Elizabeth Austen/Austin

Notes:

John Walton Green, "A Chest of History," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr., 1924), pp. 92-98.

"Thomas 'The Seagull' Green married Martha, the daughter of Major Henry Filmer, a British officer, whose wife's name was Elizabeth, both of whom were born in England. Henry Filmer was a member of the House of Burgesses from Charles City County in 1642. (Henings Statutes, Vol. 1"

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He [Henry Filmer] and his wife, Elizabeth Austin Filmer, daughter, son, cook and nephew Samuel, came to Virginia on ship "John & Ambrose" that embarked on 13 Mar 1652, off of Gravesend (northwest of Maidstone at the mouth of the Thames River and east of London).

Upon arriving in Virginia, he moved to Mulberry Island where he had a plantation called "Laus Deo". Henry referred to himself as "of Mulberry Island in Virginia, Gentleman" in an August 27, 1664 letter in the Kent Archives Office. "Laus Deo" was located in or near Felker Field, about where the site of the first heliopad ever built in the U. S. is now located at Fort Eustis.

"Warwick County, Virginia: Colonial Court Records in Transcription," by Richard Dunn, editor, concerning orders dated 1648-1651, p. 164....entries on that page cover the year 1650:

Mrs. Elizabeth "ffilmer" gave her age as about 49 years and gave her testimony concerning the paternity of a servant woman's infant.

She possibly returned to England after the death of her husband.



Christened:
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Name: Elsabeth Austen
Gender: Female
Baptism Date: 20 Mar 1622
Baptism Place: Horsmonden, Kent, England
Father: Jeffrey Austen
FHL Film Number: 992521

Elizabeth married Henry Filmer 29 Mar 1641, Horsmonden, Kent, England. Henry (son of Sir Edward Filmer and Elizabeth Argall) was born Oct., 1607, East Sutton, Kent, England; was christened 01 Nov 1607, Kent, England; died Aft Feb. 21, 1671, Warwick Co. VA; was buried , Mulberry Island, Warwick Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Familysearch. England Marriages, 1538-1973

Marriage Henry Filmer to Elizabeth Austen 29 Mar 1641, Horsmonden, Kent, England. "Elizabeth Austen of Goudhurst"

Place: Horsemonden, Kent, England; Date Range: 1568 - 1643; Film Number: 992521

Name: Henry Filmer
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 29 Mar 1641
Marriage Place: Horsemonden, Kent, England
Spouse: Elizabeth Austin

1. Martha Filmer was born 1640, Kent, England; died 1714, Dinwiddie Co. VA.

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Christened:
Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Name: Jeffery Austen
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 2 Jun 1588
Christening Place: Horsemonden, Kent, England
Father: John Austen

Notes:

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]

Notes:

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