Mary (Unknown) Osborn (abt. 1619 - aft. 1657)

Born about 1619 in England

Descendants

Died after 11 Aug 1657 after about age 38 in Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

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Mary (Unknown) Osborn migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 246) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

A previous version of this profile claimed she was daughter of Walter Knight who has no documented children. He's been detached and her last name at birth is unknown.

Biography

Mary Osborn migrated from England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1637. Robert Charles Anderson adds the following note in his Directory: "Probably wife of John Osborn."^[1]

Children of John and Mary Osborn

1. John Osborn who was born at Weymouth on February 2, 1639.^[2]
2. Mary Osborn who was married in Boston on May 7, 1659 to John Ross. She is called "daughter of John Osborn of Weymouth" in the record.^[2]
3. Matthew Osborne died 3^o 1641 in Braintree.^[3]May, 1641.^[2]
4. Ephraim Osborn who was born at Weymouth on August 11, 1657.^[2]Married Jane Matson on October 21, 1697 at Cambridge. He died August 26, 1734 at the age of 78 years. Children: Sarah, Abigail, Mary, Jane, Ephraim, Thomas.^[4]
5. Patience Osborne, married Joseph Aldrich February 26, 1662. They moved to Rhode Island where she died in 1705.^[5]

Raymon Meyers Tingley adds the following children in "Some Ancestryal Lines:"^[6]

1. Martha born April 6, 1638 at Weymouth and died May, 1641 at Weymouth.
2. William born April 15, 1645 at Weymouth. m. Hannah daut. of Capt John Burton of Salem, Massachusetts.
3. Walter born June 18, 1648 at Weymouth, d. Nov. 11, 1660 at Weymouth.
4. Samuel born May 1, 1651 at Weymouth, died Nov. 12, 1660 at Weymouth.
5. Elizabeth born Aug. 7, 1654 at Weymouth.

Evidently John and Mary Osborne did have an additional child, a girl, since on September 19, 1637 at the Quarter Court held at Boston, "Mary Osborne, the wife of _____ Osborne, being indited about the death of her daughter, found the byll ignoramus." A marginal note says, "Mary Osborn acq^d."^[7]

Mary, wife of John Osborne was brought before the Quarter Court again on July 29, 1641 where she was accused "for her grosse miscarriage in giveing her husband quick silver and other abuses." She was "censured to bee severely whiped."^[7]

Research Notes

• Torrey's New England Marriages gives surname of Mary [?KNIGHT] by 1639(40?), ?31 Mar 1637?; Weymouth; and cites Snow-Estes 2:101; Tingley-Meyers 12, 189, 261; Charlestown 716; Reynolds 31:128.^[8]
• Raymon Meyers Tingley in "Some Ancestral Lines" says John Osborne married in England to Mary the daughter of Walter Knight of Salem.^[6] However, Anderson in his review of Walter Knight of Salem could not identify the children nor the wives of Walter Knight of Salem.^[9]
• George Walter Chamberlain in "History of Weymouth" conjectures that Matthew Osborne (who was apprentice to John Reade of Weymouth on May 3, 1637 then had his indenture transferred to John Doane of New Plymouth on September 14, 1637), was John Osborn's brother.^[2]
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Sources

1. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson. "The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640." New England Historic and Genealogical Society. Boston, Massachusetts (2015) p. 247.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} George Walter Chamberlain, History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Volumes Three and Four, Genealogy of Weymouth Families (Weymouth 1923; rpt. Baltimore 1984, 2 volumes in 1) 4:452 link
3. ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Records of Boston" Vol. 3, p.247.subscription
4. ↑ Thomas Bellows Wyman. "Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1629-1818" K-Z. David Clapp & Son, Boston (1879). p. 716.see at archive.org
5. ↑ Nora E. Snow. "The Snow-Estes Ancestry" Hillburn, New York. (1939) Vol. 2 (The Estes Family), p. 101.see at hathitrust.org
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Raymon Meyers Tingley. "Some Ancestral Lines" The Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc. Rutland, Vermont (1935) p. 261.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062498829&view=1up&seq=293 see at hathitrust.org
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Nathaniel B. Shurtleff. "Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686" Boston, MA (1853-1854) Vol. 1, pp 202 & 334.see at archive.org
8. ↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 2, p. 1116.subscription
9. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, "Walter Knight" in Great Migration Begins 2:1139-42

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Knight-1438 created through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged on Aug 20, 2011 by Mike Walton.
• WikiTree profile Knight-1888 created through the import of Perry Family Tree.ged on Dec 19, 2011 by Glen Perry.
• Doug Minear, firsthand knowledge.