Thomas Osborne b 1641, Coxendale, Henrico, VA, d 1692, Henrico, VA. He md (1) Mary(?) Bailey, and (2) Martha Griegg. Mary Bailey was the daughter of Henry Bailey. She was b abt 1644, of Chesterfield, VA.

Middle name might be William.

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• http://www.geneajourney.com/osbrne.html#top

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Thomas Osborne was known as Thomas Junior on Land documents in Henrico County, VA. He was born in England (unknown date) and later joined his father, Capt. Thomas Osborne sometime after his dad was established in Henrico Co.,VA. He died in Henrico Co.,VA and is buried in the Henrico Parish Church Cemetery, Henrico Co.,VA.

Source:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155062364/thomas-osborne

Married 1) Unknown; son Thomas (c 1660 - 1733) m Martha Jones

Married 2) Martha, widow Branch; son John (c 1689 - 1744) m 1) unknown 2) Edith Harris

References

• http://www.osborne-origins.org/linkrecs/f1095.htm#R1095

Thomas Osborne III was a Virginia colonist.Generation Numbering System Alert: This profile has Thomas Osborne as the 3rd generation. John Frederick Dorman in his 4th ed. of “Adventurers of Purse and Person” has him the 2nd generation, leading to some confusion. See discussion under Research Notes in Capt. Thomas Osborne’s profile.

From: VMH&B, 1897, Vol.4. p.247:
Thomas, of "Coxendale," born 1641, died 1692; married Martha Greigg 1688, widow of John Branch, He is frequently referred to in the records of Henrico, as "Mr. Thomas Osborne." His will was proved in Henrico, in May, 1692. He left his son John 200 acres of his plantation at Coxendale, wife Martha the use of his house, &c., for life, and gave his son Thomas the land where said son then lived. In the county levy of 1679 he was assessed with seven tithables, and at his death his personal estate was appraised at L208. 15. 6. Thomas disposed on 02 Dec 1689 that he was 48. He was maried to an unknown wife, possibly the sister of Henry Baily, and then to Martha Unknown, widow of John Branch. His only known children were sons Thomas and John.

Timeline:
1641 born. [Was age about 48 in 1689 when he testified in court.]
[Received an education, because he could sign his name.]
1660s est. married-1 _______. The date is based on son Thomas being of age by 1685, when father referred to as Sr.
She was possibly a sister of Henry Bailey who refers to “brother" Thomas Osborne in his 1667 will. No facts have been found to confirm. See discussion below.1665 est. birth date of son Thomas.
1677 [Henrico County surviving records begin.] Is found frequently in the records.
1685 Mr. Thomas Osborne Sr. presented proof to the Henrico County court at Varina, which certified that he was due 500 acres for transporting ten more people to Virginia.
1685 receive a patent to 85 acres, which per the patent was at the corner of land called Proctor and Ruth and adjacent to Redwater Creek, Thomas Jefferson, and the old patent belonging to Coxendale.
1688 married-2 MARTHA GREIG BRANCH, widow of John Branch. (She was Martha Branch in April of 1688 when she was granted probate of the will of her deceased husband, John Branch, and Martha Osborne when she testified in court for Abel Gower, at which time the clerk re­corded that she was about age 26.
1689 Aug: Thomas was appointed guardian of Martha’s chil­dren.
1689 at about age 48 he testified in a case brought against deceased Matthew Turpin regarding payment for a book.
____ son John Osborne born, [age about 3 in 1691].
1691 Oct 2 had will written while in perfect health. The dwelling house and orchard were to go to his wi­dow Martha "in lieu of her claiming no part of the whole planta­tion where Thomas Osborne lives" ; son John about age 3.
—- died.
1692 June 1 will probated;
1692 Oct 26 widow Martha licensed to marry Thomas Edwards.
Children by Thomas Osborne and first wife:Thomas Osborne IV m. Martha JonesChildren by Thomas Osborne and Martha (Greigg) Branch:John Osborne m1. ____, m.2 Edith (Harris) Trent.Children by Martha Greigg and John Branch:Obedience Branch m.1 John Cocke, m.2 Alexander Trent, m.3 Thomas Turpin.Priscilla Branch m.1 Edward Skerme, m.2 Joseph Wilkinson.Possible first wife:
Mary Bailey Various sources but no facts to support. There is no record of Henry having a sister Mary.
This is what we know:
Henry Bailey died in 1667 leaving five children: Thomas, Henry, Mary, Siselie and Ann Bailey. Per his will, daughter Siselie was to be cared for by John Davis, daughter Ann by John Perrin and younger son Henry by his sister Mary, if not by her then by "brother" Thomas Osborne. "Friend" William Farrar and "brother" Thomas Osborne were to be overseers.From this we learn:

