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     Jack Osmon was born on 31 Mar 1928 at the family home, Lawrence County, Illinois.² He married Pauline Joan Higgins, daughter of George Glen Higgins and Mae Montgomery, on 6 Nov 1952 at Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois.² Jack Osmon died on 10 Sep 2005 at Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois, at age 77.³ He was buried on 14 Sep 2005 at Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois.⁴
     Jack worked in the oil business and went to the Pentecost Church.²
     His obituary states:
     "Jack Osmon, 77, of Mt. Carmel died on Sept. 10, 2005 in Wabash General Hospital in Mt. Carmel.
"He was born 31 March 1928, in Lawrence County, Ill., the son of Wesley and Eva Dornah Osmon. He married Pauline Higgins on Nov. 6, 1952, in Mt. Carmel; she preceded him in death.
"He was an avid fisherman and worked on drilling rigs in the oil fields his entire life.
"Survivors include two sons, Jackie Osmon and wife Chong, Bicknell, Ind., and Tommy Osmon and wife Julia of Mt. Carmel; two brothers, Bill Osmon, Allendale, and Rex Osmon, Kentucky; one sister, Margaret Rapp, Vincennes, Ind; and five grandchildren, Joe Osmon, Jeffrey Osmon, Anna Osmon, Wesley Osmon and Lacey James and husband Seth.
"Preceding him in death were is [sic] parents; his wife, Pauline; and daughter Kathy Jo Osmon.
"Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Highland Memorial Cemetery in Mt. Carmel."⁴

     Kathy Joanne Osmon was born on 22 May 1957 at Wabash County, Illinois.¹ She was the daughter of Jack Osmon and Pauline Joan Higgins.² Kathy Joanne Osmon died on 12 Oct 1975 at age 18. About a week after her marriage, Kathy was killed in a car wreck in Gibson County, Indiana.³ She was buried on 15 Oct 1975 at Highland Memorial Cemetery, Wabash County, Illinois.¹

     John Osterman married Madge Evelyn Parsons. John Osterman was born on 7 Sep 1897.² He died on 22 Oct 1980 at age 83.²
     He was "of Noble, Illinois".¹

     Melvin Eugene Osterman was born on 9 May 1931.² He was the son of John Osterman and Madge Evelyn Parsons.¹ Melvin Eugene Osterman married Nova Eilene Mason, daughter of Claude Mason and Mary Ruth Long, on 26 Sep 1956.^1,3 Melvin Eugene Osterman died on 26 Oct 1964 at age 33.¹ He was buried at Forest Ridge Cemetery, Mt. Erie Township, Wayne County, Illinois.⁴

     Cecile D. Ostrum was born in 1884.³ She married Clarence H. Olds, son of Homer Olds and Lidia Rose Huntoon, on 19 Apr 1905 at Alba, Antrim County, Michigan.^4,2 Cecile D. Ostrum died in 1970⁵ and was buried at Star Township Cemetery, Star Township, Antrim County, Michigan.⁵
     Cecile D. Olds and Clarence H. Olds appeared on the census of Jan 1920 at Star Township, Antrim County, Michigan, as follows:

Cecile D. Olds and Clarence H. Olds appeared on the census of 8 Apr 1930 at Star Township, Antrim County, Michigan, as follows:

Cecile D. Ostrum and Clarence H. Olds appeared on the census of 5 Apr 1940 at Star Township, Antrim County, Michigan, as follows:
     Olds, Clarensen, head, 58, 8 yrs grade school, b. Mich., lived same place 1 Apr 1935, farmer
      , Cecil B., wife, 55, wife, 1 yr college, b. Mich.
      , Clare C., son, 20,4 yrs high school, b. Mich., laborer.⁸

     Helen Harriet Otis was born in Apr 1906.¹ She was the daughter of Nelson Otis and Minnie Sarah Olds.¹ Helen Harriet Otis died in Jan 1907.¹

