Person:Thomas Austin (4)

As part of his father's estate, he received on 21 Mar, 1674 from William Hubbert, the "home lot" of 3 acres - The deed stating "...ye fore named Weliam Hubbert do here in for & in consideration & full satisfaction of ye remaining part of of his part or portion due him out of ye estate of his deceased father John Austen." He assigned this bill of sale to his brother (in-law) Joseph Finch of Greenwich, on 28 Oct 1674. Notes: Bought two acres at Mianus Neck from Jonathan Lockwood, Sept. 28, 1673 *(Gr); home lot from John Marshall, Jan. 18, 1685 (making property over to brother, John, same day); home lot and other property from Samuel Peck, Jan. 18, 1685, and sells same to Francis Thorne, Dec. 14, 1686; buys 3 acres from William Hubbard, June 19, 1674, and assigns same to brother-in-law, Joseph Finch, Oct.28, 1674. Thomas removed to town of Bedford, New York, living there 1686-1697. History of Stamford, Conn., p.192 Selleck's History of Norwalk, Conn., p. 288 Gen. of the Pilgrams, p. 474, 478 American Ancestry, Vol. 19 Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; PG:447; RHL Book #: 974.69/G1. H2M 1992 Austin, Thomas, April 18, 1683, granted one and one half acres of land. 4th Proofe ye town ____ of Thomas Austin shall be Batch #: 8816103, Sheet #: 52, Source Call #: 1553222 Thomas Austin of New London, Conn. 1647; Greenwich, 1651, Stamford, Conn., Greenwich, 1675. He removed to Town of Bedford, N.Y., living there 1686-1697. In 1680 inhabitants of Christ Church Parish taken 22 Dec. 1679 includes Thomas Austin 5 acres. He was granted 1 1/2 acres of land 18 Apr. 1783. Apparently he died interstate. (Ref. Hist. of Stamford, Conn., p.192; Selleck's Hist. of Norwalk, Conn., p.288. Gen. of the Puritand. p.474-478) PAGE:5-7 Orig. p.28 "January 22nd 1699 [1700]* at the town meeting, Mr. John Copp makes entry of a pitch of six acres of land on ye north west side of Burbados Hill and the town doth give the above said Copp foure acrees more to be lay'd out to him as a further addission granted to him by ye town. At a town meeting in Bedford February 23d. 1701/2 the town by a major vote dothgrants [sic] that Mr. John Copp shall have his home lott. for forty nine shillings that ye town owed to him, and he is to have it for him and his forever. All ye above said grants, taken out of ye town book and entered upon record this 5th day of July. 1709 p John Copp recordr. "Recorded to John Copp his heirs & assigns forever tweenty six acrees of land as granted to him by deed of sale from Thomas Austin, and lay'd out by the town surveyors southward of ye griss mill & east of ye mill path bounded east upon land lay'd out to John Dible & the river which said Dibell sold to Mr. Thomas Wood, west by the high way north by common land, south runing to a point. Bedfford Aprill 10th 1706 lay'd out by us Cornelus Seely Senr John Miller [Jr.] Richard Wescot surveyors. Recorded July ye 8th 1709 pr John Copp recorded. Orig. p.29 Abstract of deed of sale THOMAS AUSTEN of Stamford, Fairfield, Conn., New England sold to JOHN COPP of Norwalk in the same county for 7 pounds Thomas Austen his mark Nov. 12, 1703 "in the second year of ye reign of our Sovereign Lady Ann. Queen of England &c." Witnesses: John Belden, Hugh Gray Acknowledged on the same day before James Olmsted, J.P. Recorded July 5, 1709, by John Copp recorder PAGE:134 Orig. p.224 Abstract of bill of sale THOMAS AUSTEN of Bedford, Westchester, N.Y. Sold to MR. ROBERT LOVE resident in Stamford, Fairfield, Conn., joiner "Some certain parcels of lands ....in sd Bedford viz one home lot containing three acres...as it is bounded upon records as also seven & a half of land adjoyning to sd lot as also two acrees & a half of land comonly called plain lot as also five or six acrees of medow land lying in ye Great Medows comonly so called wc- were ye two medows divedents wc- fell to me by lot...with their several bounds as may appear upon record.... *A percell of upland lying within ye Township of Bedford being pitch'd upon by said Austin near unto a hill called Davids Hill and to be lay'd out [* Date so entered in: Bedford, N.Y., "Minutes, 1680-1702," orig. p.41, transcript p.62] Orig. p.225 as also my whole righte & title in sd- Bedford" Thomas Austen his mark Stamford, Dec. 1, 1704 "in ye third year of Her Majs-- reigne" Witnesses: Elisha Holly, John Ambler Acknowledged Dec. 1, 1704, before David Waterbury, J.P. Recorded March 30, 1726, by Zachariah Mills clerk

1.   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)
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   THOMAS, Greenwich 1675, perhaps s. of John the first, rem. to the adj. town of Bedford, there liv. 1686-97.

2.   Bolton, Robert. A History of the County of Westchester, from its first settlement to the present time. (New York, New York: Bolton, 1848)
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   In 1685 the general court of Connecticut issued an order to the effect, that all towns should take out patents in due form, and that the same should be legal evidence of their rights. Before the 28ih of January, 1688, the town ordered that as much money should be raised as may be necessary to pay for a patent. It will be seen, however, that the patent was not granted un til May, 1697. The names of the inhabitants including the re sident proprietors of Bedford in 1690, numbered thirty-one. Their names are as follows : William Clark, John Brown, John Holmes, Sen., John Miller, jun., Richard Ayres, Jonathan Miller, John Holmes, jam, John Ambler, Abraham Wildman, David Mead, Isaac Denham, Daniel Jones, Jeremiah Andrews, Caleb- Webb, Richard Wescote, Thomas Asten, Daniel Simpkins, David Clason, William Clark, John Higgins, Abraham Ambler. Upon the 25th May, 1692, Catonah, Noname, Wappowaham, Wewewana- poage, Chuckheag and Pommescecan, sell to Daniel Simpkins of Bedford, a certain piece of land lying west of the bounds of Bedford, that is to say, half a mile square, as it is already marked and laid out by the Indians, and boun ded as followeth, viz. east by the bounds of Bedford, and south by a brook run ning off from the west ridges, and west and north as it is marked by the above- said proprietors.4 Witnessed and delivered in the presence Catonah M his mark. of us, Stephen Holmes Wappowham r*< his mark. John Green, Joseph Miller, John Holmes, John Miller, Mrs. Wildman, M. Denham, Zachariah Roberts, John Webb, Stephen Clason, Stephen Holmes,

3.   Westchester patriarchs : a genealogical dictionary of Westchester County, New York, families prior to 1755.
4.   Stamford Deeds Vol. B, in Moore, Edith Austin. John Austin of Greenwich, Connecticut. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971)
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   Feb 28 1716-7-Thomas Austin of Stamford sells for £4 to Isaac Weed of Stamford land below Hegroech Hill 2/3 (rds) of parcel sold by Samuel Seely to John Austin,Jr., as the records said land lying in partnership between said Austin and Joseph Huntt, who owns other 1/3, the whole tract laid out by comitie. Bounded East by Highway, West by Great Brook, North by Benjamin Hait,Jr., and South by Obadiah Seely.