The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for William Austen, blacksmith, son of David Austin and Mary Austen [Barnet]
Generation No. 1
  1. William Austen, blacksmith was the son of David Austin and Mary Austen [Barnet]. He was born 1818 at Cowden, Kent; christened 6th Dec 1818 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent
  He married Ansley Hollamby on 1844 at Sevenoaks, Kent. She was born 1824 at Penshurst, Kent; christened 24th Oct 1824 at St. John the Baptist Church, Penshurst, Kent, daughter of David & Mary Hollamby. They had the following children:
2 iMary Ann who was born 1845 at Edenbridge, Kent
  iiElizabeth who was born 1848 at Hartfield, Sussex
3 iiiWilliam who was born 1853 at Cowden, Kent
4 ivDavid who was born 1856 at Cowden, Kent
  vArthur who was born 1863 at Cowden, Kent
  viJohn who was born 1865 at Cowden, Kent
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Mary Ann Harding [Austen] was the daughter of William Austen, blacksmith and Ansley Austin [Hollamby]. She was born 1845 at Edenbridge, Kent
  She married Jesse Harding, farm labourer on Jan to Mar 1863, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1863 Q1 Vol 2a Page 505. He was born 1840 at East Grinstead, Sussex; christened 22nd Mar 1840 at St. Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, Sussex. They had the following children:
5 iEliza Ann who was born 1864 at East Grinstead, Sussex
6 iiJesse Walter who was born 1866 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th Sep 1866 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 7th Dec 1952, aged 86 years; effects £2500
  iiiAlbert who was born 1868 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 29th Nov 1868 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  ivMildred who was born 1870 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 31st Jul 1870 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex
  vHarriett E who was born 1872 at Cowden, Kent
  viWilliam who was born 1875 at Cowden, Kent
  viiKate who was born 1880 at Cowden, Kent
  viiiMargaret who was born Dec 1880 at Cowden, Kent
  ixAlfred who was born 1885 at Cowden, Kent
  xAlbert A who was born 1888 at Cowden, Kent
   
  3. William Austin, gardener was the son of William Austen, blacksmith and Ansley Austin [Hollamby]. He was born 1853 at Cowden, Kent
  He married Frances Jenner on c 1874. She was born 1855 at Cowden, Kent; christened 30th Dec 1855 at St. Mary Magdalene, Cowden, Kent, daughter of Samuel Jenner & Eliza Jenner. They had the following children:
  iAnnie who was born 1875 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Mar 1875 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, daughter of William Austin (gardener) & Frances Austin
  iiEsther Ellen who was born 1877 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 6th Aug 1877 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex, daughter of William Austin (gardener) & Fanny Austin
  iiiElizabeth who was born 1878 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Jan 1879 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  ivElias William who was born 1878 at Withyham, Sussex; christened 5th Jan 1879 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex
  vFrances who was born 1882 at Withyham, Sussex
7 viAlice who was born 1883 at Withyham, Sussex
  viiEdith M. who was born 1887 at Withyham, Sussex
  viiiEmily who was born 1890 at Withyham, Sussex
  ixEveline who was born 1894 at Withyham, Sussex
  xAgnes who was born 1896 at Withyham, Sussex
   
  4. David Austin, farm labourer was the son of William Austen, blacksmith and Ansley Austin [Hollamby]. He was born 1856 at Cowden, Kent
  He married Caroline on c 1876. She was born 1856 at Chiddingstone, Kent. They had the following children:
  iDavid who was born 1879 at Cowden, Kent
  iiThomas who was born 1880 at Cowden, Kent
  iiiClara who was born 1883 at Cowden, Kent
  ivPercy who was born 1885 at Cowden, Kent
   
Generation No. 3
  5. Eliza Ann Humphrey [Harding] was the daughter of Jesse Harding, farm labourer and Mary Ann Harding [Austen]. She was born 1864 at East Grinstead, Sussex
  She married Walter Humphrey, farm labourer on July to Sep 1884, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1884 Q3 Vol 2a Page 915. He was born 1859 at Chelsea, London. They had the following children:
  iCharlotte who was born 1886 at Cowden, Kent
  iiEdith who was born 1887 at Cowden, Kent
  iiiMinnie who was born 1888 at Cowden, Kent
  ivEthel who was born 1890 at Cowden, Kent
   
  6. Jesse Walter Harding was the son of Jesse Harding, farm labourer and Mary Ann Harding [Austen]. He was born 1866 at Hartfield, Sussex; christened 30th Sep 1866 at St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex; died 7th Dec 1952, registered at Surrey North District, ref: 1952 Dec Vol 5g Page 490, aged 86 years; effects £2500
  He married Harriet Chilman on Apr to June 1883, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1883 Q2 Vol 2a Page 821. She was born July to Sep 1858 at Brasted, Kent, registered at Sevenoaks District, Kent, ref: 1858 Q3 Vol 2a Page 343; christened 31st Oct 1858 at St. Martin's Church, Brasted, Kent, daughter of George Chilman (labourer) & Eliza Chilman
   
  7. Alice Heasman [Austin] was the daughter of William Austin, gardener and Frances Austin [Jenner]. She was born 1883 at Withyham, Sussex
  She married Horace Heasman, house painter on 1905. He was born 1879 at Wadhurst, Sussex; christened 20th Apr 1879 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Wadhurst, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iWinnifred who was born 1908 at Frant, Sussex
   

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