Dottie & Bulldog: Thank you for sending the information on Thomas Breedlove. I will check the website because the court records did not arrive in a readable form. The late 1600s are the same period that Charles Breedlove appears in the U.S. It is also close to the time when the Broadlove entries appear in the parish records in Lincolnshire. There may be a relationship. I am seriously considering finding a genealogist in England to help us with this. I am also dying to return to the U.K. and poke around a little more myself. Hopefully, in 2001. If anyone else on the list has something to add to this early Breedlove search in England, please let us know. The more data a researcher has to start with the better our chances of finding the original Breedloves in England. This Thomas is the first one to spell his name exactly the same as we do in the U. S. It is interesting to me that so far every one we have found over there have the same given names as the early Breedloves in Virginia. Martha

Dear Breedlovers, I now have a copy of the Liberty magazine piece, and I believe it is historical fiction. The introduction says, "Proceedings being a true account of the trial of John Bunyan, Tinker, of Bedfordshire. *Well*, *maybe* *not* *true*." [Emphasis mine] Later it says, "So, what if a Yale professor on sabbatical in London, did find, in the musty papers of Thomas Breedlove....." which also sounds like a hint that this is playful speculation rather than a true historical report. No name is given for the Yale professor, which seems odd if there was one who found the papers. Where are the papers now, what library, archive, museum, collection? But the author, listed as Howard V. Pendley III, is said to be pastor of a Baptist church in Bedford, VA (not a Yale prof). There's no explanation of his role as discoverer of papers, just as author. Finally, there is an editor's note about modernizing the English, but no indication of who the editor is (Pendley, the Yale Prof, the magazine editor?) I found the author's son, Howard V. Pendley IV, on the web and asked him about the piece and for contact info about his father over a week ago, but haven't heard back. So I think this is fiction. And so I believe it still stands that no one has found any record of anyone named "Breedlove" (I dunno about Broadloaf, etc) before Charles of VA in 17th-18th century. Sorry to be so pessimistic. I'll let you know if I ever hear from Pendley III. Cheers, Marc Breedlove At 02:37 PM 10/16/00 EDT, MNBKahn@aol.com wrote: >Dottie & Bulldog: > >Thank you for sending the information on Thomas Breedlove. I will check the >website because the court records did not arrive in a readable form. The >late 1600s are the same period that Charles Breedlove appears in the U.S. It >is also close to the time when the Broadlove entries appear in the parish >records in Lincolnshire. There may be a relationship. I am seriously >considering finding a genealogist in England to help us with this. I am also >dying to return to the U.K. and poke around a little more myself. Hopefully, >in 2001. > >If anyone else on the list has something to add to this early Breedlove >search in England, please let us know. The more data a researcher has to >start with the better our chances of finding the original Breedloves in >England. > >This Thomas is the first one to spell his name exactly the same as we do in >the U. S. It is interesting to me that so far every one we have found over >there have the same given names as the early Breedloves in Virginia. > >Martha > > >