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Joseph Austin

Joseph Austin

Male Abt 1616 - 1663  (47 years)


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  • Name Joseph Austin  [1] 
    Birth Abt 1616  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FSID KNQK-VXG  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Religion Quaker 
    Death 1 Jul 1663  Dover, New Hampshire, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I45618  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family Sarah Starbuck of Dover,   b. Abt 1620 
    Marriage Abt 1649  Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Deborah Austin,   b. Abt 1650, Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F24874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, page 69
      Per 'Genealogical Dictionary of ME & NH' - pg 69 - Joseph was a witness in Eliot, ME in 1648. By 16Oct 1649, he had married Sarah Starbuck, of Dover, dau. of Edward and Catrharine (Reynolds) Starbuck.

      Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Joseph came over on the "Hampton." Joseph Austin, born about 1616 in England, died before 1 July 1663 in Cocheco, New Hampshire. He married Sarah Starbuck about 1649. Joseph appeared in Hampton, New Hampshire in 1642 before removing to Dover about 1647. He appears on the earliest tax record of Dover in 1647, where he was part-owner of a sawmill. A number of his descendants were members of the Society of Friends. source Austin Family Association of America http://www.rahul.net/afaoa/afaoa_databases.

  • Sources 
    1. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Archive. org Digital Image.
      Austin, Joseph p. 81, describes will, marriage to Sarah Starbuck

    2. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Probate Records of the Province of New Hampshire, Vol. 1, 1635-1717, page 56.
      Records the actual written will of Joseph Austin and its disposition

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 March 2025, 19:56), entry for John Smith V (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 ); contributed by various users.
      https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4

    4. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Provincial papers, documents and records relating to the province of New Hampshire : from the earliest period of its settlement: 1623-1686www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/335514IDENTIFIER2094936CREATORBouton, Nathaniel, 1799-1878Pg. 151.
      See page image attached to memories

    5. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Genealogical dictionary of Maine and New HampshireStatement of Responsibility:by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, Walter Goodwin DavisAuthors: Noyes, Sybil (Main Author) Libby, Charles T. (Charles Thornton), 1861-1948 (Added Author) Davis, Walter Goodwin, 1885-1966 (Added Author)Format: Books/Monographs/Book with FilmLanguage: EnglishPublication: Portland, Maine : Southworth Press, 1928-1939Physical: 2 v. (xvi, 795 p.).Subject Class: 974 D2.
      attached section in Memories

    6. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Scales, HISTORY OF DOVER, NH, Vol. 1, 1923, p 372:.
      "Joseph Austin, who owned part of the mill property at Cochecho Falls, in 1649 and later resided at Dover Neck, having come there, probably from Hampton, where a Joseph Austin resided on 1642. He moved up to Cocheco at an early day, though where his house was we have no means of knowing. In addition, he had various grants from the town, one as follows: A grant of 100 acs., laid out "between Quamphegon and Saynt Albans Cove, partly or together by Nechoaneck River, on ye S.E. and on the N.E. by Henery Tibbits hundred acres of land and partly by Thomas Handsons hundred; on S.W. side by a heyway that is to lay between Thomas Caney and him" also a grant of 50 acs. at fresh creek, etc. Joseph Austin married (probably as his 2nd wife) Sarah, daughter of Elder Starbuck and widow of William Storey* (see note below). Her first husband died ca 1658. She married 3rd husband* (see note below) after Austin's death viz Humphrey Varney. Mr. Austin made his will Jun. 6, 1662 and it was proved Jul. 1, 1663. There was a Samuel Austin taxed here in 1649, who Dec. 1, 1650, conveyed all his premises to William Furber. Not a single Austin appears in the list of Baptized, in the last century; the inference being that they were mostly Quakers. The Austin interest in the Sawmills ceased somewhere between 1719 and 1760." NOTE-CONFLICT - by Bonnie Bigolin WY (1994) - I believe the above source is in error about Sarah Starbuck being the wife of William Storey and that Sarah was married three times. See notes for Sarah Starbuck for further information. Ancestral File shows Deborah Austin as daughter of Joseph Austin (AFN:8TM-03) and Sarah DOVER (AFN:8XPL-3C). NOTE - B. Bigolin - There has been perpetuated the theory that Joseph Austin was married before his marriage to Sarah Starbuck, however I have seen no records that would indicate that to me. I suspect that the possible wife "Sarah Dover" was just a mistaken reading of secondary sources. Possible explanation - Sarah, Dover w. of Joseph Austin was misunderstood as Sarah Dover w. of Joseph Austin, when it probably meant - Sarah of Dover w. of Joseph Austin. E. A. Grant, AUSTIN FAMILY. Also notes "His wife has often been erroneously called the "widow Storey", but a study of the dates of birth of her children and his would prove the impossibility."
      - these references are from http://www.rahul.net/cgi-bin/afaoa/igmget/n=Joseph_Austin_NH?169554 in January, 2003.

