Brief Life History of Susan
When Susan Temple was born in January 1576, in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Temple of Stowe Esquire, was 34 and her mother, Lady Susanna Spencer, was 29. She married Sir Thomas Denton about 1592, in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1641, in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 65, and was buried in Hillesden, Buckinghamshire, England.
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- Susanna Temple Denton at Find A Grave
- JOHN TEMPLE and SUSAN SPENCER family "Some Account of the Temple Family," pp. 17–18. CH: THOMAS, GEORGE, d.y., JOHN, ALEXANDER, WILLIAM, PETER, CATHERINE, SUSAN, MARY, MILLICENT, DOROTHY, ELIZABETH. Dates & Spouses & cites pgs for sons' families.
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1585 · The First English Colony is Established in America
England established its first colony in North America in 1585 as a way to generate additional wealth. The colony was named Virginia, after the virgin Queen Elizabeth I.
1587 · Elizabeth I Signs Death Warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots
Elizabeth I signed the death warrant for Mary, Queen of Scots, on February 1, 1587, as she was found guilty of plotting to assasinate Elizabeth. Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England on February 8, 1587.
1600 · The Honourable East India Company
The Honourable East India Company, a British joint-stock company, was established in 1600 for trade in the Indian Ocean region. At its height, the British East India Company had a private army which was twice the size of the British Army, ruled large sections of India, and revenues in the millions.
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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