Thomas Osborne Jr. (abt. 1616 - 1687)

Born about 1616 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Apr 1687 at about age 71 in Coxendale, Henrico, Virginia

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Generation Numbering System This profile has Thomas Osborne Jr. as the 2nd generation, based the traditional numbering system which has Capt. Thomas Osborne as the founder of the Coxendale, Henrico County, Osbornes. John Frederick Dorman, however, in his 4th ed. of “Adventurers of Purse and Person” now claims that the founder was the Thomas Osborne who arrived in 1620 on the Francis Bonaventure and in 1624/5 at age 18 was one of the governor’s men living in James City. He makes him this Thomas and puts him the 1st generation, causing confusion. [See discussion under Research Notes on Capt. Thomas Osborne's profile.]

Biography

Issue

• Ann Bailey;
• Captain Thomas Osborne, III, of Coxendale;
• Edward Osborne, III;
• Lydia Osborne and
• Margaret Lockett ^[1]
  

  Thomas Osborne Jr. was a Virginia colonist.

Thomas Osborne Jr. ^[2][3][4][5]

Born: 1616, estimated, likely earlier. In 1637 he was old enough transport himself and 9 others to Virginia.

• Said to be in 1616 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, father born in Creeksea, Maldon District, Essex, ^{[6] [7][8]} but there is no such baptism in Cranfield parish register. The only Osborne baptisms 1600-1625 had fathers Richard or John. The first baptism of a Thomas Osborne was in 1665. The first baptism where Thomas Osborne was the father was in 1628. With his alleged parents being from Essex and Sussex I don't think your Thomas was from Cranfield, which needs removing as his birthplace. See transcript at https://archive.org/details/bedfordshirepari27bedf/page/3/mode/1up

• Baptized 19 Jan 1616 ? - a Thomas Osborne, son of Thomas [mother's name not given] was baptized in Epping, Essex, England. However, there is a burial record there of a Thomas Osborne 10 Sept 1650 and 10 Sep 1652, which doesn't fit this family.^[9]

• 1615 England. Ancestry's database.^[10] No source given.

Arrival: By 1637. See timeline below.

Residence: Henrico, Virginia.

Marriage: Wife unknown. No record of a wife's name has been found in the records, not even a first name.

• Some family trees claim he married a Martha Jones but give no supporting documentation.^[6][7][8] Appears to have come from Ancestry's database which gives no sources.^[10]

Died: Apr 1687. Coxendale, Henrico, Virginia.^[6][7][8] No source given.

Timeline

1616 born? An earlier date is more likely. See 1637 below.

c.1635 sailed to Virginia, being old enough to have the capital to pay his own passage and that of 9 others. Needed time to have the 1637 land surveyed and applied for.

1637 Jun 16 ‘Thomas Osborne Junr’ rec’d patent to 500 acres in Henrico Co. “the whole tract of land to bee [sic] called by the name "Batchelers bancke" due for transporting his person and 9 others [named]. The land bordered “Fearing” [his father’s land.]^[11]

_____ married __________. [No record of a wife's name has been found in the records, not even a first name.]

1641 son Thomas born. [He was age 48 in 1689 when he testified.] ^[12]

1642 [No longer referred to as Jr., so father has died.] Rec’d patent to 400 acres at the head of Coxendale and bounded WNW by the land of Chris­topher Branch (Kingsland), NNE by Mr. Osborne's land called Fearing and SSW into the woods, being 200 poles in breadth from the head of Proctor Creek toward the land called Mount My Lady [Malady] and a full mile into the woods. ^[13]

c.1646 son Edward born. [He was 'ab't 48 years' on June 1, 1694, when he testified.^[14]

1667 assigned his headright and his right for the transportation of Alex Wood to the colonies to Thomas Lockett. Presumably Lockett was marrying Thomas's daughter. Lockett's wife was named Margaret. [See Thomas Lockett I (abt.1645-1686).]

[Henrico County records prior to 1677 are lost.]

Apr 1687 died, per above. [need proof,]

Children: Sons Thomas and Edward based on their having adjoining land, i.e. an inheritance split. A daughter Margaret [see reference in 1667 above].

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Osborne-II/6000000013583145939 [undocumented]
2. ↑ Source: #S-940097870 Source number: 551.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MWF
3. ↑ Source: #S-940097870 Source number: 1635.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LKO
4. ↑ Source: #S-940272423 Place: Virginia; Year: 1619; Page Number: 53
5. ↑ Source: #S-939899209 Class: T71; Piece: 500; Page: 172
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Ken Cyrus’s Family Tree, unsourced. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/171710712/person/122234487469/facts
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Courtland Lowe’s Family Tree, unsourced. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108048137/person/232262984215/facts
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Doug Fincher’s Family Tree, unsourced.. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/169589943/person/272210651223/facts
9. ↑ All Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960 results for Thomas Osborne https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9850/?name=thomas_osborne&birth=1616_england-united+kingdom_3251
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/665985:7836?_phsrc=FNc1&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=marth&gsln=jones&ml_rpos=9&queryId=f0004fc3a2d3c3e9374813b785266542
11. ↑ Nugent, Neil Marion Cavaliers and pioneers; abstracts of Virginia land patents and grants, 1623-1800, 78. Virginia Patent Book 1, p.512
12. ↑ Henrico Co.Bk.1677-1739, p.107.
13. ↑ Nugent, 137.
14. ↑ Henrico Co. Bk.1688-1697, p.49.

• Harrell, Elizabeth J. “Betty”, The Osbornes, 1983. Chapter 2. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/549305-redirection
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155062364/thomas-osborne
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:9WWF-LLL : accessed 20 May 2018), entry for Captain Thomas OSBORNE; file (2:2:2:MM9R-VBV), submitted 25 May 2003 by cmoore2755886 [identity withheld for privacy]. Unsourced family tree.
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Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michael Barber for creating WikiTree profile Osborne-2262 through the import of Barber Family Tree.ged on Nov 20, 2013.