Joan Berry

Female 1565 - 1604  (~ 39 years)


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  • Name Joan Berry 
    Born ca 1565  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 09 Dec 1604  Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Pisidia, Horsmonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.'"
    Person ID I36321  Master File
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2017 

    Family John Austen,   b. ca 1560, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 5 March 1620, Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 10 Sep 1584  Lydd, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Children 
     1. Jeffrey Austen,   b. Bef 02 Jun 1588, Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. ca 1636, Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)
    +2. Francis Austen,   b. Abt 1600, Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1687, Horsemonden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
    Last Modified 19 Feb 2017 
    Family ID F14994  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart