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  • Name: Anthony AUSTIN
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt Feb 1636 in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England b
  • Death: 22 Aug 1708 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) d
  • Burial: First Congregational Church, High Street, Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Richard AUSTIN Birth: 1598 in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England Death: Abt 1638 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth (AUSTIN) Birth: 1610 in England Death: Charlestown, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts

Family:
Marriage:
  • Esther HUGGINS on 19 Oct 1664 at Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts .m1
  • Esther HUGGINS Birth: 17 Mar 1642/3 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire Death: 7 Mar 1697/8 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
Children:
  1. Richard AUSTIN Birth: 22 Sep 1666 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 29 Oct 1733 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  2. Anthony AUSTIN Birth: 7 Dec 1668 in Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts Death: 9 Jan 1732/3 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  3. John AUSTIN Birth: 22 Oct 1672 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) Death: 18 May 1737 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  4. Nathaniel AUSTIN Birth: 20 May 1678 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) Death: 12 Dec 1760 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  5. Elizabeth AUSTIN Birth: 8 Jul 1681 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) Death: 2 Oct 1682 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
  6. Elizabeth AUSTIN Birth: 20 Apr 1684 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) Death: 7 Oct 1752 in West Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
  7. Esther AUSTIN Birth: 9 Jan 1686 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut) Death: 20 May 1761 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut

Bibliography
  1. Baker, Maud S Conrad, Genealogical Record of Robert Austin and his Lineal Descendants, M.C.Baker, 1928. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005712738, also Univ. Microfile #G2474. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Baker AUSTIN p[0-9]*].
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  8. Moore, Edith Austin, The Descendants of Richard Austin of Charlestown Massachusetts 1638, unpublished manuscript, LDS Film#0873972#2. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/227259. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p[0-9]*].
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  14. Walters, Patricia, WALTERS, HERRMANN, and other related families, notebooks of 23 volumes. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1989. Vol 4 (AUSTIN), Film#1597565#4. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
Jan-Mar 1636 [Ref: Roberts USPres HAYES]
abt 1636 [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p10, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1]
age 27 in 1663 [Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4],
place:
[Ref: Banks Topo p60, Moore AUSTIN p10, Sav-age AUSTIN Anthony, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1]
England [Ref: Roberts USPres HAYES],
parents:
Richard AUSTIN & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Sav-age AUSTIN Anthony, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1]
___ AUSTIN & Betsy ___ [Ref: Baker AUSTIN p95],
father:
[Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4, Moore AUSTIN p10, Roberts USPres HAYES]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Baker AUSTIN p95, Blodgette Rowley p4, CT vitals v1p3, Hinman PuritanSettlers p81, Moore AUSTIN p10, Noyes HUGGINS John, Roberts USPres HAYES, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1]
1708 [Ref: Cutter NE p911, Sav-age AUSTIN Anthony],
place:
[Ref: Baker AUSTIN p95, Blodgette Rowley p4, CT vitals v1p3, Cutter NE p911, Moore AUSTIN p10, Noyes HUGGINS John, Roberts USPres HAYES, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1]
Sources with Information about marriage to Esther HUGGINS
date:
[Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4, Moore AUSTIN p10, Noyes HUGGINS John, Roberts USPres HAYES, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1]
1664 [Ref: Baker AUSTIN p95],
place:
[Ref: Moore AUSTIN p10, Noyes HUGGINS John, Roberts USPres HAYES, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p1],
names:
Anthony AUSTIN & Esther ___ [Ref: Cutter NE p911, Hinman PuritanSettlers p81, SpringfieldPubLib HOVEY 042b, SuffieldCT vitals p25],
child:
[Ref: Baker AUSTIN p95, Blodgette Rowley p4, Blodgette Rowley p5, CT vitals v1p3, Cutter NE p911, Hinman PuritanSettlers p81, Moore AUSTIN p11, Roberts USPres HAYES, SuffieldCT vitals p25, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p2]
Research Notes:
Captain [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p81]

testified in March 1663 in case of Anthony Crosby vs. John Pickard, in the Essex County Court, that he was aged about 27 years, and said, "being at Boston when Mr. Crosbie was ready to goe for England that Mr. Crosbie employed him to write some letters to send to his friends at Rowley." [Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4]

moved from Charlestown MA to Rowley MA in 1666 [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p10]

settled first at Rowley [Ref: Cutter NE p911, Farmer AUSTIN Anthony]

admitted to Rowley Church Mar 29 1669 [Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4]

freeman 1669 [Ref: Cutter NE p911, Hinman PuritanSettlers p82, Sav-age AUSTIN Anthony]

