer | Samuel Poore |
John Emery | Edward Rawson |
William Gerrish | John Remmington |
Edmond Greenleaf | Edward Richardson |
Thomas Hale | Henry Rolfe |
Abel Huse | Robert Savory |
William Ilsley | Henry Sewall |
James Jackman | Henry Short |
Henry Jaques | Thomas Smith |
John Kelly | Anthony Somerby |
Richard Kent | William Sawyer |
John Knight | Steven Swett |
Richard Knight | William Titcomb |
George Little | Richard Thurlow |
Perceval Lowell | Daniel Thurston |
Henry Lunt | Abraham Toppan |
Robert Long | David Wheeler |
Hugh March | Thomas Whittier |
William Marston | John Woodbridge |
Nathaniel Herrill | Edward Woodman |
John Osgood whose name appears on this memorial left Cottonworth Farm with his wife Sarah in 1638, and sailed on the ship ‘Confidence’ to settle in New Hampshire. The passenger list for ‘Confidence‘ includes the following entries for Sarah Osgood and Sarah Osgood, of Horrell [Wherwell] Hants, spinster, Settled Newbury Accompanied by: Sarah Osgood 9 John Osgood 7 Mary Osgood 5 Elizabeth Osgood 3 William Osgood and William Jones, children under 1 servant: Margery Parke Richard Bidgood, of Romsey, [Hants], merchant, Settled Boston Research Note: Additional research indicates that John Osgood, the husband of Sarah Osgood was aboard the Confidence although not listed on the manifest. Earlier in 1638 he had petitioned his monarch as a yeoman (therefore paid taxes to the monarch) to be allowed to leave for New England. As no response had been received by 23 March 1638 he obtained the services of the headmaster of Winchester School to write to a friend at court on his behalf enquiring as to the status of his application (this document is held at the PRO Kew). Despite not being listed on the manifest, John Osgood is documented as being chairman of a committee in Newbury in late 1638 and was made a freeman of Massachusetts in early 1639, finally settling in Andover in 1645 where he and Sarah raised three more children. Of the individuals listed on the manifest it would appear that Richard Bidgood was the most likely alias of John Osgood during the voyage. |
Date of coverage
c. 1638Place
Newbury, USA (connection to Cottonworth)Language
EnglishReference number
AQ22565Storage location
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