Thomas Bailey was the eldest son. Mary Bailey was old enough to care for Henry. Siselie, Ann and Henry Bailey were under age. Wife had died.That the eldest son was named Thomas could imply that Henry had married a sister of Thomas Osborne who had died by 1667, rather than Thomas marrying a Bailey.

* Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jun 29 2022, 11:42:57 UTC

Thomas II OSBORN [Parents] was born in 1641 in Chesterfield,Va . He died in 1692 in Chesterfield,Va . He married Martha JONES in 1688.

Martha JONES was born in 1645 in Chesterfield,Va . She died Unknown. She married Thomas II OSBORN in 1688.

They had the following children:

     		F 	i 	Martha OSBORN

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbarfieldsr/pafg310.htm

CPT Thomas Osborne

• BIRTH 1641 Henrico County, Virginia, USA
• DEATH 1692 (aged 50–51) Henrico County, Virginia, USA
• BURIAL Goode Family Graveyard, Henrico County, Virginia, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 208383832 Contributor: David Goode (49372965)

Thomas Osborne, son of Thomas Osborne, was born about 1641 in Henrico (now Chesterfield) County, Virginia, and reared on his father's Coxendale plantation, where he lived his entire life. He prospered and at the time of his death in 1692, at the age of about 51, he was living in a well furnished, two-story home and owned over 1000 acres. As the eldest son, Thomas Osborne was better educated than his younger brother Edward, who did not sign his name but put his mark on documents. It is possible that Thomas received his education in England; however, Cromwell was then in power, which made England an uncomfortable place for pro-king Virginians. Thomas was about 19 when the monarchy was restored in 1660 and King Charles II was placed on the throne.

In the middle 1660s Thomas Osborne married; however, no record has been found of his wife's name. She may have been a sister of Henry Bailey who died in 1667 leaving five children: Thomas, Henry, Mary, Siselie and Ann Bailey. Per Henry's will, daughter Siselie was to be cared for by John Davis, daughter Ann by John Perrin and younger son Henry by his sister Mary, if not by her then by "brother" Thomas Osborne. "Friend" William Farrar and "brother" Thomas Osborne were to be overseers. Brother often meant brother-in-law. Actually, Thomas' wife may have been named Siselie Bailey, for Thomas Osborne named a daughter Sisely Osborne.

Sometime prior to 1666, Thomas Osborne sold 350 acres of his land to Essex Bevell and Thomas Grundy who in turn sold it in 1666 to Timothy Allen. The land was part of his father's patent of August 20, 1642, located southwest of Fearing and bordering on
Proctor Creek. In 1667 Thomas also assigned his headright to Alex Wood to Thomas Lockett. Thomas may have had to sell the land and headright on account of the depressed tobacco market caused by the Navigation Act of 1660 which restricted the trade of tobacco with countries other than England, resulting in a depression which lasted over twenty years.

The colonists were having not only economic problems but Indian problems as well. Hostilities with the natives had increased, especially in the frontier areas such as Henrico County. The planters wanted protection and retaliation. Governor William Berkeley, who as a young governor had taken bold action during the massacre of 1644, did not act. Nor had he called an election of the delegates to the House of Burgesses for many years. This once popular governor, in old age, had become strongly disliked for his lack of attention to the needs of the colonials, who were also calling for a better auditing of public accounts and more frequent elections of the church vestry. Nathaniel Bacon of Curles, about three miles east of Coxendale (thus probably well known by Thomas Osborne) led a revolt on behalf of the colonists. He succeeded in quelling the Indians; however, his death from illness caused the revolt to collapse and many of the other issues were left unresolved.

