Reps Osborn and wife, Martha Goode/Goad

 I know almost nothing about these ancestors.  I am fairly certain that Reps Osborn is my ancestor.  Many researchers do not have Martha Goode/Goad as his wife.  

I was lucky enough to received the research of Ruth Sammons Nassar.  Sometimes I honestly think Ruth wanted me to have it.  No sense to it.  I would have too tell the story of how I ended up with her research.  Ruth did research before the days of internet.  Back in the days when one would go to a court house and spend the day.  She was a serious researcher.  

Ruth Sammons Nassar actually just says that this is probably Repts first wife and the mother of Edward.  She says that probably the second wife is Nancy Jones

So when go to Ancestry I get very few hits when I put the couple into the search box for public trees. But I did find a will for a man named Philip Goode who died c.1821 and names a son-in-law.....Osborne.  You can find the will attached to my tree in the appropriate place.

The will is in Amelia County.

Amelia County is south west of the city of Richmond. I do own the book by Betty Harrell/Gerlock, but I am not pulling it out for this blog post because I am interested in the Goad connection tonight. So who is Philip Goode/Goad and is he connected to the Goad family that I have looked at for many years?