- Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 305.
Oxford Tax List, 1792.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 97 - 98.
The following is a copy of the tax list of the town on the list of 1792 ...
Jared Osborn £39 1
Joseph Osborn 53 1 6
Joseph Osborn. Jr. 40 15
Joshua Osborn 81
Thomas Osborn 133.
- Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. (New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896), Ap97.
- 1790 Derby Census.
- 1800 Oxford Census.
- 1820 Oxford Census.
- Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 6.
... of Oxford ...
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 13.
... 1780 ...
March 19th, Jared Osborn & Freelove Ame his wife owned ye Covenant.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. (New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896), Ap98.
- Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002), 255.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 21.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Ibid., vol 6, p 1326.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
Osborn, Jared, died Nov. 24, 1832, age 87 yrs.
Osborn, Freelove Amy, wife of Jared, died Oct. 27, 1794, age 40 yrs.
Osborn, Laura, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 4, 1817, age 27 yrs.
Osborn, Electa, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 5, 1794, age 17 mos.
Osborn, Gilbert, died July 23, 1825, age 43 yrs. 2 mos. 15 das.
Osborn, Eunice, wife of Harvey, died July 16, 1828, age 36 yrs.
Osborn, Sarah, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 26, 1837, age 75 yrs.
Osborn, Joseph Junior, died Sep. 16, 1794, age 45 yrs.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
- Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
- Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. (New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896), Ap97.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 13.
... 1780 ...
March 19th, Jared Osborn & Freelove Ame his wife owned ye Covenant.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 6.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 51.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
Osborn, Jared, died Nov. 24, 1832, age 87 yrs.
Osborn, Freelove Amy, wife of Jared, died Oct. 27, 1794, age 40 yrs.
Osborn, Laura, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 4, 1817, age 27 yrs.
Osborn, Electa, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 5, 1794, age 17 mos.
Osborn, Gilbert, died July 23, 1825, age 43 yrs. 2 mos. 15 das.
Osborn, Eunice, wife of Harvey, died July 16, 1828, age 36 yrs.
Osborn, Sarah, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 26, 1837, age 75 yrs.
Osborn, Joseph Junior, died Sep. 16, 1794, age 45 yrs.
- Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 6.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
- Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 59.
- Rev. F. W. Chapman, The Buckingham Family; or the Descendants of Thomas Buckingham, One of the First Settlers of Milford, Conn. (Hartford, CT, Press of Case, Lockwood and Brainard, 1872), 52.
- 1850 Naugatuck Census.
[Living w/ daughter Laura and family.]
- 1860 Naugatuck Census.
[Living w/ daughter Laura and family.]
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 79.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 60.
ae. 43.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
Osborn, Jared, died Nov. 24, 1832, age 87 yrs.
Osborn, Freelove Amy, wife of Jared, died Oct. 27, 1794, age 40 yrs.
Osborn, Laura, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 4, 1817, age 27 yrs.
Osborn, Electa, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 5, 1794, age 17 mos.
Osborn, Gilbert, died July 23, 1825, age 43 yrs. 2 mos. 15 das.
Osborn, Eunice, wife of Harvey, died July 16, 1828, age 36 yrs.
Osborn, Sarah, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 26, 1837, age 75 yrs.
Osborn, Joseph Junior, died Sep. 16, 1794, age 45 yrs.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 177-178.
- Ibid., 152.
- George T. Davis, Genealogy of the Davis Descendants of Colonel John Davis of Oxford, Conn. (New Rochelle, N. Y., 1910), 274.
- Norman Litchfield & Sabrina Connolly Hoyt, Ph.D., History of the Town of Oxford, Connecticut (1960), 160.
- Norman Litchfield, History of St. Peter's Church in Oxford, Connecticut (1955-56), 65.
- Ibid., 101.
- Oxford 1798 Dodrasquicentennial (Oxford Historical Society, Inc., 1973), 26.
1836 ... The following three hundred and thirty one electors Cast ballots to elect Hiram Osborn as Representative to the General Assembly. Abner Cable ...
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 161.
... Orlando C. Osborn, great-great-grandson to Capt. Joseph Osborn, and Thomas S. Osborn, great-great-grandson to Deacon Thomas Osborn. Thomas and Joseph Osborn were brothers.
- Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 433.
- B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 12.
Continuing up the Riggs street road we come to The Maples, where for many years resided Hiram Osborn, who was one of the most popular men in the town. He came from Goshen, Conn., in early life and located in Oxford, on Riggs Street. He married Sarah Finch, who was born in the house now occupied by Frank Andrews on a cross road towards Chestnut Tree Hill Road. Five children were born to them -- four daughter and one son ...
Hiram Osborn was a very much valued citizen of his native town, coming here as a poor boy, but by his honest and upright dealing he soon gained the respect and confidence of all with whom he came in contact. Early in life he became actively identified with St. Peter's Church, and every Sunday you would see his pleasant face and his good wife seated in one of the front pews listening attentively to the drafting of the Gospel. He filled at times nearly all the offices of trust within the gift of this townsmen.
He represented the town in the legislature several times. He gave largely to charity. The latch string was always out at his door and no one ever went hungry form his threshold. He was much given to cattle and sheep raising. He was one of the largest land owners in the town and I might almost quote from an old saying that the sheep upon a thousand hills were his. He was a man of sterling ability, a good counselor, a warm friend and a sincere Christian.
Grandma was a great favorite with all the young people and she always had a kind word and pleasant smile for all. They were married nearly 60 years and were always happy in each other's love and confidence. He died Sept. 13, 1879, aged 86 years. Sarah, his wife, died Jan. 1st, 187??, aged 7?.