     Loren Edwin Otis was born on 16 Oct 1901.^2,3 He was the son of Nelson Otis and Minnie Sarah Olds.² Loren Edwin Otis died in 1978.⁴ He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, Los Angeles County, California.⁵

     Nelson Otis married Minnie Sarah Olds, daughter of Olin C. Olds and Helen M. Prentice, on 27 Nov 1895 at Middlefield, Massachusetts.^1,2 Nelson Otis died in 1922.³ He was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery, Chester, Hampden County, Massachusetts.³
     Nelson Otis appeared on the census of 18 Apr 1910 at Chester, Hampton, Massachusetts, as follows:
     60/67 Otis, Nelson M., head, 46, marr. once, 15 yrs, b. Mass., father b. N. Y., mother b. Mass., occupation: own income
      , Minnie S., wife, 39, marr. once, 15 yrs, 2 children, 1 living, b. Mass., parents b. Mass.
      , Loring E., son, 8, b. Mass., parents b. Mass.⁴
Nelson Otis appeared on the census of 5 Jan 1920 at E. Walnut, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, as follows:
     59/86 Otis, Nelson M., head, 55, b. Mass., father b N. Y., mother b Mass., occupation: none
      , Minnie S., wife, 49, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., occupation: none
      , Lorcen E., son, 18, single, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., occupation: none.⁵

     Gertrude Ott married Clinton Byrd Olds, son of Oscar H. Olds and Sarah E. Byrd, in 1908.¹

     Bethiah Ould was born on 6 Apr 1745 at Attleborough, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of James Ould and Elizabeth Fuller.¹

     Elizabeth Ould was born on 6 Jul 1752 at Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.^1,2 She was the daughter of James Ould and Elizabeth Fuller.¹

     Garland W. Ould married Iola Johnson c 1907.¹ Garland W. Ould died on 7 Nov 1944 at South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.²
     Garland and Iola Ould appeared on the census enumeration of 18 Apr 1910 at 203 Greenville Street, Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, as follows:
     58/57 Johnson, Henry G., head, 65, marr once, 35 years, b. SC, father b. Ireland, Irish speaking, mother b. SC, dealer/agent for buggies and wagons
      , Dicie, wife, 56, marr. once, 35 years, 4 children, 4 living, b. SC, parents b. SC
      , Frank, son, 31, single, b. SC, parents b. SC, Secy and agent in fire insurance
      , Ernest, son, 28, single, b. SC, parents b. SC, agent & collector, fire insurance
      Ould, Garland, son in law, 42, marr once, 3 years, b. VA, parents b. VA, commercial travel, dry goods
      , Iola, dau., 33, marr. once, 3 years, 0 children, b. SC, parents b. SC.¹
Garland W. Ould and Iola Ould appeared on the census of 17 Jan 1920 at Broad Street, Anderson Center, Anderson County, South Carolina, as follows:
     355/382 Ould, Yarlington W., head, 54, b. VA, parents b. VA, commercial trader, dry goods store
      , Iola, wife, 47, b. SC, parents b. SC.³
Garland W. Ould appeared on the census of 9 Apr 1940 at South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, as follows:
     Ould, G. W., patient, male, 67, single, same house on 1 April 1935.⁴

     James Ould was born s 1720.² He married (1) Elizabeth Fuller c 1744. Their marriage intentions were recorded at Attleborough, Massachusetts, on 12 May 1744.^3,4 James Ould married (2) Sarah Kingsley on 21 Mar 1754 at Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut.^1,5
     ToDo: TODO: James Ould, whose parentage is still sought, is said by Edson B. Olds to have marched on the Lexington alarm in 1775. His first known child was born in 1745 in Attleborough, Massachusetts, and this has given an estimated marriage date of 1744 and implies a birth date in the early 1720s. In 1775, he would have been in his early 50s. If a James Ould marched on the Lexington alarm in 1775, would it not more likely be James Ould, Jr., born in 1747. What do the records show? In fact, throughout my report on James Ould are records for which it is not certain whether they apply to the father or the son.

