Tabitha (Platt) Osborne - Parents ?

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Marvin Loyd Welborn Could I trouble you to take a look at this obscure area for 9th gg?

For example, what’s the evidence to support Tabitha as a daughter of Gilbert Platt

I’m reading it as she helped care for him in old age, that’s all.

And do we have any clues on the Browne / Tanner family Gilbert married into & did not get along with ? (Juicy gossip )

And I found this stray Browne

Elizabeth Brown, widow Osborne

"James Branch Cabell in his book "Branchiana" says that her maiden name was probably Brown, in as much as William and Mary College, in 1699, brought suit against Benjamin Branch of Henrico, "as the executor of Edward Osborne, who married the executor of John Brown.""

How does Elisha relate to John Brown of Henrico if at all?

Brother of Gilbert Platt's wife

Mary Platt

This gets into the rather tricky topic of old-fashioned forms of names. "Elishe" I have found here and there, particularly on the lower Eastern Shore, as a (weird) variant spelling of "Alicia". But "Elisha" - no.

Someone would have to be not only functionally illiterate but radically unfamiliar with the Old Testament to name a girl child after a male Prophet.

I’m thinking she might be typoese for Eliza and a generation misplaced.

http://www.osborne-origins.org/linkrecs/f4136.htm#R4136

Elizabeth SHIPPY-4159

Other Marr: 1) Jeremiah BROWN-4158

Could be stepmother then to

Tabitha Cheatham

That Branchiana referred to

Tabitha OSBORNE-4137 ;Born: ca 1677 [1] ;Died: bef 1720 [1]
Marr: 1695 [1] Benjamin BRANCH-4140
Marr: bef 1707 Thomas CHEATHAM-4141

Torrence, William Clayton. “Henrico County: Virginia: Beginnings of Its Families: Part III.” The William and Mary Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, 1916, pp. 262–283. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1914683.

Mrs Martha Stratton, widow of Edward Stratton ll, m 2 1703 to John Brown of Henrico.

Here we are

Merge Elisha into Elizabeth Brown, widow Osborne ?

Merge done.

Temperance (Baley) Brown Cocke, b. 1617 in VA:
In 1631, Temperance Baley m. John Browne I and had two children.This John Browne was dead by bef. 05 Jun 1632, as she was already the wife of her second husband, Richard Cocke.Of the two aforementioned children, John Browne II m. Sarah _: Children of this marriage appear to be Temperance Brown, Jeremiah Brown m. Elizabeth Sheppey, and Sarah Brown.This data also appears not to have any blood or marital linkage to the Edward(e) Brown I descendants. (References: James W. Pritchett; "Adventures of Purse and Person", 1607-1624/5,by John Frederick Dorman, Fourth Edition.Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 2004, Vol 1, pp. 120-127; ibid., Order of First Families of Virginia, 1987: 87-97, 708-716).

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/r/o/Gerald-Brown-VA/WEBSITE-0001/UHP...

And a couple more merges answer Maven’s question of “who’s the daddy?”

John Browne of Charles City & Temperance Cocke

Not sure about John ll daughter Jane Stafford

I wouldn't mind better references than this to place all three (John, Martha, Mary) as siblings, because Temperance Bailey's Brown(e) children are obscure.

www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bowman/7714/

Thomas Bailey (1580-abt 1617) was the first husband of Cecily Reynolds. Their marriage produced one surviving child, Temperance 1617-1652) who married 1) to John Brown(e) (1605-1632) producing son, John, and daughters Martha and Mary. ...

Here's the Branchiana reference

https://books.google.com/books?id=6hYLAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA126&dq...

Branchiana By C.J. Branch page 126

(the author of Branchiana was of course the remarkable writer James Branch Cabell).

He has Tabitha (Platt) Osborne as daughter of Mary Brown, not Shippey.

... And we care about that because this is where Marvin & I come in, as Martha Wooldridge is our common ancestor. At least she's Marvin's (I'm never sure about mine).

I think we've got several, Erica. Geni is currently tracking us both back to Thomas Plummer I of Anne Arundel.

Looks as though the Wooldridge/Osborne link has gone missing, I need to do more work on those Strattons and Bagwells.

ah, the illusive Platt, Osborne, Branch, Shippey, group... I'll have a look, though it looks like some ground has been covered.

