The register of St Thomas's parish, Dublin, records the baptisms of no less than eleven children of a John Semple and his wife Lydia - and the death of a twelfth - between 1756 and 1774. Five of the baptisms were of sons : William (1758), George (1762), John (1763), Edward (1764) and Anthony (1771); the first son, another George, died in 1760.
Irish Architectural Archive, in The Dictionary of Irish Architects lists the work and biographies of architects, builders, and craftsmen who were active in Ireland between 1720 and 1940.
9,19,22,26,27,29,30,35,40,47,54,61,94,118; the former tradition of naming a first son after his paternal grandfather may indicate that John Semple's father was named George.