     Edson B. Olds introduced this family as: "James Ould, a farmer, was living in North Ashford, Windham Co., Conn., in 1750; married first, Elizabeth ------ (born 1724, died August 4, 1753); married second, March 21, 1754, Sarah Kingsley, at Ashford. In 1770 he was one of the subscribers to the pews in the Congregational Church at Ashford, and marched on the Lexington alarm, 1775. He was possibly a son of Ebenezer Ould, son of Robert Ould. All of his children were born at North Ashford, Conn." His children later used the surname spelling Olds.¹
     Generations after the fact, a biography of a descendant says of this man (an unnamed great grandfather of the subject) that he was a native of England and settled in Vermont, that he was a seaman who had been rewarded by King George for capturing a celebrated Scottish pirate. No evidence is known to me.⁶ A similar reference says [William Parker Olds] "is a scion of one of the colonial families of America, being a descendant in the fifth generation of Gideon Olds, an Englishman, who came to the new world in 1732, settling in Massachusetts. The latter's son Timothy ..."⁷ The name Gideon Olds seems to be incorrect here.

Edson Olds suggests that James Ould, Sr., may have been a son of Ebenezer, son of Robert the immigrant. Since James was born in the early 1720s, he was surely not the son even of Robert's second wife, Dorothy (Granger) Old, born in 1665. A comparison of the Y-DNA results from Rodger C. Olds, descendant of James, posted at Ancestry.com, with those of other descendants of Robert Old (OLD family group at FamilyTreeDNA.com) indicates that James is a male-line relative of Robert rather than being, say, an illegitimate son of a daughter or having another origin altogether. There are many other sons of Robert to be considered and one son, Robert [Jr.], was already having grandhildren by the time James was born. Of course the DNA result may point to common descent from an ancestor earlier than Robert.
     In 1952, Bela Gowen wrote:
"JAMES OLDS was undoubedly either the grandson or great-grandson of Robert Old (16), but through which of the sons of Robert Old the line of descent passes is not presently known to the compiler of this record. Edson Baldwin Olds was also unable to determine this point to his satisfaction and in his book he lists James Olds and family among those branches which he recognizes as descendants of Robert Old (16) but whose exact place in the family line he was unable to ascertain.
"While we may have the complete list of the children of Robert Old (17), Hanford Old (17), William Olds (17), John Old (17), Ebenezer Olds (17) and Nathaniel Old (17), this is by no means certain. For instance, it is obvious that there may have been in the family of Hanford Old (17) a child older than any whose name and birth date have come down to us. A much greater degree of uncertainty exists concerning the children of three other sons of Robert (16). We do not know whether the 1st Jonathan Old (17), who died in 1696 when about 25 years of age, left descendants. It is altogether likely that the 2nd Jonathan Old (17), who married Susana Temple, had more children that the two who were born at Suffield and whose names we know. Finally, there remains undetermined the question of whether Joseph Old (17) married and left descendants. Clarification of this point might give us the answer not only to the parentage of James Olds (18) but also to the line of descent for several other branches of the family which remains uncertain. Somewhere in this maze lies the solution to the riddle.
"From such information as is available it appears likely that James Olds (18) was born between 1723 and 1728, almost certainly in either Connecticut or Massachusetts, more likely the latter, and quite possibly in Berkshire County, which comprises the western part of the State of Massachusetts. Two of his sons, Daniel and Timothy, appear at Dalton in Berkshire County while still in their teens, Daniel barely past his sixeenth birthday. The attraction which drew them to that location at this early period in their lives is not definitely known but it was probably something of a family nature. Perhaps their grandparents, the parents of James Olds, lived there. A little later we find Daniel and Timothy both married and engaged in farming near Dalton and the adjoining community of Partridgefield, now Peru. It is possible that the farms they acquired there came to them from their grandparents and a search of land title records for that vicinity might reveal additional information which would aid in clearing up the position of in the family line.
"The first definite knowledge we have of James Olds is in 1750, when as a young married man he was engaged in farming at North Ashford, Conn., about 25 miles east of Suffield. Ashford and North Ashford are both in Windham County. A very lengthy and detailed history of this county from the time of its first settlement in the early 1600s was compiled and published by Ellen D. Larned a number of years ago. The name of Ould, Old or Olds does not appear in that history until after 1750 and we may with a considerable degree of confidence assume that James Olds moved to North Ashford shortly prior to 1750."⁸
     A century of attempting to connect James Ould to Robert Old has failed. Brian Milone, writing on http://genforum.genealogy.com/olds on 26 July 2008 has suggested another possibility to consider. On the same day, Joyce O'Connell added more data. In chronological order, they have:
To which may be added:
1745-1752: The four children of James and Elezebeth are Bethiah, James, George and Elizabeth (i. e. reflecting the parents of these children and (hypothetically) their grandparents George and Bethiah (Martin) Olds.
1798 saw the births of two great-grandsons of James Olds named Martin Olds. Using that as proof of connection, however, is stretching the circumstantial case too far without some corroboration!
