There have been several researchers that thought that Jonathan Osborne and Gretta Hollman were a hoax! Don't be so quick to accept this statement as being a fact! Did they exist? Yes they did. SO what is the problem? The problem is putting them in the right family that they belong to! We will back up to Thomas Osborne b. about 1595 who married Mary Goatley. Their children are Thomas Osborne, Jeremiah, John, Stephen, Benjamin, Joseph, Rebecca, and Increase. Thomas 11/6/1622 married Mary Bond. Son Jeremiah Osborne, John Osborne married to Mariam Rebecca Hand, Stephen Osborne married to Sarah Stansboro, Benjamin Osborne, Joseph Osborne married to Pricilla Roberts. The two lines that you have to look at are Thomas Osborn b. 11/6/1622 and his brother John Osborne's line. Some of the names in both of their families are names like Mary Hedges, Elizabeth Hedges, It is believe that Thomas Osborne 1594 and Mary Goatley had a son John who married Mariam Rebecca Hand-who had a son James, who had a son James that married Ann Carter, who had a son Jonathan Osborne that married Gretta Homan, who had a son Caleb Osborn that married Hannah Howard- who had a son Stephen Osborn that married Comfort Langham, who had a son James Osborn that married Fanny Richmond, who had a son Stephen Osborn that married Lavis A Bledsoe and second wife Sina Crawford who had a son William M. Osborn wife 1. Hannah Nickelson, 2. Louise Edison, they had a son Benjamin Franklin who married Margaret Garrison- who had a son Riley Osborn and 1. wife Sarah Taylor-2. wife Meloa Cros, their son John R. Osborn wife 1. Billy , 2. Maria Green, 3. Sarah Rebecca C.