Hello David. On behalf of the members of the Tolpuddle List I would like to welcome you to the group. We're a quiet group but very friendly and someone is always ready to lend a helping hand. I believe that we're descended from the same branch of the family as the John Loveless you mentioned is my 5 X great-grandfather. The Marytr connection is from John Loveless's father John Loveless who was born in Tolpuddle, Dorset circa 1731 who was the uncle of George and James Loveless who were the martyrs. I will be checking out your website soon. Once again, welcome to the List. I will send you details on my family separately. Regards Donna King Tolpuddle List Manager ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Doldon <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 9:58 PM Subject: [TOLPUDDLE] Newcomer > Hi everyone, > > I have just discovered this news group and would like to introduce myself as briefly as possible. My name is Dave Doldon and I was born on the south coast of England. My mother's name was Annie Loveless and her family is now traced back to John Loveless, who married Judith Hibbs in 1796 in Tolpuddle. I was quite naturally looking for a link to the Martyrs and was unable to find one. At the time of my research into her family most of the parish registries had not been copied and it was nearly an impossible task. I then got interested in another family line and lately have been quite active in a recently formed onelist group for the name of Muschamp. I currently have a database of close to 5000 names, Loveless included. These names can be seen with their connections at http://doldon.tzo.com/GenDoldon/surnames.html or http://doldon.tzo.com/GenDoldon/persons.html with the latter just look for Annie Loveless and follow her line.Sorry, but my Welcome Page is under construction and ! > I am very busy, so it might take awhile to complete. I am interested in expanding my database by adding any gedcoms that will connect to my Loveless family. I would still like to see the connection to the Martyrs, cousins or whatever. > > Dave Doldon > B.C. Canada. > >