William Austin

Profile & Legacies Summary

28^th Feb 1759 - 1819

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Co-owner of Land of Plenty in British Guiana with his younger brother John Austin (q.v.)

William Austin was born 28/02/1759 and baptised 01/04/1759 in St Thomas, Barbados, son of Colonel Thomas Austin (1727-1806) and his first wife Mary Williams (?-1767). He married Mehetabel Piercy (q.v.) 26/02/1807 in Bath, England. They had 8 children, whose births chart the family's movements between Britain and Demerara: William Piercy (1807, Stone, Staffordshire), Mary (1809, Bath), Elizabeth (1810, Demerera), John Gardiner (1812, Demerara), Mehetabel Ann (1814, Demerera), Sarah Louisa (1816, Demerara), Charlotte (1818, Bath) and Hugh Williams (1819, Land of Plenty, Essequibo). William died on Land of Plenty 03/11/1819 leaving Mehetabel as a widow with 8 young children.

Sources

Website summary of Roger B. Austin and Timothy J. Smellie, An Old Colonial Family (privately printed, 2002) available at http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/walk/rcr51/ThomasAustin/ [accessed 03/04/2013].

Further Information

Absentee?

Transatlantic?

Spouse

Mehetabel Piercy

Children

William Piercy (1807-1892), Mary (1809-1890), Elizabeth (1810-1864), John Gardiner (1812-1900), Mehetabel Ann (1814-1897), Sarah Louisa (1816-1878), Charlotte (1818-1818), Hugh Williams (1819-1898)

Occupation

Planter

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (1)

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