John Procter OSBORN-8965

• Born: 26 Feb 1775 Danvers,Essex Co.,MA[1]
• Father: Aaron OSBORN-8961
• Mother: Lydia PROCTER-8962
• Refs: [1820 MA Census], [Salem, MA Marriages], [Danvers, MA Births]

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Marr: 18 Jan 1801 Danvers,Essex Co.,MA[2,3]

Nancy "Ann" H. OLIVER-8973

• Born: ca Jan 1781 Salem,Essex Co.,MA[8]
• Died: 29 Oct 1862 Cambridge,Middlesex Co.,MA[8]
• Father: C. OLIVER-15760
• Refs: [1840 MA Census], [1830 MA Census]

Children[4,5,6,7]

1. Rebecca W. OSBORNE-15761 ;Born: ca 1802/1803Danvers,Essex Co.,MA[8,9] ;Died: 24 Apr 1888 Boston,Suffolk Co.,MA[8]
   [1850 Middlesex Co., MA Census]
2. Maria OSBORN-15764 ;Born: ca 1802/1804Salem,Essex Co.,MA[10,11] ;Died: 19 Jan 1879 Cambridge,Middlesex Co.,MA[11]
   Marr: 27 Mar 1834 Cambridge,Middlesex Co.,MA[12] James LUKE-15765
   [1850 Hampden Co., MA Census]
3. Edward H. OSBORN-15786 ;Born: ca 1807 [8] ;Died: 27 Jun 1841 Cambridge,Middlesex Co.,MA[8]
   Marr: 2 Sep 1838 Kennebec Co.,ME[8] Mary Ann CROSSMAN-15787
   [1840 MA Census], [1850 Middlesex Co., MA Census]
4. Nancy OSBORNE-15762 ;Born: ca 25 Jan 1811 Salem,Essex Co.,MA[8] ;Died: 3 Apr 1895 Boston,Suffolk Co.,MA[8]
   Marr: 6 Nov 1832 Charlestown,Suffolk Co.,MA[13] Lloyd CROSSMAN-15763
   [1850 Middlesex Co., MA Census]

Commentary on John Proctor Osborn and his family

• Nancy
  Nancy's death record is the only record of the four known children which gives the maiden name of their mother. The record also shows that Nancy was born in Salem (Essex Co.), MA. The 1820 census shows that her father living in Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA, so we know that by then John P. Osborn's family had moved from the Danvers/Salem, Essex Co., MA area to Charlestown.
• Rebecca W.
  Rebecca's death record gives her birthplace as Danvers (Essex Co.), MA. Her parent's names are given (although not her mother's maiden name), positively showing she belongs in John P. Osborn's family.
• Maria
  Maria's death record gives her father's name only as "Osborn". Her mother's given name "Nancy" is given without any surname. Still, Maria's birthplace is given and Maria was born in Salem. As John P. and Nancy/Anna Osborn's family was the only family from the Danvers/Salem area to the Charlestown area and which the mother's name was Nancy or Anna, we known that Maria is a child of John P. Osborn.
• Edward H.
  I currently have no direct evidence connecting Edward H. Osborn as a child of John P. Osborn. At the time of Edward's death, information regarding the parents was not routinely recorded in death records. Edward H. Osborn did however marry Mary Ann Crossman, known to be sister of Lloyd Crossman, husband of Nancy Osborne. This makes it very highly likely that Edward H. Osborn is Nancy's brother.

In 1840, Lloyd Crossman (Nancy's husband) and James Luke (Maria's husband) are recorded on the same page of the census, living in Cambridge. Also recorded on this same page is the name of Joseph Osborn. Joseph Osborn is known to be a son of Obadiah Osborn[#11272] of Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA. The detail's of Obadiah's family are well known and there is no connection between Obadiah's family and John P. Osborn. It is just a very unusual coincidence that Joseph Osborn lived near Lloyd Crossman and James Luke in 1840.

Notes:

1. Danvers, MA Births
2. Danvers, MA Marr.
3. Salem, MA Marr.
4. Death records of daus. Rebecca W., Maria and Nancy (FamilySearch)
5. Census records indicate the possibility of additional children
6. Son Edward H. Osborn was married to sister Nancy's husband's sister
7. See Comments
8. FamilySearch
9. 1850 Middlesex Co., MA Census
10. 1850 Hampden Co., MA Census
11. Maria (Osborn-15764) Luke death rec.
12. "Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850", vII
13. "Vital Recs. of Charlestown, Mass. to the Year 1850",v2,Roger D. Joslyn,1984