This approach, if proven, would place James Ould as a son of George and Bethiah (Martin) Olds but leaves George unidentified.
     Since the identified descendants of James Ould in my files now exceed 600 in number, I have clearly put a lot of work into this family without being able to connect them to Robert. I commissioned some research into the problem by the New England Historic Genealogical Society. A few land records for James Oles/Olds at Ashford, Windham County, Connecticut, were found. In the earliest deed, dated 17 June 1748 (and recorded 27 February 1748/9), William Tyler, of Willington, Hartford County, Connecticut, sold land to James Oles of Attleboro, Bristol County, Masschusetts.⁹ "This was probably when James Olds first moved into the Ashford area." James Olds purchased 15 more acres in Ashford, this time from Abijah Brooks, on 9 March 1770.¹⁰
They were unable to locate information with family connections in the records of Revolutionary Services or pensions for men from Massachusetts or Connecticut. Looking into deed records for this family in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, they did turn up a deed from James Olds to Daniel Olds but nothing about their relationships, even to each other. Likewise, search for further information on James, George and Bethiah (Martin) Olds, provided no new information.¹¹
     This family (as Ould, Oulds) is recorded in two places in the vital records of Ashford, Connecticut. They appear in Book 1, pages 91-92, where the births of George, Elizabeth, and Ebenezer are recorded as well as the death of Elizabeth, wife of James, and the subsequent marriage of James and Sarah. In Book 4, page 16, are the births of George, Elizabeth, Ebenezer, John, Daniel, Sarah, Timothy, Tryphena, Eliger, and Ellidise (as the names are spelled). In this volume, Ebenezer's birth was first written as Elizabeth, George is recorded as born 17 June 1750 (had been 24 June in Book 1), and Elizabeth is reported as born 11 July 1752 (had been 6 July in Book 1). James Ould and Sarah Kingsley were reported as married Mar. 21, 1754 from Book 1, p. 92, and Mar. 20, 1753 from Book 4, p. 16. This probably reflects a difficulty in reading the original record although the last case may also reflect a problem with the calendar conversion.
The one other Ould entry is for Methiah who married Abraham Foster on 21 Sept. 1769. This is taken from Book 4, p. 30, and their daughter Meletiah, born 9 Aug 1770, is the only other Foster on that page.¹² I have merged the record of daughter Methiah with Bethiah Ould, born in Attleborough, daughter of James and Elizabeth.
     On 11 Feb 1768, when the Ashford church was being divided and the new Westford Society formed, James Ould was the first signer of the new covenant. In June, 1770, twenty new pews were assigned in the church, two families per pew. James Ould and Stephen Coye were assigned No. 16.¹³ The one-day service of James Old is reported on a List of Men who Marched from the Connecticut Towns for the Relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775.¹⁴
     On 29 March 1938, A. D. Hiller of the federal Pension Office wrote to Mrs. H. A. Dickson of Silver City, New Mexico, as follows:
""Reference is made to your communication in which you request the Revolutionary War Records of James Olds who served on the Lexington Alarm, married Sarah Kingsley in 1754, and of his son Daniel ... There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based on service in the Revolution of a James Olds, under any spelling of the surname. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to Soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Information in regard to his military service might be obtained from the Adjutant General, War Department, this city. ...¹⁵ "
     It appears that a possibility worth exploring is that this family susequently moved to Vermont and then New York. M. Sapienza has supplied the text of a 1781 petition from Charlotte County, New York, to the Vermont Legislature as follows:
Charlotte County, New York, which contained much of western Vermont, was renamed Washington County in 1784. The town and village of Granville, New York, are currently on the eastern border of Washington County.
     James Olds was admitted to the church at Middle Granville, Washington County, New York, about 1784. In 1785 he was baptized there along with Elijah, Elizabeth, James, Sarah, Tryphena and Eli.¹⁷ Although these names seem to connect to James (b. ca. 1720), his children were baptized much earlier and this may be the family of the son James, b. 1747.¹⁸
     On 5 Oct 1786 David Barrows of Partridgefield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, sold to James Olds of Alford, Windham County, Connecticut, for two hundred pounds, a tract of land in Partridgefield which contained about 100 acres. This was the south half of a square tract of land that Barrows had purchased from the state of Massachusetts as part of a confiscated estate. The north half "now" belonged to Daniel Clark. "Said South half lands East on Francis Curtis South on James Cody and Saml Parker and from the Southwest corner of said Square running Northerly on the West line thereof until it comes to the y^e Division thence E^ly on said Clarks line to the northeast corner or however the same is otherwise bounded or reputed to be bound."¹⁹ Subsequently, on 5 Sep 1790, James Olds of Partridgefield, Berkshire County, sold for 180 pounds, to Daniel Olds of Partridgefield, yeoman, part of Lot no. 97, the southerly half of said lot, containing 100 acres by estimation. James Olds acknowledged this deed in Berkshire on 2 May 1791.²⁰ Neither of the two deeds suggests any family connections for James or Daniel Olds.
James Ould appeared on the census of 1790 at Granville, Washington County, New York, as follows:

