John & Elizabeth (Weller) Austen of Broadford, Horsmonden
John Austen is a forebear of Jane Austen the novelist and Broadford was an old Clothmaster's Hall once visited by Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1573 as the Austens made cloth for her
John & Elizabeth (Weller) Austen of Broadford, Horsmonden
John Austen is a forebear of Jane Austen the novelist and Broadford was an old Clothmaster's Hall once visited by Queen Elizabeth 1 in 1573 as the Austens made cloth for her
Inscription
Arms: A chevron between 3 lion's jambs Crest: Out of an embattled crown a demi stag
Here lyeth the body of Robert
Austen, gent of this parish
the fifth son of John Austen of
Broadford in Horsmonden, Gent
by Elizabeth the daughter of
Thomas Weller of Tunbridge, Gent
He dyed of the smallpox Jan’y ye 27 1727
and in ye 25th year of His Age
This monument was placed here
As a Gratefull Memorial of him
by his five surviving brothers
& one sister
Gravesite Details
This is a full length stone
Family Members
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