He married ELIZABETH (--?--) (117365).

  JOHN (8343) died between 1794 and 1806 in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at an unknown age.

JOHN LOVE (8343) appealed to the Earl for help on tithe problem. 12 October 1744 letter from Nathaniel Nisbitt (agent at Lifford )

 to the 8^th Earl of Abercorn. “ list of 20 tenants in Ardstraw Parish who say they set out their tythe according to your Lordship’s directions by now they are threatened to be put into Bishop’s Court for substraction.” Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers. Shown in LDS film # 1736518. PRONI file D623/A/27/25. Copy of the complete letter is in my files.

  JOHN LOVE is shown on the 1756 survey for the Earl of Abercorn holding 34 acres in Upper Crew southwest division. It describes the quality of the land and states there is NO house. Exact location can be found on the 1771 map. Copy is in my file. Found in PRONI file D623/D1/11 and LDS film # 1885919 item 12.

       JOHN LOVE was renting 34.3.19 acres of land in 1771 in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone, from James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn at an annual rate of £ 16.4.8. This is shown in the rental records of Abercorn Estate Papers. P.R.O.N.I. file D623/D1/16-23. LDS film # 1885920. Copies of the rental maps showing the exact location as well as lists of the quality of the land are in my files.

       JOHN was still renting the same land in 1777 according to the Abercorn lease maps for that year.

       He was still there in 1787 and the rent was £ 13.0.0. shown as West Upper Crew. As of November 1787

 there was 11 years unexpired on the lease. Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers, Manor of Strabane Rent Rolls 1794-1809. P.R.O.N.I. record D/623/C/41. Supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation. This discloses that the leases at this period were longer leases. Earlier problems were the leases may have been on a yearly basis in which case the tenant didn't make any improvements as he wouldn't be sure his lease would be renewed

       These Manor of Strabane Rental Rolls can be misleading as they don't pin down actual dates but only state John Love was on the rolls some time between 1794 and 1809. He must have died between 1794 and 1806 as on the lease map of 1806 it shows the land as leased by Charles Love, presumably his son.

       Proof of JOHN LOVE'S death during this period is contained in this same file Manor of Strabane Rent

Rolls record P.R.O.N.I. D/623/C/41 where it states that his Widow was renting the 34 acres in Crew for £ 22.10.0.

     JOHN LOVE was the son of JAMES LOVE of Ardmore. This is shown in the Will of JAMES LOVE in 1719. Although this Will can't be found now it was seen by WILLIAM DeLOSS LOVE in 1907.

          SOURCE INFORMATION

       WILLIAM DeLOSS LOVE MANUSCRIPT. Library of Congress Call # MICROFILM 85/9462 MicRR. ALso on LDS film # 1465994 Item 4. Copy of this complete manuscript is in my files.

        ELIZABETH (--?--) (117365) widow of JOHN LOVE was renting 34 acres of land in Crew Townland for £ 22.10.0. Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers, Manor of Strabane Rent Rolls 1794-1809. P.R.O.N.I. record D/623/C/41. Supplied by Ulster

Historical Foundation.

     Children of JOHN⁸ LOVE (8343) and ELIZABETH (--?--) (117365) are:

                     52.         i.    CHARLES⁹ LOVE (117366) was born in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland.

CHARLES LOVE (117366) was renting the same 34 acres of land in 1806 in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, as rented by JOHN LOVE in 1771 and 1777. The same references apply. I am assuming he was a son of JOHN.

42. DAVID⁸ LOVE (8341) (ROBERT⁷, ROBERT⁶, WILLIAM⁵, JHONE⁴ LUIFE, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹). DAVID (8341) was born circa 1677 in Strabane, Camus, Tyrone, Ireland. He married UNKNOWN (--?--) (57096) at an unknown date. DAVID (8341) died 1744 in Tamnaclare Townland, Donaghedy Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at an unknown age. His body was interred 1744 in Grange Cem., Donaghedy, Tyrone, Ireland.

