Two of Elizabeth Weller’s sons came to live in Tonbridge. Thomas, the third son, became an apothecary, and lived with his wife and son in a house of mediaeval origin in the upper High Street, now restored as Blair House, No. 186.His younger brother William became a surgeon and lived at what is now No. 174 High Street. Part of the older dwelling on this site was discernible inside the later furniture store there until it was destroyed by fire in 1997. Like their mother, Thomas and William are buried at the Parish Church. There is a memorial to William and his family on the floor of the north aisle (not normally visible), but no memorial to Thomas can now be found. William Austen was Jane Austen’s grandfather.
Two of Elizabeth Weller’s sons came to live in Tonbridge. Thomas, the third son, became an apothecary, and lived with his wife and son in a house of mediaeval origin in the upper High Street, now restored as Blair House, No. 186.His younger brother William became a surgeon and lived at what is now No. 174 High Street. Part of the older dwelling on this site was discernible inside the later furniture store there until it was destroyed by fire in 1997. Like their mother, Thomas and William are buried at the Parish Church. There is a memorial to William and his family on the floor of the north aisle (not normally visible), but no memorial to Thomas can now be found. William Austen was Jane Austen’s grandfather.
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