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Ambrose Austen

Male 1699 - 1737  (38 years)


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  • Name Ambrose Austen 
    Born 17/17 Feb 1698/9  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 17/17 Feb 1698/9  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Jun 1737  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 16 Jun 1737  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I739  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father William Austen,   c. 26/26 Mar 1675/6, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Dorothy Mills,   b. Bef 1677, of Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 13 Jan 1696  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F268  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Knell,   b. 23 Dec 1705, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20 Jul 1731, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Married 8 Oct 1728  Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Austen,   c. 26 Jul 1729, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 20 Feb 1818, East Peckham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years)
     2. Sarah Knell Austen,   c. 20 Jul 1731, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 Oct 1731, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jane Hyder,   c. Bef 1713, of Benenden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 4 Oct 1732  Benenden, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Austen,   c. 17 Apr 1734, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sarah Austen,   c. 17 Apr 1734, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 27 Apr 1734, Brenchley, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DEATH:
      1. FHL film 188826 "Rochester Consistory Court, Kent" registered will DRb/Pw 35:15, original will DRb/Pw54:
      Ambrose Austen of Brenchley, yeoman
      Date of will 19 May 1737
      - Sister Sarah Austen to receive two guineas.
      - "Dear Daughter Mary Austen (born unto me by my first wife)" who is in "her minority" to receive 100 pounds and be under the guardianship of the executors.
      - "Rest and Residue ... to my Dear and Loving wife [unnamed], in Satisfaction of her Marriage Bond and to enable her the better to provide for her own child my other Daughter [unnamed] whom I commit to the Guardianship of her mother."
      - Executors "my two friends and Neighbours, Ambrose Gibbons and Thomas Boorman both of Brenchley."
      - Witnesses J. Strother Clerk, Mary Relse, and Mary Larkin.
      Probated 5 Aug 1737.

      BURIAL:
      1. Kent Records Office "TR 1900/2 - MI's (Kent) - Barming, Brenchley, Hunton, Teston," transcribed by J.E. Frost, 1974:
      "Ambrose Austen of this Parish, d. June 11, 1737, in the 39th year of his age. (BT: bur. June 16, 1737)
      He left issue 2 daus., Mary by his 1st w., and Elizabeth by his 2nd.
      This stone was erected by daughter, Elizabeth."