DAVID LOVE (8341) died in Tamnaclare Townland, Donaghedy Parish, County Tyrone, in 1744. This is shown in the Phillimore Consistorial Will Index produced in 1912. I have been unable to locate the actual Will or an abstract so I am assuming they were destroyed in the fires in Dublin in 1922. The Will Index book is in my library.

     This DAVID LOVE is undoubtedly the father of most if not all the LOVES who gradually obtained leases from the Earl of Abercorn in Cloughboy, Creaghcor, Tamnaclare and Menaghill Townlands, Donaghedy Parish in County Tyrone. You will find his sons in these Townlands on the Muster Roll of Arms in 1745.

   Of course the reason DAVID LOVE was not shown on the Muster Roll of Arms was he had died in 1744, the year before it was taken.

  Creaghcor, Tamnaclare and Menaghill Townlands. According to the transcript this stone does not show any dates.

        SOURCE INFORMATION

     PHILLIMORE CONSISTORIAL WILL INDEX PUBLISHED IN 1912. Copy of this republished book is in my library.

     TRANSCRIPT OF GRANGE CEMETERY. Located on the highway between Bready and Strabane. Copy is in my files.

     ABERCORN LEASE MAPS shown in PRONI file D623/D2/36 and also on LDS film # 1885949. Copies are in my files.

     Children of DAVID⁸ LOVE (8341) and UNKNOWN (--?--) (57096) all born in Tamnaclare Townland, Donaghedy Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, were as follows:

               + 53.        i.    ROBERT⁹ LOVE (8346) ROBERT (8346) was born circa 1702. He married ELIZABETH ALLEN (8347) , daughter of JOSEPH ALLEN (8352), at an unknown date. ROBERT (8346) died 1767 at an unknown age. His body was interred 1767.

                     54.        ii.    JOHN LOVE (8348). JOHN (8348) was born circa 1704. JOHN (8348) died before 31 March 1760 in Creaghcor Townland, Donaghedy Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at an unknown age. His body was interred 31 March 1760 in Grange Cem., Donaghedy, Tyrone, Ireland.

                     55.       iii.    VICTOR LOVE (8743). VICTOR (8743) was born circa 1706. VICTOR (8743) died circa 1770 in Tamnaclare Townland, Donaghedy Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at an unknown age. His body was interred circa 1770 in Grange Cem., Donaghedy, Tyrone, Ireland.

                     56.       iv.    JAMES LOVE (8350). JAMES (8350) was born circa 1710. JAMES (8350) died at an unknown date in Menaghill Townland, Donaghedy Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at an unknown age.

                    + 57.     v.    DAVID LOVE (8351) DAVID (8351) was born circa 1712. He married JANE (--?--) (8744) at an unknown date. DAVID (8351) died 1783 at an unknown age. His body was interred 1783.

43. WILLIAM⁸ LOVE (117356) (ROBERT⁷, ROBERT⁶, WILLIAM⁵, JHONE⁴ LUIFE, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹) was born circa 1680 in Strabane, Camus, Tyrone, Ireland.

  He married UNKNOWN (--?--) (117367).

WILLIAM LOVE (117356) will is shown in Phillimore Consistorial Will Index. William DeLoss Love in his manuscript says this WILLIAM LOVE had a son SAMUEL He was able to actually see this Will when he visited Ireland in 1907. Unfortunately he was not interested in Ardstraw LOVES so didn’t go into any more detail. Copy of his manuscript is in my files. The original is held by the Library of Congress Call # Microfilm 85/9462 MicRR. Of course this is one of the Wills which cannot be located today and presumably was destroyed in the Dublin fires in 1922.

     Children of WILLIAM⁸ LOVE (117356) and UNKNOWN (--?--) (117367) are:

                     58.         i.    SAMUEL⁹ LOVE (117368) married UKNOWN (--?--) (117369).

46. WILLIAM⁸ LOVE (8098) (JOHN⁷, ROBERT⁶, WILLIAM⁵, JHONE⁴ LUIFE, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹). WILLIAM (8098) was born circa 1679 in Strabane, Camus, Tyrone, Ireland. He married UNKNOWN (--?--) (117288).

