Jonathan
Loring
Austin
Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Austin
and Elizabeth (Waldo) Austin
Brother of
Benjamin Austin, Jonathan Loring Austin, Rebecca (Austin) Kneeland, Benjamin Austin and Elizabeth Austin
Husband of
Hannah (Ivers) Austin
— married
4 Apr 1782 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Descendants 
Father of
James Trecothick Austin
Died
at about age 76
in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Nov 2014
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Biography
Jonathan Austin was a Prisoner of War during American Revolution.
Jonathan Austin served with Civil Service, Massachusetts during the American Revolution.
Jonathan Loring Austin (January 2, 1748 – May 10, 1826) was a Massachusetts revolutionary, diplomat and politician who served as the second Secretary of the Commonwealth and the tenth Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts. Austin was the father of Massachusetts Attorney General James Treacothie Austin.[1]
The father of Jonathan Loring Austin and of " Honestus "was the Hon. Benjamin Austin, son of Ebenezer Austin of Charlestown.[2]
Jonathan Loring Austin and Hannah Ivers were married on April 4, 1782, in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.[3]
He was subsequently Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver-General, State Senator from Suffolk, and Member of the House from Middlesex while residing at Cambridge during the time his son was at Harvard. Austin Street in Cambridge was named for him and his brother Benjamin.[2]
It may be added that he occupied a house on Austin Street during his residence in Cambridge.
Military
At the start of the Revolutionary War, Austin became a Major in Langdon's Regiment, and later an aid to General John Sullivan. In January 1780 Austin was captured by the British while on a mission to Europe to secure a loan for Massachusetts. Austin was later released. He failed to secure the loan and he returned in the autumn of 1781.
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia: -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_L._Austin Jonathan L. Austin]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 UNZ Organization: Johnathan Austin
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7M-L9D : accessed 15 January 2016), Jonathan Loring Austin and Hannah Ivers, 04 Apr 1782; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0896885 IT 2.
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