John Luxton m. Mary Redwood

John Luxton
Born circa 1747 at Petton
Baptised 14 Aug 1747 at Petton, Devon
Died 1818 at Petton
Buried 12 July 1818 at Petton, Devon aged 72
Parents Joseph Luxton & Dorothy Adams
Married Mary Redwood of Upton at Clatworthy, Somerset in 1778.

Mary Luxton (nee Redwood) was buried at St Petrock's Church, Petton on 17 May 1812 aged 68

Children
John Luxton born Abt. 1781 died 1837 Taunton
Joseph Luxton born Abt. 1784
Robert Luxton born Abt. 1786 died 1837 Taunton
Maria Luxton born Abt. 1788
William Luxton born Abt. 1792
James Luxton born Abt. 1796 died 1869 Skilgate
Thomas Luxton born Abt. 1798 died 1855 Petton
George Luxton born Abt. 1802 died 1891 Morebath
Francis Luxton born Abt. 1803 died 1808 Petton

Apart from the fact that they lived at Corner House, Bampton, we know no more of John & Mary than is shown above. Of their children other than Joseph we know the following:

Their eldest son, John Luxton, before his marriage, had an illegitimate child by Mary a Mary Garland, who was know as John Garland alias Luxton. (This John married as John Luxton, but many of his children were christened Garland Luxton). John, a carpenter & joiner then married Ann Webb on 30 Nov 1801 at Witton St George in Somerset & had 8 children, of whom William became a master builder, James became a carpenter & Mary Ann became a dress maker. Ann was a widow by the 1851 census, and was living at Twiler Court, Taunton, with her son James.

Robert Luxton married Elizabeth Turner on 5 Nov 1810 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton. On the 1851 census he was a carpenter and she was a washer woman: they had twelve children:

John Luxton bapt 6 Oct 1811 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton died 13 Jan 1884 Hoxton, Shoreditch
Ann Luxton bapt 28 Nov 1813 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton
George Luxton bapt 12 Nov 1815 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton
Robert Luxton bapt 7 Feb 1819 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton buried on 1 Sep 1833
Francis Turner Luxton bapt 25 Dec 1820 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton
Jane Agnes Luxton bapt 8 Dec 1822 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton
Elizabeth Grace Luxton bapt 31 Oct 1824 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton
James Marshall Luxton Luxton bapt 8 Oct 1826 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton buried 28 Oct 1827
Maria Luxton bapt 13 Apr 1828 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton became a dressmaker
James Turner Luxton bapt 12 Sep 1830 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton
Mary Ann Luxton bapt 28 Oct 1832 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton became a launderess
Robert Luxton bapt 1 Mar 1835 at St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, became an apprentice cabinet maker

William Luxton married Betty & had three children:

William Luxton bapt 1 Mar 1808
Mary Ann Luxton bapt 15 Apr 1810
Elizabeth Luxton

Betty appears on the 1851 census aged 70 living at Creech St Michael.

James Luxton married Elizabeth Palfrey, known as Betsy on 31 Oct 1816 at Morebath. They had five children:

John Luxton bapt 29 Dec 1816 at Morebath became a servant
Mary Luxton bapt 27 Sept 1821 at Morebath
William Luxton bapt 4 Jan 1824 at Morebath buried 25 Jul 1824 aged 11 months
George Luxton bapt 6 Nov 1825 at Morebath became a farm bailiff
James Luxton bapt 26 Jan 1834 at Upton became an apprentice blacksmith

Thomas Luxton married Ann Cooksley on 15 Apr 1831 at Upton and had five children. After his burial in 1855 Ann married again to James Stone, a wheelwright.

George Luxton married Ann and was a stonemason. He died on 18 Apr 1891 leaving effects of £21.1.0