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 1595 - 1651 (~ 55 years)
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| Name |
Valentine AUSTIN |
| Christened |
31 Aug 1595 |
Chilham, Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
1651 |
Wye, Kent, England [3] |
| Person ID |
I4689 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Father |
Matthew AUSTIN, c. 21 Sep 1562, Adisham, Kent, England , bur. 21 Jun 1640, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Mother |
Thomasine, b. Abt 1563, bur. 8 Nov 1642, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 79 years) |
| Married |
Bef 25 May 1631 |
| Notes |
- This date is based on the date of probate of the nuncupative Will of William Austin of Chilham proved 25 May 1631.
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| Family ID |
F1752 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Jane TERRALL, b. Abt 1603, Brook, Kent, England , bur. 8 May 1634, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 31 years) |
| Married |
27 Sep 1625 |
Brook, Kent, England [4, 5] |
| Children |
| | 1. Tomsyn ^ AUSTIN, c. 16 Nov 1627, Brook, Kent, England , bur. 13 Oct 1630, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 2 years) |
| | 2. William ^ AUSTIN, c. 24 Mar 1628, Wye, Kent, England |
| | 3. Thomas ^ AUSTIN, c. 24 Mar 1628, Wye, Kent, England |
| | 4. Matthew AUSTIN, c. 24 Mar 1628, Wye, Kent, England |
| | 5. Thomason ^ AUSTIN, c. 9 Oct 1630, Wye, Kent, England , d. Bef 1634 (Age ~ 3 years) |
| | 6. Valentine AUSTIN, c. 22 Jan 1632, Wye, Kent, England , bur. Mar 1716, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 84 years) |
| | 7. Tomasine ^ AUSTIN, c. 4 May 1634, Wye, Kent, England , d. Pre-1651 (Age ~ 16 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1750 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
Elizabeth SHEAFE, b. Abt 1610, d. Aft 24 Mar 1650/1651 (Age ~ 41 years) |
| Married |
29 Jul 1634 |
Wye, Kent, England [6] |
| Notes |
- On marriage, Valentine was described as being a widower and maltster of Wye. Elizabeth Sheafe was described as being a spinster, 24 years old and also of Wye.
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| Children |
| | 1. Thomas AUSTIN, c. 10 Mar 1635, Wye, Kent, England , bur. Aft 1651 (Age ~ 17 years) |
| | 2. Edward or Edmund AUSTIN, c. 1 Jan 1637, Wye, Kent, England , d. Aft 1651 (Age ~ 15 years) |
| | 3. Richard ^ AUSTIN, c. 17 Feb 1638, Wye, Kent, England , d. Bef Jan 1639 (Age ~ 0 years) |
| | 4. Richard AUSTIN, c. 27 Jan 1639, Wye, Kent, England , d. Aft 1651 (Age ~ 13 years) |
| | 5. Jane ^ AUSTIN, c. 20 Jun 1641, Wye, Kent, England , d. 14 Jul 1641, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 0 years) |
| | 6. Elizabeth AUSTIN, c. 25 Sep 1642, Wye, Kent, England |
| | 7. Henry AUSTIN, c. 6 Mar 1645, Wye, Kent, England , bur. 14 May 1699, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 54 years) |
| | 8. William AUSTIN, c. 2 May 1647, Wye, Kent, England , d. Aft 1651 (Age ~ 5 years) |
| | 9. John AUSTIN, c. 29 Jul 1650, Wye, Kent, England , d. Aft 1651 (Age ~ 2 years) |
| | 10. Sara ^ AUSTIN, c. 29 Jul 1650, Wye, Kent, England , d. Bef 1651 (Age ~ 0 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F1528 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Yeoman
A namesake:
FUNERAL AT WYE, KENT
Mr Valentine Austen, who died at Wye in Kent on Saturday August 21st, 1795, was buried on the Wednesday following. He had given very particular directions in his will with regard to his funeral, which were carefully attended to, and the singularities of it conducted in such a manner as to form a scene equally solemn and affecting. Between twelve and one o'clock, the procession set out from his house, and went that way which leads through the High Street up to the church. The bells were carefully muffled and rang a dumb peal.
The procession was preceded by two women who were formerly his hop-tyers, strewing old hops. The band, consisting of two French horns, two bassoons, two fifes, two hautboys, two violins and a long drum, played a solemn dirge all the way to the church gate. In the church (between the psalms and the Lesson) the 104th psalm was played and sung; and from the Church to the grave, the dirge was repeated. The concourse of people was astonishingly great and they behaved with order and attention, during the whole of the ceremony. Mr Austen was ever good to the poor in his life and he remembered them at his death. He ordered to the poor hop-strewers half a guinea apiece; to every poor man resident in the parish, a quart of beer and a twopenny loaf; and to every poor child, half the quantity of bread and beer. He also left £50 to the Sunday School of Wye. This eccentric man, some years before his death, had his coffin made in readiness for that event.
Source: http://www.wgma.org.uk/ AND http://www.wgma.org.uk/Res/Litery/Events/Funeral.htm
From Ashford Researches on KAS website:
William Austen of Ashford, maltster Will. PRC17 - 99/9
3 November 1769
to Catherine Waterman, niece of wife, £100
to exors. of trustees £500 - interest to Dorothy for life then -
to nephew Thos. Ottaway of Westwell, yeo £100
" Matthew Knott of Canterbury, weaver £100
niece Mary Townsen of Wye, wid. £100
" Eliz. wife of [ ] Turner of Canterbury, weaver £100
" Mary, wife of [ ] Wyborn of Deal, tidewaiter £100.
to wife mess. etc. in Ashford, in my occup. & land called Maccabee in Naccolt for life, then to Valentine Austen, and to have residue.