In answer to the first question: The evidence to support Tabitha as a daughter of Gilbert Platt.
The first piece of evidence I've located comes from James Branch Cabell's "Branchiana" and is as follows:

Thomas Osborne of "Coxendale," born 1641....A legitimate son, oneThomas or EdWard Osborne, and born before 1620....
The will of Captain Thomas Osborne of "Coxendale"....is not recorded at Henrico Court-House.
....the fact is pretty clearly established that Captain Thomas Osborne of "Coxendale" died before 1678 ; and, as has been previously shown, later than the November of 1667. He had issue, so far as known, only one child, a son, whom he survived.

(Edward) Osborne of Henrico.

This only son of Captain Thomas Osborne of "Coxendale" was, perhaps, the Thomas Osborne of "Pasbeheighes," referred to in the " Muster of the Inhabitants of Pasbehays, belonging to the corporation of James City, and in the maine," taken
30th January, 1624-5.

"Thomas Osborn, aged 18 (came to Virginia), in the Francis Bonaventure."

Eighty of these "Governor's men" were sent to Virginia in 1620, the Bonaventure transporting some of them, and it is possible that Thomas Osborne of "Coxendale" embraced this opportunity of securing free transportation for his heir, and that his son and this Thomas Osborne " of Pasbehaighes" were one and the same person.

....the probabilities are rather in favor of this son of Captain Thomas Osborne having been the Edward Osborne of Henrico who patented (2nd June, 1636) some 400 acres of land in Henrico County—"adjoining a swamp called the great swamp, and the river"— fifty acres of the same being due for his personal adventure, and 350 acres for the transportation of seven persons. the probabilities are rather in favor of this son of Captain Thomas Osborne having been the Edward Osborne of Henrico who patented (2nd June, 1636) some 400 acres of land in Henrico County—"adjoining a swamp called the great swamp, and the river"— fifty acres of the same being due for his personal adventure, and 350 acres for the transportation of seven persons.

The son of Captain Thomas [Edward] Osborne of "Coxendale," whatever may have been his Christian name, died in Virginia about the year 1650—certainly not earlier than 1646—having had issue:
I. Thomas Osborne of "Coxendale," born 1641, with whom we shall hereafter have to do.
II. Edward Osborne of Henrico.

Edward Osborne of Henrico, the younger son of the foregoing, was born in 1646.
At the death of Captain Thomas Osborne of "Coxendale," his estate was divided between his two grandsons— both of whom had survived their father—in what proportion it is impossible to say, although it is apparent that to Edward Osborne's share fell the northern part of the plantation.

He appears to have farmed it prosperously, and to have increased its dimensions ; and the last act recorded of Edward Osborne is that within the last year of his life, on 1st of June, 1696, he purchased some 200 acres of the southern portion of "Coxendale," which his elder brother, now dead, had inherited, and had long ago deeded to his own eldest son.

It is not recorded that Edward Osborne of Henrico ever held any political office or took any part in public life.
He died about the beginning of the year 1697, and it is to be regretted that the ambiguous wording of his will prevents estimation of what lands he then possessed, since he was undoubtedly well-to-do in the world.

Edward Osborne of Henrico married, prior to 1676, "Tabitha Platt, the daughter of Gilbert Platt of Fauldinge," in Virginia, whom he survived.

By Tabitha Platt, Edward Osborne of Henrico had issue :
I. Tabitha Osborne, who, as previously recorded, married Benjamin Branch of Henrico.
II. Edward Osborne of Henrico, born post 1677, and died in 1732, leaving issue.
III. Martha Osborne.

The will of Edward Osborne of Henrico County, in the Parish of Varina, is recorded at Henrico Court-House.
It is dated 6th of January, 1696, and was recorded 1st of April, 1697.

"To the testator's son, Edward Osborne, is bequeathed "all my lands in generall,....One negro woman named Moll, with her increase (excepting the first child she bringeth, which I give to my daughter, Martha Osborne)....To the testator's daughter, Martha Osborne, is be- queathed in similar fashion."

The testator's daughter, Tabitha Osborne Branch, now married to Benjamin Branch of Henrico, is not mentioned in the will, and it is deducible that the testator had previously provided for her; but the testator appoints his son-in-law, Benjamin Branch, to be his executor....

The witnesses of this will are Samuel Branch (the brother of Benjamin Branch of Henrico), and Martha Osborne (the widow of the testator's older brother), and Joseph Tanner (the half-brother of the testator's wife).

