Person:Samuel Austin (7)

EAM Ref: p 248. Christened St. John's Episcopal Ch., Stamford, CT Samuel was a Tory. He moved to Canada

Samuel left New York on the ship Grace which departed 8 July, 1783 along with 13 other ships carrying over 1,000 Loyalists evacuating New York. Loyalist-Ships Ship Grace departed New York 1783, Jul. 8 arrived St. Johns, New Brunswick 1783, Jul. 24 65 passengers in the Evacuation of NY [A]

1.   Mead, Spencer P. (Spencer Percival). Abstract of Probate Records for the District of Stamford, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1729-1848. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Spencer P. Mead (Typescript), 1919, 1924).

   Austin, Samuel, of Greenwich, May 7, 1779, letters of administration on his estate granted to Benjamin Mead of Greenwich on the estates of Jehiel Partelo, William Peck, Stephen Lyon, Darling Whelpley, Samuel Austin, Joseph Galpin, John Parot, Jonathan Lockwood, Daniel Merritt, Shubael Brush, Daniel Carpenter, Matthew Partelo, George and Ruth Carpenter of Greenwich, absentees, which have been confiscated to the use of the state, page 350. Sept .28, 1781, Captain Charles Smith and Lieut. Josiah Smith were appointed to appraise the confiscated estate of Joseph Galpin, an absentee of Greenwich; also Charles Webb of Stamford and Samuel Peck of Greenwich were appointed commissioners to examine the claims of creditors of the following estates, viz: William Peck, Jehiel Partelo, Stephen Lyon, Darling Whelpley, Samuel Austin, Joseph Galpin, John Perot, Jonathan Lockwood, 4th, Daniel Merritt, Shubael Brush, Daniel Carpenter, Matthew Partelo, George and Ruth Carpenter, all of Greenwich, which have been declared forfeited on account of their going over to the enemy, page 185.
   
   Austin, Samuel, of Greenwich, who has gone over to and joined the enemy, Feb. 27, 1782, report of commissioners filed, page 562.
   
   Austin, Samuel, Stephen Lyon, Daniel Carpenter, William Peck, Darling Whelpley, John Perott, Jehiel Partelo, Jonathan Lockwood, 4th, Matthew Partelo, Shubael Brush, Daniel Merritt, Joseph Galpin, George and Ruth Carpenter, all formerly of Greenwich, who have gone over to the enemy, May 7, 1779, Nathaniel Mead and Benjamin Hobby of Greenwich, appointed appraisers, page 388.

2. ↑ Bell, D. G. (David Graham). Early loyalist Saint John : the origin of New Brunswick politics, 1783-1786. (Fredericton, New Brunswick: New Ireland Press, 1983)
   p25,26,177.

   Samuel John Austin was a Loyalist from Virginia, the only (two were) Loyalist of seven brothers. He was enrolled for the journey in Richard Squires' Militia company (Bell, p26) and travelled on the 'Grace, unit 34' to Saint John, NB with the July 1783 Fleet(Bell, p25). The sailing and victualling records state that his household numbered two persons, an adult male and an adult female( Bell, p177). It is natural to assume that the 'adult female' was Samuel J. Austin's wife and since no children were recorded, that they had not been married long. This must have been a different wife than Eve Gabel/Goebel that he married Nov 23, 1788 at Gagetown, NB.