Elizabeth Osborne

This profile is for the wife of John Osborn. As the Research Notes make clear, there is at present no clear evidence that her last name at birth was Claypool, and there is no firm evidence for her first name.

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Elizabeth (Claypool) Osborn (abt. 1567 - bef. 1639)

Elizabeth Osborn formerly Claypool aka Osborne, Claypoole, Cleypoole

Born about 1567 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England [uncertain]

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Wife of John Osborn — married 1588 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Mother of Thomas Osborne, Ann Osborne, Mary Osborne, John Osborne, Richard Osborne, Philip (Osbourne) Osborne and Robert Osborne

Died before 26 Apr 1639 before about age 72 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Profile last modified 8 Sep 2021 | Created 17 Dec 2014

Biography

This profile is for the wife of John Osborn. As the Research Notes make clear, there is at present no clear evidence that her last name at birth was Claypool, and there is no firm evidence for her first name.

Research Notes

There are major questions about the family relationships of the Elizabeth of this profile. Vaughan-3997 12:53, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

Parents

Elizabeth's parents are unknown.

Any suggestion that she was a daughter of Adam Claypoole and Dorothy Wingfield can be discounted. They married in 1586. They had a daughter Elizabeth but she married someone called John Durning.[1] In his will, dated 1 December 1598, Adam's father James left to "Elizabeth Cleypoole the daughter of [m]y son Adam Cleypoole 100 pounds at age 18 or at marriage".[2] That means Adam's daughter Elizabeth was unmarried and under 18 on 1 December 1598. With her parents marrying in 1586, she will have been in reality under 12. Cayley-55 13:41, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

The marriage of Elizabeth Claypoole, daughter of Adam Claypoole and Dorothy Wingfield, to John Durning is also given in the Visitations of Northamptonshire.[3]

Birth Date

An entry in a family tree on Geni.com gives her birth date as 1567.[4] No source is given to support this. No parents are suggested in this tree. Her last names are given as Barley, Claypool and Osborn, again without sources.

Marriage; Children Mary and John

Note by Michael Cayley incorporating, with thanks, thoughts from William Vaughan

A good source has not been identified for the marriage of an Elizabeth Claypoole to a John Osborn. Nor do such baptism records as exist for the children currently attached to her name their mother. There must be doubt as to the last name at birth of the wife of John Osborn. The first name of John Osborn's wife seems likewise not firmly evidenced.

Daughter Mary Osborne was stated in a previous version of the main part of the bio to have died in Newchurch, Kent, England, on August 21, 1701. There is a death record for a Mary Osborne who died in Newchurch in 1701, with her parents named as John and Elizabeth.[5] But daughter Mary's own profile gives her a birth date of 1594 and a date of 1612/3 for her marriage to William Willeborne. If that is right, she cannot be the Mary who died in Kent in 1701, and the death date and place raise obvious suspicions. As has been said by another WikiTree member,

Mary would have been 107. That is red flag #1. Parents' names were only usually given when the burial was of a child. And in the wrong part of the country. Red flag #2. This is not the right Mary. David Cooper
There must be similar questions about the statement in a previous version of the bio that son John Osborne, Osborne-2362 died in Newchurch, Kent, England, on June 11, 1704. There is a death record for a John Osborne who died in Newchurch in 1704, with parents named as John and Elizabeth.[6] The profile of Osborne-2362 gives his death as in Connecticut in 1686 though, as is stated on his profile, the identification of son John with the John who died in Connecticut is doubtful.

It is almost certain that the Mary and John who died in Kent in 1701 and 1704 were children of a different and later Elizabeth. The naming of their parents in their death records suggest that they may have died as children, and if that is so, it clearly rules out an Elizabeth born in the 16th century being their mother.

Will of husband John

In the Bedfordshire Archives Catalogue is a will of John Osborne of Cranfield, yeoman, made with codicil 9 October 1626, proved 31 July 1627. The full will may cast light on family relationships, but only the catalogue entry is available online.[7] (Thank you to William Vaughan for finding this record.)

Death

A "widow Osburne" was buried in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, on April 25, 1639. No indication is given of her first name or family origin or who her deceased husband was.[8] This is presumably the "Elizabeth Osborne of Cranfield, widow" whose will (dated 17 April 1639, proved 21 May 1639) is in Bedfordshire Archives.[9] (Thank you to William Vaughan for finding the catalogue entry for the will.) In the absence of further information, it is not certain that this Elizabeth's deceased husband was John Osborn.

From FamilySearch.org

1. Cranfield Parish Reg.; FHL book Q942.565 B4e Vol 27; film 845460. 2. Will of Husband, John Osborn; dated Oct 1626; FHL film 088023. 3. FGR by Rozena N. Oaks.1. Cranfield Parish Reg.; FHL book Q942.565 B4e Vol 27; film 845460. 2. Will of Husband, John Osborn; dated Oct 1626; FHL film 088023.

Sources

↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, p. 357, WINGFIELD 14, Google Books
↑ PCC Will of James Cleypoole of Northborough, Northamptonshire 1599, The National Archives, PROB 11/94/360, abstract on Familysearch, accessed 2 April 2020
↑ Walter C Metcalfe (ed.). The Visitations of Northamptonshire, Harleian Society, 1887, Claypoole Pedigree, p. 82, Internet Archive
↑ Elizabeth Osborne
↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8GK-25L : 16 March 2020), Elizabeth in entry for Mary Osborn, 1701.
↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8GK-2RC : 10 February 2018), Elizabeth in entry for John Osborn, burial ; citing index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,736,928.[1]
↑ Bedfordshire Archive Services Catalogue,

[http://bedsarchivescat.bedford.gov.uk/Details/archive/110604716 ref. ABP/W1626-7/198↑ Emmison, F G (ed.). Bedfordshire Parish Registers: Cranfield 1600-1812, Bedfordshire County Record Office 1943, p. 63. Internet Archive↑ Bedfordshire Archive Services Catalogue, ref. ABP/W1639/20, accessed 2 April 2020, only the catalogue entry available - no details of the will