John OSBORN-11238


Marr: [1]

Mary-11239


Children[1,2]

  1. John OSBORN-11240 ;Born: 2 Feb 1639 Weymouth,Norfolk Co.,MA[1]
    [Weymouth, MA Vital Recs.]
  2. Mary OSBORN-11241
    Marr: 7 May 1659 Boston,Norfolk Co.,MA[2] John ROSS-11243
    [Boston, MA Vital Recs.]
  3. Ephraim OSBORN-11242 ;Born: 11 Aug 1657 Weymouth,Norfolk Co.,MA[1]
    Marr: 21 Oct 1697 Cambridge,Middlesex Co.,MA[3] Jane MATSON-11244
    [Cambridge, MA Vital Recs.], [Weymouth, MA Vital Recs.]

Comments

The only children for which I have direct evidence of them being children of John Osborn-11238 are John-11240, Mary, and Ephraim shown above. John-11240 and Ephraim's births are recorded in Weymouth, MA records and John-11238 is specified as their father. The record of Mary's marriage in Boston to John Ross specifies that she is daugther of John of Weymouth.

Patience Osborne married Joseph Aldrich on 26 Feb 1661/2 in Braintree, MA. The marriage record does not specify either of her parents or where she resided. Braintree is a neighboring town to Weymouth though and there aren't any other apparent Osborn families in the area to which she might belong that I am currently aware of, but that doesn't mean there aren't any such families -- so I am not currently showing Patience as a daughter of John Osborn-11238, even though many people on the Internet show her as such.

In "History of Weymouth, Massachusetts" by George W. Chamberlain, Matthew Osborn who died in May 1641 is given as a child of John Osborn-11238. The evidence isn't given, but there is a citation to "Register, 3:247" which I haven't checked out yet.

Many of the GEDCOMs posted in the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project show additional children born in Mendon, Worcester Co., MA. I haven't checked out the Mendon records yet, but it doesn't seem quite reasonable that John Osborn of Weymouth would move to Mendon in Worcester Co. and then back to Weymouth. So I find it doubtful that these additional children are really John's

Notes:

  1. "Vital Records of Weymouth, Mass., to ... 1850", NEHGS, Vol. I Births
  2. "Boston Births, Marriages and Deaths ...", William S. Appleton
  3. "Vital Records of Cambridge, Mass., to ... 1850", Thomas W. Baldwin
  4. "Vital Records of Charlestown, Mass., to 1850", Roger D. Joslyn, Vol. I
Osborne Origins -- http://www.osborne-origins.org/, 04/16/2015