Mary (Knapp) Temple (abt. 1655 - bef. 1726)

Born about 1655 in England

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Biography

Mary Knapp was daughter of Henry Knapp ^[1]and his wife, Hester Clarke. ^[2]

On 25 August 1675, taking with her £4000, she married her first cousin once removed, Sir Richard Temple. ^[1] Richard was grandson and Mary was great granddaughter of Sir Thomas Temple Bart. and his wife, Hester Sandys. Mary was some seven months pregnant at the time of the wedding. ^[1] They were parents of 4 sons and 6 daughters. ^[1]

Richard died 10 May 1697 and was buried at Stowe. ^[1] Mary lived on until 1726 being buried on the 15th of May.^[1]

Research note

Alive on 10 Mar 1686/7 when named as Mary in her husband Richard's Will and no reference to her being dead in any of the codicils the last being dated 12 Apr 1697 before a final bequest dated 1 May 1697.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} History of Parliament online: TEMPLE, Sir Richard, 3rd Bt. (1634-97), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws
2. ↑ Google Books. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland
3. ↑ Will of Sir Richard Temple of Stowe, Buckinghamshire Ref PROB 11/441/203 at the National Archives and imaged on Ancestry.co.uk

Acknowledgements

• Entered by Steve Parsons, Friday, April 18, 2014.