Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Temple was born on 3 December 1745, in Kennett Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Temple lll, was 60 and his mother, Hannah Taylor, was 37. He married Anna Jones about 1765, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Pennsbury MM, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1810. He registered for military service in 1782. He died on 9 June 1815, in Pennsbury Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69.
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- Benjamin Temple, "United States Census, 1810"
- Benjamin Temple, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Benj Temple in entry for James Temple, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
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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