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Brown-13495 11:48, 3 November 2019 (UTC) There is no evidence of a middle name Champness so I have deleted it.
McReynolds-216 22:00, 27 January 2021 (UTC) : Support for his birth location in Virginia is his marriage record which was transcribed and no image available.
The Austin Family Association of America web site contains the following statement: "Thomas Austin of New Kent Co., Virginia Thomas Austin with an unnamed wife and two sons arrived in America by 1642. [5] He was born in England about 1600, and died testate in New Kent Co., VA before 1668, bequeathing 300 acres to his sons Richard and John. Richard repatented the same 300 acre tract in 1668 being the sole survivor, his brother John having died without issue previously. Richard Austin's sons included Richard and John, who left New Kent Co. and migrated to Southside Virginia in Amelia Co. by 1738, then on to Brunswick Co., VA by 1740." [6] Land patent, 1668 reads in part: 300 acres on the south side of the York River seven miles up the narrows adjoining the land of Thomas Valelx, Lewis Burwell and Thomas Broughton... Granted to Francis Flood in 1648 who sold to Thomas Austen, father of above named who bequeathed to sd. Richard and John, his brother, and now due sd Richd, entirely as survivor." [7]
A 1961 article in The Virginia Genealogist [8] and a family history written in 1995 [9] appear to be the sources for most of the factual information on the John and Richard Austin The Internet is peppered with direct - unattributed - quotes from both. Both articles state that the origins of this family are unknown and the first appearance in records of the two men is in 1740. There is no mention of any Saponi connection in either article.
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