jmay wrote: > > Marcia, > > The following is the only thing I found in reference to "Philadelphia" > in the Chester Co, records that I have - but there maybe more that I > don't have. > (Pam, please excuse the date format - it is the way the source was > set up). > > Source: Records of the Kennett Monthly Meetings > Chester Co, PA - Dewey ref # 974.813K > > TEMPLE > 6-12-1777 Alice rocf Chester MM, wife of William > 1-15-1778 Alice and husband rocf Nottingham MM > 5-13-1779 Alice and husband rocf Nottingham MM > 6-17-1784 Alice, husband and ch Thomas & Mary gct Wilmington MM > 10-15-1784 Alice gct... MM (same as cert granted to Wilmington 6-17-1784) > 11-13-1794 Alice and ch Thomas, Mary, William, Alice rocf Philadelphia MM > Northern Dist > 7-12-1798 Alice & ch Mary and Alice gct Concord MM > 11-14-1776 William gct Chester MM to m Alice Lownes > > 6-24-1802 Jane, dau of Thomas & Jane (dec) m Samuel Bettle, son of Samuel > & Sarah (both dec) of Philadelphia, Pa, at Kennett MM > > Abbreviations: MM= monthly meeting; rocf = received on certificate from; gct = granted > certificate to; > > So it appears that some of Thomas's (below) was in and/or connected to Philadelphia; > hope this at least gives you something to look for. > > Thomas Temple (son of William and Hannah Taylor) d 6-?-1808 > ae 83yrs, 8 da, buried Kennett > wife Jane Brantain d 4-27-1799, ae 67yrs, 9mo, 17da buried Kennett > Ch: Joseph b 4-25-1752 no other data > William b 12-13-1753 m Alice Lownes > (issue: Thomas, Mary, William, Alice) > Thomas b 1-8-1756 no other data > Mary b 12-28-1758 no other data > Samuel b 1-8-1762 m Elizabeth ? > (issue: William, Samuel, Clement, Sarah, Mary, Joseph) > Caleb b 7-14-1764 m Rachel ? > (issue: Solomon, Martha, Mary, Danile[m Lydia Chambers], > Abraham, Jane, Rachel, Hannah, Caleb, Thomas, Bennett) > Edward b 5-8-1769 no other data > Jane b 11-21-1773 m Samuel Bettle Joanne and Marcia: Perhaps I can help if I have the right folks. You have Thomas and Jane Brinton TEMPLE in one case, and the other is Thomas' brother William and his wife Alice Lownes. This may help - or confuse things - if we're not certain we have the right people: Individual Summary - 9 Mar 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Thomas TEMPLE Sex: Male Father: William TEMPLE (abt 1685-1775) Mother: Hannah TAYLOR (4 Aug 1706-5 Jan 1768) Individual Facts Birth 10 Oct 1725 in Kennet, Chester, PA Death 21 Jun 1808 in Pennsbury, Chester, PA (age 82) Occupation Justice of Common Pleas Religion Quaker Marriages/Children 1. Jane BRINTON Marriage 17 Mar 1751 in Chester, Delaware, PA (age 25) Children Joseph TEMPLE (25 Apr 1752-17 Jun 1840) William TEMPLE (13 Dec 1753-1793) Thomas TEMPLE (8 Jan 1756-1807) Mary TEMPLE (28 Dec 1758-) Samuel TEMPLE (2 Jan 1762-22 Jul 1843) Edward Brinton TEMPLE (8 May 1769-abt 1850) Caleb TEMPLE (14 Jul 1764-11 Feb 1814) Jane TEMPLE (21 Nov 1773-13 Apr 1840) Notes Birth1: NO NOTE Death2,3: Will dated 19 Dec 1807, proved 18 Jul 1808. Religion4: NO NOTE General5,6: Member of state legislature. Sources 1. Albert R. Temple and Danny D. Smith. Subtitled A Millenium of Power and Progress, 716 AD to the Present. The Temple Family Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1973. # 14, p. 18. 2. Ibid. # 14, p. 18. 3. Jacob Martin. Abstract of Wills of Chester County, Pennsylvania. Four Volumes. Marshalltown, PA, 1901. p. 164. 4. Albert R. Temple and Danny D. Smith. Subtitled A Millenium of Power and Progress, 716 AD to the Present. The Temple Family Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1973. # 14, p. 18. 5. Ibid. # 14, p. 18. 6. Ibid. # 14, p. 18. I don't have any dates other than marriage for Alice Lownes, but I do have her parents, if that is of interest. I also have more on Thomas and Jane Bettle TEMPLE. Are we barking up the right tree? Park -- L. Parker Temple Researching the branches of the TEMPLE family See my home page at http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm