Richard Astin

Richard was born in 1554 in England.  Richard's father was Walter Aston and his mother was Elizabeth Leveson.  His paternal grandparents were Edward Aston and Jane Bowles; his maternal grandparents were James Leveson and Margaret Offley. He had six brothers and six sisters, named Edward, Robert, William, Hastings, Walter, Devereux, Jane, Eleanor, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine and Margery.  He was the third oldest of the thirteen children.