Some Account of the Temple Family (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ...and, although it received a large equivalent, no restitution, satisfaction, or recompense was ever made to Sir Thomas or his heirs; whereas his property in Kennebeck, his from a private derivation, remains to his heirs, and is defended for them by a charter colony. This country has been much indebted to Mr Temple for improvements in agriculture. His private character will bear a strict examination." This refers to his second and final voyage to America, he came out originally in 1717. t Hester Sandys, wife of Sir Thomas Temple, first Baronet; she died in 1656, and John I Nelson was born in 1654. t Paschal Nelson was not heir to Sir Thomas Temple, of Nova Scotia; he was probably acting for his father John I Nelson, one of Sir Thomas's executors. Noddle's Island. Noddle's Island, now East Boston, Mass., was sold to Sir Thomas Temple, of Nova Scotia, then a resident of Boston, August 4th 1664, and three years later Sir Thomas bought out the rights of Richard Newbold, which had been reserved. November 30th 1670 Sir Thomas sold the Island for 6000 to Colonel Shrimpton; by the estimate made at that time it contained 1000 acres. Robert I Temple leased Noddle's Island from 1723 to 1749 or '50, and occupied it as a residence; in 1746 he erected there a mansion at a cost of 7,858. 5s 2a Mass Currcr, a sum which indicates that the house must have been of no small pretentious; it was a fine, large mansion with brick walls and handsomely terraced, a fit residence for a man of wealth, situated on the easterly end of Eagle Hill and had a southerly front. The site on which the house stood is designated on one of the original maps of East Boston, by lot 316 third section; the well dug for Mr Temple is still in use. In 1764 the house erected by Mr...