This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Osborne Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/103.1 Message Board Post: Page 255.--In the name of God, Amen, I, SETH PARSONS, of the town of East Hampton, yeoman, being sick. I leave to my wife Abigail the use of part of my home lot, to begin at the street and to run from thence beyond the Cross Ditch so far as to make 2 acres east of said ditch; Also 14 acres out of my North West close, 8 acres of which I purchased of Robert Parsons; Also my meadow lying in or near the Great Swamp, to run from the highway on the east side thereof, and from thence to the fence running across the meadow, not including any part of the meadow I purchased of Benjamin Osborne; Also 1/12 of a share in Montauk, And 32 acres of woodland lying near the two brooks of water, which was laid out to my alotment. All of these I leave to her while she remains my widow, and after her death or marriage I leave the same to my cousin, Seth Barnes. I leave to Seth Woodruff 1/12 of a share on Montauk, he being the son of my sister Elizabeth. I leave to Recompence Sherill, son of my ! sister Puah, 1/4 of a share on Montauk. I leave to Seth Parsons, son of my brother John, all the rest of my rights on Montauk; Also the woodland I had of his father. I leave all the rest of my lands to Recompence Sherill, subject to my wife's rights. I leave to my wife and to my brother-in-law, Recompence Sherill, my team and wainage and all my tools. I leave to my wife all the goods and chattels that she brought to me at the time of our marriage. All the rest of my movables I leave to my wife, and to Mary and Abigail Parsons, daughters of my brother John, and to Seth Woodruff, son of my sister Elizabeth. I make my wife Abigail, and my brother-in-law, Recompence Sherill, Sr., executors. KY Land Grants: Grantee County Acres Survey Date Book Watercourse Context Osborne, Benjamin J Monroe 50 7-16-1833 C-2 Big Barren R IL Land Purchases: Name Type Section Sect Township Range Meridian Acres Price Total Date Month Date Day Date Year Reside Volume Page Blank SocStat ID Corr-Tag OSBORNE BENJAMIN T FD E2NW 21 01N 06W 3 8000 125 10000 June 28 1834 082 343 149 210038 0 OSBORNE BENJAMIN MT SE 11 05N 05W 4 016000 00000 0000000 November 12 1817 000 807 111 W 570982 0 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Surname Given Name(s) Maiden Name Birth Date Birth Place Biographical Info Reference OSBORNE Benjamin 176? Virginia Randolph, Henry, Des:12 OSBORNE Benjamin R. 178? Trowbridge fam. Des. Of Thom. Trowbridge, of New Haven, Ct. By Fred. Will. Chapman. New Haven, Ct. 1872. (461p.):1003-4 OSBORNE, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Death Date: 03 January 1992 Gender: Male Place of Death: Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina Race: White Residence: Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina Age: 61 Years Autopsy: Yes Marital Status: Married Hospital: Home Bed Code: Attendant: Physician Burial: Burial in state Birth Date: 29 May 1930 State of Birth: North Carolina Father: OSBORNE Place of Injury: Social Security Number: 225349481 North Carolina Historical Sketches, 1584-1851, Volume I Name title city initial page benjamin franklin osborne Historical Sketches of North Carolina from 1584-1851 Volume I Series II Chapter VII Literary Institutions of North Carolin 123 I am not related to nor have any additional information onthese surnames. R/S MAK http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimonroe