'Austen01'
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Families covered: Austen of Broadford, Austen of Grovehurst, Austen of Kippington, Austen of Sevenoaks, Austen of Steventon, Knight of Godmersham Park
| John Austen of Horsemonden and/or Broadford, Kent (d 1620) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Berry (dau of Jeffrey Berry) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Francis Austen of Grovehurst & Broadford (b c1599, d 1687, 5th son?) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Austen of Grovehurst & Broadford (b c1629, bur 13.07.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Atkins (bpt 22.01.1638/9, d 02.03.1685, dau of John Atkins of Brightling) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Austen of Broadford (dvp 21.09.1704) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Weller (dau of Thomas Weller of Tonbridge) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Austen of Broadford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Stringer (dau/coheir of Stephen Stringer of Goudhurst by Jane Austen) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Austen of Broadford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joanna Weekes of Sevenoaks | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary Austen | ||||||||||||||
| b. | William Austen 'of Tonbridge' | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rebecca Hampson (dau of George Hampson) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | George Austen (d 1807, rector of Steventon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cassandra Leigh (d 1827, dau of Thomas Leigh, rector of Harpsden) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Austen | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Mathew (dau of Gen. Edward Mathew) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Jane Anna Elizabeth Austen | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.11.1814) Rev. Benjamin Lefroy (d 27.08.1829) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Lloyd | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | James Edward Austen-Leigh of Scarletts (d 1874, Rev.) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emma Smith (dau of Charles Smith of Suttons) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Caroline Austen (d unm 1880) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Edward Austen, later Knight of Chawton & Godmersham Park (b 07.10.1768, d 19.11.1852) | ||||||||||||||
| Edward inherited Godmersham & Chawton from his kinsman Thomas Knight. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1791) Elizabeth Bridges (d 10.10.1808, dau of Sir Brook Bridges, 3rd Bart of Goodnestone) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward Knight of Godmersham Park & Chawton, Sheriff of Hampshire (b 1794, d 05.11.1879) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (01.05.1826) Mary Dorothea Knatchbull (d 22.02.1838, dau of Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.1840) Adela Portal (d 28.06.1870, dau of John Portal of Freefolk Priory and Laverstoke) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Thomas Knight (dsp 1867) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.02.1837) Hilare Barlow (d 22.12.1857, dau of Admiral Sir Robert Barlow, widow of 1st Earl Nelson) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Henry Knight of Milgate (d 1843, Major) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sophia Cage (dau of Lewis Cage) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (12.01.1830) Charlotte Northey (d 28.06.1839, dau of Edward Northey, Canon of Windsor) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | William Knight of Steventon (Rev.) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Caroline Portal (dau of John Portal of Freefolk Priory and Laverstoke) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Northey (dau of Edward Northey, Canon of Windsor) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (sp?) Jane Hester (widow of Gen. Sir John Hope) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Brook John Knight (dsp 1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Pearson (dau of Charles Pearson) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Fanny Catherine Knight (d 24.12.1882) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.10.1820) Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Bart (d 24.05.1849) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Elizabeth Knight | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.10.1818) Edward Royd Rice of Dane Court (d 27.11.1878) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Cassandra Jane Knight (d 14.03.1842) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.10.1834) George Augustus Hill (b 09.12.1801, d 06.04.1879) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Louisa Knight (d 29.07.1889) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.05.1847) George Augustus Hill (b 09.12.1801, d 06.04.1879) | |||||||||||||||
| (viii)+ | other issue (d unm) - Charles Briggs (d 10.1867, rector of Chawton), Marianne (b 1801, d 1896) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Henry Thomas Austen (dsp 1850, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mme. de Feuillade | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Eleanor Jackson (dau of Henry Jackson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Sir Francis William Austen (b 1774, d 1865, Admiral) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Gibson (d 1823, dau of John Gibson of Ramsgate) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Martha Lloyd (dau of N. Lloyd, rector of Hinton) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Charles John Austen (b 1779, d 1852, Rear Admiral) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (F) | Cassandra Elizabeth Austen (d 1845) | ||||||||||||||
| (G) | Jane Austen (b 16.12.1775, d unm 18.07.1817, author)§G |
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| (2) | Philadelphia Austen | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hancock | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Leonora Austen (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Francis Austen of Sevenoaks | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Motley (dau of Thomas Motley) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Francis Motley Austen of Sevenoaks, later of Kippington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wilson (dau of Sir Thomas Wilson of West Wickham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Francis Austen (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Penelope Cholmondeley | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Austen of Kippington (dsp 1859, Colonel) probably the Thomas who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Morland (dsp 1825, dau of Thomas Morland of Court Lodge) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | John Austen (rector of Chevning) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Harriet Lane (dau of T. Lane of Bradbourne) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Jane Austen (d 1857) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09/10.01.1797) William John Campion of Danny Place | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1758) ?? (widow of Samuel Lennard of West Wickham) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Sackville, John | ||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | William Austen (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Jane Austen | ||||||||||||||
| m. Stephen Stringer of Goudhurst | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Ellen Austen | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Osborne of Horsmonden | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Anne Austen | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Holman of Tenterden | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | 6 sons + 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1952 (Knight of Chawton), BLG1886 (Knight of Chawton, late of Godmersham Park), BLG1886 (Austen of Capel Manor), CountyGen (Kent, Berry, 1830, p127)
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