Francis Austen

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Buried:
Grave location and photo of church:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=austen&GSiman=1&GScid=2331514&GRid=121794659&

Died:
Buried on 15 March in the church of St Margaret in Pisidia, Horsmonden. An inscription was added to the stone of his father, John: "Here lyeth the body of Francis Avsten of Grofehurst in this parish gent one of the sonnes of John Avsten who was buried the 15th day of March 1687 and in the 89th year of his age."

Francis married . [Group Sheet]

1. John Austen was born ca 1629, Kent, England; died 13 Jul 1705, Horsemonden, Kent, England; was buried , Horsemonden, Kent, England.

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He was a prosperous farmer and land owner.

John was buried on 5 March 1620 in the church of St Margaret in Pisidia, Horsmonden, next to his wife Joan. His memorial brass reads: "Here lyeth the body of John Avsten bvryed the 5 day of March Ano Dni 1620 and left behind him 8 sonns and one daughter."

John married Joan Berry 10 Sep 1584, Lydd, Kent, England. Joan was born ca 1565, England; died 09 Dec 1604, Horsemonden, Kent, England; was buried , St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Pisidia, Horsmonden, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

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Her gravestone bears a brass representing a Jacobean lady, her hands clasped in prayer, wearing a great beaver hat and a high, pleated ruff. Above her effigy is a small brass plate with a Latin sentence that roughly translated says:"O friend, if you seek the grave of the one who prepared it, it was John my husband by the name of Austen."

Beneath her effigy is a larger brass plate stating:
"Here underlyeth the body of Joane Berry daughter of Jeffery Berry sometime of the parish of Midley and wyfe to John Austen of this pish [parish] of Horsmonden beinge of the age of 36 yeares who depted the 9th of Decemb: 1604 and left behind her 8 sones and one daughter. Vidz: John Jeffry [sic] Benjamin Robt Joane Francis Peter Thomas & Robid [sic - i.e. Richard] of wch two last she died in childbed often utteringe these speaches 'let nether husband nor chidren nor land nor goods separate me from the [thee] my God.'"

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Married:
Frank Watt Tyler. The Tyler Collection. Canterbury, Kent, England: The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies.

Name: John Austen
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 10 Sep 1584
Marriage Place: Lydd, Kent
Spouse Name: Joane Bere