     Elisha Owen Jr. married Julia C. Olds, daughter of Valorus C. Olds and Ruth Cooley, in 1855.¹

     Hubert C. Owen was born on 27 Dec 1901.³ He married Iris Genelle Moore, daughter of Arthur J. Moore and Zella Grace Ridgely, in 1970.⁴ Hubert C. Owen died in Jan 1971 at age 69.³
     Tombstones at the Legion Memorial Cemetery of Newellton, LA, include:
Double
Hubert C. Owen 1901 - 1971
Elizabeth R. Owen 1903 - 1969
(found at http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/tensas/cemeteries/lmc_001.txt).

     Abiel Packard was born on 29 Apr 1699. He was the son of Zacheus Packard and Sarah Howard. Abiel Packard married Sarah Ames, daughter of John Ames and Sarah Washburn, on 11 Jan 1722.

     Deborah Packard was born c 1648. She was the daughter of Samuel Packard and Elizabeth Lathrop. Deborah Packard married Samuel Washburn, son of John Washburn and Elizabeth Mitchell, c 1677. Deborah Packard died on 1 Jul 1725.

     Eliphalet Packard was born on 2 Sep 1784 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.¹ He married (1) Clarissa Dawes on 30 Mar 1808 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.² Eliphalet Packard married (2) Lucy Olds, daughter of Levi Olds and Sabra Archer, on 27 Oct 1826 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.³ Eliphalet Packard married (3) Amanda Kent on 2 Mar 1841 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.⁴ Eliphalet Packard died in Apr 1867 at Massachusetts at age 82.⁵
     Eliphalet Packard appeared on the census of 1830 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, as follows:
Eliphalet Packard, 1 m. 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40 - 50, 1 female 40 - 50, 1 female, 70 - 80.⁶
Eliphalet Packard appeared on the census of 1840 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, as follows:
1 male 5-10, 1 male 50 - 60, 1 female 30 - 40, 1 female 50-60
so there is no indication here of more children of Lucy.⁷
Eliphalet Packard appeared on the census of 1850 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, as follows:

     Levi Spencer Packard was born on 13 May 1832.¹ He was the son of Eliphalet Packard and Lucy Olds.¹

     Samuel Packard married Elizabeth Lathrop.

