Bown Family

• Samuel Talbott 1797-1870 and Charity Way 1792-1866
  • Elizabeth Talbott 1832-1920
    • + James Higgins Bown 1827-1895
      • Beatrice A Bown 1873-1957
        • + James Henry Grace 1867-?
        • descendants including 2 DNA matches
      • 9 offspring, at least 5 have living descendants

Elizabeth Talbott was born at her parents home in Sparkford, Somerset. On 18 October 1852 in Bath servant Elizabeth Talbott married blacksmith James Bown son of farmer William Bown. Their first offspring, Sarah was born in Sparkford and the next three in Slackstead, a hamlet in the parish of Farley, Hampshire where they lived at the time of the 1861 census. By the 1871 census the family had moved to Michelmersh, 3 miles north of Romsey in Hampshire where the remaining offspring were born, James died and Elizabeth was living with her daughter Beatrice’s family in 1911.

The Bown Family

James Higgins Bown had been born in West Cranmore, Somerset about 10 miles north of the Talbott’s home in Sparkford. James’ parents William Bown and Anne Higgins had been married at Stoke St Michael in 1830. In the 1841 census, a couple of years before William died he was a labourer living in West Cranmore. Ancesty family trees suggest the ancestors of James Higgins Bown lived in the Shepton Mallet area of Somerset.

• William Bown 1714-
  • +Mary Rawsam 1716
  • many offspring including
  • William 1735-1811
    • + Lydia Fisher 1758-1840
    • many offspring including
    • William Bown 1785-1843
      • + Anne Higgins 1806-
      • offspring including
      • James Higgins Bown 1827-1895

In 2019 and 2020 using Ancestry DNA two matches with descendants of Beatrice and James Henry Grace were identified. We are in touch with one of the matches.

Navigation Talbott family pages

• Introduction and main Talbott Family page
• Talbotts in Stawell  in the 17th – 19th centuries and move to Sparkford area.
  • Philip Talbott 1773-1851 and Elizabeth Humphries 1770- including their offspring.
  • Humphries family
    • Samuel Talbott 1797-1870 and Charity Way 1792-1866
    • Way family of Wincanton
      • Family tree of the descendants of Samuel and Charity
      • James Talbot 1821-1907
      • Mary married into the Golledge family.
      • Jane Talbott 1829-1906 and John Oram 1824-1907
      • Elizabeth married into the Bown family
      • Susanna married into the Hoare family.
• Map of Talbott places 
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