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      • Abraham Austen, b c1776, of Stourmouth married Elizabeth Standen
      • Benjamin Austen b1774, married Jane Laming in Margate
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      • John Austen, b 1767, m Sarah Baker of Rochester & Ashford
      • James Austen, b 1727, and Elizabeth Pierce of Goodnestone
      • Robert Austen m Elizabeth Ashby, Hythe 1763
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      • William and Richard Austen of Monks Horton, 1800
      • John Austen b 1691, Chillenden, m Ann Naylor
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      • Thomas Austen m Anne Button
      • Thomas Austen of Yalding, b c 1730.
      • Thomas Austen (b 1748) m Mary Randalls of West Farleigh
      • Richard Austen b 1544, Tenterden and Elizabeth Kenworthy
      • William Austen and Catherine Edwards of Cowden
      • William and Sarah, Sevenoaks, c 1800
      • John and Hannah Austen of Benenden, b c 1766
      • Thomas Austen b 1815 in Tenterden and Sarah Wightwick
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      • Jonas Austen (b1598) and Constance Robinson of Staplehurst
      • John Austen of Goudhurst m Joan Berry, 1584
      • George Austen (b 1823) married Sarah Hammond
      • David (b c1670) & Ann Austen of Hawkhurst
      • John Austen of Staplehurst (1700s)
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      • James Austen and Sarah Clout of Frant, c 1659
      • Richard Austen, 1750 and Elizabeth Forster of Walberton
      • Henry Austen of Barcombe m Lucy Adams in 1806
      • Thomas b 1770 and Mary Austen
      • Edward and Anne Austen of Burwash, c 1700
      • William Austen m Mary Payne of Ticehurst, 1778
      • Richard & Margaret Austen of East Grinstead, 1694
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          • Part 1 ROOT
          • Part 2 THE STEM
          • Part 3 THE GRAFT
          • Part 4 THE NEW GROWTH
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    • Frank Henry Austen, radio relay pioneer of Thanet
    • Edward Austen, painter
    • Sir Robert Austen, 1697 - 1743
    • Ralph Austen
    • Alice Austen, photographer
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Peter Townsend
Austen
(10-9-1852 to 30-12-1907)

Chemist, was born at Clifton, Staten Island, New York, USA, the son of auctioneer John H Austen and Elizabeth Townsend. Her father was Peter Townsend of Sterling Iron Works who had introduced from Germany a new process for the manufacture of steel. After attending a local school and the Columbia School of Mines, he went to Europe to study, receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich in 1876. On his return he became instructor in chemistry at Dartmouth and two years later he went to Rutgers as full professor of general and applied chemistry, This appointment lasted 30 years during which time he also served on the faculty of the New Jersey Science School, was State chemist, and an adviser to state and municipal boards. After a period of private practice, he resumed college work at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute before retiring from educational work entirely and establishing a consulting office and laboratory in New York City.

He published a number of text books, including a translation of Adolph Pinner's Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry. He was author of many papers
which appeared in the American Chemical Journal and in the Proceedings of the Chemical Society of Berlin. he gave lectures on Science Teaching in the
Schools, Scientific Speculations, and The Chemical Factor in History. His Harnessing the Sun appeared in the North American Review, June 1895. He was
married in 1878 to Ellen M Monroe, a descendant of Peter Townsend of Sterling Iron Works.

His niece was Alice Austen, photographer.


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