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Edward Austen

Male 1794 - 1879  (85 years)

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  • Name Edward Austen  [1] 
    Born 10 May 1794  [1] 
    Christened 20 Jun 1794  Goodnestone by Sandwich, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Name Edward Knight JP DL  [2] 
    Residence Chawton House, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 5 Nov 1879  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I8137  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Edward Austen,   c. 7 Oct 1767, Deane, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1852, Godmersham, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth Bridges,   b. 23 May 1773,   d. Sep 1808  (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 27 Dec 1791  Goodnestone by Sandwich, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Family ID F2453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Dorothea Knatchbull,   d. 22 Feb 1838 
    Married 1826  [6] 
    Alt. Marriage May 1826  [3] 
    Marriage License 3 Jun 1826  Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctors Commons, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F2477  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Adela Portal,   b. 7 Apr 1818,   d. 28 Jun 1870  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 3 Mar 1840  Whitchurch Registration District, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Adela Mary Margaretta Knight  [natural]
     2. Helen Adela Knight  [natural]
     3. Ethel Adela Knight  [natural]
     4. Elizabeth Adela Knight,   b. 13 Feb 1841,   d. 21 May 1896  (Age 55 years)  [natural]
     5. Montagu George Knight, JP DL,   b. 26 Oct 1844  [natural]
     6. Charles Edward Knight,   b. 13 Feb 1846  [natural]
    +7. Adela Louisa Cassandra Knight,   b. 24 Dec 1850,   d. 11 Aug 1888  (Age 37 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F2455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S195] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (www.familysearch.org;), baptism of Edward Austen, son of Edward Austen and Elizabeth, 20 June 1794, Goodnestone By Sandwich, Kent, born 10 May 1794 (extracted from registers) (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S369] Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal Being A Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England, Melville Henry Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval (1868-1921), (London: T.C. & E. C. Jack, 1905-11, scanned original pages on www.ancestry.co.uk, 2002;), p.217 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S33] Burke's Peerage and Gentry Website, (http://www.burkes-landed-gentry.com;), Brabourne of Brabourne, extracted from Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 106th edition (Reliability: 2).

    4. [S195] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (www.familysearch.org;), marriage of Edward Austen and Elizabeth Bridges, 27 Dec 1791, Goodnestone By Sandwich, Kent (extracted from registers) (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S1] A goodly heritage: a history of Jane Austen's family, George Holbert Tucker, (Carcanet New Press, Manchester, 1983;), pp.118-132 (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S337] Index to Marriage Licence Allegations, Faculty Office 1701-1850, (www.britishorigins.com;), licence allegation for Edward Knight and Mary D Knatchbull, 3 Jun 1826 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), marriages of Edward Knight and Adela Portal share reference Whitchurch &c. 7 233, March quarter 1840 (Reliability: 2).