Person Info
- Name: Zephaniah AUSTIN
- Sex: M
- Birth: 16 Apr 1727 in Sheffield, Massachusetts b
- Death: 1800 in Whitehall, New York d
Parents:
- Father:
- Anthony AUSTIN
Birth: 4 Jul 1700 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
Death: 11 May 1775 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
Mother:
- Elizabeth KING
Birth: 6 Aug 1699 in Suffield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (Now Hartford Co, Connecticut)
Death: 8 Feb 1787 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- Sarah AUSTIN Birth: 3 Nov 1751 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Abigail AUSTIN Birth: 21 Oct 1753 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Mercy AUSTIN Birth: 9 Nov 1755 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Esther AUSTIN Birth: 9 Oct 1757 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Amos AUSTIN Birth: 8 Mar 1760 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Elizabeth AUSTIN Birth: 17 Apr 1762 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Zephaniah AUSTIN Birth: 12 Mar 1764 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Aseph AUSTIN Birth: 2 Dec 1767 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Reuben AUSTIN Birth: 2 Mar 1769 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Hannah AUSTIN Birth: 20 Dec 1772 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Anthony AUSTIN Birth: 25 Feb 1774 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
- Anna AUSTIN Birth: 9 Sep 1778 in Sheffield, Massachusetts
Bibliography
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Hinman, Royal R, Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, with the Time of their arrival in the Country and Colony, their standing in society, place of residence, condition in life, where from, business, &c, as far as is found on record. Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Co, 1852. Available at http://archive.org/details/catalogueofnames010hinm. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p[0-9]*].
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Moore, Edith Austin, The Descendants of Richard Austin of Charlestown Massachusetts 1638, unpublished manuscript, LDS Film#0873972#2.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]*].
Sources for birth and parent Information
- date:
- [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p83, Moore AUSTIN p28],
- place:
- [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p28],
- parents:
- [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p83, Moore AUSTIN p28]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
- place:
- Suffield, Connecticut [Ref: Hinman PuritanSettlers p83]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61],
- place:
- [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah EGGLESTON
- date:
- [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61],
- place:
- [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61],
- child:
- [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61]
Research Notes:
enlisted for the Fort William Henry expedition in 1757, and for the
French and Indian War in 1759[Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61]
Rev. War: 1st Lieutenant in Capt. George King's Co. of the 1st Berkshire Regt
(Col Mark Hopkins) in 1776 and in Capt Peter Ingersoll's Co of the same
Regt under Col John Brown in 1777. This was a Regt of "Minute Men" called out
only when the war drew close to home. It was called out for two periods of
30 days each in 1777, the last of which included the Battle of Bennington,
and for one period of 4 days in 1780. [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p62]
moved in 1790 to Whitehall, NY [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61]
Path Master, Apr 17 1795, in Whitehall [Ref: Moore AUSTIN p61]
Pedigree of Zephaniah AUSTIN
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Richard AUSTIN
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Anthony AUSTIN
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Elizabeth (AUSTIN)
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Anthony AUSTIN
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John HUGGINS
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Esther HUGGINS
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Henry GREEN
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Bridget GREEN
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Joan GROVES
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Anthony AUSTIN
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Benajah HOLCOMB
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Abigail HOLCOMB
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Sarah ENO
Zephaniah AUSTIN
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William KINGE
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James KING
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Agnes ELWILL
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James KING
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William FULLER Alias LOCKYER
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William FULLER Alias LOCKYER
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John FULLER
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Sarah (FULLER)
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Elizabeth FULLER
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Thomas EMERSON
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Thomas EMERSON
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Robert EMERSON
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Margery (EMERSON)
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Thomas EMERSON
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John CRABBE
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Susan CRABBE
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Elizabeth EMERSON
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Elizabeth BREWSTER
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Elizabeth KING
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Thomas HUXLEY
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Elizabeth HUXLEY
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Sarah SPENCER
Descendants of Zephaniah AUSTIN