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Captain Thomas Osborne

Captain Thomas Osborne

Male 1580 - 1637  (57 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Captain Thomas Osborne was born in 1580 in Crixie, Kent, England (son of John Osborne and Jone Smyth); died on 14 Jul 1637 in Coxendale, Chesterfield, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Captain Thomas (I) Osborne
    Lieutenant Thomas Osborne arrived in Jamestown aboard the Bona Nova late in 1619; no family members are known to have accompanied him at this time. Whether his wife had previously died in England is not known, but her name has never appeared in any of the extant colonial Virginia records. He was selected by the London Company in England to serve as the leader of the military contingent in the settlement of College Land, a large area of land near Henricus City. The latter was the second permanent settlement in Virginia, the first, of course, being Jamestown. He appears in the two early lists of inhabitants, dated February 1623/24, and January 1224/25, as a resident of "Colledge Land."

    After the March 1622 attack by the Indians, where roughly one-third of those settlers between Jamestown and Henricus City were killed, Lieut. Thomas Osborne lead a retaliatory attack; from this point onward, he appears in the records as Captain Thomas Osborne. From 1625-1633 he served in the House of Burgesses and, having been granted a large tract of land known as Coxendale, settled there around 1625. The first town in Coxendale, Gatesville, was later named Osbornes and became an important inspection, storage, and shipping center for tobacco well into the late 19th century. He lived his entire life in Coxendale (that part which is now Chesterfield County), and the succeeding four generations of his namesake also made Coxendale their home.

    Thomas married on 21 Sep 1607 in Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Thomas Osborne, Jr was born in 1615 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died on 5 Dec 1685 in Coxendale, Henrico, Virginia.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Osborne was born in 1543 in Poynings, Sussex, England (son of Sir John Osborne of Harlip); died on 20 Feb 1616 in Poynings, Sussex, England.

    John married Jone Smyth on 19 Jun 1572 in Poynings, Sussex, England. Jone was born in 1547 in Stratford, On-Avon, Warwickshire, England; died about 1619. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jone Smyth was born in 1547 in Stratford, On-Avon, Warwickshire, England; died about 1619.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Jane
    • Name: Joan

    Children:
    1. 1. Captain Thomas Osborne was born in 1580 in Crixie, Kent, England; died on 14 Jul 1637 in Coxendale, Chesterfield, Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir John Osborne of Harlip was born about 1516 in Hartlip, Kent, England; died on 12 Sep 1597 in Poynings, Sussex, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. John Osborne was born in 1543 in Poynings, Sussex, England; died on 20 Feb 1616 in Poynings, Sussex, England.