Jane Austen's mother. Cassandra Leigh was the daughter of Thomas Leigh, the rector of Harpsden, near Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire, and his wife Jane (nee Walker.) Upon his retirement, Mr. Leigh moved to Bath, but died shortly afterwards. On the 26th. April 1764 at St. Swithin's Church in Bath, Cassandra married the Reverend George Austen (q.v.), the vicar of Steventon in Hampshire. None of his family were present at the wedding, and the bride wore a red riding habit. They were to have eight children, of whom Jane was the seventh. Like his father-in-law before him, George Austen retired to Bath. After his death, his widow returned to Hampshire, where she is buried next to her fifth child, also named Cassandra.
Family Members
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Thomas Leigh
1696–1764
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Jane Walker Leigh
1704–1768
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George Austen
1731–1805 (m. 1764)
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Anne Leigh
1734–1738
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James Leigh-Perrot
1735–1817
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Mary Leigh
1737–1737
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James Austen
1765–1819
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George Austen
1766–1838
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Edward Austen Knight
1768–1852
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Henry Thomas Austen
1771–1850
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Cassandra Elizabeth Austen
1773–1845
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Francis William Austen
1774–1865
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Jane Austen
1775–1817
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Charles John Austen
1779–1852
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