Richard Austin (1598–1645) was an early Puritan colonist who landed in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts on 16 May 1638[1] on board a ship called the Bevis.
Richard (Jr.) was born in 1598 to Richard Austin (Sr.) and his wife Annis (of unknown maiden surname) in Bishopstoke, Hampshire,[citation needed] England, and died in 1645 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
[6] Shortly after arrival, Richard's brother-in-law, Edmund Littlefield (who married Agnes Austin), "broke from his congregation" to then settle in Exeter in New Hampshire.
[7] The ship manifest for the Bevis listed Richard Austin as a tailor from "Bishopstocke" (also known as Bishop Stoke), traveling with his wife and two children.
[9] He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Littlefield in 1630 at Hampshire, England.