The son of James Osborne of Bristol, freestone cutter (A).
| 1761 | 31 Jan. He was apprenticed to William I and Mary Maynard with £10 from the Colston Society (A, Ao). |
| 1769 | 9 Jan. A potter of St Philip and Jacob parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Richard Bacon, tinman (M). |
| 1774 | 4 Oct. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1774 & 1781 | Potter, St Philip and Jacob parish (P). |