Taintor-Davis family.

Roger Taintor (1767-1831) and Solomon Taintor (1769-1827), both merchants of Hampton, Connecticut, were sons of John Taintor (1725-1798) and Sarah Bulkeley Taintor (1735-1806). Roger married Abigail Bulkeley (1768-1831) and Solomon married Abigail's sister Judith (1775-1849). Sometime around 1800 the two brothers and their families began to occupy jointly a house in Hampton. Roger's son John Adams Taintor (1800-1862) and Solomon's son Edwin Bulkeley Taintor (1800-1870) were born just a few weeks apart. Both graduated from Yale College in 1821.

Dan Bulkeley (1784-1842), the brother of Abigail and Judith, was one of Roger and Solomon's business partners. He ran a general store in Hampton from about 1817 until his death in 1842. In addition to selling foods in Hampton, Bulkeley exported silk and other Hampton produce to places as far away as New York and Philadelphia. Bulkeley was also the postmaster of Hampton from 1820 to 1836. He married, in 1813, Phoebe Burnett ( -1861) of Hampton. They had five children.

John Adams Taintor lived in Hartford and was a breeder of farm animals. He married, in 1831, Adelia Croade (1804-1881). They had two daughters.

Edwin Bulkeley Taintor clerked for Roger and Solomon after graduating from Yale. He was elected First Constable and collector of taxes in 1822. In 1823 he removed to West Brookfield, Mass. where he farmed, raised sheep, became a merchant, and was a respected local leader. He married, in June 1826, Sally Penniman (1807-1841) of North Braintree, Massachusetts. They had three daughters. In 1843 he filed for bankruptcy. He married, 12 July 1843, Frances Maria Prichard (1821-1879). They had two daughters.

Solomon's other son Henry Griswold Taintor (1813-1889) farmed in Hampton and was active in local affairs. He was a Connecticut state representative and state senator, and the state treasurer from 1867-1868. He married, in 1839, Delia Williams Ellsworth (1818-1889), a granddaughter of Supreme Court Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807). They had five children: Henry Ellsworth Taintor (1844-1904); George Edwin Taintor (1846-1909); William Wolcott Taintor (1851-1924); Frederick Taintor (1855-1934); and Mary Ellen Taintor (1860-1933). After the deaths of Henry and Delia in 1889, the house in Hampton was used as a summer residence by their children.

Henry Ellsworth Taintor attended Yale College until he enlisted in 1864 in the Connecticut Heavy Artillery. After the Civil War he settled in Hartford and studied law. He became a judge and was a trustee or vice-president of several Hartford banks. He married Jane G. (Jennie) Bennett ( - ). They had one son.

George Edwin Taintor also lived in Hartford, where he worked in real estate and was a director of several businesses. He married, 25 October 1870, Emily Strong Davis (1847- ), the daughter of Gustavus Fellowes Davis, Jr. (1818-1896). They had one daughter.

William Wolcott Taintor attended school in Brooklyn and, in 1866, at Hartford High School. He did not choose a professional career or attend college. He was a store clerk in Williamsburg, New York and a commercial traveler in New York City. He removed to Hartford, Conn. in 1882 were he worked for the Hartford Ice Company. He married, 10 May 1876, Eliza H. Miller ( - ), a native of New York and daughter of William Miller. They had two daughters.

Frederick Taintor attended but did not graduate from Yale College. He always maintained an interest in farming and in 1878 decided to go west. He settled on a ranch in the Oklahoma panhandle where he was, for a time, a successful rancher. He married, in 1898, Miss Jessie Cone ( - ), of Kansas City. They had two sons.

Mary Ellen Taintor married, 1 October 1884, Frederick Wendell Davis (1855-1917). He was the brother of Emily Davis and the son of Gustavus Fellowes Davis, Jr. They had no children.

Gustavus Fellowes Davis, Jr., the son of Gustavus Fellowes Davis (1797-1836), a Baptist minister, was born in Stonington, Connecticut. He began working at the Phoenix Bank in Hartford at the age of fifteen. He was president of the City Bank of Hartford for nearly 40 years.

From the description of Papers, 1763-1917. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259797