Good idea! My nearest LOVE to be born with the name was Mary who died in 1801 in Chester County, SC. She had married Samuel WRIGHT and had two sons. It is provable that she was the daughter of: John LOVE who died in 1799 in Chester. He left wife Elizabeth (possibly ROYALL); three sons John Royal, William and Samuel who was minor at the time of John's death and four daughters, my Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret and Jean. The latter three daughters were all called by the surname LOVE in John's will so were either unmarried or married to other LOVES. I cannot prove it but there is a pretty good circumstantial case to be made that John was the son of William "English Bill" LOVE who had his teeth knocked out by the Patriots in July 1780 and apparently died soon thereafter. Also, if ya'll want to hear some more of what I think, I think John may have been a brother to the Benjamin LOVE who died in Chester the same year. Mostly just because Benjamin cannot be claimed by Alexander or James' family and we know he was pretty closely allied with the other LOVEs, GASTONs, BROWNs and other cohorts. That may never be proven, though. And a question: Does anyone have a complete list of English Bill's children? We can pretty much prove Thomas who escaped from the barn and went to live with the Cherokee, James who was killed crossing the river and a daughter who married Mr. Sadler. We have "suspects," my John and Samuel who went to live in Kentucky. Were there others? Mickey Mildred "Mickey" Fournier PO Box 1967, Lake City, FL 32056 mailto:[email protected]