-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 10:41 PM Subject: Re: William Austin of Maryland >Hi Bob, and list > >The First Austin in my line that is proven is >William Austin born May 9, 1738 in Maryland >+ Ann Unknown >I am only guessing that his father was >William Austin born abt. 1710 in Maryland >+ Mary Cleves >and guessing that his parents were >William Austin born abt 1689 in Maryland there sons were William, John and Jacob >+ Elizabeth Tippon >and guessing that his parents were >William Austin born abt 1660 in Maryland >+ Elizabeth Skinner > >I would like to find out how I could prove the above to be true or false. Bob >could you please tell me where you are getting the records that you have posted? > >Regards, >Sharon > >[email protected] wrote: > >> Sharon: >> >> I am replying to you individually and doing a Copy to the group as well: >> >> The William Austin I wrote about died June 22, 1697. As I said he had a son >> William. That William, the son, died about June 15, 1735. The reason I am sure >> that they are father and son is that the name of the plantation was the same >> in both wills. The son Willaim listed as heirs his sons William, John and >> Jacob. >> >> On May 29, 1734 a William Austin and Martha Austin witnessed the will of a >> James Earle in Maryland. In Earle's will there is a mention of a >> granddaughter, Martha. >> >> This all came from the same Calendar of Maryland Wills Book mentioned before. >> >> Bob Austin >> Hi Susan. . . . We meet again. Saw you message regarding the William Austins of Maryland and thought I would muddy the waters. I have been working on those Austin families for about 30 years and still dont have all the answers. Maybe others will see this message and give some help. Basically, I am interested in the Austins of the Eastern Shore who migrated to NC and I am including some of what I have. I am almost 100% sure the following alignment is valid and the vitals are well documented so I will throw it into the Austin arena and see what happens. Can anyone in genealogy ever be 100% sure? Anyway here goes. 1. SAMUEL AUSTIN, b. ca. 1677, Ann Arundel Co., MD [??], m. by 1691 to ALICE [Surname unknown] 1. MARGARET AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore, 11Oct 1691 2. HANNAH AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore 11 Apr 1694 3. JOHN AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore, 21 Oct 1695, m. 7 Aug 1722 ROSAMOND SMITH (widow of WILLIAM SMITH). After John died she married 3rd to PHILIP CRISFIELD and they had one son, ABSOLOM CRISFIELD. 1. WILLIAM AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore, chr. 17 Aug 1723, d. 1810 Burke Co., NC. Married 1st ELIZABETH GREEN, ca 1743.. (William and Elizabeths children get a little bit sticky. According to an old document there were two Austin boys who were Loyalists and went o Canada as UELs. I am including a transcription of this old document as part of this message. I believe the lady who wrote it was one generation off in her statement of who were the Loyalists and who went to Canada. The above William would have been 53 years old in 1776. Besides the Revolutionary War vouchers indicate he was in NC all during the War. NOTE CAREFULLY: THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH ARE NOT PROVEN. THIS ALIGNMENT IS SPECULATION AND IS AN INCENTIVE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ONLY. 1. JOHN SAMUEL AUSTIN whose wife was Elizabeth and who went to New Brunswick 1n 1783. 2. WILLIAM AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore ca. 1750. The Colonial Records of North Carolina discuss a William Austin who rode with a Loyalist guerrilla group under the command of Colonel John Pyles in and around Orange Co. I cannot prove this but I have a gut feeling this was the son of William and Elizabeth Green Austin. Apparently he laid low because of his Loyalist activities and he did not reappear in NC until 1787 when he purchased land in Orange County and married RUTH KELLY. Elizabeth Green Austin apparently died before 1759 and William married 2nd to ANN JONES ca. 1759and they had the following family. I am 100% confident on this alignment 3. BENJAMIN AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore, 21 Jan 1760, married MARY BRADBURNE 4. ELIZABETH AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore, ca. 1762, married JOHN WHITE 5. SAMUEL AUSTIN, b. Eastern Shore, ca. 1763, married ANN CONNORS 6 NATHAN AUSTIN, b. Delaware 1767, married REBECCA TEAGUE 7. NANCY AUSTIN, b. Orange Co., NC ca, 1773, married NINEVAH BARNES 8. ELIJAH AUSTIN, b. Orange Co., NC 15 Feb 1774, married 1st MARY TEAGUE, Married 2nd TEMPERANCE PAYNE 9. ARRAMENTHA AUSTIN, b. Orange Co., NC ca. 1775, never married 10. ELISHA AUSTIN, b. Orange Co., NC ca 1776, married MARTHA FOX DOCUMENTATION The document from which the following has been extracted was provided by Sally Austin Day, a professional genealogist who is descended from the William Austin/Ruth Kelly family. The original document has been handed down through her family. The name of the author is unknown but it is attributed to a great-granddaughter of William and Ruth Austin. The original document was handwritten on foolscap and for genealogical purposes is considered as authentic as a Bible record or similar historic paper. For citation purposes it is identified as FAMHIST.141. The document is old and some of the writing is hard to interpret. Questionable words and passages are enclosed in brackets. Also gross errors are corrected and enclosed in brackets TEXT OF DOCUMENT "William Austin the first of the Austin family in America came from Ireland somewhere in the sixteenth [sic] Century. As a [word missing] when he arrived in America he was sold by the Captain for money to pay for his passage to be a weaver as an apprentice at which Trade he worked for seven years. Some Time afterward he married & had some children Two of which had taken the Oath of illegince [allegiance] and when the Revolution came up they did not want to break their oath and so they removed to Canada and have never been heard from since. Another son, my Great-Great-Grandfather went through the Revolution and married Elizabeth Green. [Our] Great-Great-Grandmother was Elizabeth (Green) her husband's name was William. The Austin family [was]. Great Grandfather was Wm. Austin his wife was Ruth Kellly. Her 2nd husband was David Passmore. Wm. and Ruth's children were John, William, Samuel D., Philip W., Charles and Nancy. Mary F. Passmore. John married Nancy Baldwin William married Dicey Horner Samuel D. married Mary Baker Philip W. married Mary Dudley & Sallie Gilbert Charlie married Mariah Baker Nancy married John Brock Mary Passmore married Levy [Levi] Reeder & B. B. Hall [Buried in Hall Cemetery, Bell St. Park, Dickson Co, TN] > > >