The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for Cassandra Austen [Leigh], daughter of Rev. Thomas Leigh and Jane Leigh [Walker]
Generation No. 1
  1. Cassandra Austen [Leigh] was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Leigh and Jane Leigh [Walker]. She was born 26th Sep 1739 at Harpsden, Oxfordshire; died 1827
  She married George Austen on 26th Apr 1764 at St Swithin's Church, Bath, Somerset. He was born 1st May 1731 at Tonbridge, Kent; christened 12th May 1731 at St. Peter and St. Paul Parish Church, Tonbridge, Kent; died 1805. They had the following children:
2 iRev. James who was born 13th Feb 1765 at Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 17th Mar 1765 Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1819
  iiGeorge who was born 26th Aug 1766 at Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 29th Sep 1766 Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1838
3 iiiEdward who was born 7th Oct 1767 at Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 22nd Nov 1767 Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1852
4 ivRev. Henry Thomas who was born 8th Jun 1771 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 12th Jul 1771 Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1850
  vCassandra Elizabeth who was born 9th Jan 1773 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 25th Jan 1773 Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1845
5 viAdmiral Sir Francis William (Frank) who was born 23rd Apr 1774 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 27th May 1774 Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 10th Aug 1865 Hampshire; buried after 10th Aug 1865 Hampshire
  viiJane who was born 16th Dec 1775 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 5th Apr 1776 Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 18th Jul 1817 Winchester, Hampshire; buried 24th Jul 1817 Winchester, Hampshire
6 viiiAdmiral Charles John who was born 23rd Jun 1779 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 30th Jul 1779 Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1852
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Rev. James Austen was the son of George Austen and Cassandra Austen [Leigh]. He was born 13th Feb 1765 at Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 17th Mar 1765 at Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1819
  He married (1) Anne Mathew on 27th Mar 1792 at Laverstoke, Hampshire. She was born c 1770; died 1795. They had the following children:
  iAnna who was born 1793; died 1872
  He married (2) Mary Lloyd on 17th Jan 1797 at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire. She was born 1771; died 1843. They had the following children:
  iRev. James Edward who was born 1798; died 1874
  iiCaroline Mary Craven who was born 1805; died 1880
   
  3. Edward Knight [Austen] was the son of George Austen and Cassandra Austen [Leigh]. He was born 7th Oct 1767 at Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 22nd Nov 1767 at Deane, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1852
  He married Elizabeth Bridges on 27th Dec 1791 at Goodnestone, Kent. She was born 1773, Daughter of Sir Brook William Bridges, 3rd Baronet and Fanny Fowler; died 1808. They had the following children:
  iFanny Catherine who was born 1793; died 24th Dec 1882
  iiEdward who was born 10th May 1794; died 5th Nov 1879
  iiiGeorge Thomas who was born 22nd Nov 1795; died 25th Aug 1867
  ivHenry who was born 1796; died 31st May 1843
  vWilliam who was born 1798; died 1873
  viElizabeth who was born 1800; died 1884
  viiMarianne who was born 1801; died 1896
  viiiCharles who was born 1803; died 1867
  ixLouisa who was born 1804; died 29th Jul 1889
  xCassandra Jane who was born 1806; died 14th Mar 1842
  xiBrook John who was born Sep 1808; died before 10th Jan 1878
   
  4. Rev. Henry Thomas Austen was the son of George Austen and Cassandra Austen [Leigh]. He was born 8th Jun 1771 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 12th Jul 1771 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1850
  He married (1) Elizabeth Capote on 31st Dec 1797 at Saint Mary, Marylebone, London. She was born 1761; died 1813
  He married (2) Eleanor Jackson on 1820. She was born c 1790
   
  5. Admiral Sir Francis William (Frank) Austen, G.C.B. was the son of George Austen and Cassandra Austen [Leigh]. He was born 23rd Apr 1774 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 27th May 1774 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 10th Aug 1865 at Portsdown Lodge, Hampshire; buried after 10th Aug 1865 at Wymering, Hampshire
  He married (1) Mary Gibson on 24th Jul 1806 at St Laurence, Ramsgate, Kent. She was born 1790, Daughter of John Gibson; died 1823. They had the following children:
  iMary Jane who was born 27th Apr 1807 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1836
  iiFrancis William who was born 12th Jul 1809 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1858
  iiiHenry Edgar who was born 21st Apr 1811 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1854
  ivGeorge who was born Oct 1812 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1903
  vCassandra Elizabeth who was born 8th Jan 1814 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1849
  viHerbert Grey who was born Nov 1815 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1888
  viiElizabeth who was born 15th Apr 1817 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1830
  viiiCatherine Anne who was born 7th Jul 1818 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1877
  ixEdward Thomas who was born 28th Jan 1820 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1908
  xFrances Sophia who was born Dec 1821 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1904
  xiCholmeley who was born 7th Jul 1823 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died Jan 1824
  He married (2) Martha Lloyd on 24th Jul 1828 at Winchester, Hampshire. She was born 1765; died 1843
   
  6. Admiral Charles John Austen was the son of George Austen and Cassandra Austen [Leigh]. He was born 23rd Jun 1779 at The Rectory, Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; christened 30th Jul 1779 at Steventon, Basingstoke, Hampshire; died 1852
  He married (1) Frances Palmer on 1807. She was born 1790; died 1814. They had the following children:
  iCassandra Esten who was born 1808; died 1894
  iiHarriet Jane who was born 1810; died 1865
  iiiFanny who was born 1812; died 1882
  ivElizabeth who was born 1814
  He married (2) Harriet Palmer on 1820. She was born c 1800. They had the following children:
  iCharles John who was born 1821; died 1867
  iiGeorge who was born 1822; died 1824
  iiiJane who was born 1824; died 1825
  ivHenry who was born 1826; died 1851
   

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