Oh my, now I'm getting more confused than ever. I'm going to go back and revisit all my notes, but I know right now that there is nothing that gives evidence for a lot' of this. Lou Ann PS: When you post a message could you sign it. I don't know if it's the way rootsweb is set up now or if it's my mail, but I can't always tell who these messages are from. Thanks a bunch. In a message dated 6/27/16 9:24:49 PM, lovelace@rootsweb.com writes: > Lovelace, Abraham (#36511) (c1710-b1790) >     married Mary McClain (c1710-c1770) c1732 >     father of:  1) Mary, 2) Cleta, 3) Edward, 4) Samuel, 5) William, >         6)  John (1740-1816) > > Lovelace, Benjamin (#7137) (1714-xxxx) No parents > > Lovelace, Benjamin (#47245) (1727-c1785) (son of Thomas (1709-xxxx) >     married Sarah (1735-c1798) c1751 >     father of: >         1)  Nathaniel >         2)  Alkana >         3)  Barton >         4)  Zadock >         5)  Reason >         6)  Sarah >         7)  Benjamin >     The male descendants of Benjamin are in the Maryland DYS456(16) > sub-group, so I assume that the line runs as follows: >     A)  Thomas Loveless (c1640-xxxx), the transportee >       B)  Faustus Lovelace (c1867-c1718) >         C)  Thomas Lovelace (1709-xxxx) (referred to as Thomas the Orphan) >           D)  Benjamin (#47245) (1727-1785) >     This is probably not the way that Lou Ann sees it. > > Lovelace, Samuel (#5150) (1732-c1799) (son of John (#71827) (1698-xxx)) >     wife unknown >     father of: >         1)  Pryor (b:1760-1765-d:c1835) >         2)  Zachariah (b:1760-1765-d:1844) >         3)  Elizabeth (b:1785-1789-d:c1829) >         4)  George (c1787-1869) >         5)  Samuel R. (c1789-c1855) > > Lovelace, Samuel (#89377) (a1733-xxxx) (son of Abraham (#36511) & Mary > McClain) > > Lovelace, Samuel (#35645) (a1741-s1789) (son of William (1720-b1790)) >     died in South Carolina > > Lovelace, Samuel (#23773) (c1797-xxxx) (son of William (1760-1810)) >     married Barbara Ellen Lucas (c1797-xxxx) 07 Feb 1818 > x > > On 6/27/2016 2:22 PM, Lenny Darnell via wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 10:58 PM, <Brondak@aol.com> wrote: > > > >> Then we have five more Lovelace men of the next generation.  These are > >> John, Samuel, > >> Benjamin, Abraham, and Thomas. > > > > >