Pasco Austin (abt. 1698 - abt. 1774)

Born about 1698 in Kings Towne, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Sunderland) Austin — married 25 Oct 1725 in North Kingstown, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1774 at about age 76 in Exeter, Kings, Rhode Island

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Biography

Pasco Austin was born in 1698 to Jeremiah and Elizabeth Austin, most likely in Kings Towne, Rhode Island, as that is where the family was living at the time. Kings Towne was divided into North Kingstown and South Kingstown in 1723 and the town of Exeter was established in 1742. ^[1]

He married Margaret Sunderland (1703-1773) on October 25, 1725, in North Kingstown. ^[2]

They had twelve children:

1. Margaret (born 1729)
2. Sarah (born 1727)
3. Gideon (born 1731)
4. Daniel (born 1733)
5. Pasko (born 1735)
6. Isaac (born 1737)
7. Hannah (born 1739)
8. Jeremiah (born 1741)
9. Elizabeth (born 1743)
10. David (born 1745)
11. Jonathan (born 1747)
12. Stephan (born 1751)

His children scattered very widely as seen by the settlement of his son David's estate (1792) at which time, Gideon was of Scituate, Daniel of Newport, Rhode Island, and Pasko, Jeremiah, Jonathan, and Stephen in different parts of New York. ^[3]

Pasco died in 1774, still living in Exeter. ^[4]

Will of Pasqua Austin is dated 6 Sept 1773 and is proved on 13 September 1773. ^[5]

It records children David, Gideon (Scituate, RI); Daniel (Newport, RI); Pasqua (Pasko, Jr.); Jeremiah (North Kingstown & Exeter, RI); Jonathan; Stephen and daughter. Hannah Whaley in will proved 13 Sept 1774.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Moore 1951, 11; and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Kingstown,_Rhode_Island
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", image 103 of 806.
3. ↑ Moore 1951, 13.
4. ↑ Moore 1951, 13.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007650053_00584). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 584-586, Exeter Town Council and Probate Records, Book 3, pages 149-152. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
6. ↑ Town Council & Probate, Exeter, RI; Vol. 3, 1764-1776. Note, partial copy of the book (pp 10-43) in possession of June T. Ormond, Midland, TX. His inventory is taken on 13 September 1773.

• The citation listed below shows the marriage record for "James" Austin and Margaret Sunderlin; however, the source image, located at 103 of 806, is damaged and the only name visible is Margaret Sunderland (Sunderlin). In the margin, next to the entry is written the name, Austin. The date of marriage in the record is 25 October 1725. Based on the date of marriage and that Margaret Sunderlin is listed, it is highly likely Austin listed is Pasco Austin and that the name James was transcribed in error. "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KV-W4N : 22 January 2020), James Austin, 1725.

• Austin, John Osborne. 1887. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came before 1690 (with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation). Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell’s Sons. https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldict00aust/page/n509/mode/2up.

• Baker, Maude Conrad. 1928. Genealogical Record of Robert Austin and His Lineal Descendants. Newark, N.J. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalreco00bake_1/mode/2up?msclkid=47c6b25ea63611ec9f47f0e557e204ee.

• Moore, Edith Austin. 1951. A Genealogy of the Descendants of Robert Austin of Kingstown, Rhode Island. St. Petersburg, Fla. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00moor/mode/2up.

• They “... fought bravely, but were unfortunate:”: The True Story of Rhode Island’s “Black Regiment” and the Failure of Segregation in Rhode Island’s Continental Line, 1777-1783" By Daniel M. Popek (AuthorHouse, Nov 5, 2015). His son's military service.