One of the Mattaponi Custalow's is very active in my church - he is related to Minnie HaHa (not sure if she's a mother, aunt,sister or what) and is one of their oral historians. Minnie HaHa is a staple to the reservation and the area's history! I lived a few miles from the reservation for about a decade. They are known in the area for their history records. Small world! Looking forward to hearing what you find out! -SB > From: Brondak@aol.com > Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:27:50 -0400 > To: lovelace@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LL] Susan Lovelace/Alexander Cornwell > > Hi all, > I had an interesting message from a descendent of the above couple and if > what she > says is accurate, there is finally an explanation of the name question. > Some of you > may recall that she is supposedly wife of Alexander, but appears on census > records > as Lovelace with Lovelace children. Some think she has 4 illigitimate > children > and that she is the dau of Archibald Lovelace of Pr William Co VA. Some > think she is a widow > Lovelace and sister to Alexander Cornwell. The girl who wrote me today > laid both > of those things to rest. Here is what she says: > > > also, to note: Susan Lovelace was of Mattaponi Indian....they usually keep > their last names even when married and pass Their name onto their children, > hence all the children with Susan's last name "Lovelace" There are a bunch > of Lovelace's in the Upper Mattaponi tribe. Per Mini Haha of the > Mattaponi, Lovelace's are her cousins. > > > I've written her back to find out more about the Mattaponi Lovelaces. I > had not heard of > them before. I will also invite her to join the list. > Lou Ann > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message