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Rebekah (Harris) Austin (1785 - 1855)

Rebekah Austin formerly Harris
Born in Becket, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USAmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 22 Oct 1801 in Beckett, Berkshire County, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 69 in Richland County, Ohio, USAmap
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Biography

Marriage and Children

Married: Timothy Austin on 22 October 1801 in Beckett, Berkshire County, Massachusetts (intention).
"Intention of Marriage between Timothy Austin of Chester and Rebecka Harris of Becket and no objections, October 22: 1801" [1]
An intention of marriage was also published in Chester, Massachusetts on 17 October 1801.[2][3]
Children of Timothy Austin and Rebekah Harris:[4]
  1. James Austin. (1802 - 6 Nov 1806)
  2. Horace S. Austin. ( - ). Deceased in 1879.[5]
  3. Dexter Austin. ( - ). Deceased in 1879.[5]
  4. Alfred B. Austin. (1809 - 12 May 1816)
  5. Minerva Austin, ( - ). Deceased in 1879.[5]
  6. Homer John Austin, (1813 - 1889)
  7. Addison Amos Austin, (18 Feb 1816 - 9 Mar 1887 )
  8. Edward L. Austin, ( - )
  9. Sidney P. Austin, (1818 - 25 Oct 1820)
  10. Martha Parke Austin. (5 Nov 1821 - 30 Aug 1908)
  11. Mary Elizabeth Austin. Born 7 October 1824 in Massachusetts. Married Philo Romayne Hoy on 26 October 1842 in Ripley, Ohio. Died 10 January 1872 in Racine, Wisconsin.
  12. Sarah Austin. . Deceased in 1879.[5]
  13. Eliza Billing Austin.
  14. Frances A. Austin. Born about 1834 (aged 16 in 1850). Deceased in 1879.[5]
  15. Benjamin Dwight Austin. A minor when his father made his will on 17 June 1848. Deceased in 1879.[5]

Death

Died: 30 Aug 1855 in Richland County, Ohio, USA.

Sources

Footnotes and citations:
  1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Becket Town Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths (ancestry.com database of original images): page 240, image 119 of 280.
  2. ↑ Chester. F. Apthorp Foster, ed. Vital Records of Chester Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1911): page 119.
  3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQY-9YQ), Timothy Austin and Rebecca Harris, 17 Oct 1801; citing Marriage, Chester, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
  4. ↑ Austins of American Newsletter, (August 1980): pages 7-8. Some Descendants of John Austin of Worthington, Massachusetts, by Charles Maxwell Austin.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Williams. History of the Fire lands. (1879): pages 307, 321, 322.
Source list:
  • Austins of American Newsletter, (August 1980): pages 7-8. Some Descendants of John Austin of Worthington, Massachusetts, by Charles Maxwell Austin.
  • Williams, William W. History of the Fire lands, comprising Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of the prominent men and pioneers. (1879): pages 307, 321, 322.




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