When William Osmond was born in 1735, in New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, John Osmond, was 25 and his mother, Martha Antrim, was 17. He married Ruth Preston about 1770. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died in 1782, in Plumstead Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47.
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English (Somerset and Devon): from the Middle English personal name Osmund, representing either Old English Ōsmund or Anglo-Scandinavian Ōsmund from Old Norse Ásmundr, Asmund, from elements meaning ‘god’ + ‘protection' (English); ‘hand; bride-price’ (Scandinavian). The name was popular among Normans in Normandy (see 2 below), and this contributed substantially to its currency in post-Conquest England. By the middle of the 13th century it was an inherited surname of the Norman family that owned Melbury Osmond in Dorset. For a probable pet form of Osmund, see Hoskin .
French (mainly Normandy): from the Old Norse personal name Asmund (see 1 above).
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