TOWNE

TOAVN. TOWNE. A-Sax. tun, an enclosure, homestead. At-Town would becoine Towner. In Cornwall a farm-yard is still called a "town-place." Your ancient Tonmer was not, therefore, what his name sounds to modern ears, but a thorough rustic.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.