About 1675, Edward Osborne of Henrico married, as previously recorded, Tabitha Platt, the daughter of Gilbert Platt of "Fauldinge." Tabitha Platt Osborne was born about 1660, and died between the years 1692 and 1695, being survived by her husband. To him, as recorded, she had borne two daughters and a son.

Tabitha Osborne was born say 1660 & Mary Platt married Gilbert Platt “after 1677”

It would seem Tabitha was product of an earlier Platt marriage.

According to James Branch Cabell:

Tabitha Platt was the daughter of " Gilbert Platt of Fauldinge who was born in England about 1620.

About 1660, he had married Mary Tanner, the widow of Joseph Tanner of Henrico and was appointed, 20th of August, 1677, the legal guardian of her four children, Joseph, Edward, Mary and Martha Tanner.

His domestic life during this period was far from tranquil.

Gilbert Platt deserted them very shortly. He was discharged of his trusteeship of Fauldinge "1st of October, 1683.
Gilbert Platt appears to have spent the last years of his life, being then in very ill health, with his son-in-law, Edward Osborne of Henrico. It was at the residence of Edward Osborne that Gilbert Piatt died in the spring of 1692.

The Will of Gilbert Platt is dated 10th April, 1691. He bequeathed to his wife, Mary Platt one shilling. To his daughter, Tabitha Osborne, "my bed and what is belonging to it."

And for the rest it is to his son-in-law, Edward Osborne of Henrico, that Gilbert Platt unconditionally bequeaths
"everything else that properly belongs unto me, for and in consideration of his trouble and the care he hath taken
of me in my sickness."

By his disastrous marriage with Mary (Brown?) Tanner, he had one issue: Tabitha Platt, who married Edward Osborne of Henrico.

Mary (Brown?) Tanner, by her second and not over-happy marriage with Gilbert Platt of Fauldinge," had issue only one child : Tabitha Platt, who, as previously recorded, married Edward Osborne of Henrico.

pgs. 122 - 128 Branchiana, James Branch Cabell

Something doesn’t make sense in this phrase

About 1660, he had married Mary Tanner, the widow of Joseph Tanner of Henrico and was appointed, 20th of August, 1677, the legal guardian of her four children, Joseph, Edward, Mary and Martha Tanner.

Wouldn’t he have been appointed guardian of MINOR children ?

It was 'taken' out of context and I apologize for that...my own editing, to shorten the cut/paste of voluminous data.....the appointment was for the mother, Mary (Brown) Turnner Platt:

Gilbert Platt thus came to Virginia in an exceedingly humble capacity; and concerning the first forty years of his stay in the Colony no record exists.

But about 1660, at latest, he had risen somewhat in the world, and had married a woman well-to-do in her own
right—Mary Tanner, the widow of Joseph Tanner of Henrico—and was appointed, 20th of August, 1677, the legal guardian of her four children, Joseph, Edward, Mary and Martha Tanner.
[pgs. 122-123]

BTW, I placed a PDF copy of Branchiana, by James Branch Cabell, within the Sources of Tabitha Platt (Osborne)

So your feeling Is that Tabitha was born after 1660 (not before) and was Mary Tanner’s child ?

Well, all I have to go on at the present is James Branch Cabell...until I can arrange to trip to the Richmond, VA VSL (Virginia State Library) and do some 'kicking around.'

Sorry, reposting. Platt had to have a first wife, mother of Tabitha.

+Branchiana, page 122 says, "But about 1660, at latest, he [Platt] had risen somewhat in the world, and had married Mary Tanner widow of Joseph Tanner of Henrico." The use of the past tense here makes Mrs. Mary, the wife of Platt, married to him eight years prior to the date of Joseph Tanners will and from two to four years prior the the births of Joseph and Edward Tanner, sons of Joseph Tanner and Mary his wife, who as the widow of Tanner married Gilbert Platt. This is obviously an error.

Joseph1 Tanner (died prior to 1677) married Mary (born about 1639; died about 1700) whose surname is now unknown. She married secondly, Gilbert Platt of Henrico. The will of Joseph Tanner bore date Xber 7, 1668. The will of Mrs. Mary Platt, dated March 18, 1699, was proved in Henrico Court February 1, 1700.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Browne-478

Well would you look at this. Someone thinks Platt 1st married

Mary Platt

Aunt of Martha Stratton who is what, sister in law of Platts 2nd wife?

These families married so close together ....

(there might be some merges needed)

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