See also
| Husband: | George DAUBENY (c. 1687-1741) | |
| Wife: | Jane LLOYD (c. 1689-1761) | |
| Children: | Lloyd DAUBENY (c. 1718-1754) | |
| Jane DAUBENY (c. 1712-c. 1759) | ||
| George DAUBENY ( - ) | ||
| Hannah DAUBENY (c. 1716- ) | ||
| John DAUBENY (c. 1720- ) | ||
| Elizabeth DAUBENY (c. 1722-c. 1751) | ||
| Christina DAUBENY (c. 1723- ) | ||
| Andrew DAUBENY ( - ) | ||
| James DAUBENY (1726-1743) | ||
| Giles DAUBENY ( - ) | ||
| Charles DAUBENY (1728-c. 1744) | ||
| Marriage | 3 Apr 1712 | |
| Name: | George DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Andrew DAUBENY (c. 1653-1734) | |
| Mother: | Sarah BLACKALL (c. 1660- ) | |
| Birth | c. 1687 | Buckshaw Hill, Holwell, Somerset |
| Christening | 5 Jul 1687 (age 0) | Bishop's Caundle |
| Occupation | Sugar Baker & Merchant | |
| Burial | 28 Feb 1740 | St. James' Church, Bristol |
| Death | Feb 1741 (age 53-54) | |
| Name: | Jane LLOYD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John LLOYD ( - ) | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | c. 1689 | |
| Christening | 1689 (age 0) | St James, Bristol |
| Death | 15 Sep 1761 (age 71-72) | St James, Bristol |
| Name: | Lloyd DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Dulcibella SAXBURY (c. 1722-1787) | |
| Birth | c. 1718 | |
| Christening | 9 Nov 1718 (age 0) | |
| Occupation | Distiller | |
| Death | 22 Dec 1754 (age 35-36) | St James, Bristol |
| Name: | Jane DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | John SCANDRETT ( - ) | |
| Birth | c. 1712 | |
| Baptism | 4 Feb 1712 (age 0) | St. Nicholas' Church, Bristol |
| Death | c. 1759 (age 46-47) | |
| Name: | George DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name: | Hannah DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse 1: | William GORNALL ( - ) | |
| Spouse 2: | Henry HILLMAN ( - ) | |
| Birth | c. 1716 | |
| Baptism | 4 Mar 1716 (age 0) | St. Nicholas' Churc, Bristol |
| Name: | John DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | c. 1720 | |
| Baptism | 3 Mar 1720 (age 0) | St. Nicholas' Church, Bristol |
| Name: | Elizabeth DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | c. 1722 | |
| Baptism | 1722 (age 0) | Temple Church, Bristol |
| Death | c. 1751 (age 28-29) | |
| Burial | 7 Nov 1751 | St. James' Church, Bristol |
| Name: | Christina DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | c. 1723 | |
| Baptism | 1723 (age 0) | St. Nicholas' Church, Bristol |
| Name: | Andrew DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name: | James DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1726 | |
| Death | 1743 (age 16-17) | |
| Burial | 20 Jul 1743 | |
| Name: | Giles DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Name: | Charles DAUBENY | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1728 | |
| Death | c. 1744 (age 15-16) | |
| Burial | 18 Jan 1744 (age 15) | |
In 1701 George Daubeny moved from Dorset to the thriving port and City of Bristol.
At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed as a grocer to Dawbeny Buckler for seven years. There was no premium, a usual feature of such an agreement, presumably because of the family nature of the apprenticeship.
In 1710, aged twenty-three, he completed his apprenticeship and became a Freeman of Bristol. It is likely that he went into partnership with his master, Dawbeny Buckler, as George was Buckler's last apprentice and possible successor.
He founded a business of sugar refining and distilling which was headed by successive generations of Daubenys.
After Buckler's death, in 1719, George ran the store with hired labour under his own supervision. At the same time he entered the sugar world as a clerk at the Temple Street sugarhouse of David Macie & Co. George showed himself to be a good judge of the economic climate of Bristol. He made shrewd observations about industrial developments and the growth of the sugar industry and its associated subsidiary
— the distillation of rum, brandies, strong waters and vinegar — all connected with the sugar interests in the West Indies.
Within five years of his employment in the Temple Street refinery, George was a partner in the sugarhouse as well as the attached distillery. Before his fiftieth birthday he was also the owner of the sugar bakery at Halliers Lane.
George had become a prosperous and wealthy man. Perhaps the secret of his success was his ability to keep the business ?within the family'. As has been noted, his second apprentice was Charles Abington who married his sister Jane. After completing his apprenticeship, Abington and George jointly undertook the training of Robert Bridle as a grocer. Bridle was the son of a Dorset gentleman from Leigh.
On the completion of Bridle's training and when he became a Freeman, he entered the Halliers Lane firm as a clerk and George made him a trustee with his son George Daubeny II.
In 1748 the firm was trading as ?Daubeny and Bridle'. The family association was clearly strong since one of the great grandsons of George I had Bridle included in his name — Dr. Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny FRS [p124].
George III was a notorious politician and a founding partner of The Bristol Bank.
George Walters Daubeny was the last of the Bristol Daubenys.
The Daubeny family was of direct Norman descent in the male line, and the head of the South Petherton branch was successively Baron Daubeny by tenure, by writ of summons to parliament (c. 1295-1486) and by letters patent (1486-1548). The last of this line was Henry Lord Daubeny, later Earl of Bridgewater, who died without issue in 1548; his Uncle and heir, James Daubeny of Wayford, never laid claim to the barony.. Later Daubenys had distinguished careers in the Church and the army. Col. Henry Daubeny, 1779-1853, the father of H.C.B.D., who was also a keen genealogist, collected information concerning the Daubeny family and the related family of Hungerford, and compiled a manuscript pedigree (ACC/1096/041). His son continued his work on the pedigree with additions and corrections, and it was printed in 1884, but only as far as 1841. H.C.B.D. also arranged for the restoration of family tombs at South Petherton, Somerset, and Westminster Abbey. He collected material relating to families connected with the Daubenys by marriage (Hichens, Barnston, and Carpenter) and by name (the D'albinis, Delbenne and Theodore Agrippa D'Aubigne, grandfather of Madame de Maintenon). A recognised authority on the history of the family, he was consulted for advice and information by other Daubenys. Many members of the family took an active interest in the subject, not only in his lifetime, but also after his death, as can be seen in the correspondence concerning Philip D'Aubigni the Crusader (ACC/1086/130-137) and the shields of the barons of Magna Carta (ACC/1096/130-137). After his death the manuscript pedigree (ACC/1096/41) received further limited additions.