Joseph
Austin
Born about in Titchfield, Hampshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Starbuck) Varney
— married
before Oct 1649 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire
Descendants 
Father of
Deborah (Austin) Coffin, Joseph Austin, Thomas Austin, Mary (Austin) Gardner, Benjamin Austin and Nathaniel Austin
Died
at about age 33
in Dover, New Hampshire
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Contents |
Biography
Joseph was a Friend (Quaker)
Children: Nathaniel, Benjamin, Deborah (1652), Mary (1653), Thomas (1654). Sarah married 2 Humphrey Varney. Children: John (1664), Peter (1666), Joseph (1667), Abigail (1669), Ebenezer (1672). Married 3 William Story. All of Sarah's children through Humphrey Varney were young when she died, all but Thomas went to live with their grandfather Starbuck.
Joseph, a Quaker, was a part owner of a mill a Cochecho Falls in 1649 Later he moved to Dover Neck. He also had other grants from the town.
In 1761 three Quakers from Dover including Joseph Austin, his brother Samuel and Thomas Tuttle, asked the Assembly to be relieved of paying taxes to hire soldiers as Quakers didn't believe in fighting. Their request was granted.
Disputed Parentage
Joseph is said to be the son of Francis Austin and Isabella (Bland) Leavitt but no proof has been provided yet. I am detaching parents until more research can be done. (If there is proof in one of the books listed below please add the volume and page).(Silva-1055 13:38, 18 January 2019 (UTC))
Birth
- 1616 England
Death
- 27 JUN 1663 Dover, New Hampshire (Strafford)
Marriage
- OCT 1649 Nantucket Island, Massachusetts (Nantucket)[1]
- Wife: Sarah Starbuck
- Child: Deborah Austin
- Child: Thomas Austin
- OCT 1649 Nantucket Island, Massachusetts (Nantucket)[1]
Sources
- Coffin, Allen, 1881. The Coffin Family: the life of Tristram Coffyn, of Nantucket, Mass., founder of the family line in America. Hussey & Robinson, publishers, Nantucket, Mass., page 58
- Banks, Dr. Charles E. The History of Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts (1911)
- Haywards. "Landers Family Tree", family tree database, Marilyn (Hayward) Landers, Landers Family Tree at ancestry.com (http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6393083/family/pedigree?fpid=-1297500434)
- Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (Lewis historical Publishing Company - Boston, Mass., 1908)
- Scales, John. History of Dover, New Hampshire (Dover, N.H.: Printed by authority of the City Councils, 1923) Page 372
- Wadleigh, George. Notable Events in the History of Dover, New Hampshire (Dover, NH, 1913) Page 150
- Moore, Edith Austin. Genealogy of Descendants of Robert Austin. page 9
- Batchellor, Albert Stillman, ed. Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire 1635-1740, "Documents Relating to Towns in New Hampshire" (Concord, NH, USA: Rumford Printing Company, 1907) Vol. 31, Page 56-7
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Boutin, Nathaniel, D.D., comp., ed. "New Hampshire Provincial and State Papers: Documents and Papers relating to the Province of New Hampshire, 1623-1686" Vol. 1: p.151. "A note of the families in Hampton" Concord, N.H., USA: New Hampshire Hiistorical Society, 1807. Reprinted (online db) FamilySearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/29693/?offset=0#page=167&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=Austin
One other item: Given the info. about the Hampton settlement, just passed along, his birth year estimate is probably more in the range of 1620, give or take.
edited by Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear
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