Vitals: Ambrose Austen & Susannah Beard

Ambrose, Sr. :  (1757-1843) b. Mardon, Kent Co., UK; r. Enfield, London & Jeromesville, Ashland Co., OH (son of Thomas & Mary Martin Austen or his possible first wife, Ann Burr; Farmer by trade)
-buried: Jeromesville Cemetery, Ashland Co., OH (See cemetery for GPS)

Ambrose Austen stone, Jeromesville, OH

Ambrose Austen headstone, Jeromesville, OH


Susannah Beard (1759-1829) b. Rottingdean, Sussex Co., UK; r. Enfield & Jeromesville (daughter of Nathaniel & Mary Weller Beard; Homemaker)
-Buried: Jeromesville Cemetery (See cemetery for GPS)

Susanna Beard Austen stone,
Jeromesville, OH

Marriage registration from East Sussex Recorder’s Office
(Notice “by consent of parents” as Susannah was only 20)

Children:

1. Charles, Sr. (1785-1856) Headcorn-Marden, Kent Co., UK (m. Sarah Pearce, our Richard’s sister, 1813 double ceremony; Gentleman farmer)
-buried: Cross Roads Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA (Some of his children are buried at Greenwood Cemetery in nearby Sharpsburg)
2. Nathaniel (1787-1823) H-M, Kent, UK
3. Henry (1788- ) H-M, Kent, UK (m. Ethel Weild)
4. Susannah (1792-1865) H-M, Kent, UK (m. Richard Pearce, my GGgrandfather)
-buried: Cross Roads Cemetery, Pine Twp., PA)
5. Mary (1793-) H-M, Kent, UK (m. ____ Graham)
6. John (1794/6-1866) Dorsetshire, UK (m. Susan Newman)
7. Charlotte (1798-1860) Dorsetshire, UK (m. Sparks Bird)
8. Ambrose, Jr. (1800- ) Dorsetshire, UK (m. Mary ___)
9. Joseph (1802-1893) Dorsetshire, UK (m. Catharine Heichel)

Joseph Austen

Documentation:

“Ambrose & Susannah Austen.” Find-a-Grave.com. 4 September 2018
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66181311/susannah-austen

“Genealogy of Austen & Pearce Families 1757-1911,″ locally published

Brian Austen’s essay, “Origins”

Jean Lyle Nevell. “Susannah Beard Narrative.” 13 January 2008

Various documents on Austen Family Association of America.org

Various Public Member Family Trees. Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org

RETURN TO OUR AUSTEN FAMILY TREE

RETURN TO OUR BEARD FAMILY TREE

Last revised 3/31/20

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