Weymouth New England Genealogy

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Occupation			Keeper of a public house
Birth	about 1614	Perhaps Titchfield, Hampshire, England		1a
Death	1716	Charlestown, Suffolk, MA

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Austin, Francis
Mother	Bland, Isabel
Sister	Austin, Elizabeth	1596	1677
	Austin, Samuel	about 1614	1716
Brother	Austin, Joseph	1616	1662
Brother	Austin, Matthew	1620

Families

Family of Austin, Samuel and Gooch, Elizabeth

Unknown

Partner

Gooch, Elizabeth ( * about 1620 + before 1661 )

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Austin, Elizabeth

Family of Austin, Samuel and , Sarah

Married

Wife

, Sarah ( * about 1619 + ... )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage	after 1661-06-27	Dover, Strafford, NH

Narrative

Samuel Austin was among the first settlers of Wells, Maine andis included on a memorandum of names of settlers included in theoriginal return of the bounds, 19 October 1652. He wasoriginally of Dover, NH in 1649 and sold his Dover property in1650 when he probably moved to Wells, where his possiblekinperson, Annis (Austin) Littlefield, wife of EdmundLittlefield, lived. The Storers would have moved to Wells in1661 with their mother, the eldest children being thirteen yearsof age. By his first wife Samuel Austin had a daughter,Elizabeth, who married Samuel Hill of Biddeford and whosechildren and grandchildren in turn intermarried with theStorers. There is no record of Samuel Austin's original grant ofland in Wells. It can be inferred from a conveyance signed 27Oct 1654, however, that he had his "owne Lott" at that time. In1654 the Commissioners and selectmen of Wells "granted andconfirmed unto Samuel Austine and his heirs forever, a certaintract of land of ten poles broad [about 160 feet] lying on yesouth west side of his own lot, bounded on the other side withRobert Hethersy's only a highway between them, and so to run upinto the country as other lots do/only if the town have anyoccasion for timber to fence in their marshes there at the endof the town." The conveyance was signed by seven men, among themThomas Wheelwright, Ezekiel Knights, Edmund Littlefield andWilliam Hammonds.Samuel Austin acquired describable land in Wells 23 Oct 1669from John and Patience Littlefield of Wells, John being thefourth son of the early settler Edmund Littlefield. Of specialinterest is the conveyance of "four acres of marsh at the seawall that belongeth to the home lot t[w]o acres ofit lies at the north east end of an island commonly calledWaidel's [Wadleigh's] Island which is now in the hands of EdmundLittlefield with Joseph Bolles on the northeast side & the othert[w]o acres next theharbor's mouth by the sea wall with Mr. Nicholas Davison on thesouthwest and Joseph Bolles on the north west all these premisesabove mentioned I John Littlefield with Patience my wife consenthath sold for a valuable sum above mentioned unto the saidSamuel Austin, witnessed by Joseph Bolles and John Reede andacknowledged by Commissioners, Edmund Littlefield and EzekielKnights.Even with a married daughter [Elizabeth (Austin) Hill] it isapparent that Samuel Austin looked upon his Storer stepsons ashis obvious heirs and to them he deeded his Wells propertybefore he and Sarah left to make their final home inCharlestown, Mass. First, he made an agreement with the twins,Joseph and Benjamin Storer, to maintain their step-father,Samuel Austin and their mother, Austin's wife, 31 January 1670(York Deed 1:149). Upon the death of the twin Benjamin Storerhis land rights went to his brother Joseph. Second, in aconveyance signed 8 October 1674 Samuel Austin, in preparationof moving, sold his full right to his youngest step-son, SamuelStorer, of a parcel of upland and meadow in Wells, called"Epesrath," "which was a Tract of Land formerly purchased ofLeefe [Lieutenant] John Littlefield of the sayd town, containingthe full quantity by estimation of one hundred acres of upland &ten acres of meadow land." This was "of a filial portion whichby an obligation I stand bound to pay unto my son in law, SamuelStorer." [The term "son-in law" was often used to designate thecurrent term "step-son," which is the relationship Samuel Storerhad to Samuel Austin.] Samuel Storer acknowledged receipt of theabove land in a separate deed signed 9 Oct 1674.At the same time that Samuel Storer was acquiring hisstep-father's Wells land he also purchased another piece of landwhich would have been in the same area as the Austin land andwhich would also be included in the sale of his entire holdingsby his widow and later widow and children in 1708 and 1722,respectively (see below). On 