Thomas Osborne made it through these turbulent years and by 1685 had transported ten more people to Virginia. He presented proof to the Henrico County court at Varina, which certified that he, Mr. Thomas Osborne Sr., was due 500 acres. No patent has been found that specifically covers these 500 acres. That year, however, Thomas did receive a patent to 85 acres, which per the patent was at the corner of land called Proctor and Ruth and adjacent to Redwater Creek, Thomas Jefferson, and the old patent belonging to Coxendale.

Meanwhile, Thomas Osborne, now in his 40s, was involved with the daily operation of running his plantation, as well as county commitments which required him to make periodic trips to the court house at Varina. In 1684 he served on the county jury with Joseph Tanner, William Glover, Mich'l Turpin and others. In 1685 he brought his 16-year-old servant James Alderson before the court to have his age recorded. This same year, with Thomas Jefferson, Abel Gower and William Glover he was appointed to take the inventory of Thomas Howlett's estate and along with Richard Liggon was security for William Farrar who was handling the estate of John Farrar, an orphan. In 1686 Thomas sold his servant David Owens to Col. William Byrd.

Thomas Osborne also had his problems. In 1688, recorded as Thomas Osborne Sr., he filed suit in the court at Varina against Joseph Tanner for beating and abusing some of Thomas' horses. Thomas won the case but Tanner had to pay only a mere L10 tobacco plus cost and expenses. Robert Moore and James Alderson were paid B40 tobacco each for attending. A short time later that year, Thomas Osborne Sr. brought suit against his servant John Thomas for laying violent hands on his overseer; Mrs. Jane Gower and Samuel Branch gave oaths. The court ordered that John Thomas was to serve "one more year after all other time has expired." Jane Gower (who married first William Baugh Jr.; second William Branch and third Abel Gower) was the mother-in-law of Martha Branch who married Thomas Osborne that same year.

Thomas Osborne was about 47 when he married in 1688 the 26-year-old widow Martha Branch. (She was Martha Branch in April of 1688 when she was granted probate of the will of her deceased husband, John Branch, and Martha Osborne when she testified
in court for Abel Gower, at which time the clerk recorded that she was about age 26. In August of 1689 Thomas was appointed guardian of her children with Richard Kennon and William Farrar helping to put up the bond money. Thomas and Martha Osborne were to have one son, John Osborne.

The Osbornes lived in a well-furnished, two story house. Per the inventory taken at the time of Thomas Osborne's death in 1692, there were six main rooms, identified as the best room, the outward room, the lodging room, the best upper room, the north room above the stairs, and the kitchen. Some of the items in the house were quite old and had probably passed down from Thomas Osborne, and the very old rapier and belt in the north room may even have belonged to Captain Thomas Osborne[4]

In 1689, Thomas Osborne was shown in the record books as about age 48 when he testified in a case brought against deceased Matthew Turpin regarding payment for a book. Thomas and his son Thomas Osborne had witnessed the will of Matthew Turpin, a possible nephew, the year before.

In 1691, Thomas Osborne Sr. with brother Edward Osborne, Thomas Jefferson and Joseph Tanner were appointed to appraise the estate of John Cole, and the following year with son Thomas Osborne and Richard Liggon he witnessed the will of Gilbert Piatt.

In the meantime, Thomas Osborne applied for 113 acres adjoining his property, at the same time re-patenting the original 1000-acre Coxendale tract. The total 1113 acres, as described in this new patent, issued April 29, 1692, began at the mouth of Proctor Creek, ran up the creek to the mouth of Redwater Creek, then southwest, south, and southeast to the main river, then to the beginning.

In 1692, Thomas Osborne died apparently suddenly. On May 16th he and his son Thomas Osborne had gone to Varina to attend the grand jury; within two weeks he had died. He had been in perfect health the previous fall, when on October 2, 1691, he wrote his will, which Thomas Jefferson, Philip Turpin, Samuel Branch and Samuel Hickman witnessed. On June 1, 1692, the will was probated in the Henrico County court. He had appointed his wife Martha executrix.

