Samuel Osborn (abt. 1732 - aft. 1809)

Born about 1732 in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Wass) Osborn — married before 28 Apr 1755 in Martha's Vineyard, West Tisbury, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Sarah (Crosby) Osborn — married 13 Oct 1789 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died after 1809 after about age 77 in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Samuel Osborn was born about 1732 at Edgartown, Dukes County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Osborn and Keziah Butler. Samuel married Sarah Wass before 28 Apr 1755.

Samuel and Sarah Wass had five children:

1. Rebecca Osborn Born: About 1756^[1]
2. Ann Osborn Born: About 1756^[2]; m. 1778, William Allen Chipman^[3]
3. Sarah Osborne Born: 22 July 1758^[2]; m. 24 Nov 1774, Charles Skinner^[3]
4. Elizabeth Osborn Born: 1773, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotia^[2]
5. Wilmot Osborn^[2]; m. (1) 17 Jun 1800, Lydia Kinsman (2) 7 Mar 1810, Sarah Masters^[3]

Samuel and his family immigrated from Tisbury, Massachusetts to Cornwallis Township, Kings Co., Nova Scotia in 1761.^[4]

He married as his second wife, Sarah Crosby. Samuel and Sarah Crosby had five children:

1. Betsey F., b. 1790, d. 1858
2. Elizabeth, b. 1791
3. John, b. 1793
4. Mary B., b. 1795, d. 1857
5. Samuel Crosby, b. 179-

In 1767, Samuel's grandfather emigrated to the new settlement of Barrington, Nova Scotia, together with his second wife Experience, widow of Elisha Hopkins, and some of his children. They were among the first proprietors of the town. In about 1770 Samuel's grandfather left Barrington and moved to Boston.

“He became a grantee of Barrington, but fared hard in pioneer work: said that "never anywhere else did the Lord rain porridge but he sent also a dish to put it in. He left the Province about 1770 and died in Boston when over 90 years of age. His First Division lot was No. 68. He did not exercise his ministry in Barrington. John Howard Paine, author of "Home, Sweet Home" was his g. g. son.”

“Deed. Samuel Osborn, gentleman, late of Barrington, now of Boston to John Homer of Boston, merchant, for £30, all my right to any lands in Barrington Receipt included for £10, one-forth part per my son, John Homer, Jr., mariner. Witnesses Joseph Homer, Sam Homer.”^[5]

Samuel appears as a farmer in the 1791 poll tax of Cornwallis Township. He also appears in the 1795 poll tax of Cornwallis Township.

The land records of Kings County show that Samuel Osborn sold land in Cornwallis Township to Wilmot Osborn in 1809.

Sources

1. ↑ Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910. The Lowden Family, pp. 736-7
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/g13254.htm
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land. 1910. The Osborn Family, pg. 767
4. ↑ Nova Scotia Immigrants to 1867. Compiled by Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr. and Norma H. Smith. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD. 2007
5. ↑ Excerpt From: Edwin, Crowell. “A history of Barrington township and vicinity, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, 1604-1870; with a biographical and genealogical appendix.” [n.p., n.d.]. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.

• Charles Edward Banks, History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, Vol. 3 (Edgartown, Massachusetts: Dukes County Historical Society, 1966), 494-495.
• Poll tax records, Nova Scotia
• Kings County Vital Statistics CD

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher, 2017-18
• WikiTree profile Osborn-790 created through the import of Oct 14 2012.ged on Nov 10, 2012 by Pam Carter
• Thank you to Bob Nichol for creating WikiTree profile Osborn-904 through the import of Nichol Ancestry.GED on Feb 14, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.