Today I took a few minutes and scrolled through the Montgomery Co MD 1776 census that Greg had posted and I'm struck again by the name Elkanah being the name of the first born of both the Watsons (Lucy's family) and Benjamin's b 1727. With their proximity on the census and that name, it really makes me think more and more about a kinship between Barton's mother and maybe Lucy's father. Where I find the name Elkanah the most is in the Watson family going back to the 1600's in New England. It's poxsible, if that were the case, that Barton and Lucy were cousins. When I have some more time I'm going to print out that census and study it some more. Some of it is really hard to read, but there were a couple of other things I noticed. There were a number of families that had members listed in their households with different surnames, maybe married daughters, maybe grandchildren, maybe servants or hired help and also a large number of the families listed "negros", apparently slaves. I was glad to see that neither the Lovelace family nor the Watson family was one of those. I recognized a lot of the families in that census, but there were many I was unfamiliar with. It also made me think of the 1790 census record of Luke Lovelace and all the household members it showed. It's very possible that he didn't have that many children, but like some of those on the 1776 census, the household could have consisted of married children, perhaps grandchildren or even others not related. Does anyone know if there are other Maryland counties that have a 1776 census still in existence? I have never found one, but that doesn't mean there isn't one. Lou Ann

Lou Ann wrote: " Does anyone know if there are other Maryland counties that have a 1776 census still in existence? I have never found one, but that doesn't mean there isn't one." Hey, Lou Ann... Apparently there are several counties for which the early censuses have been transcribed. FamilySearch has a couple transcriptions online. https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=348&query=% 2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20Maryland%22%20%2Bavailability%3AOnline&sub jectsOpen=361636-50 Or, if you prefer a shorter URL: http://tinyurl.com/hnmrb69 Page down to the listings for "United States, Maryland - Census - 1776" and click on the little arrow button to the left to reveal them: 1776 Census of Frederick County, Maryland Author: Miller, John 1776 census of Maryland Author: Carothers, Bettie Stirling 1776 census of Maryland Author: Carothers, Bettie Stirling 1776 Census of Maryland Author: Carothers, Bettie Stirling Maryland records : colonial, revolutionary, county and church, from original sources Author: Brumbaugh, Gaius Marcus, 1862- The formats of these transcriptions vary, probably as do the original listings. Note that there are three listings for the Carothers transcript. I found that the first and third ones are only available at a Family History Center. But the second one redirects to ExLibris Rosetta and opens a copy. It lists the following counties: Anne Arundel Baltimore Carolina Dorchester Frederick Barford Prince George Queen Anne Talbot There is also an index, but it appears that it may not be complete. The only Lovelace I find in the index by any variant spelling is our Benjamin Lovlis and his family. But I just did a cursory examination, so I may have missed an oddly spelled or mis-indexed name. Note also that the complete set of record from Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh is available. There are two volumes. Volume one contains Brumbaugh's transcription of the following counties: Provincial Census of I776, Prince George's County: St. John's and Prince George's Parishes (89 pages of facsimile reproductions) Provincial Census of I776, Frederick County:Including Lower Potomac Hundred, August 22, 1776; George Town Hundred, August 22, I776; [Unnamed] Hundred, including present Montgomery County, 1776; Elizabeth Hundred, July 22, I776 (24 pages of facsimile reproductions); Sugar Land Hundred, September 2, 1776; North West Hundred Constable's Census of Charles County, 1775-1778 (1800 Persons): Including Durham Parish; Benedict Hundred; Port Tobacco, West Hundred; Upper Hundred; East Hundred, Newport; Port Tobacco, Upper Hundred; Port Tobacco, Town Hundred; Port Tobacco, East Hundred; Pomonkey; Newport, West Hundred; William and Mary, Lower Hundred; Bryan Town Hundred Provincial Census or I776, Anne Arundel County: Including All Hallow'S Parish and St. James' Parish (25 pages of facsimile reproductions) Both volumes 1 are available as a downloadable PDF from the Internet Archive: https://ia800204.us.archive.org/11/items/marylandrecordsc01brum/marylandreco rdsc01brum.pdf https://ia800304.us.archive.org/9/items/marylandrecordsc02brum/marylandrecor dsc02brum.pdf I had thought that Brumbaugh's work is where we saw the listing for Barton in the Flying Camp regiment under Capt. Aeneas Campbell, but apparently I'm wrong... I just checked my records, and found the original email from Deb Richardson back in 1997 that gives the source. It is "Records of Maryland Troops in the Continental Service". The Maryland State Archives has a transcript of the listing on two pages, 48 and 49 of the volume: http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000018/html/am18--48.html http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000018/html/am18--49.html I know this is probably more than you asked for, but have at it!!! Good luck, and keep us posted on what you find. Peace, Part of the Tree, Greg -----Original Message----- From: lovelace-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lovelace-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brondak via Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 11:46 PM To: lovelace@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [LL] The name Elkanah..& 1776 census