  WILLIAM (8098) died 1753 in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at an unknown age. He was buried in 1753 in Scarvagherin Cem., Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland.

WILLIAM LOVE (8098) was the son of JOHN LOVE and PHINUEL LECKY.

      12 October 1744 letter from Nathaniel Nisbitt (agent at Lifford) to the 8^th Earl of Abercorn. “ list of 20 tenants in Ardstraw Parish who say they set out their tythe according to your Lordship’s directions by now they are threatened to be put into Bishop’s Court for substraction.” Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers. Shown in LDS film # 1736518. PRONI file D623/A/27/25. Copy of the complete letter is in my files..

         The will for WILLIAM LOVE was filed in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1753. It shows in the Phillimore Will Index (this book is in my library) which was written in 1912 before the fires in Dublin in 1922. These fires in the Forecourt building were during the fighting for independence. Most of the wills and many of the old parish church records were destroyed. The ironical part of this sad story is the government had told all the churches to send their records to Dublin for safekeeping. So I know there was a will but I have never been able to locate a copy of the will or even a copy of an abstract.

            I came across a file in the Library of Congress which proves HUGH LOVE was the eldest son of WILLIAM LOVE of Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone. A DR. WILLIAM DELOSS LOVE D.D. visited Ireland in 1908 trying to trace his LOVE family connections. At that time he was able to see the wills which were later destroyed in the fires in Dublin in 1922. He certainly saw the will of WILLIAM LOVE of Crew Townland made in 1753. He says there were several sons but the eldest was HUGH. This is born out by the Abercorn Lease Maps of 1756 which shows WIDOW LOVE on the property and in 1771 it shows HUGH on the same property. It is too bad he did not name the other sons as this would have been the proof we needed to establish for sure that WILLIAM LOVE was the father of "our" JOHN LOVE.

     Failing to find a copy of the will today, it is necessary to use circumstantial evidence and build a case for "the best probability". In this case I am forced to use the prevalence at that time of naming the first born son in a family after the grandfather on the father's side. We know "our" JOHN LOVE named his first son born in Ireland "WILLIAM". So the most likely candidate would be this WILLIAM LOVE who died in Crew Townland in 1753. It is the closest to where JOHN LOVE leased his 3 acres. Just for the record there were 3 other possibilities. A WILLIAM LOVE had a will in 1748 in Scarvagherin Townland. A WILLIAM LOVE was still living in 1771 in Glenlush Townland about 3 miles away. Another WILLIAM LOVE was still living in 1771 in Listymore Townland about 3 miles away.

     You may well wonder why there is any sense in trying to trace the LOVE connections back any further when we don't have a solid basis of proof. My reasoning goes like this. There were not a huge number of LOVES in County Tyrone at this time. The chances are good that we will get the correct connection by using a preponderance of circumstantial evidence. We will at least establish the presence of a LOVE in a specific place at a specific time. If the connection is not 100 % correct we can be sure the person is a close relative. A close relative would certainly go back to a common ancestor which we would pick up in an earlier generation.

     One of my main interests in genealogy has always been to study the local and general history of each place where an ancestor lived and try to envisage what life was like for them. This included geography as well as history of the area. Then it could be fitted into the bigger picture of what was happening in the country. It is exciting to realize our ancestors were actually living during some of those dangerous times with momentous events and usually they had a huge struggle to survive. History comes alive when our own ancestors were taking part.

     So I will make family connections to show the arrival of LOVES from Scotland and if the actual persons are not 100 % correct, at least the events of each time period will be correct and interesting.

     There were no LOVES in Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone, at the time of the Muster Rolls in 1641. Likewise there were no LOVES in 1669 when the Hearth Money Rolls were made. These facts may be significant to show the LOVES moved into this area after 1700 and probably from Strabane. The first mention of a LOVE in Ardstraw Parish is in the Presbyterian Synod Meeting in 1722 when MR. LOVE was a representative elder for the Ardstraw Village Presbyterian Church. No first name was mentioned but in 1723 an ANDREW LOVE was the representative so it is very likely these two are the same person. A JOHN LOVE of Strabane represented the Strabane Church in 1722 so they are probably related. It is this ANDREW LOVE who I believe to be the brother of WILLIAM LOVE of Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone.

