John OSBORN-7792


Marr: 14 Oct 1789 Waterbury,New Haven Co.,CT[1]

Ruth GRIFFIN-7797


Children[1]

  1. John Willis OSBORN-7804 ;Born: 28 Oct 1790 Waterbury,New Haven Co.,CT[1]
    [CT Town Vital Recs.]
  2. Major Erastus OSBORN-7805 ;Born: 8 Oct 1792 Waterbury,New Haven Co.,CT[4] ;Died: 6 Mar 1881 [2] ;Bur.: Gunntown Cem.,Naugatuck,New Haven Co.,CT[2]
    Marr: 8 Aug 1820 Oxford,New Haven Co.,CT[4] Mary PRICHARD-10132
    [1850 New Haven Co., CT Census], [1840 CT Census], [1830 CT Census], [Naugatuck, New Haven Co., CT Cemeteries], [CT Town Vital Recs.], [CT Town Vital Recs.]
  3. Ruthy Henrietta Caroline OSBORN-7806 ;Born: 10 Aug 1800 Waterbury,New Haven Co.,CT[1]

Comments

The "first" given name for John Osborn-7792's 2nd child is definitely "Major" and not "Abner". In the listing of John Osborn-7792's children in the Waterbury town vital records book, "Major" was inserted in after the rest of the name had been written and is overlapped and obscured in the middle by the tail of the "J" in the name above. The first letter "M" in the name is also obscured -- it is still possible to tell it is the letter "M", but it is also possible to see how the "M" can be mis-read as the letter "A". So it is easy to see how Joseph Anderson in his history The Town and City of Waterbury ... read Major Erastus' name as "Abner Erastus". This error was then probably picked up by Donald L. Jacobus in his genealogy of New Haven families.

Notes:

  1. "The Barbour Collection of CT Vital Recs.", "Waterbury", Barbour
  2. "Hale Collection", "Cemetery Inscriptions"
  3. "The American Genealogist", v13, "Those Buried in Gunntown Cem..."
  4. "The Barbour Collection of CT Vital Recs.", "Index", Barbour
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