William Austen, M. D.

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Buried on December 12.
From a stone slab, on the floor of the North aisle of St Peter and St Paul, Tonbridge:
"REBECCA ye wife of WILLIAM AUSTEN Surgeon
Daughter of SIR GEORGE HAMPSON Bart.
Died Feby 6th 1732 Aged 36 years
HAMPSON AUSTEN daughter of the said
WILLIAM & REBECCA
Born September ye 13th 1728
Died July ye 10th 1730
Also WILLIAM AUSTEN Surgeon
Died Dec. 7 1737 Aged 36
Also Susannah Austen relict of
the above William Austen
She died the 26 January 1768
Aged 80 years"

Birth:
Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Name: William Austin
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 18 Feb 1700
Christening Place: Horsemonden, Kent, England
Father: John Austin
Mother: Elizabeth Austin

Buried:
Grave location, tombstone, and church photo:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=austen&GSfn=william&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=5&GSob=n&GRid=65901498&df=all&

William married Rebecca Hampson 13 Jan 1727, Liberty of the Fleet, London, England . Rebecca was born Bef 17 Sept 1693, Oxfordshire, England; died 6 Feb 1732, Tonbridge, Kent, England; was buried , St Peter and St Pau'ls, Tonbridge, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Registers of Clandestine Marriages and of Baptisms in the Fleet Prison, King's Bench Prison, the Mint and the May Fair Chapel. Records of the General Register Office, Government Social Survey Department, and Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Registrar General (RG) series 7. The National Archives, Kew, England.

Name: William Austen
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: Jan 1727
Marriage Place: London, England
Residence: Tunbridge
Spouse: Rebecca Walter
Spouse Residence: Tunbridge
Officiating Ministers: Starke, Gaynam, and others not named [Gaynam's Register]. (1726 Jul - 1729 Jun)

[Note: prisons like the Fleet and the King?s Bench were once popular destinations for folks interested in quick, no-questions-asked nuptials]

1. Rev. George Austen was born 01 May 1731, Tonbridge, Kent, England; was christened 12 May 1731, Tonbridge, Kent, England; died 01 Jan 1805, Bath, Somerset, England; was buried 26 Jan 1805, St Swithin Churchyard, Bath, Somerset, England.

John married Elizabeth Weller. Elizabeth was born Bef 21 Dec 1671; died ca 1721, Horsemonden, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Near this stone ly [sic] Intered ye (body) of John Austin, of Grovehurst: and John his Son, of (-?-): the Father died July ye (-?-) Aeta 56. He maryed Jane (-?-) Atkins, of Brightling (-?-) who died March ye 2d 1685 (-?-) Sons John Aforesd & William who died young & 3 daughters (Jane) maryed to Stephen Stringer of (Goudhurst) Gent: Ellen to Edward Osborn (died without) issue & Ann to John Holman of Tenterden Gent: (John his) Son died Sept. ye 21, 1704. (Left) Issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Thomas Weller of Tonbridge Gent: 6 Sons & 1 Daughter viz John Francis (-?-) William Robert Stephen & Elizabeth.
[Transcriber's note: This inscription is partly covered and some information is supplied as nearly as it can be ascertained.]

Died:
The Last Will and Testament of John Austen of Horsmonden, Clothier PROB11/483
Written 12 May 1705
Proved 24 November 1705

John married Jane Atkins. Jane was born Bef 22 Jan 1638, Brightling, Sussex ; died 02 Mar 1685, Horsemonden, Kent, England; was buried , Horsemonden, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Near this stone ly [sic] Intered ye (body) of John Austin, of Grovehurst: and John his Son, of (-?-): the Father died July ye (-?-) Aeta 56. He maryed Jane (-?-) Atkins, of Brightling (-?-) who died March ye 2d 1685.

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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."