Individual Details

Probate

Probate 7 March 1769 with Thomas Osgood as administrator – on left page at the bottom
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-VCSP?i=62&cat=275711
 
He died at Ervingshire about 1769 – estate administered by Thomas Osgood
Inventory 15 March 1769
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-VC93?i=96&cat=275711

Index page for probate record
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-TZKT?i=1086&cat=275711
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YY-TCJH?i=1084&cat=275711
 
Index for the probate book
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-VC4M?i=12&cat=275711
 
Here is the settlement – estate was insolvent
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YB-VHPT?i=206&cat=275711

Biography

https://archive.org/details/wendellmass17521900/page/28/mode/2up?q=%22jonathan+osgood%22

Here is the call number for the Osgood corrections through American Ancestors – it is possible to get digital copies for .40 per page but not for the complete document so would need to be somehow selective
http://library.nehgs.org/search~S0?/Xfrank+story+osgood&SORT=D/Xfrank+story+osgood&SORT=D&SUBKEY=frank+story+osgood/1%2C2906%2C2906%2CB/frameset&FF=Xfrank+story+osgood&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C
 
entry in NH Historical Society
https://www.nhhistory.org/object/88469/supplement-to-the-history-of-john-christopher-and-william-osgood---frank-storey-osgood
 

Identity

http://www.osgoodancestry.org/book2.html
In 1937 and again in 1942 Frank Story Osgood of Newburyport, Mass., who was a member of the publication committee for the First Book, compiled a collection of corrections and new pieces of information, which were meant to augment the First Book. In his words, “a descendent of Aaron Osgood furnished the Family Line in such form, that Ira Osgood, the first compiler, has the several Aarons badly mixed up. This was not discovered until 1933. After searching in every place where these Osgoods lived, and finding only a few bibles and uncertain records (descendants quite scattered), I offer the following pages.”
The Aarons who were confused were #63, his son #195, and his grandson #438 in the John Line. The corrections involving this Family were informally produced and were sent to only a few genealogical libraries in New England. These include The New Hampshire Historical Society, The New England Historical Society, and The Essex Institute.
Any descendent of this line needs to consult these corrections in order to have an accurate depiction of the Lineage. To be forewarned, the corrections are quite voluminous. Integrating them into the numbering system of the First Book wasindeed a challenge, but this work has been completed for inclusion in the Second Book. Also, through correspondence with descendants of this Line, I have been able to expand the various families much further than Frank Story Osgood was able to take them, this due to the passage of time.
 
Here is the call number through American Ancestors
http://library.nehgs.org/search~S0?/Xfrank+story+osgood&SORT=D/Xfrank+story+osgood&SORT=D&SUBKEY=frank+story+osgood/1%2C2906%2C2906%2CB/frameset&FF=Xfrank+story+osgood&SORT=D&1%2C1%2C

Property

The deeds mentioned in the Wendell book are in the Hampshire County deeds but the books are labeled as Franklin County – here is one of the books – this is book 1 which has all the deeds where he acquires property
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZW-X97J-Z?i=447&wc=MCBB-22S%3A361613601%2C363948301&cc=2106411

Worcester county deed index
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99ZH-J72W?i=154&wc=MCB2-GM9%3A361612201%2C361636001&cc=2106411