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James Austen

James was born in 1846 in Tenterden, Kent, England. James' father was Thomas Austen and his mother was Sarah Wightwick. His paternal grandparents were Samuel Austen and Catherine Reader; his maternal grandparents were John Wightwick and Elizabeth Newsham. He had five brothers and five sisters, named Thomas, Edward, Richard, Stephen, George, Elizabeth, Sarah, Ann, Margaret and Mary Jane. He was the eighth oldest of the eleven children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John Austen ^*
  - b.1695 in Hawkhurst, England d.25 Jan 1731 in Hawkhurst, England
  
  Samuel Austen
  - b.1722 in Hawkhurst, England
  
  Ann Pearce
  - b.1698 in Hawkhurst, England d.02 Jan 1749 in Hawkhurst, England
  
  Samuel Austen
  - b.1746 in Hawkhurst, England d.30 Jan 1805 in Hawkhurst, England
  
  Mary Unknown
  - b.1724 in Hawkhurst, England
  
  Samuel Austen
  - b.08 Dec 1778 in Tenterden, Kent, England d.14 Jan 1860 in Tenterden, Kent, England
  
  Mary Hunt
  - b.1750 in Tenterden, Kent, England
  
  Thomas Austen
  - b.28 Jun 1812 in Tenterden, Kent, England d.04 Dec 1894 in Australia
  
  Thomas Reader
  - b.1753 in Tenterden, Kent, England
  
  Catherine Reader
  - b.1783 in Tenterden, Kent, England d.1865 in Tenterden, Kent, England
  
  Sarah Merralls
  - b.1756 in Tenterden, Kent, England
  
  James Austen
  - b.1846 in Tenterden, Kent, England
  
  John Wightwick
  - b.1778 in Kent, England
  
  Sarah Wightwick
  - b.1810 in Tenterden, Kent, England d.1873
  
  Elizabeth Newsham
  - b.1778 in Kent, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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