I have learned nothing about the parents or origins of William Osborn. His estimated date of birth is 1640-45, indicating he is possibly the son of an immigrant to Massachusetts before 1645; but he just as well may have migrated later by himself or even been one of the many orphans shipped to America by the Brits.

Born:   1640-1645. [Was 33 in 1679 = 1644, per Torrey.]

Immigrated:  Born in 1640-1645, he is likely the son of an immigrant; unkown to me, before 1645; although he could have migrated by himself after that date.

Residence:  Salem, Mass per Torrey.

Spouse:  Hannah Burton (Torrey), married Mar 17, 1673, Salem, Mass. She was born abt 1642, in Salem, Mass. (The History of Salem reports she died in 1735, aged 93 = 1642.) See the Burton section for more on her family. She outlived her husband by about five years. His wife made an affidavit on Mar 21, 1721, in which she calls herself 81 years old. [Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. Privately Printed. Massachusetts. 1893, pg 180.]

Died:   Aft 1727, per History of Salem. Aged about 85.

Will / Estate: Will, proved 1729, 2, 5. "Exs., sons William, Samuel and John. Witnesses, Joseph Southwick, Jonathan Trask and George Locker. To wife, 1/3 part of produce of all my lands, both for hay and corn, to be brought home to her by my three sons, Samuel, John and William, and they to supply her in firewood and other necessary things both in sickness and health. To her also 1/2 my dwelling house, and part of one of the barns to put her hay in. To son Samuel, the house and land where he now lives and other lands. To son William, land and housing. To son John, my dwelling house, barn and land adjoining, and orchard between the house and barn, all after wife's decease. To three sons, 40 acre lot in the woods, equally between them. To daughter Hannah Trask, œ24. Residue of lands to three sons."  [Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families. Privately Printed. Massachusetts. 1893, pg 180.]

Savage on William Osborne:

 
"WILLIAM, Salem, m. 17 Mar. 1673, Hannah Burton, had Samuel, b. 27 Apr. 1675; John, 27 Aug. 1677; Hannah, 2 Dec. 1679; and William, 3 May 1682. Ano. O. there was, unhappi. at Salem, Sarah, impris. at Boston from 7 Mar. to 10 May 1692, on charge of witchcraft, wh. was not brot. to trial bec. she d. in gaol. How tenderly alleviat. was the suffer. of her latest hours, is nowhere told. She was, perhaps of that WILLIAM of Salem, vill. freem. 1690. Since that was print. I discov. that her h. was Alexander, as bef. herein told."


 
Notes:
 

Austin, John Osborne. One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, Pg 180
 
Indicates he was "of Wapping, Middlesex Co, England":  "WILLIAM. Wapping, Middlesex Co., Eng., Salem, Mass. 1684."

"He was appointed with Robert Fuller to be overseer of the will of his father-in-law, John Burton. 1716, 1, 31."

"1721, 3, 21.  His wife made affidavit in which she calls herself 81 years old."


 
History of Salem, Vol 3, pg 60:
 
William-1 Osborn married Hannah Burton March 17, 1672-3; he was living in
1727, and she in 1735; children:  1.  Samuel, b. April 27, 1675; 2.  John, b.
Aug 27, 1677; 3. Hannah; married John Trask; 4.  William, b. May 3, 1682.
 
Candidates for father, from Savage:
 
"JOHN, Weymouth, by w. Mary had John, b. 2 Feb. 1640; and Ephraim, 11 Aug. 1657; but how many or wh. intermediate, is not found; yet his d. Mary m. 7 May 1659, John Ross."

"WILLIAM, Salem 1630, freem. 22 May 1639, by w. call. in Felt's list of ch. memb. 1641, Frezwith or Freesweed, had there, I think, no ch. rem. to Dorchester, and there town rec. ment. by Frodiswerd his w. had Recompense, b. 26 May 1644, a. "six-o'clock P. M." H. C. 1661, at Braintree had Hannah, 24 Aug. 1646; Bezaleel, 8 Mar. 1650; and some yrs. aft. at Boston, by prob. the same w. call. Fredeswith and in Prov. rec. Freesweed, had Joseph, b. 6 Apr. 1652; and Jonathan, 16 Nov. 1656. He was a merch. and he d. a. mid. life; his inv. of 29 Apr. 1662  shows over L1000; well for that time. His wid. m. John Mulford of South Hampton, Yorksh. E. Riding, and in 1670 sold to Rev. Antipas Newman of Wenham, that 10 acres granted to. O.
 
 

Notable Kin include:
 
William Howard Taft, President of the United States

History of Salem, Mass

New England Marriages Before 1700, Torrey

Dictionary of New England Settlers, Savage

Who are the parents, of William Osborn, of Salem, Mass? Born approximately 1645, he could very well be the son of immigrants.

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Direct Descendants of William Osborn

 1   William Osborn 1645 - 1730
..  +Hannah Burton 1651 - 1735
.... 2   John Osborn 1677 - 1744
........  +Mercy Southwick 1676 - 1713
........... 3   Esther Osborn 1705 -
...............  +Jonathan Marsh 1699 -
.................. 4   Zebediah Marsh 1734 -
......................  +Mary Coats 1740 -
........................ 5   Lucretia Marsh 1764 - 1851
............................  +Nehemiah Fisher, Deacon 1764 - 1846
............................... 6   Nehemiah Willis Fisher 1805 - 1859
...................................  +Abigail Whitney Bruce 1806 - 1884
...................................... 7   Eleanor Serepta Fisher 1843 - 1924
..........................................  +Henry Gilbert Baldwin 1836 - 1894
............................................ 8   Arthur Willis Baldwin 1876 - 1961
................................................  +Inez Evangeline Hallock 1886 - 1976

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