Robert Temple and Unknown

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Husband Robert Temple ¹

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           Died: Spring, 1788 - Beaver Co, PA
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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Wife Unknown

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Children

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1 M Robert Temple ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1788 - ? Beaver Co, PA 1
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           Died: 20 Mar 1870 - near Hopewell, Hopewell Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Mary Davis (1793-1854) 1 2

         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Temple

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The name of Temple is a very ancient one and is known throughout the civilized world. As, in former times, people took their names from their occupations, it is more than likely that the original bearers of the name of Temple were in office in a temple or some house of worship. The family of which this sketch treats came to America probably from England or Wales, as the name is of frequent occurrence there.

In the troublesome times at the close of the Revolutionary War, many who thought well of America saw fit to come to the United States in search of homes, and among such was a widower by the name of Robert Temple, who left a large family in central England, presumably in Yorkshire. Whether he was in any way related to the unfortunate Charlotte Temple, buried in Trinity Church Yard, New York City, or to the noted Archbishop Temple, is by no means certain, or proven, although very probable.
After residing for about two years in America, he married and settled on what is now known as Johnson's Hill, near New Sheffield, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and reclaimed from the wilderness, as it then was, a considerable portion of his claim. He was killed by falling timber in the forest surrounding his hardly won homestead, some time in the spring of 1788.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 789.

2 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 902.