May 19 1669: freeman [Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4]

between 1672 and 1678: moved from Rowley to Suffield [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p81]

Nov 29 1674, "Br. Austin acknowledged his fayling that he had gone soe farr in ingageing himself to a remove to a new plantation before he had propounded his desire to the church that he might have their advice and consent, the church saw noe ground to disuade him from his undertaking (seeing he had noe accomodations heer) but wished gods blessing upon him & his. church records cited in [Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4]

moved to Suffield between 1672 and 1678 [Ref: Sav-age AUSTIN Anthony]

Jul 17 1674: granted by the committee of Suffield, MA, fifty acres of land on Feather St [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p8]

abt Dec 1674: moved to Suffield [Ref: Blodgette Rowley p4, Noyes HUGGINS John]

Jul 1674: had fifty acres of land granted to him, in Feather street, in Suffield, by the town Committee. [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p81]

land division was peculiar. Each could have a homestead or house-lot, a home lot, a meadow, and upland. Each had 3 to 5 pieces. [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p14]

bought two 40-acre plots and a 50-acre plot from Major Pynchon in 1674, who got land from Indians, and built a sawmill [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p14]

King Philip's War in 1675 suppended land grants, and they buried their things in the ground or wells and fled to Springfield. The town, and sawmill, were burned by Indians. They returned in 1677 and rebuilt the sawmill [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p14]

sergeant of a foot company at Suffield as late as May 30 1678 [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p10, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p8]

May 19 1679: mentioned as a Lieutenant at meeting of the Committee of Suffield [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p8]

1679: had forty acres of land allotted to each of his sons, Richard and Anthony [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p81]

lieutenant in 1681, captain by 1697 [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p14]

on first voting list of Suffield Mar 8 1682 [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p10]

held the offices of Selectman, and Town Clerk in 1681,2,3,6,7,9, and Commissioner in 1688. [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p81]

1694, at age 58, became schoolmaster; paid in flax and provision. In 1696 he reluctantly accepted the position again (due to a pay cut) and served many years [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p14]

mentioned in town minutes of Feb 22 1704/5 as Captain Austin [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p10, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p8]

Anthony AUSTIN, with great reluctance and aversion of spirit, consented to teach children and youth for the sum of 20 pounds per annum. He served many years. (citing History of Hartford County) [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p11, WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p8]

also served as assessor, on committees on town boundary, building a meeting house, and obtaining a minister [Ref: WaltersP WALTERS AUSTIN-p14]



Pedigree of Anthony AUSTIN
 /-----Richard AUSTIN
Anthony AUSTIN
 \-----Elizabeth (AUSTIN)



Descendants of Anthony AUSTIN
1. Anthony AUSTIN m. Esther HUGGINS
m. Esther HUGGINS father: John HUGGINS mother: Bridget GREEN

2nd generation

2. Richard AUSTIN m. Dorothy ADAMS
m. Dorothy ADAMS father: Jacob ADAMS mother: Anne ALDEN
3. Anthony AUSTIN m. Abigail HOLCOMB
m. Abigail HOLCOMB father: Benajah HOLCOMB mother: Sarah ENO
4. John AUSTIN m1. Agnes KING m2. Mary GRANGER
m. Agnes KING father: James KING mother: Elizabeth FULLER
m. Mary GRANGER father: Lancelot GRANGER mother: Joanna ADAMS
5. Nathaniel AUSTIN m. Abigail HOVEY
m. Abigail HOVEY father: Thomas HOVEY mother: Sarah COOKE
7. Elizabeth AUSTIN m. Benjamin GILLETTE
m. Benjamin GILLETTE father: John GILLETTE mother: Mercy BARBER
8. Esther AUSTIN m. Nathaniel HARMON
m. Nathaniel HARMON father: Nathaniel HARMON mother: Mary SKINNER

