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Show HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE TANNER FAMILY FROM WILLIAM TANNER TO JOHN TANNER The name Tanner appears in history as early as the reign of Edward III, and it is said that it dates from the time of William the Conqueror. They had estates in the Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Wilts, Surrey and the name is found in other parts of England. The name is found on ancient records in the various forms of Tanner, Tannator, Tannarius, Tannour, Taner and Tanner, of which the last is the form most generally accepted today and frequently the prefix "Ie" was used. Families of this name were to be found at early dates in the counties of Sussex, Oxford, Huntington, Devon, Cornwall, Wells, Dorset, Surrey, Nottingham, Somerset, Ulster, Limerick and London, and were for the most part of the landed gentry and yeo manry of Great Britain. Among the earliest records of the family in England are those of Ausketile Ie Tanner of the year 1189 A. D., El£er Tannator of Sussex County in 1273, John Tannarius of Ox fordshire about the same time, Philip Ie Tannour of Huntingshire and Henry Ie Tanner of Nottinghamshire; about the same time Henry Ie Tanner of Somerset County in the time of King Edward the Third. John Tanner of Devonshire lived in the early 16th century and James Tanner of St. James Clerkenseld in 1613. The above mentioned John Tanner of Devonshire is said to have been the father of a son named George, who was the father of Anthony; who made his home in the county of Cornwall and was the father of a son John, who The will of Gov. Haynes of Connecticut was living in the year 1620. speaks of a William Tanner of Cophall, England. One was the founder of a school, and another, Thomas Tanner, writer and archeologist, The name is clearly of English was bishop of. St. David's in Wales. origin, although found in Wales, Ireland, and even in Switzerland and among our Scandinavian cousins. It is not definitely known from which of the first emigrants of the name to America were descended, but it is generally believed that all lines of this illustrious family in England were of common ancestry at a remote period. Among the first of the name to come to America were Daniel Tanner, who was among the earliest settlers of Virginia and Josias Tanner who came to the same colony in 1618 or shortly thereafter. Another early emigrant was Nicholas Tanner, who settled at Swan zey, Mass., sometime before 1663, but is believed to have left no iSSUe. In 1682 or before, one William Tanner emigrated to Rhode Island and settled at Kingstown. It would require considerable research to connect the immigrant William Tanner with his English ancestors. The Reverend George C. Tanner of Faribault, Minnesota, to whom the writer is greatly indebted for valuable information, tells of a tradition that gives us |
