Ambrose Austen

1757 - 1843  (85 years)

• Name	Ambrose Austen
  Birth	19 Jun 1757	Marden, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Jan 1843	Jeromesville, Ashland, OH
  Burial	Jeromesville, Ashland, OH
  Person ID	I1	Ambrose Austen of Jeromesville, Ashland, Ohio
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Austen   d. YES
  Mother	Unknown   d. YES
  _UID	D80D064E2E680A40992DD109B6F70BE0519A
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Beard,   b. 3 Dec 1759, Rottingdean, Sussex, England d. 8 Sep 1839, OH (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1779	England
  _UID	C726BF55E8408340843C261CD56D3678DE1E
  Children	1. Charles Austen,   b. 2 Aug 1785, Marden, Kent, England d. 12 Apr 1865, Pine Creek, Allegheny, PA (Age 79 years)   2. Nathaniel Beard Austen,   b. 16 Jun 1787, Marden, Kent, England d. 1823, England (Age 35 years)   3. Henry Thomas Austen,   c. 4 Mar 1789, Headcom, Kent, England   4. Susannah Austen,   c. 2 Apr 1789   d. 7 Aug 1865, Allegheny Co., PA (Age ~ 76 years)   5. Mary Austen,   b. 4 May 1793, Marden, Kent, England   6. John Austen,   c. 11 Jul 1795, Headcorn, England d. 26 Jan 1866, Ashland Co., OH (Age ~ 70 years)   7. Charlotte Austen,   b. 30 Dec 1798   d. 14 Dec 1860 (Age 61 years)   8. Ambrose Austen,   b. 22 Jan 1800, Dorsetshire, England   9. Joseph Austin,   b. 7 Apr 1802, Sevenoaks, Kent, England d. 5 Dec 1893 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Jun 1757 - Marden, Kent, England Marriage - 23 Nov 1779 - England Death - 29 Jan 1843 - Jeromesville, Ashland, OH Burial - - Jeromesville, Ashland, OH  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Ambrose house The front part of this house belonging to Ralph Austen was originally part of the house of Ambrose and Susannah Austen in Jeromesville.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Ambrose in Dorset Copy of Land Tax Return for 1798
  		Application for citizenship 18 Nov 1822 From Journals in the Court of common pleas Wayne County, Ohio
  		Jeromesville, Ohio Map showing location and surrounding towns.
  		Marriage notice. Ambrose Austen and Sussannah Beard marriage notice
  		Naturalization listing Wayne County, Ohio Ambrose, Joseph, John Journals of the Court of Common Pleas
  		Will of Ambrose Austen Transcript
  		Will of Thomas Austen Transcript of will of Ambrose's father, Thomas of Yalding, Kent, UK

  
  

  Headstones

  Ambrose headstone

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		Ambrose Austen and Family Emigration from Kent to Ohio and Pennsylvania A presentation of the information from the early family sources and more recent research by descendants.
  		Ambrose Austen and family This historical sketch has been complied and written by Willard Austen, M.D. son of John Thaddeus Austen (Mar 26, 1864 – Mar 10, 1928) and Hettie E Robinson (Dec 12, 1865 – April 30, 1948) in the year 1961.
  		Ambrose Austen Family Written by Jim Austen, son of Thomas P Austen, born Mar 5, 1847 as dictated to Susan Austen Grubbs.
  		Origins 4.pdf Ambrose Austen and Family in England

  
  

• Notes

  I first became involved with the Ambrose Austen family story in the 1980s while searching the internet for my own family. I met Diane Austen of Long Island, California who gave me the Genealogy of Austen and Pearce families and added the familly to my growing list of Austen families to research. In time I made contact with other members of the family: Marge and Thomas Austen of Mansfield, Caroline Pinkers of Seattle who commissioned professional research of Ambrose' origins and shared the meagre results with me, and Larry Pearce of Pennsylvania and many other Austen descendants since. To preserve the research I joined AFAOA and became the compiler of this family on the Austin Families Association of America database and website. Since then I have joined the Guild of One-Name Studies (GOONS) and have an Austen website (austen..one-name.com). I would welcome hearing from anyone who would be interested contributing to my Austen collection and specifically in joining AFAOA and taking over the oversight of the this Ambrose family tree. I wrote a first draft of the story, reproduced in the histories here with considerable input from Marge and Caroline. But its very much a first try, especially with respect to the American end of the story; I suspect that not much more of the English origins will be found, although it is beginning to look like Ambrose's grandfather was a John of either Kent or Sussex. A note on sources Published sources. Genealogy of Austen and Pearce Families. From 1757 to 1911 This is a genealogy produced for an Austen-Pearce reunion in 1911 by John Thaddeus Austen, Charles W Austen and Edwin A Austen. Apart from a couple of typing errors, this document appears to be generally pretty accurate in the material it provides, particularly the early dates that are given. The Tice - Pearce Heritage This was written by Fred A Tice, and published in 1967. Fred Tice was a son of Henry Tice and Lillie Pearce, granddaughter of Susan Austen and Richard Pearce. It is based on earlier information attributed to Susan Austen Grubbs and included as quotations, and revised by Bertha Hughes (sister to Fred Tice). In addition it incorporates some research by Fred Tice during visits to England (and Germany) in 1952 and 1958 and Dr Willard Austen with whom Mr Tice corresponded. Family narrative as published on website as the Original Family Narrative (OFN) by Larry Pearce, author uncertain. http://e-gen.info/?page_id=32 Also published here as "Austen Family written by Jim Austen" According to the text, the author's father was Thomas P Austen, son of Charles, son of Ambrose Austen. The text repeatedly refers to Grandfather Austen, clearly meaning Charles. It may be that the Tice document is based on this "narrative". Both contain passages that indicate a misunderstanding of actual events; the Tice version acknowledges some of these errors. In addition the timing of events is at times astray. Some events recorded in this narrative are left out of the Tice version. But while there are many errors, it is probable that the essential core of the events did occur; that a Charles was in the navy an/or army, that he had escort duties to Royalty, that there was a sheep station,etc. It is also interesting that in neither version is Ambrose mentioned by name. In only the "original narrative" is Charles' father mentioned; "My great Grandfather bought him (Charles) a lieutenancy in the Army and Navy". It is curious (to me at least) that in neither version is the fact of Ambrose's emigration to Ohio mentioned, or even hinted at. The Grubbs Family: The Pennsylvania Division by Thaddeus Grubbs, Lane Co. Oregon and retyped by Caroline N Pinkers. Over the years many other family members have sent me corrections, updates and new information which have been added or incorporated. Without doubt there is a lot more. Brian Austen Hobart Tasmania March 2020