Stephen Fuller Austin was descended from Richard Austin. His ancestry does not include a Francis according to the Richard Austin database available on line at http://www.rahul.net/afaoa/genweb/Richard_Austin/Richard_Austin.html <http://www.rahul.net/afaoa/genweb/Richard_Austin/Richard_Austin.html> There are however a number of Francis's shown, none with a birthdate 1674. Scot Austin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] <mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 8:31 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Francis Austin I do not know that THIS Francis Austin is the one you inquire about. However, a Francis Austin is mentioned in The History of Guilford Connecticut - Its First Settlement in 1639 by Hon. Ralph D. Smith. This is where I started my 'dig' for information about my husband's Austin ancestor, John Austin, first of CT and then of VT. I have been searching for John Austin's parents with no proven success. However, one of the people I looked at was a Francis Austin mentioned in the above. This man who was in Guilford in the 1650s and was supposedly a founder was apparently lost at sea-"who embarked in the Lamberton ship and was lost..." The footnote says: "Francis Austin is supposed to be the ancestor of the Austins who resided formerly in the north part of North Guilford, from whom descended Stephen Austin formerly of that village, who figured so conspicuously in the history of Texas and after whom the city of Austin was named." This information does not jive with other Stephen/Moses family histories and I have tried to find out exactly where the difference occurred with no success. And, I still do not know who JOHN AUSTIN' parents were. ==== AUSTIN Mailing List ==== Did you know you can search 1996-1997-1998 Austin List Archives via the Web at URL: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl <http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl> Try it! The Austins of America Genealogical Society (AOAGS) http://www.AOAGS.org <http://www.AOAGS.org> is the Rootsweb Sponsor for the Austin List and Austin Digest: