Person:Peter Osgood (2)

"The Captain was a wealthy farmer and town father, and later became a magistrate. He marked one of his older boys for college and the ministry, and was greatly irritated when he refused to go, and Samuel asked to go in his place."^[2]

1. ↑ Capt Peter Osgood, in Find A Grave.

   Erected
   In Memory of
   Capt. Peter Osgood,
   who died Novr.
   19. 1801,
   aged 84.

2. ↑ Samuel Osgood, in Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence. (Boston, Mass.: Massachusetts Historical Society & New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005).
3. ↑ Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Andover, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Topsfield, Massachusetts: Topsfield Historical Society, 1912).

   OSGOOD, –––––, ch. Timothy and Mary, Nov. 14, 1717. {This is the date universally given to Peter in online accounts, and is consistent with his age at death.}