Merriott Families Genealogy

The Templemans of Merriott

Earliest Mention in Merriott Records - the 17th Century

The Templeman family appeared from the earliest times in the Parish Registers, as well as being mentioned in the Hearth Tax Rolls for 1664-5.  Most of the males seem to have married outside the Parish.  By the middle of the 19th Century there are very few mentions of the surname in Merriott; only one in the records of the 20th Century.  Some of the Templemans were well-to-do, owning land.  Templeman's Lane is presumably named after the family.

Three Templeman males are mentioned in the 1685 Monmouth Roll of Rebels:  (see also:  The Monmouth Rebellion)

Templeman, John, of Merriott ‘rebel in Monmouth’s army and not taken’ (CP); proposed for pardon; rick of wheat confiscated Jan. 12 (TB); pardon of all treasons, April 14 1686 (CSPD, J2, II, 404)
Templeman, Richard, of Merriott ‘rebel in Monmouth’s army and not taken’ (CP).
Templeman, Thomas, of Merriott ‘rebel in Monmouth’s army and not taken’ (CP).

The Somerset Record Office holds the following items:
DD\SP/1693/5  Inventory for Thomas Templeman of Merriott, dated 1693.
Q/SR/98/82: Examinations.   Evidence is given by Wilmont Pitcher of Merriott that she is with child by William Tempelman the younger of Merriott, Girthwebb (?) weaver, who had carnal knowledge of the informant's body in Crewkerne field.  Dated 15 November 1658.    A later piece:  Q/SR/98/25:  Calendar of prisoners in the common gaol at Ilchester to appear before the Quarter sessions on 12 April 1659 taken by William Lacy, High Sheriff of Somerset.  Prisoners include:  William (? Wilmont) Pitcher of Merriott, Single Woman.  Dated: 1659.
Q/SR/111/2-3 Information and Examinations.   Evidence given by John Templeman, Robert Lawrence and Simon Templeman, all of Merriott, in a case concerning the alleged theft of faggots by Ames Lawrence, of same.  JP: Edward Phellipps.   Dated 10 June 1668.
Q/SR/303/132: Examination and confession.   Evidence given by Elizabeth Annly, formerly in service with John Templeman of Merriott, in which she confesses to having taken items of clothing from her master's house and hidden them in a hedge.  JPs:  Adam Martin, John Rodbard.  Dated 10 Sep 1735.

The National Archives has the will of John Templeman, husbandman of Merriott, dated 22 Nov 1586.   The catalogue reference is PROB 11/58. 

MARRIAGES - 17th Century

BAPTISMS - 17th Century (and Burials where indicated)

BURIALS - 17th Century

Templeman in Merriott in the 18th Century

The Somerset Record Office holds the following item:
DD\MR/53:  Merriott deeds.
Settlement previous to marriage of Edward Brown of Coomb Farm in Crewkerne and Elizabeth, widow of Robert Templeman of Merriott.  One deed
relates to land belonging to the Templeman family and recites settlement previous to marriage of Robert Templeman and the above Elizabeth,
daughter of William Hallett of Henly in Crewkerne.   Dated 1732.

MARRIAGES

BAPTISMS (and Burials where indicated)

BURIALS 

A lengthy notation is included in the Merriott Parish Registers in 1793, after the entry on Feb 5 for the burial of Richard TEMPLEMAN.  The vicar wrote the following:

" NB  John Templeman obtained my permission to make a vault beneath his pew for the internment of his brother Richard Templeman, and likewise had a faculty from Wells for that pew and vault adjoining the 7th... (illegible) pillar on the right hand as you enter the Church for which privilege he paid me five guineas.

NB  No sooner had Mr Templeman been indulged in his wishes respecting the pew and vault than he raises his pew about a foot higher than the other pews in the same direction, which has much obstructed my seeing the congregation - I observed to him the impropriety of his elevating his pew, as no such grant was given him in the faculty - to which he replied he would raise it and I might do my worst.  In consequence of this impertinence I had the pew lowered to the size of those before & behind it.  
NB  The pew behind Mr Templeman's between it and the door has no concern with the faculty - but belongs to the Parish at large."

TEMPLEMAN in Merriott in the 19th Century

MARRIAGES

BAPTISMS 1801 to early 1876

Note:  An Alex Templeman was also noted in the records as an occasional officiating minister in the Parish Records 1832 to 1867.

The Somerset Record Office holds the following item:  DD\X\WBB/194/9:   Release of trust by Richard Draper Templeman of Merriott, Esq., and Sophia Frances Templeman of the same, spinster, under the terms of the marriage settlement of the Rev. R A Templeman, Deceased.  Dated 1853.

BURIALS

Wills at The National Archives

The Will of John Templeman, 16 January 1812.  Reference:  PROB  11/1529
The Will of Reverend John Templeman, Clerk of Lopen, Somerset 4 Sept 1835 Reference: PROB 11/1852
The Will of Robert Templeman, Gentleman of Merriott, 14 Nov 1815  PROB 11/1574
The Will of Susana, otherwise Susan Templeman, spinster of Merriott 8 June 1816  PROB 11/1581
The Will of Prudence Templeman, Widow of Merriott, 10 March 1854  PROB 11/2188
The Will of the Reverend Richard Abraham Templeman, Clerk of Merriott, 26 Sep 1842  PROB 11/1968
The Will of Giles Templeman, Yeoman of Seaborough, Somerset, 20 Dec 1843  PROB 11/1990
The Will of John Templeman, Gentleman of Merriott, 24 July 1855  PROB 11/2217

Wills at the Somerset Records Office

Will of Agnes Templeman 1813 Merriott
Probate of the Will of the Rev. John Templeman of Lopen, Clerk.  Dated 1832, proved 1835  DD\MKG/6.  This reference also has the sale particulars of Monks House in Merriott, 1919, and estate duty papers arising out of the same property (Templeman Family) Dated 1914-1916.

CENSUS records

There were no further mentions of TEMPLEMANs in the 1861, 1871, 1881 or 1891 censuses of Merriott.

TEMPLEMAN in Merriott in the 20th Century

No marriages are noted;  the Baptismal records don't go up this far.  Only one burial:

1952 Lottie Templeman aged 53 of 1 Hitchen, Merriott  Officiating Minister: Leslie J Groves, Methodist Minister

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