     Sarah Packard married Ebenezer Snell, son of Zachariah Snell and Abigail Hayward. Sarah Packard was born on 30 Sep 1737. She was the daughter of Abiel Packard and Sarah Ames. Sarah Packard died on 19 Mar 1813 at Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, at age 75. She was buried at Bryant Cemetery, Cummington, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

     Zacheus Packard married Sarah Howard, daughter of John Howard and Martha Hayward. Zacheus Packard was christened on 20 Apr 1651 at Hingham, Massachusetts. He was the son of Samuel Packard and Elizabeth Lathrop. Zacheus Packard died on 3 Aug 1723 at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, at age 72.
     He married an unknown person ; maybe the marriage date is 26 Dec.

     Nathan C. Page married Elizabeth S. Barnum, daughter of Heman Barnum and Rachel Amine Olds, on 12 Apr 1893.¹

     Alfred Kingsley Paine was born on 14 Oct 1855.^1,2 He married Minnie Etta Olds, daughter of David M. Olds and Mary Minerva Powers Underwood, on 21 Sep 1886 at Massachusetts.^1,3,4
     Alfred Kingsley Paine and Minnie Etta Paine appeared on the census of Jun 1900 at Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     Paine, Alfred, head, b. Oct. 1855, age 44, m. 13 years, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., farmer
      , Minnie E., wife, b. Apr. 1865, age 35, m. 13 years, 6 children, 6 living, b. Mass., parents b. Mass.
      , Ralph D., son, b. Dec. 1889, age 11, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., at school
      , Ernest N., son, b. June 1891, age 8, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., at school
      , Lora M., dau., b. July 1893, age 6, b. Mass.
      , Herman C., son, b. June 1895, 4, b. Mass.
      , Olive G., dau., b. May 1897, age 3, b. Mass.
      , Walter E., son, b. Sept. 1899, 8/12, b. Mass.
      , Marcia A., mother, b. Aug 1824, 75, b. Mass., parents b. Mass.⁵
Alfred Kingsley Paine and Minnie Etta Paine appeared on the census of 10 May 1910 at Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts, as follows:
     Paine, Alfred K., head, 55, m. once for 23 years, b. Mass., parents b. Mass., general farmer
      , Minnie, wife, 46, m. once for 23 years, 9 children, 9 living, b. Mass., parents b. Mass.
      , Ralph D., son, 21, single, b. Mass, poultry farmer
      , Ernest, son, 19, single, b. Mass.
      , Herman, son, 14, single, b. Mass.
      , Olive, dau., 13, single, b. Mass.
      , Walter, dau[sic], female[sic], 10, single, b. Mass.
      , Alice, dau., 8, single, b. Mass.
      , Milton, son, 5, single, b. Mass.
      , Morris, son, 1, single, b. Mass.⁶

     Alice Sylvia Paine was born on 10 Oct 1901 at Massachusetts.^2,3 She was the daughter of Alfred Kingsley Paine and Minnie Etta Olds.²

     Dorcas Paine was the daughter of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow. Dorcas Paine died on 30 Oct 1707.¹

     Eleazer Paine died young.¹ He was born on 10 Mar 1658.¹ He was the son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow.

     Elisha Paine was the son of Thomas Paine and Mary Snow. Elisha Paine married Rebecca Doane on 20 Jan 1685.¹ Elisha Paine died on 5 Feb 1735 at Coventry, Connecticut.^1,2

     Ernest Norman Paine was born on 29 Jun 1891 at Massachusetts.^3,4 He was the son of Alfred Kingsley Paine and Minnie Etta Olds.¹

     Herman Chester Paine was born on 11 Jun 1895 at Massachusetts.^3,4 He was the son of Alfred Kingsley Paine and Minnie Etta Olds.²