I have returned to the list after long absence. Am from the branch of Benjamin Loveless who came to Edgefield, S.C. sometime in the 1700s, with no known ancestors. (He's in the 1790 Federal Census.) The line continues with Thomas Henry Loveless, (1797), Benjamin Franklin Lovelace(1833), My father was Benjamin Franklin Lovelace Jr, born in Edgefield Feb 27, 1876 and died In Baltimore on APRIL 23, 1923. My son David has throughly researched all the connections here. I am Most interested in Colonel Francis Lovelace, Colonial Governor of New York, about whom I have written one short book called The Governor and Two Islands, which can be had for only $10.95 at Lulu.com or Amazon. We would love to find a connection to this extraordinary man, but his not having been married, it would be through an illegitimate offspring, or from a sibling. Glad to be back on the list, Clarence Shriver Lovelace, nick-named Butsy (1921)