- 1820 Oxford Census.
- 1830 Oxford Census.
- 1840 Oxford Census.
- 1850 Oxford Census.
Farmer.
- 1860 Oxford Census.
Farmer.
- 1870 Oxford Census.
Farmer.
- J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, 548.
- Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 14.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 122.
- Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Episcopal Cemetery (St. Peter's Episcopal Cemetery), 14.
Osborn, Joel, died May 25, 1871, age 50 yrs.
Osborn, Catharine S., wife of Joel, died Feb. 2, 1876, age 52 yrs.
Osborn, Bessie M., daughter of Joel & Catharine S., died Oct. 21, 1876, age 19 yrs. 6 mos.
Osborn, Sarah, wife of Hiram, died Jan. 1, 1863, age 78 yrs
Osborn, Hiram, died Sept, 13, 1870, age 86 yrs
Osborn, Orlando, C., born Mar. 23, 1847, died Feb. 20, 1905
Osborn, Idella J. Andrew, wife of Orlando C., born Nov. 11, 1852, died Oct. 24, 1927
Norris, Sarah E. Osborn, wife of Rev. J. W., died Dec. 22, 1895, age 23 yrs.
Riggs, Sarah, relict of Edward, died Mar. 21, 1853, age 88 yrs.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 49.
- Ibid., 22.
- Ibid., 77.
- Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, 60.
ae. 27.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
Osborn, Jared, died Nov. 24, 1832, age 87 yrs.
Osborn, Freelove Amy, wife of Jared, died Oct. 27, 1794, age 40 yrs.
Osborn, Laura, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 4, 1817, age 27 yrs.
Osborn, Electa, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 5, 1794, age 17 mos.
Osborn, Gilbert, died July 23, 1825, age 43 yrs. 2 mos. 15 das.
Osborn, Eunice, wife of Harvey, died July 16, 1828, age 36 yrs.
Osborn, Sarah, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 26, 1837, age 75 yrs.
Osborn, Joseph Junior, died Sep. 16, 1794, age 45 yrs.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
- Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
- Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Oxford's Record: The First 175 Years (Oxford, CT, Oxford Record, Inc., 1973), 18.
... it was voted by the meeting that Mr. David McEwen, Elias Scott, Abel Wheeler, Esq., and Harvey Osborn be a committee ...
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
Osborn, Jared, died Nov. 24, 1832, age 87 yrs.
Osborn, Freelove Amy, wife of Jared, died Oct. 27, 1794, age 40 yrs.
Osborn, Laura, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 4, 1817, age 27 yrs.
Osborn, Electa, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 5, 1794, age 17 mos.
Osborn, Gilbert, died July 23, 1825, age 43 yrs. 2 mos. 15 das.
Osborn, Eunice, wife of Harvey, died July 16, 1828, age 36 yrs.
Osborn, Sarah, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 26, 1837, age 75 yrs.
Osborn, Joseph Junior, died Sep. 16, 1794, age 45 yrs.
- B. H. Davis, Reminiscences of Oxford Homes and People (Seymour Record - 1913), Chapter 19.
As we proceed on our jnourney north we come to another old house which is well worth mention. This place is known as the Osborn homestead. The north portion of the house was built by Harvey Osborn about the year 1820. After the house was finished he married Eunice Smith of Oxford, June 10th, 1820. One son was born to them, George B. Osborn, who lived with Bennett Davis for many years and was instrumental in saving the life of the writer at the time of the fire that destroyed the farm house of Bennett Davis, Nov. 12, 1849.
The first wife of Harvey Osborn died July 16, 1828. On Jan. 15th, 1830, he married Nabby Davis, one of the twin daughters of Col. John Davis. He died in 1842. After his death Aunt Nabby lived at the old homestead until 1860 when she went to New Rochelle, N. Y., to live with a relative. She died there July 21st, 1874.
The place was afterwards sold to Edwin Alling and some time in the year 1909 the place was sold to Charles Baldwin of Seymour, who occupied it only a short time.
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http://www.our-oxford.info/davis-reminiscences/Davis-19.htmlNOTE:
George's mother died when he was young. Burritt Davis is the brother of his father's second wife, Abigail Davis. She is shown living with Burritt on the 1850 Oxford census.
The house that burned in 1849 belonged to Burritt Davis. Burritt's wife, Sarah Electa Osborn, was George's cousin. She was the daughter of Hiram Osborn, one of Harvey's brothers.]
- Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), 431.
- 1830 Oxford Census.
- 1840 Oxford Census.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 24.
- Ibid., 50.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
Osborn, Jared, died Nov. 24, 1832, age 87 yrs.
Osborn, Freelove Amy, wife of Jared, died Oct. 27, 1794, age 40 yrs.
Osborn, Laura, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 4, 1817, age 27 yrs.
Osborn, Electa, daughter of Jared and Freelove A., died Oct. 5, 1794, age 17 mos.
Osborn, Gilbert, died July 23, 1825, age 43 yrs. 2 mos. 15 das.
Osborn, Eunice, wife of Harvey, died July 16, 1828, age 36 yrs.
Osborn, Sarah, wife of Joseph, died Feb. 26, 1837, age 75 yrs.
Osborn, Joseph Junior, died Sep. 16, 1794, age 45 yrs.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Andrew Bell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Jack's Hill Cemetery, Oxford CT, 59.
- Jack's Hill Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT.
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), 31.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 6, p 1326.
- Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five. (New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896), Ap97.
- Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 3, p 6.