I have neither seen nor heard about a tartan for Templeton. Have seen three different coats of arms, though. Here's an explanation of where Templeton came from. I retrieved these from two different web sites. 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. -- Harold Templeton Hoffman Estates, IL cfp@iwc.net CT: Barnes, Geer, Horsford, Lamb, Merritt, Richardson. KY: Shields. MA: Lamb, Merritt. NH: Lindsay, Moore, Templeton. NJ: Beam, Riker. NY: Austin, Blakeney, Fish, Kent, Mayo, Shields, Van Woert. VT: Davis, Geer, Johnson, Mayo, Templeton. Canada: Bonett, Elsey, Mayo. Don and Mary Saban wrote: > > I have been researching the Templeton name for quite some time. Not sure > there is a tartan. > > If someone has come up with a tartan or clan for Templeton, would like to > know about it. > > Don and Mary in Wyoming > > >Hey Templetons. It appears that Templeton originated in Scotland. Does > >anyone know what the Templeton Tartan is? > > > >Justin Templeton > Freepages account today: > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi