John OSBORN-11974



Marr: 11 Oct 1685 Ipswich,Essex Co.,MA[1]

Mehitable ADDAMS-11977


Children[2,3,4]

  1. John OSBORN-12274
  2. Samuel OSBORN-11981

Comments

Much of what is shown above for the family of John Osborn-11974 is conjecture. John Osborn-11974 was certainly married to Mehitable Addams and had a son Samuel. Other aspects of John Osborn-11974's family are presumptions based on records from Newport, RI. On 11 Oct 1697 John Osborn-11974 gave power of attorney to "my trusty & well beloved cousin George Hart cooper" to sell his land in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA(Essex Co., MA DB 13/25). Other Essex Co., MA records show that George Hart was actually cousin of John Osborn-11974's wife Mehitable Addams. John Osborn-11974 must have moved from Ipswich shortly after this. On 16 May 1698 George Hart "as attorney to John Osburne late of Ipswich cooper" sold John Osborn-11974's land in Ipswich to Robert Kimball(Essex Co., MA DB 16/8). Over thirty-six years pass before there is another record of John Osborn-11974 in Essex Co., MA -- on 1 Jun 1733 George Hart settled with Samuel Osborn-11981 "Adminstrator to his father John Osborne". Unfortunately, none of these records reveal where John Osborn-11974 moved to or where Samuel Osborn-11981 resided at the time he was administrator of his father's estate. I have not been able to find any administration for John Osborn-11974 within Massachusetts. From the will of John Gamage(Jr.)(Essex Co., MA Prob. Vol. 331/229), it is known that John Osborn-11974's half-brother Henry Osborn[#11991] moved to Newport, RI. Examination of Newport, RI records provides some evidence for John Osborn-11974 also being in Newport, RI -- "Wm. Dyre of Newport, merchant, vs. John Osband of Newport, cooper for L5:5:0 due for goods sold and delivered in November 1727."(Gleanings from Newport Court Files, 1659-1783, item #467, by Jane Fletcher Fiske). A record of the records of the Newport, RI Inferior Court of Common Pleas, vol. A/81 shows that a John Osborn Jr. of Newport, cooper was sued by Charles Morenzo. It would seem likely that John Osborn, cooper of Newport, RI is the same person as John Osborn-11974 of Ipswich, MA who is also known to have been a cooper. Also then that John Osborn-11974 had a son, also named John, who was also a cooper. John Osborn-11974's half-brother Henry married Margaret Millard in 1720 at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Newport. The records of the Trinity Church show a series of marriages from 1728 to 1734 for James Osborn, William Osborn, Henry Osborn, and Easter Osborn. It seems quite possible that these could be grandchildren of John Osborn-11974 either through son John Osborn-12274 (Jr.) or through son Samuel Osborn-11981. Hopefully additional records will be found in the future which will help clarify this family.

Notes:

  1. "Vital Records of Ipswich, Mass. to ... 1849", Essex Institute
  2. Essex Co., MA Deed Book 13/25; John Osborn-11974 POA to cousin George Hart
  3. Essex Co., MA Deed Book 63/161; George Hart stlmt to Samuel Osborn-11981
  4. John Jr. presumed as child as John (Sr.) and John Jr. were both coopers

Osborne Origins -- http://www.osborne-origins.org/, 04/16/2015