Person:Thomas Astin (2)

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Thomas Austin
  • HThomas AustinAbt 1744 - 1804
  • WAnn Seers - 1787
m. 7 Jun 1772
  • HThomas AustinAbt 1744 - 1804
  • WMary Bryant1751 - 1794
m. 25 Dec 1788
  1. George Austin1790 -
  2. Edward Austin1793 - 1793
  3. Paul Austin1793 - 1793
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Name Thomas Austin
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] Abt 1744 Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage 7 Jun 1772 Barkway, Hertfordshire, Englandto Ann Seers
Marriage 25 Dec 1788 Ashwell, Hertfordshire, EnglandSt Mary
to Mary Bryant
Burial[1] 12 Jan 1804 Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England

Thomas Austin's early life has yet to be researched. If the age quoted at his burial is correct, he was born in about 1744, whilst he reported as an adult that he had been born in Ashwell, Hertfordshire. His first sighting is in 1772 when he married an Ann Seers at Barkway, although this appears to have been his second marriage. In 1776 he fell foul of the poor laws, being removed from Barkway to Ashwell. His second wife Ann died at Ashwell in 1787. It would appear that Thomas and Ann had children, but they have yet to be researched and documented here.

Thomas married again in 1788. His third wife was a 37 year old widow named Mary Lincoln, formerly Bryant. They had a son named George in 1790. In 1793 they had twin boys called Edward and Paul, but sadly both twins died within a month of their baptism. The following year, 1794, Thomas's third wife Mary died, aged 43. Thomas outlived her by nearly ten years. He died in 1804 aged 62. The burial record notes that his was an "accidental death" but does not elaborate on how it happened.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Registers of Ashwell, Hertfordshire. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

    Thomas Austin aged 62 [1743/4] of this Parish was buried 12th January 1804
    Accidental Death
    Registered 16th Jan[uary] 1804 by me James Platel LLB Curate

  2.   Hertfordshire Removal Orders (Hertfordshire Family History Society, 2003).

    Ref D/P13/13/1
    Austin, Thomas
    28 Nov 1776
    From Barkway to Ashwell: wife Ann, children John (6), Thomas (9mo)

  3. Hertfordshire Examinations (Hertfordshire Family History Society, 2004).

    Ref D/P13/13/3
    Austin, Thomas
    28 Nov 1776
    A labourer, aged 31 [1744/5], he was born in Ashwell (HRT). About 9 years ago he went as a yearly servant, husbandman to John Morris, yeoman, of Ashwell for £6 a year. He has had no other settlement since. He is now married to Ann with children John (4) and Thomas (9mos). [Removal order from Barkway to Ashwell.]