Can anyone help please with information regarding one of Jane Austen’s cousins?

Question

Elizabeth Motley Austen born 1780 in London was a cousin of Jane Austen (1775-1818). She  married Colonel William Skyring (1764-1806).

I have not been able to find any record of Elizabeth’s parents, her marriage to William Skyring or her death.

Any help appreciated

Answer 1

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Name:	Elizabeth Austen
Spouse:	William Skyring
Record Type:	Marriage
Event Date:	13 Jul 1802
Parish:	St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich
Borough:	Greenwich
Register Type:	Parish Register

 

Source Citation

London Metropolitan Archives, St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, Register of marriages, Aug 1796-Dec 1812, p97/mry/025

Answer 2

Elizabeth Austen

England Births and Christenings

Name	Elizabeth Austen
Gender	Female
Christening Date	17 Jul 1780
Christening Place	St James, Westminister, Middlesex, England
Father's Name	Francis Motley Austen
Mother's Name	Elizabeth

CITING THIS RECORD

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKT5-33J : accessed 29 April 2016), Elizabeth Austen, 17 Jul 1780; citing St James, Westminister, Middlesex, England, reference ; FHL microfilm 1,042,308.

Answer 3

Name:	Elizabeth Austen
Gender:	Female
Birth Date:	10 Jun 1780
Christening Date:	17 Jul 1780
Christening Place:	Westminster, London, England
Christening Age:	0
Father:	Francis Motley Austen
Mother:	Elizabeth

 

Source Information

: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.

Answer 4

Name:	Elizabeth Skyring
Registration Year:	1862
Registration Quarter:	Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district:	Islington
Parishes for this Registration District:	View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County:	London
Volume:	1b
Page:	128

 

Source Information

FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915

Answer 5

Name:	Elizabeth Austin
Birth Year:	abt 1780
Burial Date:	18 May 1862
Burial Place:	Birmingham, St Bartholomew, Warwickshire, England
Burial Age:	82
Reference Number:	DRO 28
Archive Roll:	M15/M17

 

Source Information

 Anglican Parish Records. Birmingham, England: Library of Birmingham.

Answer 6

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/a/r/o/Michael-Aron-London/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1428.html

Elizabeth Motley Austen (daughter of Francis Motley Austen) was born 18 Jun 1780.She married William Skyring, son of William Skyring and Mary Tyzack.
Children of Elizabeth Motley Austen and William Skyring are:

1. +Emily Mary Skyring, b. 04 Oct 1806, Sevenoaks, Kent, England, d. 1874, Marylebone, London, England.
2. Mary Ann Skyring.
3. Elizabeth Skyring, b. 03 Jul 1803, Harrow, Middlesex.