In correspondence that I saw years ago, the described descendancy of Henry Lamb, the Glovemaker, from Col. Joshua Lamb, as descibed by James Bellarts, was ultimately regarded as FAKELORE by knowledgeable Lamb reseachers and has certainly never been proven. The Roxbury descendancy is not carried beyond Joshua Lamb Jr in James Savage's dictionary. Up until his death in the early 1990's Bellarts was the Publisher of the "Quaker Yeoman" and was highly regared in some circles. However the late Cheska Wheatly, former Administrator of the Q-R List had little but contempt for Bellarts work, particularly for the bogus & erroneous material on the Clayton Line published in the cited book. At one point Cheska remarked that she wished the LDS would burn tke microfilm of Bellarts book, so that these questionable descents would not continue in circulation. Regards, Jerry Richmond You are cordially invited to visit "The Quaker Collection" http://home.sprynet.com/~jrichmon/qkrcoll.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <LindaLpearson@aol.com> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R]ancestors of Jacob Lamb > > > > This comes from Fact, Fiction, Folklore, and Fakelore by James Bellarts > > Colonel Joshua Lamb, born Sept. 27, 1642, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Mass., > served as a Colonel in King Phillip's war; married (possibly second marriage) Mary > Alcock, born August 15, 1652, Boston, Mass, died October 9, 1700, Roxbury, > Suffolk Co., Mass, daughter of Dr. John and Sarah Palsgrave Alcock. He was > granted "the whole island of Roanoke" by Sir William Berkeley April 17, 1676. > <snip,snip>