In a message dated 12/17/10 9:50:39 PM, KFurBallKell@aol.com writes: > I was talking to Betty Lovelace today about her family (still working on  > getting someone to do a DNA test) and she told me they were told about 10 > years  ago that the Lovelace & Loveless names were split over in England > because of  some kind of trouble a Lovelace got into and they were told > "they had > three  choices, be tarred and feathered, leave the country or change their > name from  Lovelace to Loveless." Has anyone else heard this? I had no > idea > what to say  because she really believes this is true. The Lovelace > researcher she was  speaking to said his Lovelace family left the country > and > immigrated to Canada  at that point? > Well, she may be talking about the Martyrs. Or she could be talking about the line that did immigrate to Canada. But, there is similar lore over here too. In our line starting with our GA Barton born ca 1798, our spelling became Loveless. Long before I knew anything about our family, the lore was that two brothers had a falling out and one went west and changed the spelling of the name. Turns out that Barton's father was Samuel who left the Rutherford area where his brothers were. They kept the Lovelace spelling...so did Samuel and his brothers have a falling out? But, Barton has a brother William who went to TN and his line kept Lovelace. So, did Barton and William have a falling out? The lines of two other brothers Seaborn and James went to Loveless also. So, was there a falling out? Who knows? Like I said earlier, lore is unreliable, but there is often a grain of truth somewhere to be found in it. Lou Ann

I know my lovelxxx'x spelled the name back and forth and included lovlis in old records - On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:56 PM, <Brondak@aol.com> wrote: > > In a message dated 12/17/10 9:50:39 PM, KFurBallKell@aol.com writes: > > > > I was talking to Betty Lovelace today about her family (still working on > > getting someone to do a DNA test) and she told me they were told about 10 > > years ago that the Lovelace & Loveless names were split over in England > > because of some kind of trouble a Lovelace got into and they were told > > "they had > > three choices, be tarred and feathered, leave the country or change > their > > name from Lovelace to Loveless." Has anyone else heard this? I had no > > idea > > what to say because she really believes this is true. The Lovelace > > researcher she was speaking to said his Lovelace family left the country > > and > > immigrated to Canada at that point? > > > > Well, she may be talking about the Martyrs. Or she could be talking about > the > line that did immigrate to Canada. But, there is similar lore over here > too. > In our line starting with our GA Barton born ca 1798, our spelling became > Loveless. > Long before I knew anything about our family, the lore was that two > brothers had a > falling out and one went west and changed the spelling of the name. Turns > out that > Barton's father was Samuel who left the Rutherford area where his brothers > were. > They kept the Lovelace spelling...so did Samuel and his brothers have a > falling out? > > But, Barton has a brother William who went to TN and his line kept > Lovelace. So, > did Barton and William have a falling out? The lines of two other > brothers Seaborn > and James went to Loveless also. So, was there a falling out? Who > knows? Like > I said earlier, lore is unreliable, but there is often a grain of truth > somewhere to > be found in it. > 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 >