'Taunton1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Taunton of Freeland Lodge, Taunton of Liskeard, Taunton of Somerton, Taunton of Totness
| Commoners reports that the family "is supposed to have derived its surname from the town of Taunton, in Somersetshire". | |||||||||||||||
| John de Tantone | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Richard de Tantone | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Thornhul of Thornhul | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John de Tantone | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Hawle of Bradford | |||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? de Tantone | ||||||||||||||
| a. | ?? Taunton | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Taunton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Popham of Somerset | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | ?? Taunton | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Taunton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Smyth (dau of Henry Smyth of Somerton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Taunton of Somerton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Calleton (dau of Edmund Calleton of Milverton) ## possibly here? ## | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | ?? Taunton | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Richard Taunton of Somerton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gertrude Gibbon (dau of John Gibbon of Wells) | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | William Taunton of Somerton - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | John de Tantone (a 1273, Abbot of Glastonbury) | ||||||||||||||
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| William Taunton of Somerton - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Taunton (Governor of Portland Castle, Dorset) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Willoughby (dau of Richard Willoughby of Pehembrie) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edmund Taunton of Hilfield, Dorset had issue | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Taunton of Totnell, Dorset | ||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Taunton | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Joseph Taunton (bur 26.05.1712, vicar of Quethiock, Cornwall) | ||||||||||||||
| Most of the following is supported by Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 5 (1903), 'Pedigree of Taunton', p152+) and Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 4 (1896), 'Taunton of Freeland Lodge, near Eynsham, co. Oxford', p161+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Guavas of Cornwall (bur 27.10.1697) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Joseph Taunton (b c1671, bur 05.08.17223, Vicar of Ipplepen) shown by Commoners & BLG1863 as 3rd son | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Jess (dau of George Jess of Torbryon) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Taunton of Ipplepen, Devon (cleric) this line supported by BLG1863 | ||||||||||||||
| m. Marria Dodge (dau/heir of John Dodge, MP) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Joseph Taunton of Totness | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Babbage (dau of Benjamin Babbage, aunt of Professor Charles Babbage) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | William Dodge Taunton, Mayor of Totness (b 1781) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Margaretta Atkinson (dau of Henry William Atkinson, sister of Lady Taunton) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Caroline (dau of John Hooker Greene?) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Barbara Jane Creswell (dau of Richard Estcourt Cresswell of Pinkney Park & Sidbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Nathaniel Taunton, Mayor of Liskeard (bpt 04.01.1676/7, bur 04.12.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.09.1699) Juliana Tanner (dau/coheir of Anthony Tanner of Carvynick) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Elias Taunton (bpt 24.02.1717/8, bur 18.12.1765, rector of Sowton then vicar of Bampton) the first mentioned by Howard & Crisp | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.06.1730) Anne Leaver (bur 02.01.1788, dau of Thomas Leaver of Oxford by Catherine, dau of John Hawkins) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir William Ellias Taunton of Freeland Lodge, Oxfordshire (b 31.01.1744, d 03.08.1825, town clerk of Oxford, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (16.09.1771) Frances Grosvenor (b c1748, d 16.12.1802, dau of Stephen Grosvenor of Oxford by Elizabeth Tottie) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir William Ellias Taunton of Freeland Lodge (bpt 28.09.1772, d 11.01.1835, judge, recorder of Oxford) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.10.1814) Maria Atkinson (b 23.02.1789, d 18.08.1872, dau of Henry William Atkinson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Thomas Henry Taunton of Oxfordshire (bpt 29.11.1775, d 10.03.1831/3, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.06.10811) Johanna (Jane) Davis (b c1785, d 15.01.1867, dsau of Stephen Davis or Davies of Oxford) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Daniel Taunton of Oxford (bpt 18.06.1779, d 25.06.1826/8) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.10.1816) Maria Bradford (bpt 11.12.1790, d 27.09.1848, dau of James Bradford of Swindon by Anne Farmer) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | George Taunton (bpt 14.05.1784, dsp 16.08.1832, rector of Stratford St. Anthony, Wiltshire) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.02.1827) Sarah Bradford (b 10.03.1800, d 29.09.1857, dau of James Bradford of Swindon, m2. Rev. George Lewes Benson of Salisbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Frances Taunton (b 23.07.1777, d 11.06.1847) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.09.1809) Henry Smith (prebendary of Southwark, son of Samuel (prebendary of Westminster & Peterborough)) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Elizabeth Taunton (bpt 27.04.1781, d 25.047.1834) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.02.1832) William Postlethwaite of Hambrook House | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Charlotte Taunton (bpt 27.01.17/83, d 04.05.1852) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.02.1823) William Warren of Truro | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Anne Taunton (bpt 104.01.1787, d 1832) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.06.1826) John Williams (b c1774, d 16.03.1828, icar of Probus, son of Rev. Charles of Shebbeare) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | other issue - John (bpt 26.10.1774, d 04.12.1774), Carolina (bpt 09.10.1785, bur 05.05.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (02.02.1804) Charlotte Hawkins (b c1773, d 29.01.17844, dau of Rev. Thomas Hawkins of Magdalen College) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | John Joseph Taunton (bpt 12.03.1755, RN) | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1863 suggests that John was the eldest son and d unm but Crisp shows him younger than Sir William and that he married and had children by ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Charlotte | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Juliana Taunton (b 1734-5, d 13.03.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund Goodenough (b c1745, d 08.11.1807, Vicar of Swindon) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Thomas (bpt 09.08.1741, d unm, Major), Daniel (bpt 06.12.1758, bur 11.06.1767), Charlotte Mary | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Joseph Taunton, Mayor of Liskeard (bpt 18.06.1716, bur 24.07.1798, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1738) Elizabeth Kempe (bur 22.06.1767, dau/coheir of Richard Kempe of Tregony) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Taunton of Redruth (3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Michell (dau/coheir of Theophilus Michell) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Richard Taunton of Truro | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Whitaker (dau/coheir of Rev. John Whitaker of Ruan Langhorne) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Joseph (d unm), Carter (d infant), Robert, John, Elizabeth (d unm), Grace (d unm), Juliana (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Grace Taunton (bpt 24.11.1705) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (30.10.1723) Daniel Carter of Redruth | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue (d unm) - Nathaniel (b 28.11.1711), Mary Grace (bpt 10.06.1701), Jane (bpt 11.06.1703, bur 07.01.1785), Mary (bpt 15.07.1710, bur 14.01.17**) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Eliza Taunton (bpt 21.07.1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.12.1706) Caleb Tilley or Tillie of Plymouth | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Elias (bpt 10.04.1679), Martha (d unm 13.11.1740), Rebecca | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol 2, 'Taunton of Freeland', p213+), BLG1863 (vol 2, 'Taunton of Freeland Lodge')
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