Charles Love's Parents Found!?!?

In the last 25 years, all Love research I've done and all the researchers I've been in contact with have led to the same proposed line, that of Charles Love being the son of Amos and Mary Love and grandson of Alexander and Elishe Love of Northampton county. Amos did have a son Charles, the namesakes from both sides of the family were compelling, and the timing was good, etc. However, no absolute link could be established. As well, the search for Fereby, wife of Charles Love was vexed in all the related areas. She was believed to be an Osborne, but nothing was being found. There was one tiny lead to a different area and family found in Marjorie Dick's DAR application of 1977, but I had never followed up on it and hadn't heard of anyone who had: what a shame.

Recently, George Thomas of Raleigh, North Carolina, working from a different direction, has made what has to be the breakthrough on this line, locating a Charles Love with his probable parents (James Love, Jr. and Mary Ingram) and "Ferve" Osborne, daughter of Christopher Osborne as named in his will, the families being near and involved with each other in Mecklenburg county. This time, the evidence is beyond compelling. As well, even more namesakes are accounted for.

This is one of those really thrilling breakthroughs that all Love researchers in this line will be raving about. I highly recommend you to Mr. Thomas' site, his research is thorough, his writeups are excellent. He still feels there is more work to do to declare this line proven, but I'm sure you will realize as you read his work that the line has been found, as well as a wonderful new set of ancestors to research through both Charles and Fereby. I'm looking forward to helping to firm up this line.

I regret that I have perpetuated the Amos line too strongly here, and certainly wish I had marked it as tenuous. But I'm so excited to get to research and re-wire my records and web pages to reflect this new information. Another bit of good news is that this line will still lead back to the same Ingram and Waddy lines, just via a different route.

So, a BIG THANK YOU to George!! Enjoy your visit to his pages, but don't forget to come back and visit me again!

The Charles Love page is at http://www.angelfire.com/nc/benjthomasofansonnc/charleslove.html. You will also want to go to http://www.angelfire.com/nc/benjthomasofansonnc/love.html to see the work on Charles' father which has fuller details of how they were found and connected, as well as more details on the Osborne connection.

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