Wɔ woo no wɔ April da ɛtɔ so 26, afe 1902 mu wɔ Ga akura a ɛbɛn Ode a ɛyɛ Nkran Borɔno no so. Ne papa din de Jacob Mills-Lamptey a ɔyɛ dwadini, na ne maa din de Victoria Ayeley Tetteh. N’agya ba ne Gottieb Ababio Adom (1904-1979) a na oye nhomsua mu kunini, nsɛmkyerɛwfo, kowaakrata mu saamufo ne Presby Sɔfo a ɔsoom sɛ kowaakrata mu saamufo maa adwumakuo a ɛne Christian Messenger, kowaakrata a ɛyɛ Presbi Asore no dee firi afe 1966 kosii afe 1970.Obetsebi koo sukuu wɔ Accra Wesleyan School, ne Kv. Boys school, ofirii ho kɔɔ Royal School wɔ afe 1921 maa no kowie wo nea yɛfrɛ no elementary, bre a owie no, A. J Ocansey a ɔyɛ adetɔnfo no paw no sɛ ne kywerewfo wɔ Ada, a ɛbɛn Frao nsuo no ano pee. Wɔ afe 1923 mu no, Obetse Lamptey twaa nsohwɛ a ɛne Civil Service no maa no bɛyɛ ɔkyerɛwfo wɔ adwumakuo a ɛne Customs and Excise Department. ɔyɛɛ adwumaa wɔ nkran kosii afe 1930, ne koradi kosii afe 1934 bre a otuu kwan kɔɔ United Kingdom kosuaa mmaranim.