Thomas AUSTIN
Eaton Bray,Bedford,England Parish Register Transcripts (FHL#Q942.565 B4c V73
Slapton, Buckingham, England Parish Registers, (FHL#1042400)
Ancestral File - Version 4.19 - nil
Internet IGI 2005, October
Edlesborough,Buckingham,England Parish Registers (FHL#1,042,380)
NAME: Anne aka Ann - FOUNTAINE aka FOUNTAIN
SS 26 Sep 1960 Logan Died falling over a style while tending sheep because his home caught fire leaving the family quite poor. He lived at Church End Farm in Studham. The servant girl set the house on fire. James had to sell everything including the stock to buy things to start all over. He went to work as a shepherd and was tending the sheep when he crossed the style and died.
He married Anne Fountaine 25 Dec 1738 at Slapton, Buckingham, England . Anne Fountaine was christened at Totternhoe, Bedford, England 6 Jul 1712 daughter of John Fountaine and Elizabeth Cooke .
They were the parents of 5
children:
Elizabeth Austin
christened 20 Sep 1741.
Ann Austin
christened 1 Jan 1743.
Mary Austin
christened 12 May 1745.
Thomas Austin
christened 26 Jul 1747.
James Austin
born 22 Jan 1745.