'Austen01'Index links to: Lead / Letter
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
  (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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