Determine reliability of various oral traditions versus the actual paper trails. Determine relatedness among Ozment lines. Determine relatedness to other spellings.

John Osment
(~1675, London - <9/1749, Talbot Co., MD)
Immigrated 1710 to Maryland.
Sons John, Thomas, and Richard. His descendants (var. sp.) went to
Talbot Co., MD, Guilford Co., NC, Wilson Co., TN, etc.,
including Gene Autry's Ozment line in TX and OK.

James H. Ozment, Sr. (oral tradition: AR, TX)
(1755, Yorkshire / Lincolnshire, England)
To France, Charleston, SC, Robeson Co., NC, and Wilson Co., TN.

Ozment, Origins in Alsace-Lorraine prior to Eng. (NC oral tradition)
[Asmentz has Lorraine coat-of-arms]

George Osment, b. Lorraine, France. Imm. to Buffalo, NY, <1870.

John Osment, b. 12 Mar 1692, Boston, MA, son of John & Lydia Osment

Asmundi (later Osment) (oral tradition?)
Origins in Italy. Immigrated to Gaffney, SC. Descendants moved to TN and Pine Bluff, AR.

Our Ozment (R1b) of London-to-Maryland are no relation to "The Osmonds" (R1a) in entertainment — http://www.osmondfamily.org/DNA_info.html

Ozment —
R1b1a2a1a1 — U106+
R1b1a2a1a1c2b — L48+
R1b1a2a1a1c2b2a1a — Z7+
R1b1a2a1a1c2b2a1a2 — CTS10893+
R1b1a2a1a1c2b2a1a2a — FGC924+