Jonathan Loring Austin (January 2, 1748 – May 10, 1826) was an American revolutionary, diplomat and politician who served as the second Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth and the tenth Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts. He was the father of Massachusetts Attorney General James T. Austin.
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Personal life
Austin was born on January 2, 1748, in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1766. After he graduated, Austin moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and became a merchant there.
Austin married Hannah Ivers (1756−1818), the daughter of James and Hannah (Trecothick) Ivers, in Boston on April 4, 1782. He was the father of James T. Austin.