8 Oct 1674 Samuel Storer purchasedfrom Ezekiel Knights, Jr. " a certain tract or parcel of saltmarsh or meadow land lying and being between that part of theWebhannet River called the fishing hole & the sea wall, being acertain gurnet or nose of land compassed about with water, itlying upon the said river on the southernmost side thereof,abutting upon the sea wall containing the quantity of aboutseven or eight acres be it more or less, with a certain skirt ofupland or sea wall which lyeth adjoining thereunto, where weused to set our hay (reserving only liberty for myself to settwo stacks of hay upon the said upland, if occasion be)...withall profits..... to his heirs and assignes to have and to holdthe said marsh and skirt of upland as above expressed & boundedunto him the said Samuel Storer...." The deed was acknowledgedby both Ezekiel Knights, Sr. and Jr., 8 Oct 1674.By 2 Mar 1681 Joseph Storer, Samuel Austin's surviving twinstepson, exchanged land with Samuel Austin and accordinglyacquired three hundred acres of land between John Barrett andJoseph Bolles down to the Webhannet River, including four acresof marsh of the Webhannet.Both Samuel Austin and Samuel Storer were to re-settle inCharlestown, Mass. The Middlesex Co. inventory of the estate ofSamuel Storer showed land in Wells, Maine valued at 35 pounds,undoubtedly the land which he had acquire from his step-fatherand from Ezekiel Knights in 1674. Samuel's widow, Lydia Storer,conveyed for 35 pounds, 7 Jan 1708, "one hundred acres togetherwith a certain island of salt marsh on the southeast side of theriver of Wells {Webhannet River] aforesaid known by the name ofKnights Island and also a point up upland adjoining to saidmarsh," to her brother-in-law, Joseph Storer (York Co. Deed7:103). The description of the land was fuller than thatprovided in the above 1674 deed and placed its bounds "on thenortheast with the land of Jonathon Hammond and on the southwestwith the land of Reed, on the southeast with the highway and onthe northwest with the commons." Subsequently, 15 Feb 1722, at atime when Joseph Storer's son, John Storer, was acquiring therights to his father's land, Lydia Storer and her children, allof nearby York, Maine, again deeded the property in Wells, thistime to John Storer. The description of the land was even morefull: "bounded on the N.E. by the land now in the possession ofSamuel Treadwell which was formerly Jonathon Hammond's deceasedand on the southwest with the land now in the possession ofJames Baston which was formerly one Reeds and on the southeastby the highway and on the north west by the commons containingone hundred acres together with a certain island of salt marshlying on the southeast side of the river of Wells [Webhannet]aforesaid formerly known by the name of Knights Island and alsoa point of upland joining to said marsh bounded by the sea wallon the southeast together with all the rights, common rights,privileges and appurtenances whatsoever thereof and there to anyways belonging or may hereafter belong by any manner or ways ormeans whatsoever or howsoever (all which land and marsh didformerly belong to Samuel Storer deceased who was my husband toLydia Storer abovesaid and father to David Storer, Lydia Sewall,Mehetable Sewall and Jemima Preble)...." (York Co. Deed 11:42).The description of the land fits the configuration of landbelonging to John Storer of Wells as shown on a map at the WellsHistorical Society, and labeled "ca 1750s," and "1758proprietors ask vote of parish to view old boundaries." Actually, by 1708 it was Joseph Storer who was to become theowner of a large tract of land which, in effect, started at theKing's Highway (now Route 1) in the vicinity of the then andpresent Storer Garrison and ran directly to the sea. To supportthis position is a deed from Joseph Storer to his son JohnStorer, 18 May 1720, by which he conveyed one-half of hisholdings "between the homestead and the sea, the said land andmarsh in two equal parts...It is also to be understood that if Ishould die intestate my said son John Storer shall have fullproportion of the remainder of the estate provided he pay inproportion for his half apart and share of the remainder.."

Pedigree

Austin, Francis
1. Bland, Isabel
  1. Austin, Elizabeth
  2. Austin, Samuel
    1. Gooch, Elizabeth
      1. Austin, Elizabeth
    2. , Sarah
  3. Austin, Joseph
  4. Austin, Matthew

Ancestors

Austin, Samuel
* about 1614
+ 1716

Austin, Francis
*
+ ...

Bland, Isabel
*
+ ...

Bland, John
*
+ after 1663-11-02

, Joanna or Isabel
* about 1579
+ ...

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Birth Name	Austin, Samuel
Gender	male
Age at Death	about 102 years