I am working on some of the early Austin Families in Maryland and I have come to a stumbling block and would appreciate some help. Samuel Austin married Mary Green in Queen Anne’s Count, Maryland on 2 January 1743. No children have been identified from this union. Samuel inherited land and in 1755 he sold all his land and simply disappeared. A thorough search of land records, tax lists, etc have failed to come up with any information on what happened to Samuel and Mary Austin. Ancestry.com has perhaps more than 20-30 family trees that document the above marriage and Samuels’s vitals and ancestors with great accuracy. Many of these family trees state that Samuel Austin died in Orange County, NC in 1771. So far this cannot be officially confirmed from the records. I have, without success, queried several of the contributors to these family trees trying to obtain more documentation especially on the 1771 death of Samuel. I will appreciate communicating with anyone working on this family. Hal Steiner halsteiner@cox.net