Rebecca Hampson

Female Bef 1693 - 1732  (~ 38 years)


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Generation: 1

  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]

    Children:
    1. 2. Rev. George Austen  Descendancy chart to this point 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

  1. 2.  Rev. George Austen Descendancy chart to this point (1.Rebecca1) 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.

    Notes:

    From wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

    George Austen (1731-1805), came from a family who had been respected and wealthy wool merchants since the 16th century, but the wealth was consolidated, with eldest sons inheriting each generation, and George's branch of the family fell into poverty.

    George's mother Rebecca died in 1733, soon after the birth of his sister Leonora. His father William married again to Susan Kelk then he too died, on 7 December 1737 leaving young children, the oldest being 7 years old. Susan was not at all interested in her step-children, and all three were taken in by their uncle Stephen Austen (a bookseller in St Paul's Churchyard, London) and his wife Elizabeth. Stephen and Elizabeth were prepared to keep little Leonora, and George was sent on to his Aunt Hooper (Elizabeth Austen, the sister of the children's father William) who had married George Hooper. George Hooper died in 1744 He was raised by his uncle, Francis Austen, a wealthy lawyer, who paid for George's education at Tonbridge School and St. John's College, Oxford.

    His sister Philadelphia went to India to find a husband; at age 16 George entered St John's College, Oxford on a fellowship. He most likely met Cassandra Leigh in Oxford. Austen's mother, Cassandra (1739-1827), was a member of the prominent Leigh family; her father was rector at All Souls College, Oxford, where she grew up among the gentry. Her eldest brother James inherited a fortune and large estate from his great-aunt Perrot, with the only condition that he change his name to Leigh-Perrot.

    The two were engaged, probably around 1763 when they exchanged miniatures. George received the living at the Steventon parish through Thomas Knight, the wealthy husband of his second cousin, who owned Steventon and its associated farms, one of which the Austen family rented to live in. Cassandra's father died in Bath in February, 1764; two months later Cassandra and George married on 26 April 1764 at St Swithin's Church in Bath, by license, in a simple ceremony, leaving immediately for Hampshire. Their income was modest, with only George's small per annum living; Cassandra brought only the expectation of a small inheritance at the time of her mother's death to the marriage.

    They took up residence at the nearby Deane rectory, because Steventon's was more than a century old, unfit to live in until it underwent renovations. Their first three children were born in quick succession at Deane: James in 1765, George in 1766, and Edward in 1767. After several months at home Cassandra placed them with Elizabeth Littlewood, a woman living nearby to nurse and raise them for twelve to eighteen months, a custom followed for all their children.

    The family moved to Steventon in 1768, where Henry was born in 1771. At about this time it became clear to the children's mother that George, who was developmentally disabled, subject to seizures, and may have been deaf, had to be sent out to be fostered. Cassandra was born in 1773, followed by Francis in 1774 and Jane in 1775. The family relied on the patronage of their kin and hosted visits from numerous family members. From 1773 until 1796, George Austen supplemented this income by farming and by teaching three or four boys at a time, who boarded at his home.

    He and his wife remained in Hampshire for thirty years, until he retired to Bath. On the 2nd. January 1805, Jane Austen wrote to her brother, Frank, who was on duty with the Royal Navy: "We have lost an excellent Father. An illness of only eight and forty hours carried him off yesterday morning between ten and eleven. His tenderness as a father, who can do justice to?"



    Birth:
    England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Name: George Austen
    Gender: Male
    Baptism Date: 12 May 1731
    Baptism Place: Tunbridge, Kent, England
    Father: William Austen
    Mother: Rebecca
    FHL Film Number: 1469268

    Buried:
    Grave location, biography, portrait, and tombstone photo:
    https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10841984&ref=acom

    The inscriptiion on his grave reads:
    "Under this stone rests the remains of
    the Revd. George Austen
    Rector of Steventon and Deane in Hampshire
    who departed this life
    the 1st. of January 1805
    aged 75 years."

    Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\wal.sw/2/1/13

    Name: Rev George Austen
    [Rev Georgius Austen]
    Event Type: Burial
    Burial Date: 26 Jan 1805
    Burial Place: Walcot St Swithin, Somerset, England
    Parish as it Appears: Walcot

    George married Cassandra Leigh 26 Apr 1764, St. Swithin's Church, Bath, Somerset, England. Cassandra was born 1740, Harpsden, Oxfordshire, England ; died 18 Jan 1827, Hampshire, England; was buried , St Nicholas Churchyard, Chawton, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Jane Austen  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Dec 1775, Steventon Basingtoke and Deane Borough Hampshire, England; died 18 Jul 1817, Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried , Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Jane Austen Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.Rebecca1) was born 16 Dec 1775, Steventon Basingtoke and Deane Borough Hampshire, England; died 18 Jul 1817, Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried , Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Notes:

    The seventh child of George and Cassandra Leigh Austen, she is one of the premier novelists of English literature, known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

    With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1815), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. Her novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her little fame during her lifetime. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary have earned her great and historical importance to critics and scholars.

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen


    Buried:
    Grave location, biography, portrait, and tomb photo:
    https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44

    Inscription:
    In memory of
    JANE AUSTEN,
    youngest daughter of the late
    Revd. GEORGE AUSTEN,
    formerly Rector of Steventon in this County.
    She departed this Life on the 18th July 1817,
    aged 41, after a long illness supported with
    the patience and the hopes of a Christian.
    The benevolence of her heart,
    the sweetness of her temper, and
    the extraordinary endowments of her mind
    obtained the regard of all who knew her, and
    the warmest love of her intimate connections.
    Their grief is in proportion to their affection
    they know their loss to be irreparable,
    but in the deepest affliction they are consoled
    by a firm though humble hope that her charity,
    devotion, faith and purity have rendered
    her soul acceptable in the sight of her
    REDEEMER.