      I was advised by an archivist in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland in Belfast to look at the Estate Records of the Earl of Abercorn as Ardstraw Parish was part of the huge area he owned. These lands had been handed down in the Hamilton family since the original plantation grants. They kept very detailed and extensive business records and the Hamilton family turned over 300 years of these files to PRONI (Public Record Office of Northern Ireland) for historical and heritage purposes. Luckily they had allowed Latter Day Saints to photograph these so they are all available on microfilm from Salt Lake City.

     Among the Abercorn Estate records are maps showing the individual pieces of land being leased to tenants with descriptions of the quality of the land and the amount of rent the person was paying. Also there are the Abercorn Letters between the Earl of Abercorn and his Estate Agents. They go into great detail about the Estate and are an excellent source of information about those particular times.

     The first mention of LOVES in the letters is in 1744 when the Estate Agent, Nathaniel Nesbitt, asks the Earl for advice. He states that 20 men of Ardstraw Parish are in some sort of trouble with the church as their tithes have not arrived. Of the 20 men mentioned 5 are LOVES. CHRISTOPHER, JAMES, JOHN, ROBERT and WILLIAM. Copy of this letter is in my files dated 12 October 1744.

     Although it didn't give the Townland where each of the above lived, I think it most likely that WILLIAM mentioned is WILLIAM LOVE of Crew Townland. The others are probably all brothers. WILLIAM, CHRISTOPHER and JOHN were in Crew Townland. JAMES was in Killstrule Townland and ROBERT in Magheralough Townland. These locations are all confirmed in the Abercorn Lease Maps.

     The next mention of LOVES in the letters is in 1750 when the Estate Agent reports to the Earl on who should win the 20 shilling prize offered by the Earl for the best "garden". He advises that ROBERT LOVE and JAMES HAMILTON should share it. This ROBERT LOVE was leasing land in Magheralough Townland just south of the Derg River and across from Crew Townland which will feature so prominently later. Letter was 19 August 1750 and copy is in my files.

     In the 1756 survey made for the Earl of Abercorn it shows WIDOW LOVE holding 29 acres in Upper Crew Townland. She is the widow of WILLIAM LOVE whose will was filed in 1753. If we are accepting this WILLIAM LOVE as father for "our" JOHN LOVE then this would be JOHN's mother but no first name is shown for her.

     In the 1756 survey made for the Earl of Abercorn there are only 5 LOVES shown as holding specific land. ROBERT in Ballyfolliard 34 acres. JOHN in Crew holding 34 acres. WIDOW LOVE in Crew holding 29 acres. ROBERT in Magheralough holding 69 acres in partnership with another man. WILLIAM in Glenlush holding 69 acres. This is starting to clarify the older men and may help to trace the children that took over plots of land by the 1771 maps. Some of these children may have actually been on the land at the time of the 1756 survey but may not have been granted leases by that date.

     I don't think there is any doubt that WILLIAM LOVE was buried in the Scarvagherin Cemetery across the Derg River from Crew Townland. This is a very old cemetery as originally it belonged to a Franciscan Friary back in the 15th century. There are 5 large memorial tombstones for various families of LOVES. These were all put up in the 1800s and some of them refer to LOVES who had been born in the late 1700s. These families can be tied to LOVE families living in Crew Townland later in the 1800s and 1900s. There are many, many older tombstones which are no longer legible. So WILLIAM and his wife would have been buried here in the mid 1700s. Photographs taken in 1997 and 1999 are in my files.

     Some history of the Parish of Ardstraw will give a better feel for the area where LOVES lived in the 1700s. It is a parish of about 10 miles by 15 miles comprising about 32,000 acres. A third of this area is composed of bogs and mountains and unsuitable for farming. It is interesting to note the Earl of Abercorn was very fair in this regard and the tenants were not charged rent on the land that was not arable. The land that is arable along the rivers is very fertile.

