Dear List My TEMPLETONS come from Scotland. Samuel TEMPLETON married Margaret Forester 5 or 6 June 1820 Lanark (suburb Denniston)Barony or Govan. Issue:Samuel 1821 Mary 1824 Eliza McFarlan templeton 1826 Isabella Forrester Templeton 1828 Alexander Forrester Templeton 1833 Mary Lorimer Templeton 1833. Alexander Forrester Templeton was a ships cook who came to Australia via ships.He spent time in New Zealand at Otago.He came to Australia and married isabella Sanderson at Camden Australia and had a multitude of children of whom i descend. Maybe someone has a connection???? Gail At Wagga Australia -----Original Message----- From: Harold Templeton <cfp@iwc.net> To: TEMPLETON-L@rootsweb.com <TEMPLETON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, 3 March 2000 3:06 Subject: Re: Irish Templetons >Dear Gerald, > >It appears that I have unintentionally misled you. My Templetons came >from Scotland to Ireland and then to America. > >I have not been able to trace any further back than Adam and his sister >Janet (Jennet). They supposedly were from Ballywilly, although we have >not been able to find a town by that name. Other references to their >location in Ireland include Ulster Province and the Parish of Bellawville. > >Here is some information I found on the name someplace or other: > >Templeton is a Scottish place name from Templeton near Dundonald in the >former county Ayreshire, now part of Strathclyde. It was so-named for >Middle English "temple" (meaning house of the Knights Templar) and "toun" >(meaning "settlement"). There are also places named Templeton in Wales >and other locations, but they likely derived their names from someone with >the surname, rather than the other way around. > >Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry notes the following on the name >"Templar:" A member of the order called Templars, Knights Templar, >Knights of the Temple, etc. It was founded in 1118 or 1119 by nine >Christian knights, the original object of the organization being to >maintain free passage for the pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. Baldwin II >King of Jerusalem gave them part of his palace, and they kept their arms >in the Temple, hence their name of Templars. > >It is interesting that so many of the names are duplicated in your line >and mine. I find John to be the most common name among Templetons, >followed by Samuel and William. Daniel, however, seems to be very >uncommon. That one may be the one that leads us to a link. > >There is another Adam that shows up in New Hampshire in 1810 and then >disappears again. I have not been able to connect him to my line. > >Another Adam married Jane (unknown last name) in Ballymoney, County >Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1837. > >A third Adam that I know about was married to a Barabee, probably in Maine >in the late 1700's. > >Well enough rattling on. Let me know if there is anything I can do to >help you in your research. >-- >Harold Templeton >Hoffman Estates, IL >cfp@iwc.net > >CT: Barnes, Geer, Horsford, Lamb, Merritt, Richardson. >KY: Shields. >MA: Lamb, Merritt. >NH: Lindsay, Morse, Templeton. >NJ: Beam, Riker. >NY: Austin, Blakeney, Fish, Kent, Mayo, Shields, Van Woert. >VT: Davis, Geer, Johnson, Mayo, Templeton. >Canada: Bonett, Elsey, Mayo. > > >"G.J.Fox" wrote: >> >> Harold, >> I notice from your message that you say your TEMPLETONs went from Ireland >> to Scotland. That I find interesting because I had assumed that the Irish >> TEMPLETONs were originally a Scottish family - not that it excludes >> movement the other way from time to time. My own TEMPLETON ancestors lived >> in Belfast, Ireland, and although I have names, I have little knowledge of >> what they did there. What I do know in some detail is that a branch went to >> India circa 1780. >> >> There is a strong possibility that your Irish TEMPLETONs are the same as >> mine, if names give a clue. It was Daniel TEMPLETON who went to India as a >> soldier and raised a family there. Matthew and John are also family names. >> My earliest TEMPLETON in Ireland is William born about 1730's amd he >> married a Margaret. Daniel, William and Matthew Steele were three of their >> children. I have no knowledge of an Adam TEMPLETON but my records do not go >> that far back. >> >> Please let me know if any of this relates to your family. And I would >> really like to discover when my TEMPLETONs left Scotland (assuming that is >> their origins). >> Gerald Johnson Fox >> >> At 14:15 01/03/00 -0800, you wrote: >> >Dear Catherine, >> > >> >I wish I could say some of your names match mine. The best I can do is >> >say that William and James shows up in my line, as do several of the other >> >names. >> > >> >Adam Templeton was born 1711 or maybe 1712 in Ireland, but I believe his >> >family came from Scotland. His sons were Mathew, James, John, and >> >Daniel. Adam had a sister, Janet. Her grave stone says, "Jennet." Adam >> >settled in New Hampshire, having arrived about 1735. >> >-- >> >Harold Templeton >> >Hoffman Estates, IL >> >cfp@iwc.net >> >> ==== TEMPLETON Mailing List ==== >> This TEMPLETON list is currently available for adoption! >> Interested in becoming the list manager? Go here: >> http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/adoptrequest.html >> >> ============================== >> Free Web space. ANY amount. 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