Rebecca Hampson

Female Bef 1693 - 1732  (~ 38 years)


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  1. 1.  Rebecca Hampson 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.

    Notes:

    She was baptised at Blethington, Oxfordshire on 17 September 1693. Her Godparents were John Coghill and Mrs. Coghill (presumably her maternal grandparents), and Mrs. Knapp (her aunt Elizabeth, née Coghill).

    She married William Walter, MD around 1721 and had one son. She then married William Austen, another physician.

    Birth:
    Parish Record, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, register of baptisms.

    Died:
    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

    Rebecca married William Austen, M. D. 13 Jan 1727, Liberty of the Fleet, London, England . William (son of John Austen and Elizabeth Weller) was born Bef 18 Feb 1700, Horsemonden, Kent, England; died 07 Dec 1737, Tonbridge, Kent, England; was buried , St Peter and St Pau'ls, Tonbridge, Kent, England . [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    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]

    Children:
    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.

Generation: 2