William
Austen
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Henry Austen
and Mary (Ede) Howe
Brother of
Mary Eades (Austen) Letson, Joseph Austen, Sarah Austen, Henry Austen, Sarah Foster (Howe) Langshaw [half] and Joseph Howe [half]
Husband of
Mary Anne (Mansfield) Austen
— married
1 Mar 1809 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Husband of
Jane (Howe) Austen
— married
25 Jul 1816 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Father of
Sarah Jane Austen
Died
at age 56
in Saint John, New Brunswick
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jul 2014
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Biography
William Austen, son of Henry Austen and Mary Ede was born 26 October 1787. He married Mary Anne Mansfield 1 March 1809 in St. Matthews Presbyterian church, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [1] They had a daughter and on 4 February 1812, his wife died. When he married again, his occupation was given as merchant and master mariner. William's second marriage was to Jane Howe on 25 July 1816 in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [2] [3] [4] They raised William's first daughter and their own three children.
"His health was bad and for many years he was confined to the house." [5] William died 8 December 1843 in Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick. [6]
Sources
- Austin, Michael Edward, References to Austins in the Nova Scotia Archives, Austins accessed 2005
- Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, "The family of John Howe Halifax Loyalist and King's Printer", vol. 6 no. 3 (1976): p. 321.
- ↑ Terrence M. Punch, Religious Marriages in Halifax, 1768-1841, from Primary Sources (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia; Halifax, N.S., 1991), A 237
- ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics William Austen - Jane Howe marriage bond, (1816) .
- ↑ Terrence M. Punch, Religious Marriages in Halifax, 1768-1841, from Primary Sources (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia; Halifax, N.S., 1991), A 236.
- ↑ Austin, Michael Edward, References to Austins in the Nova Scotia Archives, citing Halifax Weekly Chronicle 26 July 1816, page 3 col. 3.
- ↑ Sydenham Howe, manuscript, George Johnson papers, Library and Archives Canada, Microfilm C-1868, file no. 2.
- ↑ Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, William Austen entry, Volume 10 Number 1270, citing New Brunswick Courier (Saint John, New Brunswick), 9 December 1843.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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