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State of Service: CT
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: 25 Jan 1725 Windsor / Hartford / CT Death: 04 Jan 1796 East Windsor / Hartford / CT
Qualifying Service Description:
Took Freeman's Oath in Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut in 1777
Additional References:
Mullen, Jolene RobertsConnecticut Town Meeting Records During the American Revolution, Vol 1, Maryland. Westminster: Heritage Books, Inc, 2011, pg 221-222
Hoadly, Charles J.The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Vol 14, Connecticut. Hartford: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1887, pg 508
Stiles, Henry R. The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut,..., New York City: Charles B. Norton, 1859, pg 653
Stone inscribed "In Memory of Zebedee Osborn, who was suddenly killed by a fall from an ungoverned horse. Jan. 4, 1796 in the 71st year of his age."
Late in the 20th Century an intoxicated driver ran thru the fence of the Old Town Cemetery and destroyed several graavestones. One of the Osborn descendants was on the Cemetery Board and the Town Council and had the driver's insurance company replace Zebedee's stone that was destroyed. The comment from this descendant was, "Zebedee was pretty unlucky, killed by a fall from a horse and had his stone run over by a drunk driver."
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
Author: Brett Warren Osborn
Zebedee Osborn took the Oath of Allegiance to the State of Connecticut on September 16, 1777. Three of his sons from his first wife Abigail Osborn served in the Connecticut Continental Line during the American Revolution. Two sons, Zebedee Jr. and Ezra served at the siege of Boston, at Roxbury, MA. His son Ezra Osborn was a Private with Captain David Parson's Company, 2nd Connecticut Brigade at Valley Forge and listed on monthly muster Rolls for December 1777 and January 1778.
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