John Osgood

  General notes:

Silversmith and clockmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark mark also used by son.

• He worked from circa 1795 to 1817 as a silversmith and clockmaker in Haverhill NH well known as a silversmith and maker of clocks. His shop "had two rooms, the front one a salesroom and the rear one a work shop where was a forge for melting the brass for the clocks, and the old Spanish dollars for the spoons, shoe and knee buckles." ³

• Appointed after 1795 as Sealer of Weights and Measures in Haverhill NH
He was later appointed Town Clerk and Treasurer ³

• Master to John Osgood abt 1811 in Haverhill NH. ¹

John married Sarah Porter on 4 May 1797 in Haverhill NH. (Sarah Porter was born on 27 Apr 1777 in Haverhill NH and died on 5 Feb 1859 in Haverhill NH.)