Austin DODD

Austin DODD[1]

Male 1730 - 1812  (~ 82 years)

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  • Name Austin DODD 
    Christened 23 Mar 1730  Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Apr 1812  Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 26 Apr 1812  Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3853  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 3 Oct 2020 

    Father John DODD,   c. 10 Jan 1692, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 17 Jan 1772  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Judith WORGER,   c. 23 Jun 1698, Hinxhill, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 15 Dec 1750, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 1 Oct 1721  Hinxhill, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F1515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary WAISTELL,   bur. 26 Mar 1769, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 8 June 1768 (ML)  Hothfield, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth COOK,   b. Abt 1743,   bur. 27 Mar 1823, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1769  Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Children 
     1. Daniel DODD,   c. 4 Dec 1770, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John DODD,   c. 23 Feb 1774, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Matthew DODD
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F1520  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Named as Executor and Trustee in Will of his uncle, Austin Dodd, Yeoman of Wychling. Also named in those capacities as joint Executor and Trustee was Daniel Dodd, brother to this Austin Dodd.


      Austen Dodd of Ashford, yeoman PRC17 - 104/415
      21 October 1812

      All prop in Ashford or elsewhere to wife Elizabeth & all goods
      [ Austin Dodd of Hothfield & Mary Waistell, mar. 9 June 1768 ]
      Exor: wife Elizabeth

      Witness: Geo Walter, innholder, Wm Walter his son, Wm Smart of Charing, atty

      Probate: 21 October 1812 to exor [bur 26 April 1812]
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      Elizabeth Dodd of Ashford, widow PRC17 - 107/57
      6 June 1823

      All mess or tens in Ashford or elsewhere to friend John Wraight of Bethersden, farmer, as trustee -
      son Mathew Dodd to live in any mess & to have profits for life, then to grandchildren, Austen, John, Daniel, Richard, William, Michael, Gabriel, Mathew, Robert, Mary & Martha, children of son Mathew.

      Exor: John Wraight

      Witness: Mary Wraight, Ann Wraight, Martha Small

      Probate: 7 August 1823 to exor. [bur 27 March 1823, aged 88]

      [ Austen Dodd, wid., & Elizabeth Cook, mar. 9 Oct.1769 ]

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), AD 17 RW, vol. 104, fol. 415, FHL microfilm #0189005., 25 Oct 1812.

      The Will of Austin Dodd of Ashford, yeoman, made 6 Oct 1807, proved 25 Oct 1812.


      THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me, AUSTEN DODD, of Ashford, in the County of Kent, yeoman.

      First, I hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills, Testaments and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and I declare this only to be and contain my whole and entire last Will and Testament.

      And as for and concerning all such temporal estate as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I give and dispose thereof as followeth (that is to say),

      In the first place, I will and direct that all my just debts and the expenses of my funeral (which I desire may be as private as decency will admit of) costs of proving this my Will and all other incidental charges be fully paid and satisfied.

      And I give and devise all and singular my messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments situate lying and being in Ashford aforesaid or elsewhere in the said County of Kent and all and every other my messuages, lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate whatsoever and wheresoever situate lying or being whereof or wherein I am seized or entitled to any estate of freehold or inheritance in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy unto and to the use of my dear and loving wife, ELIZABETH DODD, her heirs and assigns forever.

      Also I give and bequeath all and every my goods, chattels, household goods and furniture and implements of household and husbandry, plate, linen, china, leasehold, stock, crop, cattle and effects, book debts, credits, stocks, monies and securities for money and all other my personal estate whatsoever and whersoever (subject and chargeable with the payment of my debts, funeral and other expenses as aforesaid) unto my said wife, ELIZABETH DODD, her Executors and Administrators.

      And I nominate, constitute and appoint my said wife, ELIZABETH DODD, sole Executrix of this my last Will and Testament.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF I the said AUSTEN DODD, the Testator, to this my last Will and Testament contained in one sheet of paper have set my hand and seal the sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven.

      Austen Dodd (L.S.)

      SIGNED, SEALED, PUBLISHED AND DELCARED by the said AUSTEN)
      DODD, the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the)
      presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the)
      presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses)
      hereunto - )
      George Walter of Ashford, innholder
      William Walter, his son
      William Smart, of Charing in Kent, Attorney at law

      Will 1812 of Austen Dodd ingrossed and registered, under GB100.

      October 25, 1812
      ELIZABETH DODD, widow, the relict and sole Executrix named in this Will was duly sworn as usual and that the goods, chattles and credits do not amount in value to the sum of One hundred pounds.

      Testator died 20th April 1812. Before me John Francis, Surrogate

    2. [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), LDS Film #1751481, Ashford, Kent, 23 Mar 1730.

    3. [S65] Archdeacon's Transcript, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Hinxhill, Kent, England, 1 Oct 1721.
      John Dodd of Wye and Elizabeth Worger of this parish were married by banns.
      There was no Elizabeth Worger christened at Hinxhill. In fact, there was only one family by that surname established at Hinxhill from the time of the marriage of Robert Worger and Judith Sutton on 3 Oct 1683. There was however, a child by the name of Judith Worger that had been christened at Hinxhil to that couple, who, it was found, to never have married nor been buried at Hinxhill.

      All other marriages between the years 1716 and 1725 found over the course of a 16-year search in many parishes throughout east Kent for a John Dodd to any woman have failed to produce any association with a woman named Judith. Two marriages had been strong contenders: the marriage of a Michael Dodd to a Judith at Graveney; and, the marriage of a John Dawson to a Judith Andrew at Ashford. Both marriages had occurred in the correct time span but upon close examination of birthing patterns of children it quickly became apparent that each of these couples were in fact separate from any other husband and wife. A full examination of the christening pattern of the children of John Dawson and Judith Andrew was particularly crucial because of the strong similarity of their names to John Dodd and Judith, then unknown. The christenings of the children of both John Dawson and John Dodd did eventually bisect each other clearly removing any possibility that John Dawson and his wife Judith were John Dodd and his wife Judith.

      Furthermore, in this marriage John Dodd is referred to as having been of Wye which is where he himself had been baptised and where his parents and siblings had also been established. It appears that John and Judith Dodd were among the first of his immediate family to establish themselves at Ashford. The inclusion of children named Robert and Daniel amongst the children of John Dodd and Judith, also suggests that the so-called "Elizabeth" Worger was in fact Judith Worger and that this is the correct marriage. There is also an indication that Judith Worger had an uncle named Thomas Sutton who also settled at Hinxhill around the time of the marriage of Judith's mother, Judith Sutton, to her father, Robert Worger.

    4. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), 8 Jun 1768.
      Austin Dodd of Hothfield, bachelor and Mary Waistell of Ashford, spinster at Hothfield. Bondsman: Tim Waistell of Ashford, barber, not received.

    5. [S33] Bishop's Transcript, England, Church of England, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, Canterbury, Kent, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Ashford, Kent, England, 9 Oct 1769.
      he widower, she spinster, both of this parish by licence.

    6. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), 4 Oct 1769.
      Austin Dodd widower of Ashford, 30, shopkeeper and Elizabeth Cook, of the same, spinster, 25 at Ashford.