    7. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALAOGICAL REGISTER, Vol I., p 450 & Vol. 5, p 450: ".
      Joseph Austin is said to have come to Dover about 1647 from Hampton, NH, where there was a Joseph Austin in 1642. He was taxed in Dover in 1646. In 1649, he purchased of Richard Waldron one-fourth part of the "old mill" at Cocheco, Lower Falls for "accommodation" of which he received the wood of three acres. In 1658, he exchanged with Elder William Wentworth "Emery's Farm" for other land. Joseph lived in Cocheco. He married (probably second wife) Sarah, daughter of Elder Edward Starbuck, and widow of William Story. His will dated 6 June, 1662; proved 1 July, 1663. He gave his wife some portion, the remainder, he divided equally among his children, save that the son Thomas was to have a double share."

    8. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Starbucks all, 1635-1985 : a biographical-genealogical dictionaryStatement of Responsibility: James Carlton StarbuckAuthors: Starbuck, James Carlton, 1934- (Main Author)Format: Books/Monographs/Book with FicheLanguage: EnglishPublication: Decatur, Georgia : J.C. Starbuck, c1984Physical: iv, 594 p. : geneal. tables.Subject Class: 929.273 St28.
      p. 436
      Sarah Starbuck, daughter of Edward, m.1st Joseph Austin, children Deborah, Mary, Thomas, Joseph, Benjamin
      m.2nd Humprey Varney, 2 Mar 1664, Dover, son John b. 5 Sep 1664
      [NOTE DOES NOT CITE SOURCES]

    9. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Pope, C. Henry. (1908). The pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660: a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns, churches, courts and other contemporary sources. Boston, Mass.: C.H. Pope.
      "Joseph, planter, Dover, had case in court in 1647; taxed Oct. 19, 1648. Bought one quarter of a sawmill of Richard Waldron 20 Set. 1649. He deposed 27 June, 1661, ae. about 45 years [P. Files.] His will dated 25 Jan. 1662, was probated July 1, 1663, by widow Sarah; beq. to wife and children; son Thomas to have a double portion; brother Peter Coffin one of the overseers."

    10. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, New England historical & genealogical register, volume 8Statement of Responsibility: typed by Mrs. C.A. Paterson, March 1959Authors: Paterson, C. A., Mrs. (Added Author) Phillips, Hugh L., Mrs. (Added Author)Format: Manuscript/Typescript Photocopy with FilmLanguage: EnglishPhysical: [44] leaves.Subject Class: 974 B2.

    11. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, page 169.
      Shows the line for Starbucks and others including Gardner's and Austin's...

    12. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The New England historical and genealogical register - v. 33 (1879)Format: Bound VolumeLanguage: EnglishPublication: 1879Subject Class: 974 B2ne.

    13. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Starbucks all, 1635-1985 : a biographical-genealogical dictionaryStatement of Responsibility: James Carlton StarbuckAuthors: Starbuck, James Carlton, 1934- (Main Author)Format: Books/Monographs/Book with FicheLanguage: EnglishPublication: Decatur, Georgia : J.C. Starbuck, c1984Physical: iv, 594 p. : geneal. tables.Subject Class: 929.273 St28SLC, UT Family History Library United States & Canada Fiche 6049909.
      p. ii
      - no footnotes or sources "because that would require at least a hundred pages more" ..."I can't claim this to be an infallible piece of writing
      p. 151
      - Esther Starbuck (20), dau. of Edward Starbuck (1)
      m.1 William Furber, 6 children [no dates]
      m.2 Humphrey Varney, no date
      children: Moses Varney, m. Phebe Tuttle
      ****Ebenezer Varney b. 1670, m. Mary Otis****
      p. 436
      - Sarah Starbuck (2), dau. of Edward Starbuck (1)
      m.1 Joseph Austin
      m.2 Humphrey Varney, 2 Mar 1664, Dover, NH
      Children: John, 5 Sep 1664; Peter, 1666; Joseph, 1667; Abigail, 1669;
      ****Ebenezer Varney, b. 1670, m. Mary Otiss****
      Sarah Varny m. Jeffrey Parson [WRONG -- Jeffrey Parson m. Sarah VINSON]
      Rachel Varney m. William Vinson [WRONG -- Rachel Varney was Humphrey's SISTER, not his daughter]

      NOTE; Ebenezer Varney, b. 1670, m. Mary Otis is listed TWICE -- only one can be correct. Marriage of Humphrey Varney to SARAH is documented in original records; marriage to Esther Varney is NOT DOCUMENTED.

    14. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, http://interactive.ancestry.com/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0042/38554?backurl=http%3a%2f%.


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