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Stephen Austin 1484–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1484

Birth Location: Yalding, Kent, England

Death Date: 17 NOV 1557

Death Location: Staplehurst, Kent, England

Father: Richard Austin

Mother: Elizabeth Presten

Spouse(s): Margaret Wrigley

Children(s): Sir Austyn, Thomas Austin

Stephen Austin was born in 1484 in Yalding, Kent, England, the child of Richard Austin And Elizabeth Presten. Stephen Austin married Margaret Wrigley, and had children including Sir William Austyn, Thomas Henry Austin. Stephen Austin passed away in 1557 in Staplehurst, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Stephen Austin was born in 1484 in Yalding, Kent, England, the child of Richard Austin And Elizabeth Presten.
  • Stephen Austin married Margaret Wrigley, and had children including Sir William Austyn, Thomas Henry Austin.
  • Stephen Austin passed away in 1557 in Staplehurst, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Austin
1458–1500
Birth Location: Tenterden, Kent, England
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Elizabeth Presten
1446–1500
Birth Location: Christchurch, Guildford, Co. Surrey, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Wrigley
1497–1550
Birth Location: Staplehurst, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Sir Austyn
1500–1562
Birth Location: of Bushbury, Staffordshire
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Thomas Austin
1533–1571
Birth Location: Biddenden, Kent, England
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Stephen Austin's Ancestors

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Stephen Austin
1484–1557
Birth Place: Yalding, Kent, England
Parents
Richard Austin
1458–1500
Tenterden, Kent, England
Elizabeth Presten
1446–1500
Christchurch, Guildford, Co. Surrey, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard II Austen (Austin) Baron Austen of) Benenden
1428–1528
Benenden Manor, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England
Lady (Elizabeth "Gidive" Bretton, Baroness) Austen
1434–1525
Yalding Kent England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Austin
1402–1460
Johane Shute
1404–1443
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Austin
1374–1450
Susanna Wybourn
1378–1460

Stephen Austin's Descendants

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Stephen Austin (1484–17 NOV 1557) m. Margaret Wrigley (1497–2 MAY 1550)
  1. 1. Sir (William) Austyn 1500–1562 m. Lady (Anne de) Vere 1510–1572
    1. 1. Sir (William) Austin 1516–1557
    2. 2. Sir (Thomas) Austin 1538–1601 m. Lady (Mary Cresswell) Austin 1540–1574 m. Eleanor Sebright 1553–1619 m. Mary Creswell 1540–1566
      1. 1. Isabel Austin 1561–1606 m. Sir (Richard "Jackson") Sharpe 1560–1628
        1. 1. Agnes ("Ann May" SHARPE Brown) Sawyer 1584–1635 m. John Sawyer\Sawre\Sayer 1582–1660
  2. 2. Thomas (Henry) Austin 1533–1571 m. Anne (Hovindon) Cox 1536–1571
    1. 1. Dorothy Austin 1559–1619 m. Thomas Foster 1552–1585 m. John Besbeech 1563– m. John (Besbedge (Bisbee)) (Besbech) 1561–1609
      1. 1. John (Bisbee Besbedge) Jr. 1587–1609
      2. 2. Richard (Bisbee) Besbedge 1585–1630
      3. 3. Sarah (Bisbee) Besbeech 1592–1692
      4. 4. Thomas Foster 1578–1638 m. Abigail Wimes 1573–1638
        1. 1. "Sergeant" (THOMAS FOSTER "Blacksmith" (1st generation American Immigrant.) Free 1600–1682 m. Elizabeth Whitmore 1618–1695
        2. 2. Jane Foster 1595–1595
        3. 3. Benjamin Foster 1614–1638
        4. 4. William Foster 1618–1698
        5. 5. Eleazer Foster 1604–1638
        6. 6. James Foster 1603–1604
        7. 7. Richard Foster 1605–1630
        8. 8. Elizabeth Foster 1598–1626
        9. 9. Hopestill Foster 1602–
      5. 5. Thomas (Besbedge (Bisbee)) (Besbech) 1589–1673 m. Anne Baseden 1595–1634
        1. 1. Sarah Bisbee 1621–1670
        2. 2. Esther Bisbee 1614–1634
        3. 3. Elizabeth Bisbee 1622–1634
        4. 4. Elisha Bisbee 1619–1695
        5. 5. Mary Besbedge 1620–1628

Stephen Austin's Timeline

2 Records

1484
1484
Birth of Stephen Austin in Yalding, Kent, England
Yalding, Kent, England
1557
17 NOV 1557
Age 73
Death of Stephen Austin in Staplehurst, Kent, England
Staplehurst, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1484
    Event Place: Yalding, Kent, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 NOV 1557
    Event Place: Staplehurst, Kent, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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