3rd generation

9. Richard AUSTIN m. Elizabeth JESSA
m. Elizabeth JESSA father: David JESSA mother: Mary WILSON
11. Jacob AUSTIN m. Hannah POMEROY
m. Hannah POMEROY father: Medah POMEROY mother: Hannah TRUMBULL
12. Ebenezer AUSTIN m. Rebecca DAVIDSON
m. Rebecca DAVIDSON
14. Joseph AUSTIN m. Abigail ALLEN
m. Abigail ALLEN father: Benjamin ALLEN mother: Abigail JAQUES
16. Moses AUSTIN m. Hannah CURTIS
m. Hannah CURTIS father: James CURTIS mother: Hannah COE
17. Elias AUSTIN m. Eunice PHELPS
m. Eunice PHELPS
18. Anthony AUSTIN m. Elizabeth KING
m. Elizabeth KING father: James KING mother: Elizabeth HUXLEY
19. Abigail AUSTIN m. Thomas SMITH
m. Thomas SMITH father: Thomas SMITH mother: Mary YOUNGLOVE
21. Benajah AUSTIN m.
24. Miah AUSTIN m. Abigail CASE
m. Abigail CASE
26. Sarah AUSTIN m. Amos KENT
m. Amos KENT father: Samuel KENT mother: Esther PHILPS
27. Caleb AUSTIN m. Phoebe KING
m. Phoebe KING
28. Joshua AUSTIN m. Tryphena HATHAWAY
m. Tryphena HATHAWAY father: Jacob J HATHAWAY mother: Deborah KENT
29. Deborah AUSTIN m. Simeon HATHAWAY
m. Simeon HATHAWAY father: Shadrach HATHAWAY mother: Deborah KENT
30. Agnes AUSTIN m. George NORTON
m. George NORTON father: George NORTON mother: Hannah YOUNGLOVE
33. John AUSTIN m. Mary HOVEY
m. Mary HOVEY father: James HOVEY mother: Deborah BARLOW
34. Mary AUSTIN m. John HARMON
m. John HARMON father: Nathaniel HARMON mother: Mary SKINNER
36. William AUSTIN m. Ame HALL
m. Ame HALL father: Nathaniel HALL mother: Mabel WINCHELL
40. Nathaniel AUSTIN m1. Agnes ADAMS m2. Sarah BIRD
m. Agnes ADAMS father: Jacob Jr ADAMS mother: Mary GILLETT
m. Sarah BIRD
41. Thomas AUSTIN m. Hannah HALE
m. Hannah HALE father: Timothy HALE mother: Hannah BARBER
42. Rachel AUSTIN m. John BURBANK
m. John BURBANK father: John BURBANK mother: Mary GRANGER
46. Aaron AUSTIN m. Elizabeth SPENCER
m. Elizabeth SPENCER father: Thomas Lt SPENCER mother: Mary TRUMBULL
47. Daniel AUSTIN m. Abigail PHELPS
m. Abigail PHELPS father: Timothy PHELPS mother: Abigail MERRICK
51. Benjamin GILLETTE m. Lydia HAYES
m. Lydia HAYES father: Samuel HAYES mother: Elizabeth WILCOXSON
60. Nathaniel HARMON m. Elizabeth BRIDGEMAN
m. Elizabeth BRIDGEMAN

