Hello Pat and all - Pat you and I may be searching the same Amos Love line- My connection is thru Mary "Polly" Love that married Wm Mizell, and I believe, but have no proof that the Alexander Love's will below, that I have a handwritten copy of, and have transcribed to possibly be Amos' grandfather. Dot Amos (s/o Amos & Mary Ingram) b. c. 1749, d. c. 1798. m. 1770 Mary ? b 1750 d?. Children; Amos m. Margaret James, 1786-1849 m. Elizabeth Hall, Charles 1765-1835 m. Fereby Osborn, Winefred, Mary "Polly" m. Wm Mizell, Hannah m. ? Stanley, Penelope m. Philip Dell. Of Onslow Co., NC was Justice, 1769, Member of Provincial Congress of NC and Lieutenant 6th NC Militia, April 1776. (Ref. 1,2,11, 32) Refrences: 1. Line of Dorothy Sipe 2. The Reverend William Mizell and Mary Love Mizell, Some ancestors, Descendants, and Related Families by E.V. Smith, Auburn, AL 1960. Unpublished. 11. North & South Carolina Marriage Records From the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War compiled by William Montgomery Clemens Pub 1975. 32. Register of Soldiers From North Carolina in the American Revolution, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988. Alexander - Last Will & Testament "In the name of God Amen February the Twentieth 1726, I Alexander Love of Northumberland County being Sick and weak in body but perfect in mind and memory thanks be to God for it I do make and Ordain this my Last will and Testament in form and manner following that is to Say first I Resign my Soul to the hands of God who Gave it hoping for mercy Through the morrills of my Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and as for my wordly Goods after my body decently buried and my Debts payd I Give in form and manner as followeth (Vic) Item I Give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth one feather bed and furniture one Great Table one Cow and Calf one Boar and Sow and piggs one Ewe and Lamb one great Iron pot and Six puter plates. Item I Give and bequeath to my Son Amos all my land and that I am possest with to him and his heirs Lawfully begotten of his own body and in Case my Son Amos Should Die without Lawfull Issue then the Said Land shall be my Son William and his heirs Lawfully begotten of his Own body and for the rest of my Estate my will and Desire is that my beloved wife Shall peaceably Enjoy and possess During her widowhood and after to be equally Divided between my Two Sons and four youngest Daughters and also my will and Desire is that my Estate Shall not be appraised and Lastly I do Institute Ordain and appoint John Champion with my belove wife to be my Exid. Of this my Last will and Testament Revoaking all former wills Ever made by me in wittness Whereof I have hereunto Sat my hand & seal the Day and year above written. Alexander Love Seal Signed Tested and Delivered in the presence of us William Pasgrist Maurice Jones Winifred Heath (her mark) May 17th 1727 This will was proved in Northumberland County Court by the Oaths of William Pregust and Winifred Heath wittnesses thereto and is Admitted to Record. (Ref. 4)