From The Settlement of Prince Edward County by Nick and Helma Mika. Transcribed here by Linda Herman

Pioneers of Prince Edward County 
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

THE OSBORNE FAMILY

Received a 600 acre land grant in Sophiasburgh. 

Richard Osborne was only sixteen in 1786, when he came to Canada from America, with his father. They were United Empire Loyalists of English ancestry, who settled on a land grant of six hundred acres, in Sophiasburgh. Richard fought for Britain in the War of 1812, and for his service he was granted another two hundred acres in Ameliasburgh. He fathered eight children before his death in 1852.

Richard Osborne's only son was John T. Osborne, who was born in 1809. John became a Justice of the Peace in Prince Edward County, and he married Sarah Greeley. The couple, while living in Sophiasburgh, became the parents of eight children: Edward, Jonathan G., Richard J., Lydia, Walter, Walton, Charles H., and Horace. Richard J. fought against the Fenians, and Jonathan G. became a lieutenant in the Prince Edward company stationed in Kingston during the Fenian Raid. The second child born to Richard Osborne Sr., Abigail, married John Wesley Roblin and settled in Sophiasburgh. Their children were: Lydia, Emma, Edward O., Mary, Sarah, Belle, Ellen and Alma. Lydia was the third child of Richard Osborne, the pioneer. She married twice and resided in Sophiasburgh. Lydia's first husband was Joseph Foster, and her second husband was Samuel Solmes. Martha, Catharine and Mary were other daughters of Richard Osborne. All three married and moved outside of Prince Edward County. Elizabeth Osborne was another daughter of the pioneer. She and her husband, Levi Roblin, settled in Sophiasburgh and raised four children: Thomas, Caleb, Maria and Prudence. Richard Osborne's youngest child was Deborah. She settled in Northport with her husband Samuel H. Spencer. They became the parents of ten children: A. Caroline, Sarah G., Richard, William O., Lydia M., Martha M., Mary E., Elizabeth A., Samuel M., and John F.