4th generation

69. Jessa AUSTIN m. Elizabeth WARD
m. Elizabeth WARD
70. Seth AUSTIN m. Mary SEYMOUR
m. Mary SEYMOUR father: Jonathan SEYMOUR mother: Mary BULL
73. Richard AUSTIN m. Mary MATHER
m. Mary MATHER
76. David AUSTIN m. Hannah BUCHLEY
m. Hannah BUCHLEY
80. Elias AUSTIN m. Abigail STRATTON
m. Abigail STRATTON
82. Hannah AUSTIN m. Daniel PHELPS
m. Daniel PHELPS father: Elijah PHELPS mother: Esther KENT
89. Andrew D AUSTIN m. Phoebe GRISWOLD
m. Phoebe GRISWOLD father: Shubael GRISWOLD mother: Abigail STANLEY
97. Joseph AUSTIN m. Sarah GOODWIN
m. Sarah GOODWIN father: Stephen GOODWIN mother: Abigail GILLETT
98. Benjamin AUSTIN m. Margaret SHAVER
m. Margaret SHAVER
99. Tryphena AUSTIN m. Joshua BRIGGS
m. Joshua BRIGGS father: Richard BRIGGS mother: Mary HAMBLETON
103. Dorothy AUSTIN m. Reuben HICKOK
m. Reuben HICKOK father: Stephen HICKOK mother: Lydia SEWARD
105. Thaddeus AUSTIN m. Sarah (AUSTIN)
m. Sarah (AUSTIN)
109. Stephen AUSTIN m. Huldah HOPKINS
m. Huldah HOPKINS
111. Elijah AUSTIN m. Esther PHELPS
m. Esther PHELPS father: John PHELPS mother: Mary RICHARDSON
116. Gloriana AUSTIN m. Aaron ELLIOT
m. Aaron ELLIOT
117. Moses AUSTIN m. Maria BROWN
m. Maria BROWN father: Abia BROWN mother: Margaret SHARP
119. Zephaniah AUSTIN m. Sarah EGGLESTON
m. Sarah EGGLESTON
120. Ann AUSTIN m. Jonas GALUSHA
m. Jonas GALUSHA
121. Elizabeth AUSTIN m. Ephriam SHED
m. Ephriam SHED
122. Anthony AUSTIN m. Hannah ADAMS
m. Hannah ADAMS
123. Rufuss AUSTIN m. John WESTOVER
m. John WESTOVER
124. Augustine AUSTIN m. Sarah ASHLEY
m. Sarah ASHLEY father: Aaron ASHLEY mother: Sarah DAY
129. Abigail AUSTIN m. Samuel HALE
m. Samuel HALE
130. Benajah AUSTIN m. Abigail KENT
m. Abigail KENT
132. Miah AUSTIN m1. Abigail DAVIDSON m2. Rachel HALE
m. Abigail DAVIDSON
m. Rachel HALE father: John HALE mother: Rachel NORTON
133. Amos KENT m1. Lydia BUSH m2. Abigail MARRITT
m. Lydia BUSH
m. Abigail MARRITT
137. Phoebe AUSTIN m. Nathan NOBLE
m. Nathan NOBLE father: Ebenezer NOBLE mother: Abigail PARKER
141. Caleb AUSTIN m.
142. Apollos AUSTIN m. Sarah LEONARD
m. Sarah LEONARD father: David LEONARD mother: Hannah WHIPPLE
143. Gustaves AUSTIN m. Lydia KENT
m. Lydia KENT father: Amos KENT mother: Lydia BUSH
144. Josiah AUSTIN m1. Jerusha BELL m2. Mary BUSH
m. Jerusha BELL
m. Mary BUSH
145. Seth AUSTIN m1. (Unk) SPENCER m2. Polly MONROE
m. (Unk) SPENCER
m. Polly MONROE
169. Shadrach NORTON m. Mercy SMITH
m. Mercy SMITH father: James SMITH mother: Mary WINCHELL
171. John AUSTIN m. Margaret VEITS
m. Margaret VEITS father: Henry VEITS mother: Margaret HOPKINS
172. David AUSTIN m. Mary HARMON
m. Mary HARMON father: John HARMON mother: Mary AUSTIN
178. Mary HARMON m. David AUSTIN
m. David AUSTIN father: John AUSTIN mother: Mary HOVEY
197. Diadama AUSTIN m. Nathaniel Loomis KELLOGG
m. Nathaniel Loomis KELLOGG father: Stephen KELLOGG mother: Abigail LOOMIS
201. Judah AUSTIN m. Eve HATCH
m. Eve HATCH father: Benjamin HATCH mother: Christiana MILES
202. Elijah AUSTIN m. MaryAnn (AUSTIN)
m. MaryAnn (AUSTIN)
240. Drusilla AUSTIN m. Roger BIRCHARD
m. Roger BIRCHARD father: (Unk) CORNWALL mother: Sarah JACOB
246. Anan HARMON m. Sarah RAWSON
m. Sarah RAWSON

5th generation

306. Hannah BRIGGS m. William Wallace BROWN
m. William Wallace BROWN
310. Hugh Lackey BRIGGS m. Polly DAMON
m. Polly DAMON
393. Lydia KENT m. Gustaves AUSTIN
m. Gustaves AUSTIN father: Caleb AUSTIN mother: Phoebe KING
441. David Jr AUSTIN m. Sarah ATKINS
m. Sarah ATKINS
443. Mary AUSTIN m. David WARD
m. David WARD father: David WARD
456. Sophia BIRCHARD m. Rutherford Jr HAYES
m. Rutherford Jr HAYES father: Rutherford HAYES mother: Chloe SMITH
457. Rawson HARMON m. Lydia MURDOCK
m. Lydia MURDOCK