The dwelling house and orchard went to his widow Martha, as stated in the court records, "in lieu of her claiming no part of the whole plantation where Thomas Osborne lives." Son Thomas Osborne was then married and in his late 20s. Son John Osborne, about age 3, received 295 adjoining acres (near Redwater Creek): 100 adjacent to his brother Thomas, 100 where Philip Turpin lived, and 95 recently patented to Thomas Osborne where William Bass lived.

At the August Court, 1692, Capt. Francis Epes, Capt. William Randolph, Capt. William Farrar and Henry Randolph were appointed to meet at the house of Mrs. Osborne and appraise and inventory the estate. The inventory, listing a total value of £208.15.11, was signed by Martha and submitted to the September Court (The Osbornes and Related Families, Chapter 3, p. 21). On October 26, 1692, widow Martha, only age 30, was licensed to marry her third husband, Thomas Edwards [5]

Martha (widow of John Branch who died in 1688) did certainly marry, as a second husband, Thomas Osborne, of Henrico County, and this Thomas was no other than Thomas Osborne, Senior, whose will dated October 20, 1691, probated June 1, 1692 (Henrico Records), was the father of Thomas Osborne [Junior], who married Martha Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones, of Bermuda Hundred.

This Thomas Osborne [Junior] was certainly of age in 1691 when his father made his will, therefore he was certainly born as early as 1670, and as Thomas Osborne, Senior did not marry Martha, widow of John Branch, until sometime between April, 1688 (date of administration of John Branch's estate) and October, 1691 (date of Thomas Osborne, Senior's will mentioning his wife Martha) therefore Thomas Osborne [Junior] was not the son of his father by his marriage to Martha, widow of John Branch, but by a former wife, whose name is not yet known.

This who matter is further confirmed by the following entry in the orders of Henrico Court Order under date of August, 1693: "Mr. Tho. Edwards who married the relict of Mr. Thomas Osborne, Sr., who married the relict of Mr. John Branch, decd., do appear at next court to be held and enter security for saving this court harmless (Henrico Records, Vol. 1677-1739, p. 34). [3]

Last Will & Testament== of Thomas Osborn 1 Jun 1690, Henrico County, Virginia

In the name of God, Amen. I Tho Osborn of the parish Varina in the County of Henrico being of perfect health & memory yet knowing and confirming the frailty of my mortall body & uncertainty of this temporal life I do make & ordain this my last will + testament in manner and form following;

Item: I give and bequeath to my son John Osborn, two acres of land of my Plantacon Call'd ??????? of Coxendale, One-hundred whereof I will to be of & adjoining to my Seat so heron my son Tho Osborn now dwelleth and also one hundred acres of land of my ?????? Plantacon wch I will to be of land whereon Philip Turpin now dwelleth, wch two tracts of land my will is shall conjoin + not be divided by any Space or Jutwoall + that is also expand + conjoin to a Tract of Land I have lately Patented whereon William Basse now dwells containing ninety five acres the wch ninety five acres I also give + bequeath to my son John Osborn all + ?????? ???????? + every part + parcel of this ??????? Lands and all rights and priviledges and appurts thereunto belonging I say I give and bequeath to my sd son John Osborn + his heirs forevermore. Notwithstand, ???? is my will that my son Tho Osborn shall occupy possess + enjoy ???Plant. + appurts whereon he now dwells For + during the term of my wife Martha's naturall life [2]

Parents
Thomas Osborne

Spouses
Mary Bailey Osborne 1644–1681 (m. 1664)
Martha Goode Branch Taylor Osborne Edwards 1662–1729 (m. 1688)

Children
Martha Osborne Lockett 1689 – unknown
John Osborne 1689–1743

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208383832/thomas-osborne

Sources

[2] Henrico County, Virginia Deeds & Wills Book 1688-1697, pp. 310-310., Repository: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Microfilm #0031763: These images were scanned by Lee K. Osborne and posted at the Osborne Origins website at: http://www.osborne-origins.org/va/henrico/va-henrico-wills-deeds-16...

[3] William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 25, Whittet & Shepperson Printers, Richmond, Virginia, 1917, p. 113.

[4] The Osbornes and Related Families, Chapter 3, p. 15-18.

[5] The Osbornes and Related Families, Chapter 3, p. 20-21.