. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. position in professionalcircles in Bridgeport, and he is constantly promoting his efficiency through his broad readingand study. Connecticut numbers him among her native soifS. He was born in Easton,November 0. 18G0, his parents being David Hull and Melissa (Banks) Osborn. He has twobrothers. Orlando Banks and David Franklin, both farmers, residing in Easton. In thepaternal line he comes of a family of prominent farmers. The Osborn family has been repre-sented in (onnciti<ut tor more than two and a half centuries. Dr. Osborn being a representa-tive in t
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. position in professionalcircles in Bridgeport, and he is constantly promoting his efficiency through his broad readingand study. Connecticut numbers him among her native soifS. He was born in Easton,November 0. 18G0, his parents being David Hull and Melissa (Banks) Osborn. He has twobrothers. Orlando Banks and David Franklin, both farmers, residing in Easton. In thepaternal line he comes of a family of prominent farmers. The Osborn family has been repre-sented in (onnciti<ut tor more than two and a half centuries. Dr. Osborn being a representa-tive in the eiglitli generation of the lineal descent of Captain Richard Osborn, who in 1634catiie from Eondon, England. He fettled in Hingham, Massachusetts, the following year andremoved to New Haven. Connecticut, in 1639, there remaining until 1653, when he wasgranted eighty acres of land at Fairfield, Connecticut, to which tract he added until hislanded possessions became very extensive. His first grant was accorded him in recognition of. ^J\r-_^amje. XJ. GriAnsnL^ BRIDGEPOKT AND VICINITY 143 liis services in tlie Pequot \v:ir of 1()3T. His grandmother, in the paternal line, was PriscillaHull, a lineal descendant of George Hull, who came from Plymouth, England, in 1621)-:in,settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, resided in Windsor. Connecticut, 1636-46. when lieremoved to Fairfield, Connecticut. He was a surveyor, representative to the general court,which declared war against the Pequots in 1637 and jointly with Roger Ludlow was granteda monopoly of the fur trade on the Connecticut river. His son Cornelivis was a surveyor,deputy to the general court, and lieutenant in King Philiiis War in 1675. His son. Cor-nelius, was the founder of Hulls Farms, Connecticut. On the maternal side of Dr. Osborn is descended in the eiglitli generation from .Tolin Banks,a lawyer who was one of the first settlers of Windsor. Connecticut. He was appointed townrlerk in 1643 and was assigned the duties
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