'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)

 

 

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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