Elizabeth (Austin) Hightower (1642 - abt. 1720)

Born 12 Jun 1642 in Stone, Staffordshire, England

Wife of Joshua Hightower Sr. — married 1669 (to 1698) in Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died about 1720 at about age 77 in Richmond County, Virginia

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Biography

Elizabeth Austin was born 12 Jun 1642 in Stone, Staffordshire, England. She was the daughter of Johannis Austin (abt.1620-). She emigrated to the English colony of Virginia in 1663 - 1679^[1], married and had a son, Joshua Hightower Jr. (1670-1726), in Virginia in 1670. Her husband, Joshua Hightower Sr. (abt.1643-1698), whom she married either in England in the 1660s or in Virginia (no records have been found), was also from Staffordshire, England.^[2]

Elizabeth and Joshua Hightower Sr.'s son:

Joshua Hightower Jr. (1670-1726): born on 1 Jan. 1670, in North Farnham Parish, old Rappahannock County, Virginia. In 1692 its name was changed to Richmond County, Virginia.

It is said that Elizabeth survived the death of her husband in 1698 and lived with her son, Joshua Jr. and his family, until her death around 1720, in Richmond County, Virginia (Please do not confuse with the city of Richmond, which was in Henrico County).^[2]

Name

Elizabetha Austin^[3]

Birth & Christening

She was christened at birth on 12 Jun 1642 in Stone, Staffordshire, England^[4]

Death

She died about 1720 in colonial Virginia^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ IElizabeth Austin in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Helton and Luckey Family on RootsWeb - Elizabeth Austin
3. ↑ Source: #S-2079197655 Ancestry Family Trees - http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=0&pid=999
4. ↑ Stone, Staffordshire, England; Collection: St Michael; -; Date Range: 1568 - 1791; Film Number: 1278870
5. ↑ (not Laurel colony, Kentucky; that is an Ancestry.com computer-generated error. Kentucky was not a state until 1788).

See Also:

• England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 about Elizabetha Austin - Place: Stone, Staffordshire, England; Collection: St Michael; -; Date Range: 1568 - 1791; Film Number: 1278870.

• "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3P-55K4 : 8 July 2020), Elizabetha Austin, 12 Jun 1642; citing Baptism, Stone, Staffordshire, England, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 7,566,309.

• Family Tree on RootsWeb - Elizabeth Austin

Elizabeth Austin in the U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Name Elizabeth Austin Arrival Year 1663-1679 Arrival Place Virginia Primary Immigrant Austin, Elizabeth Source Publication Code 943 Annotation From the archives of Bristol, England, with the title, "Servants to Foreign Plantations." Emigrants to New England, Maryland, Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Canada, and the Caribbean Islands. The information was transcribed by R. Hargreaves-Mawdsley, a Source Bibliography BRISTOL AND AMERICA; A RECORD OF THE FIRST SETTLERS IN THE COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA, 1654-1685, Including the Names with Places of Origin of More Than 10,000 Servants to Foreign Plantations Who Sailed from the Port of Bristol to Virginia, Maryland, and Other Parts of the Atlantic Coast, and Also to the West Indies from 1654 to 1685. London: R.S. Glover, [1929]. 182p. Reprinted, with index of 16 pages bound in, by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1967. Repr. 1978.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Michelle Hartley for creating WikiTree profile Austin-2437 through the import of Hartley Twisting Branches3-11-2013.ged on Apr 15, 2013.

• WikiTree profile Austin-4980 was created by Ernie Kapphahn through the import of Kapphahn Family Tree (3).ged on Jul 26, 2015.