To All: I received the following data in response to some of my loose end postings. Delores has a lot of interesting data - she really helped me. Hope this is helpful to you. We believe that Needham Temple are descendants of Dorothy Needham who m. Robert Temple 11 March 1693 at St. Michan, Dublin, Ireland and there are still a lot of loose ends left on Needham but this is a starter and maybe someone can add to this: Note: Cumberland County - then Moore Co.was formed from Cumberland Co. NC - then Rowan County was formed from Moore Co. NC - then Davidson County was formed from Rowan CountyNC)----------------------------------------------------- I am going to name them Needham 1 and Needham 2: Needham 1 Temple b. 1732 (we believe in PA) d. 1816 in Davidson County, NC m._________ Issue: 1.Needham 2 Temple b. 1783 in Cumberland Co., NC 2.Thomas Temple b.____in Cumberland County, NC went to Indiana 3.John Temple b._____in Moore County, NC went to__?__ Needham 2 Temple was married 4 times in all Information on: Needham 2 Temple b. 1783 in Cumberland County, NC d. 1875 in Davidson County, NC m. Elizabeth_________1802_lst time m. in Randolph or Chatham Co., NC Issue: 1.Sarah Temple b. 1807 2.Daniel Temple b. there are more children in this marriage we are researching (believe to be 6 more) 2nd marriage was on September 18, 1817 in Rowan Co., NC to Polly Fouts b. ca 1800 in Rowan County, NC d. 1825 in Davidson County, NC (4 children born of this marriage) Issue: 1.John B. Temple b. 1816 in Randolph County, NC m. Elizabeth Perman on March 23, 1840 in Guilford County, NC 2. Jane Temple b. 1819 in Randolph County, NC m. Hiram Younts on October 01, 1854 d. July 15, 1899 in Reeds Lake, Texas 3. William Temple b. 1820 in Randolph Co., NC (my GGgrandfather) d. ca 1868-69 (somewhere in Tennessee) m. Letitia Jane Gates on March 23, 1849 in Guilford County, NC some records show her Elizabeth Jane Gates 4. Isaiah Temple b. 1825 b. Davidson County, NC (went to Indiana) m. Rebecca Beck 3rd marriage of Needham 2 Temple m. Polly Speck on May 13, 1826 in Davidson County, NC Issue: 1. Elizabeth (Betsy) Temple b. March 14, 1826 d. June 30, 1844 2. John Franklin Temple b. July 02, 1831 in Daivdson County, NC(wen to Indiana to live with his Uncle Thomas Temple) d. Janaury 21, 1867 in Umatilla County, Oregon m. lst an Annabelle Long, 2nd Cornelia Iowa Wyrick 3. Sarah Temple b. 1834 in Davidson County, NC m. Alfred Leonard 4. Catherine Temple b. 1837 m. George Hege in Davidson Co., NC 5. Sophia Temple b. 1840 in Davidson Co., NC m. Jacob Crotts 6. Barbara Ellen Temple b. 1844 d. 1910 m. lst time George Lanning 2nd time Aaron Wilkes Sharpe,3rd.Christian Haynes 4th marriage: Susannah Hanes Pickett b. 1873 in Davidson County, NC Issue: 1.Nancy Temple b. 1849 in Davidson County, NC d. November 2, 1903 in Davidson County, NC m. John C. Hanes 2. Davidson Temple b. November 2, 1852 in Davidson Co., NC m. Mary Koontz 3. Phoebe Temple b. 1854 in Davidson Co., NC m. Junius Hill 4. Mary Ann Temple b. 1856 d. 1875 Davidson County, NC m. m. Felix Miller m. Rebecca Beck By the way, in N. C. they added the S to Needham's name and it appears in records as Temple and sometimes Temples. I have all descendants from this time to the 80's from these marriages, but it would take a book. Hope this helps you somewhat. Delores Temples Gandy DATG <DATG@aol.com> -- L. Parker Temple Researching the branches of the TEMPLE family See my home page at http://www.erols.com/lptemple/house.htm