     Ardstraw Parish has records of habitation back in the 9th century when there was a Monastery in the area. In 1397 the Lord Archbishop stayed at Ardstraw Village on a Visitation. Ardstraw was part of the huge area of land controlled by the O'NEILL clan. In 1999 there are still ruins of Harry Avery's Castle at Newtownstewart. His actual name was Henry Aimbreidh O'Neill and he died in 1392.

     It is still hard to believe that in the 16th century the population of the whole of Ireland wasn't more than 500,000 people. In the Ardstraw area there were practically no roads but there was a bridge at Ardstraw in 1564 so it shows it was a place of some importance. The bridge at Ardstraw Village is where the chiefs of the O'Neill and O'Donnell clans signed a peace treaty in 1564. The bridge at Castlederg was not built until 1609 and the ones at Lifford and Derry were not even there in 1690. The rivers were crossed by fords or in the case of the larger rivers were crossed by ferry. The area was completely rural and even Strabane was only a tiny village of about 30 families. At that time life was centered on the family and everyday survival. There was not a national concept of Ireland as a united country. The history had always been one of individual Irish Chiefs fighting each other for control of land and cattle.

So by the late 16th century Ardstraw was inhabited mostly by Irish of the O'Neill Clan. TURLOUGH LOONEY O'NEILL was Chief of the Clan from 1567 to 1595 and made his headquarters at the village of Newtown which later became known as Newtownstewart. His wife was Lady Agnes Campbell, daughter of Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyle in Scotland. At one time O'Neill employed as many as 3,000 Scottish mercenaries, mostly highlanders from the Islands.

     Culture and religion in the 16th century in all of Ireland and certainly in Ardstraw was at an extremely low level compared to England and Europe. The Church which had been continuous since St. Patrick's time was undergoing a transition. The Reform movement of the mid 1500s was throwing religion into turmoil with it's adherence to the Book of Common Prayer. Just as in England the swings from Catholicism to Protestantism and back caused utter confusion. The clergy were not properly trained and in Ireland it was worse because many of the clergy could not speak Irish.

     There had been a church at Ardstraw Village dating back to the mid 16th century. However by 1622 it was in ruins. The Church of Ireland (Anglican) built a new church in 1623 but decided it would be better to have it in Newtownstewart instead of Ardstraw Village. It was dedicated to St. Eugene.

The closest Presbyterian Church to Crew Townland in the mid 1700s would have been at Ardstraw Village, about 4 miles from Crew Townland. This was the oldest Presbyterian Church in the neighbourhood. The first Meeting House had been built in 1668 but there had been a congregation meeting since 1656. A photograph of the present church built in 1882 is in my files. The minister of the Ardstraw Presbyterian Church from 1733 to 1781 was Rev. Andrew Welsh, M.A. who had come from Edinburgh. This would be the time period when WILLIAM LOVE was living in Crew Townland. He undoubtedly attended church there.

     The living farmers could make from their small leased farms was very difficult. Most of them would have done weaving in the evenings to bring in some money for purchasing items they had to buy. The women would do many of the farm chores and also did the spinning. They made all their own clothes. If they had an open hearth in the cottage they would burn peat as coal was too expensive. Very few could afford candles. The cottages of most farmers were rough wood at first and then later would be of stone. The one storied cottage would be thatched with straw. If there were two rooms one would be for their cow, sheep and probably a pig.

     The Church of Ireland (Anglican) was still the state church and tithes were collected from everybody to support the Episcopalian clergymen and churches. This of course was particularly annoying to the Presbyterians and Catholics who also had to support their own churches. It was one of the main reasons for so many leaving Ireland. In 1750 the tithes paid in Ardstraw Parish were as follows.

