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ery has been closely identified with Norwalk
interests, finding full scope for his
energy and talents, first in the field of
finance, and then in industry. His career
is a notable example of the beneficial re-
sults of concentration of efifort, supported
by far-sighted judgment.
(The Jennings Line).
(I) This line of Jennings was founded
by Joshua Jennings, who was born in
England, in 1620, and died in 1675, in
Fairfield, Connecticut. He married, in
1647, Mary Williams. Among their children
was Isaac, of whom further.
(II) Isaac Jennings, son of Joshua and
Mary (Williams) Jennings, was born in
1673, and died in 1746. He married a
daughter of Joseph Beers, of Fairfield,
Connecticut, and among their children
was Isaac (2), of whom further.
(III) Isaac (2) Jennings, son of Isaac
(i) Jennings, was baptized in 1702, and
died March 6, 1760. The Christian name
of his wife was Phebe. Among their chil-
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dren was Jacob, of whom further.
(IV) Jacob Jennings, son of Isaac (2)
and Phebe Jennings, was baptized December
9, 1739. He married and had a
daughter Grace, who married James
Brady; and a son, Isaac.
OSBORN, Gregory T.,
Member of Old Family.
The Osborn family is a very old one
and dates back to the first part of the
seventeenth century. The coat-of-arms
of this family, granted February 11, 1662,
is as follows:
Arms—Argent, a bend, between two lions ram-
pant.
Crest—A lion's head erased, argent, ducally
crowned, or.
Motto—Quantum in rebus inane. (How much
frivolity in human affairs).
(I) The ancestor of the family in
America was Captain Richard Osborn.
He was born in 1612 in London, and died
in 1686 in Westchester, New Ybrk. Cap-
tain Osborn was in America as early as
.1634; he sailed in the ship "Hopewell"
with Captain Thomas Wood. Before
1640, Captain Osborn went to New Ha-
ven, Connecticut, and in 1653 was living
in Fairfield. He served in the Pequot
War, and received a grant of eighty acres
of land. In 1666 he had an interest in
lands in Newton, Long Island, later
moving to Westchester, New York.
re-
(II) Captain John Osborn, son of Captain
Richard Osborn, was born undoubt-
edly in New Haven, Connecticut, between
1640 and 1650. He was deputy to
the General Court, and a very useful cit-
izen. He married, before 1673, Sarah
Bennett, daughter of James Bennett.
(III) Sergeant D&vid Osborn, son of
Captain John and Sarah (Bennett) Os-
born, was a member of Dr. Thomas Pell's
company in the settlement of Eastchester,
New York, in 1666. He married, in 1679,
Abigail Pinckney, daughter of Philip
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Pinckney, of Eastchester.
(IV) William Osborn, son of Sergeant
David and Abigail (Pinckney) Osborn,
married Elizabeth Tumey, and they were
the parents of Isaac, of whom further.
(V) Isaac Osborn, son of William and
Elizabeth (Turney) Osborn, was born
September 6, 1740, died in 1816. He
married, September 22, 1763, Martha
Higgins, born October 10, 1745. died
March 17, 1789.
(VI) Turney Osborn, son of Isaac and
Martha (Higgins) Osborn, was born
May 19, 1782, and died September 12,
1855. He was a farmer on the old home-
stead in Georgetown, Connecticut, origi-
nally a part of the town of Fairfield, but
now included in the town of Weston, Con-