Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Austen was born in 1774, in Boughton Aluph, Kent, England, her father, Thomas Austin, was 25 and her mother, Mary Anne Baldock, was 24.
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- Mary Austen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mary Austen, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World
On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the "shot heard around the world" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England.
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Austin , associated chiefly with southeastern England, especially Kent.
German: from a shortened form of the personal name Augustin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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