Of the 224 IGI Tasker records for Oxfordshire, the first are at Hook Norton, a north Oxfordshire village now famous for its brewery. Alice and Elizabeth were born there in 1550 and 1552, daughters of William Tasker. Probably William's brother, Walter Tasker was also having children in Hook Norton: Anthony in 1568 and Annis in 1573. Then in 1585 Elizabeth was born, possibly to James whose daughter Margery was christened two years later. There were to be Tasker families in Hook Norton all the way through to the mid 1700s, with a William dying there in 1832, aged 89.

Other early Oxfordshire Taskers include Richard, who married an anonymous lady in 1558 at Alkerton on the Warwickshire border; Ann who married 'John Laurence of Edgcott' at Wardington (near Banbury) in 1572; Joane who married Thomas Carter at Banbury in 1581; and 'Coristofer' who married Alice Tredwell at Epwell in 1591, where Richard died in 1606. As Epwell and Alkerton are only a couple of miles apart, it seems probable that Christopher was the son of Richard. They were also ancestors of a Tasker tribe spanning north Oxfordshire, south Warwickshire and even parts of Gloucestershire, and continuing to the present day. The Shenington Taskers are outlined in Gloucestershire, as the village has only been part of Oxfordshire for the past few hundred years, although it actually runs into Alkerton, and is less than 2 miles from Epwell.

James Tasker, born about 1785 in Oxfordshire, was tried at the Berkshire Assizes for stealing a pig. Found guilty, has was transported to Tasmania in 1820. He may have left a family behind in England, but then married Mary Smythe from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 1831 and they had 4 children. If you know any more, leave a message here.

In 'The Town of Cropredy 1570 - 1640', written by Pamela Keegan, there is a complete section about the Tasker Family:
"The Taskers first arrived in Cropredy from Hinton about 1874. Edmund (1848-1898) and Eliza (1835-1915) had at least 8 children. Edmund was born in Plestow, Buckinghamshire and Eliza at Enstone. He was especially gifted with horses and worked as a groom as well as a carrier. In 1881 the family lived at the Riverside cottages and later they rented 12 Red Lion Street. Their children as far as we know were:-
Bessie Martha who married Alfred Chapple of Kirkdale, Lancashire on the 8th of Feby 1885. George Albert (1863-1927) married Emily (1870-1913).Both are buried at Cropredy. In 1881 George aged 18 was a carrier. Amy Elizabeth (1865- ) married George Turvey on the 2lst of May 1888. Sarah Ann born 1872 was a scholar in 1881. Eliza Mary was aged 7 in 1881. Edith Ryman baptised 12 April 1874, who married William Stevenson on the 25th of November 1903. Thomas Edmund baptised 24 December 1876 also at Cropredy. He married Ethel Morbey at Banbury. They moved to the cottage in Church Lane. Thomas was a carrier. Their twins Edith and Ellen were baptised on the l6th of June 1912. In 1919 Mrs Tasker purchased some cottages in the Plantations from the sale of the Cope's Estate in Cropredy. The family moved down to Plantation Cottage once the home of the Cooknell's."
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