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.