Individual Details
Rev John James Templer
(2 May 1788 - 7 Apr 1869)
John Templer, educated at Blundell's (Feb 1798-Jun 1805) matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford, 4 July 1805 aged 17. BA 1809. MA 1818. Rector of Teigngrace, Devon, 1832-1869. Swete Family Tree
Rev. John Templer, the fourth son of James Templer, was educated at Tiverton and then went to Exeter College, Oxford from 1805 - 1809. He received his M.A. in 1818 and devoted his life to the Ministry. He married at Ashburton, Devon, in 1818 Elizabeth Sunter and had a family off our sons and four daughters. All were brought up while the family lived at Alstorie, Ashburton.
John was Dean of Plymtree in 1825 and 1826 and became Rector of Teigngrace in 1832, succeeding his uncle, John there. He now moved to Newton Abbot where the Exeter Flying Post ?mentioned him in despatches? ashelping in a fire there, in 1836.
Upon the death of his brother George in 18143, John became the representative of the Templer family. In 1865 he was of 'Knowles, near Newton Abbot.'
He survived his wife nineteen years, and several of his children, dying in 1869 at the ripe old age of 89.
Ron Lewin - 1983
John was probably born in late 1788, although he was baptised in Teigngrace Church on 10 January 1789.
After being educated at Blundells between February 1798 (aged 10) and June 1805 (aged 17), John took Holy Orders, but it is not known where he was employed, although he was living in the Newton Abbot area at the time of his marriage, and was probably a deacon in one of the Churches, he later moved to Ashburton and appears to have lived their until he took on the living at Teigngrace.
On 26 June 1818, aged 30, he married Elizabeth Sunter at Ashburton. She was the daughter of Joseph Sunter of Ashburton. All his children were born in Ashburton.
In 1832, on the death of his uncle, the Reverend John Templer of Lindridge, he succeeded him as Rector of Teigngrace, a post he held for 37 years. His appointment to the living would have been made by the Duke of Somerset, as his elder brother George had been forced to sell the Stover Estates in 1829.
Rev. John Templer, the fourth son of James Templer, was educated at Tiverton and then went to Exeter College, Oxford from 1805 - 1809. He received his M.A. in 1818 and devoted his life to the Ministry. He married at Ashburton, Devon, in 1818 Elizabeth Sunter and had a family off our sons and four daughters. All were brought up while the family lived at Alstorie, Ashburton.
John was Dean of Plymtree in 1825 and 1826 and became Rector of Teigngrace in 1832, succeeding his uncle, John there. He now moved to Newton Abbot where the Exeter Flying Post ?mentioned him in despatches? ashelping in a fire there, in 1836.
Upon the death of his brother George in 18143, John became the representative of the Templer family. In 1865 he was of 'Knowles, near Newton Abbot.'
He survived his wife nineteen years, and several of his children, dying in 1869 at the ripe old age of 89.
Ron Lewin - 1983
John was probably born in late 1788, although he was baptised in Teigngrace Church on 10 January 1789.
After being educated at Blundells between February 1798 (aged 10) and June 1805 (aged 17), John took Holy Orders, but it is not known where he was employed, although he was living in the Newton Abbot area at the time of his marriage, and was probably a deacon in one of the Churches, he later moved to Ashburton and appears to have lived their until he took on the living at Teigngrace.
On 26 June 1818, aged 30, he married Elizabeth Sunter at Ashburton. She was the daughter of Joseph Sunter of Ashburton. All his children were born in Ashburton.
In 1832, on the death of his uncle, the Reverend John Templer of Lindridge, he succeeded him as Rector of Teigngrace, a post he held for 37 years. His appointment to the living would have been made by the Duke of Somerset, as his elder brother George had been forced to sell the Stover Estates in 1829.
Events
| Birth | 2 May 1788 | Ashburton, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Christen | 10 Jan 1789 | Teigngrace, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Educated | Feb 1798 | Blundells, Tiveton til Jun1805 (12-19) | |||
| Educated | Feb 1798 | Blundells until June 1805 (ages 10-17) | |||
| Marriage | 24 Jun 1818 | Ashburton, Devon, England, United Kingdom - Elizabeth Sunter | |||
| Ordination | 27 Apr 1832 | Teigngrace, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Residence | 1841 | Ipplepen - Clerk - Aged 50 | |||
| Residence | 1851 | Age: 62; RelationToHead: Head - Highweek, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Residence | 1861 | Age: 72; RelationToHead: Head - Newton Abbot, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Death | 7 Apr 1869 | Newton Abbot, Devon, England, United Kingdom | |||
| Burial | 13 Apr 1869 | Teigngrace, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Sunter (1790 - 1850) |
| Child | Caroline Mary Templer (1820 - 1867) |
| Child | John Sunter Templer (1821 - 1855) |
| Child | Emily Anne Templer (1822 - 1909) |
| Child | Charles James Templer (1823 - 1855) |
| Child | Henrietta Amelia Templer (1825 - 1847) |
| Child | Reginald William Templer (1826 - 1916) |
| Child | Marcella Elizabeth Templer (1828 - 1848) |
| Father | James Templer (1748 - 1813) |
| Mother | Mary Buller (1740 - 1829) |
| Sibling | John James Templer ( - 1781) |
| Sibling | Mary Templer (1778 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Anne Sophia Templer (1780 - 1866) |
| Sibling | George Templer (1781 - 1843) |
| Sibling | Frederick Edward Templer (1782 - 1796) |
| Sibling | Commander William Templer RN (1784 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Charles Templer (1786 - 1806) |
| Sibling | Amelia Templer (1787 - 1837) |
| Sibling | Charlotte Frances Templer (1789 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Francis James Templer (1792 - 1854) |