This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LOVE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xcx.2ACIB/1925 Message Board Post: Found this buried in a family tree on Ancestry.com - does anyone know about the three sons who supposedly remained in PA - John, William and Thomas? ID: I0856 Name: Robert Love Sex: M Birth: in Ireland? Note: Robert Love (ca 1685 - 1741), according to the journal of his great grandson, William Calhoun Love, was, "of the Scott Irish descent emigrated and settled in Pennsylvania not far from the year 1700, he was married three times and my grandfather (Joseph Love) was one of the children by his third wife. It was said of my great grandfather Robert Love that when he purchased 300 Acres of land, he said he wanted no more as he had enough for himself - children and grand-children and his great grandchildren after him." Putting together what we have inherited by way of family tradition and what we have learned through the research of Franklin D. Love and other later researchers, we know that Robert Love was of Scots-Irish descent; that he apparently came from County Antrim, Ireland to Pennsyl-vania about 1720 or a few years later; and that he died in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1741. He is not to be confused with "Robert Love of Craigetampan, County Antrim, Ireland", who was probably a generation older and apparently died in Ireland without ever having come to America. Just when our Robert Love was born and when he came to America are both matters of speculation. Whenever he was born he probably came to Pennsylvania about 1720, since the "traditions" we have indicate that his first four sons, and possibly the fifth, were born in Ireland. We don't know exactly where Robert Love first settled, although there are a number of references to "Chester County, Pennsylvania." Some of these also mention, "West Fallowfield Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania" or "Faggs Manor Parish, Chester County, Pennsylvania". We do know that he died in Lancaster County in 1741, so it could well be that he first settled in that part of Chester County which was cut off to form Lancaster County in 1728. Robert Love wrote his will on August 2, 1741. That he died shortly thereafter is shown by the fact that the will was proved in Lancaster County Court three months later on November 3, 1741. The will does not name all of Robert Love's children but from it and other sources we believe he was the father of at least ten children who were born between about 1705 and about 1732. The oldest of these: James, John, William, Robert and possibly Alexander were born in County Antrim, Ireland and came to Pennsylvania with their parents. The other known children in-clude: Thomas, Joseph (our ancestor), Samuel, Jean and Mary. These were born in Chester or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. James, Robert and Alexander moved to what now Chester and York Counties in South Carolina; Joseph and Samuel went to Augusta County, Virginia; and John, William and Thomas appear to have remained in Pennsylvania. All questions, comments or suggestions regarding information on this page should be addressed to: Don Collins <[email protected]>

[email protected] wrote, in part: The will does not name all of Robert Love's children but from it and other sources we believe he was the father of at least ten children who were born between about 1705 and about 1732. The oldest of these: James, John, William, Robert and possibly Alexander were born in County Antrim, Ireland and came to Pennsylvania with their parents. The other known children in-clude: Thomas, Joseph (our ancestor), Samuel, Jean and Mary. These were born in Chester or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. James, Robert and Alexander moved to what now Chester and York Counties in South Carolina; Joseph and Samuel went to Augusta County, Virginia; and John, William and Thomas appear to have remained in Pennsylvania. =================== Was not the son William the one we lovingly call "English Bill?" He died in Chester County, SC in 1780. Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:mfou[email protected]