Exors: wife Dorothy & nephew Valentine Austen of Wye, maltster.
Witness: Jos. Pattenson, Saul Munn, John Gifford.
Probate: 26 May 1773 to exor.
[see 36/38 High St. but this is not property above]
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- [S66] Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Lambeth Palace, London, England, (England, Kew: The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)), Prob/11/217, Image #413, 2 Jul 1651.
Will of Valentine Austen, of Wye, 24 March 1650/51, Maltster
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I, VALENTINE AUSTEN, of Wye, in the County of Kent, Maltster, being weak and infirm in body but of good and perfect memory, praised be God therefore, do the four and twentieth [24th] day of March Anno Domini one thousand six hundred and fifty [1650/51] make, ordain and declare this my last Will and Testament in writing for the disposing of such goods, chattels and lands and tenements and hereditaments as it hath pleased the Lord God to bestow upon me after this manner following, revoking hereby both in deed and law all other former Wills and Testaments heretofore by me made,
First, I recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God my faithful Creator and Redeemer and my body to be decently interred by the discretion of my Executor hereafter named and ELIZABETH, my dear and wellbeloved wife,
Item, I make and appoint my loving son, MATTHEW AUSTEN, of Wye aforesaid, maltster, my sole Executor.
Item I give unto my sons, VALENTINE, THOMAS, EDMUND, RICHARD, HENRY, WILLIAM and JOHN AUSTEN, the full sum of three score pounds [£60] a piece of lawful money of England to be paid unto them and every of them by my said Executor at their several ages of one and twenty years [21] and likewise unto my daughter, ELIZABETH AUSTEN, the like sum of three score pounds [£60] of lawful money of England to be paid unto her at twenty [20] years of age or at the day of marriage which shall first happen.
And my mind further is that if any of my said sons shall happen to die and depart this natural life before they shall attain unto the said age of one and twenty [21] years that then his or their portion or portions shall be equally divided amongst my sons that are then living.
And I will that if any of my said sons do happen to decease not having issue of their bodies that then the portion and sum given to him or them as above said shall return and be equally divided amongst the rest of my sons that are then living.
And my mind is that if my said daughter, ELIZABETH, do die without issue or before she shall complete the age of twenty [20] years that then her portion shall be equally divided amongst my said sons then living.
And I will that if my said beloved wife do keep herself a widow then she shall for long as she remain a widow have her dwelling in my said dwelling house situate in the parish of Wye above said and shall have the use of my said children’s portions paid unto her by my said Executor to bring up my said children.
And my mind is that if my said loving wife do marry that then my said Executor shall pay her the use of seven score pounds [£140] during the term of her life and she to have the said house solely to my said Executor and I will that all my household stuff after it is praised to be equally divided amongst all my said children and as they come to age severally to receive their several portions of the said household stuff.
And my mind is that if my said Executor do happen to die not having issue of his body lawfully begotten that then the next heir shall be my Executor of this my last Will and Testament.
And all the rest of my goods, cattle, lands, tenements and hereditaments (my debts, legacies and all other my expenses being paid and discharged) shall remain and continue to my said Executor and his heirs forever.
And this I publish to be my last Will and Testament and have hereunto set my hand and seal
SEALED AND DELIVERED in the presence of us the mark
Thomas Austen Valentine X Austen
Andrew Bodkin and seal of
THIS WILL was proved, approved and insinuated at London before the Worshipful William Foorth, doctor of laws and Surrogate of the Worshipful Sir Nathaniel Brent, Knight, doctor of laws also, and master or keeper of the Prerogative Court lawfully constituted the second [2nd] day of July in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred fifty-one [1651] by the oath of MATTHEW AUSTEN, the son and Executor named in the Will above said, to whom administration was committed of all and singular the goods, chattels and debts of the said deceased, he being first sworn upon the Holy Evangelist well and truly to administer the same.
- [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), 1640.
Valentine and his son, Mathew, appear as beneficiaries of the Will of his father, Matthew Austen.
- [S34] Parish Register, England, Kent: Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1836327, Wye, Kent, 14 May 1699.
- [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Brook, Kent, England, 27 Sep 1625.
she "eius matertera ----?" [his mother's sister i.e. his maternal aunt, or his or a kind of "goddess" ----?]
- [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), vol. 2, 1619-1660, col. 37, 24 Sep 1625.
Valentine Austen, of Brook, yeoman, bachelor, about 30, and Jane Terrell, of the same, virgin, about 22, daughter of Mary Terrell, alias Dence of the same place, widow, who consents. At the same.
- [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), vol. 2, 1619-1660, col. 37-38, 29 Jul 1634.
Valentine Austen, of Wye, maltster, widower and Elizabeth Sheafe, of the same, virgin, about 24, daugher of Sarah Sheafe, of the same, widow, who consents, as is testified by Edmond Sheafe, her brother. At St. Margaret's, Canterbury. Timothy Titherton of Wye, yeoman, bondsman.
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