At 03:58 PM 11/4/98 EST, you wrote: >Who was Benjamin who ma 20 Feb 1762 Linenburg co VA W/D Mary Worsham. >Thanks much Don Dear Don, I'm sending my reply to you via the Breedlove list, as I thought others might be interested. I'm sorry. I have not systematically studied the Lunenburg, VA records, since my particular Breedlove line did not go through there. Are you sure that a Benjamin Breedlove married a Mary Worsham there in 1762? I have the marriage of Benjamin to Mary Watkins that year, same place. Maybe it's the same lady. I seem to recall that she was a widow when she married--nee Watkins, maybe? Let me briefly tell you what I have about Charles Breedlove, the Immigrant, and his family. I don't know how the Benjamin and John Breedlove of Luneburg Co., VA connect to him, but I assume they are grandchildren. Charles Breedlove first shows up in the Essex Co., VA record in 1709. He married about 1715, Mary Parr, daughter of Philip Parr & Judith Allaman [daughter of Thomas Parr & Constitine]. Charles' inventory was dated April 10, 1758, Essex Co., VA. Children: 1. William m. Millicent. Earliest Breedlove [other than Charles] mentioned in Essex records, 16 May 1738 in Court Orders. He and Millicent witnessed the will of Humphrey Meggs in 1746, Essex Co., VA. No further records. 2. Nathan m. Mary. He is first mentioned with his father Charles Breedlove in 1746 when the two of them are Securities for Kindness Tribble to administer the estate of William Tribble [likely the husband of Kindness]. Nathan was administrator of the estate of Charles Breedlove deceased, dated February 21, 1758 in Essex Co. Nathan and wife Mary Breedlove sold land to Alleman Breedlove in 1761 in Essex Co. Mary Tribble made Nathan her heir and he was the Executor of her estate. [It's thought that possibly Mary Parr Breedlove, after the death of her husband, Charles, married a Tribble & she is the Mary Tribble who made Nathan her heir]. Will of Nathan Breedlove probated 16 October 1786, Essex Co., VA, names wife, Mary. To son John, that part of my land that my brother James Breedlove formerly lived on. Also names other sons, Isaac & Nathan. 3. Allamn Breedlove m. Susanna. He bought land from Nathan & Mary Breedlove [see above]. He was also named in the will of Mary Tribble [above mentioned], apparently as a back-up legatee to Nathan. Allaman's will was probated in 1775 in Essex Co., VA. He wife Susanna is named as Executor. He names his sons Allaman, William & Braxton. 4. James Breedlove m. Lucrecy [probably]. He died intestate in Essex Co. His final estate settlement was made on March 16, 1767. Nathan Breedlove was owed money out of the estate. Lucrecy Breedlove's estate was presented for Inventory & Appraisement in Essex Co. on Jan. 20, 1772 by Peter Trible, Nathan Breedlove & John Mann. Robert Mann was Administrator. Mary Trible, Nathan Breedlove & Constant Edmonson [sister of Mary Parr Breedlove] were among those owed money out of the estate. 5. Phillip Breedlove m. Sarah. Early Breedlove researchers have listed Philip as a child of Charles & Mary, even though Phillip never appears in the Essex Co., VA records. He is supposed to be listed in a 1758 record of Spotsylvania co., Va. Probably named for his grandfather, Phillip Parr. No further information. 6. Kindness Breedlove m. William Tribble. Early Breedlove researchers have listed Kindness as a daughter of Charles & Mary. William Tribble's land adjoined the land of Charles & Mary Breedlove in Essex Co. both Charles Breedlove and Nathan Bteedlove were Securities for Kindness to administer the estate of William Trible cited above]. The name Kindness, is found in later generations of the Breedlove family. 7. Hester Breedlove m. John Trible. As with William & Kindness Trible, John & Hester Trible were neighbors of Charles Breedlove, so it has been suggested by previous Breedlove researchers that Hester may have been a daughter of Charles & Mary Breedlove. 8. Mary Breedlove married Isaac Kidd. Isaac & Mary Kidd were witnesses to the will of Mary Trible, written in 1765. Both were deceased by the time the will was probated in 1777. Previous Breedlove researchers thought that Mary Parr Breedlove would have named a daughter for herself, and so it was thought that this daughter might be Mary Kidd 9. Thomas Breedlove m. Sarah Broaddus. Thomas is never mentioned in the Essex records, but if his estimated birth year of 1730 is correct, he is most certainly a son of Charles & Mary Breedlove [rather than a grandson]. Thomas was in Spotsylvania Co. in 1758 when he bought land from Gawin & Hannah Corbin. Thomas [now a resident of Orange Co.] sold the same land in 1760 to James Pritchett. A Thomas Breedlove is mentioned in the Culpeper Co. Minute book in 1763/4. By 1768 Thomas Breedlove was in Albemarle Co., VA. He appears in the Albemarle Co. records through the 1800 tax list. No will or probate has been found for him. The children I have listed for him [not all confirmed] are John, Thomas J. [m. Sarah], William [m. Mary Watts], Benjamin, Philip [m. Nancy Barnes], Matthew [m. Mary Carr], Madison [m. Judy Buckner], Cornelius, [m. Jane Beck], Charles [m. Theodosia Cleavenger], Richard [m. Mildred Watts] & Martin [m. Elizabeth Carr]. 10. Charles Breedlove. May be the Charlies Breedlove in the Middlesex Co., VA record of 1754-58 with John Humston. Charles Breedlove was mentioned as living upon land belonging to Mary Trible when that lady wrote her will in 1765 [mentioned previously above]. One Charles Breedlove m. Sally Fletcher, but his descendants think he was a son of James and grandson of the first Charles. Don, My William Breedlove is a son of Thomas Breedlove & Mary Broaddus, and therefore a grandson of the Immigrant, Charles Breedlove. Do you still want a list of the children of my William? Marilyn Owen