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- Joseph Osborne, son of Thomas Osborne & Mary Goatly, came to America with his parents and lived with them in New Haven, Connecticut and then in East Hampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He removed to Elizabeth Town and became one of the the early Associates and had first lot rights (HHE p.58, 243).
On 19 February 1665, at a Town Meeting, Joseph Osburne took the Oath of Aleagance and Fidelity to the Proprietors (NJA 1st Series, 1:50; HHE p.57). He signed a petition for a new survey about December 1667, and as Joseph Ozburn took oath of allegiance to the Dutch on 11 September 1673 (HHE p.122, 159).
Joseph Osborn was warranted for a 150 acre survey on 31 May 1676 (Eliz.Bill in Chancery, p.108; HHE p.183).
The list of subscribers to the minister in 1694 included Joseph Osborne (HHE p.284).
In the land division of 1699-1700 Joseph Osborn received Lot 117 located in what is now Fanwood, near Ash Swamp (Elizabethtown Book B).
Joseph Osborn, or his son Joseph, carted one load for the new barn built by the minister, 1702 (HHE p.287).
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