Person:Ebenezer Austin (1)

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Lieutenant Ebenezer Austin
b.27 Aug 1662 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.16 Jan 1722/23 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 11 Nov 1659
  1. Samuel Austin1660 - 1716
  2. Lieutenant Ebenezer Austin1662 - 1722/23
  3. Richard Austin1665 - 1694
  4. Joseph Austin1667 -
  5. William Austin1671 -
  6. James Austin1679 - 1741
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Lieutenant Ebenezer Austin1662 - 1722/23
  • W.  Thankful Stow1659/60 - 1690/91
m. 8 Jul 1685
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Jan 1691/92
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] Lieutenant Ebenezer Austin
Gender Male
Birth[1][4] 27 Aug 1662 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 8 Jul 1685 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Thankful Stow
Marriage 27 Jan 1691/92 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Rebecca Sprague
Death[1][2][5] 16 Jan 1722/23 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[6] Phipps Street Burying Ground, Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 5 Ebenezer Austin3, in Moore, Edith Austin. The descendants of Richard Austin of Charleston, Massachusetts, 1638. (St. Petersburg, Florida: E.A. Moore, 1900?)
    12.

    "5 Ebenezer Austin3, Richard2 1 b. Aug. 27, 1662, Charlestown; d. Jan. 16, 1723. … Ebenezer Austin was a sadler. He held many public offices in his native community. In 1700, he was chosen a surveyor of highways and was a selectman of Charlestown in 1703, 1704, 1707, and 1714. … In 1720, he was chosen a tythingman. In 1720, 1721, and in 1722 he was elected one of the town's representatives to the General Court, and while there in active role in the promotion of friendly relationship with the Indians. The town records of Charlestown refer to him frequently as 'Lieutenant Austin'. During his lifetime he acquired considerable property and owned at least one slave, 'Caesar', who died in 1721. The estate of Ebenezer Austin, appraised at £1,747, was administered by his wife. It included a warehouse and wharf, which were willed to his son Ebenezer, Jr."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Austin Ebenezer 6., in Wyman, Thomas Bellows. The Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts: in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1629-1818. (Boston, Mass.: David Clapp and Son, 1879)
    1:29-30.

    "Austin Ebenezer 6. Son of Richard 2; sadler; adm. church April 6, 1707; … d. Jan 16, 1723, in 61st yr, g. s.; buried 19th, per Rev. S. Dexter's journal, designated uncle of S. D. Admin, to widow Rebecca Feb. 16, 1722-3."

  3. ↑ Ebenezer Austin, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    1:80.

    "Ebenezer (Austin), Charlestown, s. of the sec. Richard, m. 8 July 1685, wid. Thankful Benjamin, had Sarah, b. 24 Oct. foll. if no error be in the rec. Eliz. 26 Apr. 1687; and his w. d. 4 Mar. 1691. He m. 27 Jan. 1692, Rebecca, d. of Samuel Sprague of Malden, had Benjamin, 24 Feb. 1697; Rebecca, 8 Feb. 1700; both prob. d. young; Ebenezer, 21 Jan. 1704; John, 15 May 1706; Nathaniel, 3 Feb. 1708; Timothy, 16 Dec. 1710, prob. d. young; Rebecca, again, 21 Aug. 1715; Benjamin, again, 9 Mar. 1717; Timothy, again; and Samuel, 6 May 1721; and d. 16 Jan. 1723. From this last Benjamin, wh. m. 9 Dec. 1742 Eliz. Waldo, came Hon. Jonathan L. b. 22 Dec. 1747, H. C. 1766, wh. was f. of Hon. James T. late Atty. Gen. of Mass. H. C. 1702; and Hon. Benjamin, b. 18 Nov. 1752, long a promin. politician.

    [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 1:499] [Vol. 1.] Page 80, l. 16 from bot. for 1702, r. 1802"

  4. ↑ Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    1:40.

    "Ebineza Astin, son of Richard Astin & Abigall his wife, b. Aug. 27, 1662."

  5. ↑ Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    1:273.

    "Mr. Ebenezer Austin, d. Jan. 16, 1722/3."

  6. ↑ Lieut Ebenezer Austin
    Ebenezer Austin, in Find A Grave.
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