Jeremiah Osborne (abt. 1661 - abt. 1747)

Born about 1661 in East Hampton, Suffolk, New York [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail Ogden — married before 1685 in New Jersey [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 1747 at about age 86 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey

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Jeremiah Osborne was a New Yorker.

Biography

He was born about 1661 in East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York and his parents were Sarah (Stanborough, 1635–1705) and Stephen Osborne (1634–1698).

His father Stephen Osborne and uncles Jeremiah Osborne and Joseph Osborne, went from East Hampton, Long Island, New York, with the blessing of the Colonial Governor representing the King, to take part in the purchase of about 5 counties of present day New Jersey from the Indians. As a child he participated in the purchase of the Elizabethtown Grants from the Indians in New Jersey, Later with a new King and new Governors, those land titles were challenged and remained in limbo for perhaps decades. The people whose land titles were challenged became known as the "Tinkers Rights Men". Because of the uncertainty of the land titles many of the New Jersey Osbornes and their allied families and neighbors moved into western Virginia and the Carolinas.

By 1685 Jeremiah Osborne had married in New Jersey to Abigail Ogden (1675–1747).

He was mentioned as a son in his father's 1694 Will and named executor of his father's 1698 estate. ^[1]

Jeremiah Osborne, Sr. gave a deposition in the famous New Jersey Colonial Supreme Court Case of Cooper vs Crane in 1741.

He died about 1747 in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ East Jersey Deeds citing liber-F p287; for Will of father, Stephen Osborne of Elizabethown, dated: 12 Jul 1694; proved: 20 July 1698; which mentioned ...

   - wife Sarah

   - sons, Jeremiah & Josiah

   - daughters ...

   - Martha, Rebecca, Abigail

   - Mary (wife of Joseph Frasey)

   - Sarah (wife of John Cramer)

   - executor: son Jeremiah, with brothers Joseph Osborn & Josiah Stanbrough as overseers

   - witnesses: Elizabeth Stanbrough, Jas. Stanbrough, Senior, Josiah Stanbrough Junior.

   - 1698/Sep/05 letters testimonial with preceding Will annexed and issued to Jeremiah Osborne

2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #94474949 for Jeremiah Osborne, Sr., b: 1661 East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA; d: 1747 Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA; buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey, USA; with gravestone photo

• Jeremiah Osborne of the South Branch of the South Fork of the Potomac River in (West) Virginia by Reverend Marrietta Mansfield, D.D. in 2002; descendant through Martha Elizabeth Dunn m: Reuben Osborn (son of Jeremiah Osborn m: Mary Newman)

• "The Thomas Osborne Family" by Richard W. Cook

• "Osborne Origins" website