Dorothy Temple

Dorothy married John Alston on 4 Jan 1634 in Odell, England. John (son of Thomas Alston and Frances Bloomfield) was born in 1610 in Bedford, England; died in 1687 in Parvenham, Bedford, England; was buried on 15 Aug 1687 in Parvenham, Bedford, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Alston was born about 1640 in Parvenham, Bedford, England; died in 1704 in Parvenham, Bedford, England.

John married Dorothy Lee. Dorothy was born in 1590 in Stantonbury, Buckinghamshire, England; died in Sep 1625 in Parvenham, Bedford, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Daughter of Edmund Lee, of Stantonbury and Dorothy Lee

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Sir Thomas Temple, 1st Baronet of Stowe (9 January 1567 – February 1637). He was the eldest son of John Temple and Susan (née Spencer). His baptism on 9 January 1566/7 is recorded at Everton, Northamptonshire, the childhood home of his mother.

He was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. He was knighted by James I in 1603 and purchased a baronetcy in 1611. In 1604, Temple purchased the Borough of Buckingham.
In 1606, Thomas served as sheriff of Oxfordshire; he was sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1616 and of Warwickshire in 1620.

The wool industry on which the Temple family fortune had been founded had been suffering since the beginning of the seventeenth century. Sir Thomas also had other drains on his wealth. With such a large family, he had to meet significant expenses whenever his children got married - particularly dowries for his 9 daughters.[

He married Hester Sandys the daughter of Miles Sandys esq. of Latimers Bucks, in about 1585 or 1586. Sir Thomas and Hester had fifteen recorded children, 2 of whom died in infancy; of the remainder, 4 were sons and 9 were daughters.

Susan b. 1587 m. Edward Clark by 1606
Hester b. 1589 m. Sir John Rous in 1605
Bridget b. 1591 m. to Sir John Lenthall by 1606. He was the brother of Speaker Lenthall
Peter b. 1592 - eldest son and heir
John b. 1593 – d. 1594
Martha b. 1595 m. Thomas Penistone in 1611
Elizabeth b. 1596 m. Sir Henry Gibbs by 1614
John b. 1598 m. Dorothy Lee by 1613
Catherine b. 1599 m. Sir William Ashcoombe in 1613
Ann b. 1601 m. Sir William Andrews in 1617
Jane Sibilla b. 1602 – d. 1602 [8]
Thomas b. 1604
Margaret b. 1606 m. Edward Longueville c. 1627
Miles b. 1608
Millicent b. 1611 m. Thomas Ogle c. 1629

Source: Wikipedia and The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina compiled from English, colonial and family records.

Notes:

JOHN TEMPLE, married Susan, daughter and heiress of Thomas Spencer of Everton, Northampton.

It is stated in Burk's Peerage that this ancient family derives its surname from the manor of Temple, County Leicester, and has its pedigree recorded in the "Visitation of Leicestershire", AD 1619:

18. John was the son of PETER Temple of Stowe, who in the latter years of Edward VI obtained a grant of the Manor of Marston Boteler, Co. Warwick, and married Millicent, daughter of William Jeklye, esq. of Nemington, Middlesex.

17. Peter was the son of THOMAS Temple, of Whitney, who married Alice, daughter and heiress of John Heritage, of Burton Dorset, in Coventry warwick.

16. Thomas was the son of WILLIAM Temple, of Whitney, who m. Isabel, daughter and heiress of Henry Everton, Esq.

15. William was the son of THOMAS de Temple of Whitney, Oxfordshire, who married Mary, daughter of Thomas Gendey, Esq.

14. Thomas was the son of RICHARD de Temple, who married Joan, daughter of William Shepey of Great Shepey, Leicestershire.

13. Richard was the son of NICHOLAS de Temple, who married Maud, daughter of John Burguillon, of Newton, in Leicestershire.

12. Nicholas was the son of RICHARD de Temple of Shepey, married Lady Agnes, daughter of Sir Ralph Stanley, Knt.

11. Richard was the son of NICHOLAS de Temple who married Lady Margery, daughter of Sir Roger Corbet, Knt. of Libton.

10. Nicholas was the son of RICHARD de Temple, Baron of Temple Manor, who married Catherine, daughter of Thomas de Langley.

9. Richard was the son of HENRY de Temple, Baron of Temple Manor and Little Shepey.

8. Henry was son of HENRY de Temple, Leicesterhire, who married Lady Maud, daughter of Sir John Ribbesford, Knt.

7. Henry was the son of GEOFFREY de Temple, Leicestershire.

6. Geoffrey was the son of HENRY de Temple, Baron of Temple, and little Shepey.

5. This Henry was a decendant of EDWIN, Earl of Leicestershire and Coventry, who assumed the surname, Temple, from the Manor of Temple, in the Hundred of Sparkenhor in Wellsboro, Lecestershire.

4. Edwin as son of EDWIN, King of the East Saxons, Eadwine Earl of Mercia. King Harald Hårdråde defeated Edwin and his younger brother Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, at the Battle of Fulford, near York Sept 20, 1066. Edwin was later killed in battle with the Normans, 1071. Edwin's sister, Ealdgyth, had been married to Harold Godwinson until the latter's death at Hastings on 14 October 1066.

3. His father was ALGAR, King of the East Saxons in 1053. Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, Earl of East Anglia, but also was exiled for a time.

2. Algar was the son of LEOFRIC, King of Leicester (Lodges Peerage of Ireland, under Viscount Palmerston). He married the famous Lady Godiva, who rode naked through Coventrytown by day to regain for the citizens the priviledges taken from them, and dying August 31, 1027. Leofric died 1057.

1. Leofric was the son of LEOFERN or Leoferin, Earl of Mercia.