Clayton - Person Sheet
Clayton - Person Sheet
NameHILL, Mary
Spouses
1TEMPLE, Joseph , 6G Granduncle
FatherTEMPLE, Col. Joseph (~1699-1749)
MotherARNOLD, Ann (1672-1781)
Misc. Notes
(1) "Descendants of Benjamin Arnold," by Mrs. McIvor, p.44.
(2) "King & Queen Co.," by B. Fleet, p.84. Notes on Baylor Hill Diary, by Elizabeth Hawes Ryland.
(3) "William Temple of Prince George's Co.," by Lucy Temple Temple, p.39-41.
(4) Carolyn Tayloe Davidson Carey, Greenwood Village, CO. Cites: (a) VA Hist. Mag., Dr. Harris. (b) "VA Gleanings in England," p.98.
(5) "Old New Kent County - Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places in King William Co., St. John's Parish" by Malcolm Hart Harris (1977) p.821,823. FHL #975.5H2har. Cites: (a) Crozier, Spotsylvania Co., VA Records, p.221,227.
(6) "Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. 18, p.89. "Virginia Gleanings in England." FHL #975.5 B2v. Cites: (a) Letter from Mrs. Polly Williamson, d/o Col. Benjamin Temple, to Dr. William Gwathmey of King William Co., 1831.

! Birth: (1,3,6a) s/o Joseph Temple/Anne Arnold. (6a) Eldest.

Marriage to Mary "Molly" Hill: (1,2,3,5,6a)
(5) His father left him "Chatham Hill," which lay above the Mattapony River. He built the house there and named it after the home of Sir William Temple.
(2) Lived at "Chatham Hill" across the Mattapony River from "Presque Isle," the home of Joseph Temple Sr./Ann Arnold, d/o Benjamin Arnold of "Presque Isle." "North Bank" adjoins "Chatham Hill."
(5a) Bef 1760: The land which Col. Temple had patented in Spotsylvania Co., VA was devised to his sons, Joseph Temple and Benjamin Temple.
(6) 1760: Joseph Temple and Mary his wife and Benjamin Temple of King William sold lands in Spotsylvania which had been formerly granted to their father, Joseph Temple, dec'd, and by him, in his will, devised to them.
(6) 1762: Joseph Temple and Mary his wife and Benjamin Temple of King William sold lands in Spotsylvania which had been formerly granted to their father, Joseph Temple, dec'd, and by him, in his will, devised to them.
(4,6) 1774-1775: Member of the Committee of Safety. (5,6) King and Queen Co., VA Committee of Safety.
(3) Fought in the Revolutionary War although his cousin, George Grenville, had been Prime Minister and the author of the odious Stamp Act, and he forfeited his rights to titles and estates which might have come to him from England.
Last Modified 8 Jan 1998Created 22 May 2023 by Robert Avent