L. Parker Temple wrote: > > Linda: > I am pretty sure that there were nho TEMPLES in England. Not only are they > unique to the colonies, they are unique to the South (in their earliest > incarnations). > > Park > _____________________________________ > L. Parker Temple III > Researching the TEMPLEs and Related Lines > http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: lkwade <lkwade@ibm.net> > To: TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com <TEMPLE-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Saturday, July 25, 1998 8:28 PM > Subject: Temple/Temples > > >Park, > >I think you are on to something with you theory on the Temple/Temples > >spelling variation. It could very well be dialectic. Have you run > >across any Temples in the England histories or could it be a quirk in > >the colonies? > > > >Linda > > > >PERHAPS THE ADDING OF THE "s" OCCURRED AT ANY TIME. IN ONE OF MY FAMILIES OF SCOTLAND IT WAS SHANDS OR SHAND AND IN MY HUSBAND'S LINE THE NAME WAS "GIVEN" IN IRELAND WITH THE "S" ADDED HERE IN AMERICA. Peggy A. Givens