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Robert Austen

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Robert Austen

Birth
Horsmonden, Tunbridge Wells Borough, Kent, England
Death
27 Jan 1727 (aged 24)
Tenterden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England
Burial
Tenterden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England Add to Map
Plot
On the floor of the Tower and west end of the Nave
Memorial ID
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Christening date 20 Sep 1702 son of
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
Christening date 20 Sep 1702 son of
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



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  • Created by: 1414Jan
  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141835502/robert-austen: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Austen (16 Sep 1702–27 Jan 1727), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141835502, citing St. Mildred's Churchyard, Tenterden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England; Maintained by 1414Jan (contributor 48003845).