For a cow 9 pence For a sheep 1 pence For a turf stack 6 pence

For a garden 1 pence For Easter Offering 4 pence For a marriage 2 shillings 6 pence

For a christening 1 shilling 6 pence For a burial 1 shilling 6 pence

For flax and potatoes 6 pence per acre

     The above information is shown in a letter to the Earl of Abercorn from his Estate Agent, Nathaniel Nesbitt, on 7 January 1750. A copy is in my files taken from the LDS film # 1736518. PRONI file D623/A/30/49.

     Annual earnings in cash in 1733 would be £8 for a country schoolteacher and £10 in a town. Of course most of the children were needed to help on the farm so their schooling would be limited if any. £44 for a farmer on leased land, £45 for a tradesman, £20 for a servant, £6 10 shillings for a cotter and £14 for a soldier.

     Starting in 1730 and for the next 20 years making a living from farming became almost impossible. Considering what they made from selling their crops at continually dropping prices, they many times could not pay their rent for the land. The Estate Agent's books show people getting further and further behind. The land became overworked and they could not afford to make any improvements. England restricted the importation of wool to protect their own wool industry. Thus the farmers in Ardstraw lost what little extra income they had been making by spinning. Ardstraw was better off than most because of the help from the Earl of Abercorn. He often supplied free flour to his tenants to support them over the hard times.

     The holdings became smaller and smaller as families had to divide the land between their sons. Many lost their lease and had to try to eke out a living as a cottier. These were persons who just sold their labour for food and a place to live.

      There had been repeated bad harvest years in 1720, 1728, 1740, 1757 and 1765. After 1750 potatoes became the staple diet. At that time it is estimated that one out of every ten persons in Ireland died of starvation or disease. Keep in mind this is 1750 and not yet 1840 when the worst starvation years drove millions out of Ireland. By 1762 two thirds of the population were unemployed. Around the middle of the century emigration was about 12 thousand per year.

      It would appear WILLIAM LOVE had a very difficult life as a farmer. However he didn't live to see much worse times that evolved after 1770 when his son JOHN LOVE was forced to emigrate to America.

                               SOURCE of INFORMATION

     ARDSTRAW - HISTORICAL SURVEY OF A PARISH. By Cannon John H. Gebbie. Published in 1968 by Strule Press, Omagh, Northern Ireland. Copy is in my library.

     ABERCORN LETTERS 1736-1816. By Cannon John H. Gebbie Published in 1972 by Strule Press, Omagh, Northern Ireland. Copy is in my library.

     ABERCORN PAPERS RE IRISH ESTATES. These are held by PRONI in Belfast in various files D623. However they have been put on microfilm by LDS and are available from Salt Lake City. The excerpts from letters quoted above are from LDS film # 1736679.

     IRISH WILLS by W. P. W. Phillimore and Gertrude Thrift. This book is in my library and contains the 5 volumes in the original publication. The reprint is by the Genealogical Publishing Co., in Baltimore, USA.

     WILLIAM DELOSS LOVE MANUSCRIPT. Held by Library of Congress Call # MICROFILM 85/9462 MicRR. Also available on LDS film # 1465994 Item 4. Copy of this complete manuscript is in my files.

Wife of Willliam Love UNKNOWN (--?--) (117288) is shown in the 1756 survey for the Earl of Abercorn holding 29 acres in Upper Crew southwest division. This is the next property to JOHN LOVE above. She is the widow of WILLIAM LOVE whose Will was filed in CREW in 1753. It describes the quality of the land and states there is 1 house. . Exact location can be seen on the 1771 Lease map where it shows HUGH LOVE Found in PRONI file D623/D1/11 and LDS film # 1885919 item 12. The WILLIAM DeLOSS LOVE MANUSCRIPT states HUGH LOVE was the eldest son of WILLIAM LOVE and there were several other sons. He visited Ireland in 1907 and was able to see these Wills which are no longer available as most of them were destroyed in the fires in Dublin in 1922. A copy of the manuscript is in my files. The original is held by the Library of Congress Call # Microfilm 85/9462 MicRR.

