Individual Details

Richard Osborn

(Abt 1610 - Abt 1685)

See "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing Three Generations of Those Who Came before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register" by James Savage dated 1860 Vol III page 318-319. This names his childern and: "RICHARD, Hingham, one of the first sett. 1635, rem. soon to Conn. serv. in the Pequot war 1637; next, to New Haven bef. 1640, where he had one ch. as early as 1643. Thence he rem. to Fairfield 1653, and had there in 1671, a gr. of 80 acres for his serv. in the old war. Yet he had in 1666 int. in the lds. at Newtown, L. I. and some yrs. bef. his d. liv. at West Chester that was then thot. to belong to Conn. Of the time of his m. or name of his w. inq. has been fruitless; yet his descend, in our age, has confid. that he had five ch. at least, John, Daniel, Eliz. Priscilla, and ano. ch. he calls his " oldest d." "

See: "History and Genealogy of the families of Old Fairfield" by Donald Lines Jacobus dated 1930 Vol I page 455 (film 599305).

See "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" dated 1936 Vol 90 page 74 at the NEHGS web site showing "Richard Osborn was a resident at Hingham, Mass. in 1635, one of the first settlers at Windsor, Conn., an officer in the Pequot War in 1637, and later a resident of New Haven, Conn,, Fairfield, Conn., and Westchester, NY where he died about 1685".

Death date from Pedigree Resource File CD 29 submitted by Lee K. Osborne 7 May 2001, San Jose, CA at the FHC.

Events

BirthAbt 1610England
Living18 Sep 1635Hingham, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Living1652Fairfield, CT
Property13 Jan 1653Fairfield, Connecticut, British Americ
Living1682Westchester, NY
Property4 Dec 1684Westchester, New York, British America
Will19 Dec 1684Westchester, New York, British America
DeathAbt 1685Westchester, New York, British America
WikiTreeOsborn-262

Families

ChildLiving
ChildLiving
ChildSarah Osborn (1640 - )
ChildHannah Osborn (1642 - )
ChildDavid Osborn (1645 - 1679)
ChildPriseilla Osborn (1649 - 1710)
ChildJohn Osborn (1650 - 1709)
ChildElizabeth Osborn (1650 - 1651)
ChildElizabeth Osborn (1650 - 1651)

Notes

Birth

Source: Wiki Tree Osborn-262.

Property

On 13 Jan. 1653 [1653/4] Richard Osborn entered land at Fairfield purchased from George" Hull as agent for John Chapman.

Property

History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield by Donald Lines Jacobus: Vol. 1 page 53:
On 4 Dec. 1684, Richard Osborn of Westchester quitclaimed to Thomas Bedient of Woodbury all lands in Westchester formerly possessed by Mordecai Bedient dec'd and Mary his wife, afterwards called Mary Townsend.

Will

Source: Wiki Tree Osborn-262.

Endnotes

1. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, 7 Volumes (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009), Vol. 5 page 317; digital images, American Ancestors, www.americanancestors.org ( : accessed .

2. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), Vol. 1 page 140; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .

3. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), Vol 1 page 53; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .