Mary Kennedy Temple

Brief Life History of Mary Kennedy

When Mary Kennedy Temple was born on 27 May 1792, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, Thomas Homer Temple, was 26 and her mother, Mary Jane Moore, was 25. She married James Harvey Robinson on 23 December 1816, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1867, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

James Harvey Robinson
1787–1863
Mary Kennedy Temple
1792–1867
Marriage: 23 December 1816
Major David Robinson
1817–1897
Thomas Temple Robinson
1821–1880
Mary Ann Robisson
1821–1880
Margaret M Robinson
1825–1903
John D. Robinson
1828–
Allen G. Robinson
1830–1900
Marianne Robinson
1832–1896
James Harvey Robinson
1835–1907
Ellen Robinson
1843–

Sources (10)

  • Mary Temple, "United States Census, 1830"
  • Mary K Temple, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Polly K Robinson in household of Janes Robinson, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State

On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English (northern England and London), Scottish, and French: from Middle English, Old French temple ‘temple’ (from Latin templum), denoting a religious house or manorial estate of the Knights Templar. The surname may be a metonymic occupational name for someone who lived or worked at such an establishment, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Temple in Cornwall (Midlothian). The Knights Templar were a crusading order, so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple. The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.

English: nickname given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.

Americanized form of North German or Dutch Tempel 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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