     Children of WILLIAM⁸ LOVE (8098) and UNKNOWN (--?--) (117288) all born in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, were as follows:

               + 59.        i.    HUGH⁹ LOVE (8413) HUGH (8413) was born circa 1725. He married MARTHA (--?--) (117209).

               + 60.       ii.    WILLIAM LOVE (8247) WILLIAM (8247) was born circa 1728. He married UNKNOWN (--?--) (117357).

  WILLIAM (8247) died before 1806 at an unknown age.

                     61.       iii.    ROBERT LOVE (8249). ROBERT (8249) was born circa 1730.

                    + 62.    iv.    JOHN LOVE (54) JOHN (54) was born circa 1739. He married LILLY (ELIZABETH) ALLEN (69) , daughter of JAMES ALLEN (8099), circa 1768 in Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland. JOHN (54) died 25 August 1794 at an unknown age.

47. JOHN⁸ LOVE (8256) (JOHN⁷, ROBERT⁶, WILLIAM⁵, JHONE⁴ LUIFE, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹). JOHN (8256) was born 18 May 1680 in Strabane, Camus, Tyrone, Ireland. He married MARGARET ALEXANDER (117262) in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

  JOHN (8256) died 1750 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, at an unknown age.

JOHN LOVE (8256) was one of the men shown in a Memorial leasing land from Oliver McCausland in 1727.

          MEMORIAL #51074 - 8 FEBRUARY 1727 - REGISTERED 16 JUNE 1733

     A Memorial of Indenture of Lease bearing date of Eighth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty Seven-eight, and made between Oliver McCausland of Strabane in the County of Tyrone, Esquire, of the one part and Robert Caldwell, John Love, John McCarter, William Moore, John Orr, James Anderson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Orr, Duncan Scott, John Alexander, James Kerr, David Breaden, Thomas Hunter, all of Killstroll (sic) being part and parcel of the Manor of Ardstraw in the County of Tyrone, Farmers , of the other part, WITNESSING and reciting that the said Oliver McCausland for and in consideration of the yearly rent of nineteen pounds eleven shillings and six pence Sterling, received by four Even and Equal portions, Viz on the first day of May, the first day of August, the first day of November and the first day of February. Together with two unshorn mutton or 10 shillings Sterling in lieu thereof together with 24 hens or twelve shillings Sterling in lieu thereof over and above all Publick (sic) Taxes and impositions whatsoever. All Wood, Underwood and Timber Trees mines minerals and all other Royalties of what kind or nature soever excepted Hath Demised granted sell and to farm and by these presents doth Demise Grant and sell and to farm let unto these, Robert Caldwell, John Love, John McCarter, William Moore, John Orr, James Anderson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Orr, Duncan Scott, John Alexander, James Kerr, David Breaden, Thomas Hunter, their Executors, Administrators and Assigns, all that parcel of land commonly called and known by the name of Killstroll (sic) as the name is now, meted and bounded being part and parcel of the Manor of Ardstraw aforesaid, situated lying and being in the Barony of Strabane, County of Tyrone aforesaid with all the rights, members and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining except before excepted. To have and to hold all and singular said Demised Premises with the appurtenances unto these Robert Caldwell, John Love, John McCarter, William Moore, John Orr, James Anderson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Orr, Duncan Scott, John Alexander, James Kerr, David Breaden, Thomas Hunter, during the term of nineteen years commencing from the first day of November last, fully to be completed and ended without the Let, Suit, Hindrance, Molestation, Eviction or Ejection of him the said Oliver McCausland his heirs or assigns or any one claiming or to claim any right title or by from or under him them or any of them, they grinding or causing to be ground at the Mill already erected by the said Oliver McCausland his heirs or assigns at the end of the expiration of the first seven years of this Demise that renew this present Lease unto these said Robert Caldwell, John Love, John McCarter, William Moore, John Orr, James Anderson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Orr, Duncan Scott, John Alexander, James Kerr, David Breaden, Thomas Hunter their executors, Administrators and Assigns. So from seven years as long as the said Oliver McCausland, his Executors, Heirs, Administrators, holds these lands of the See of Londonderry and the said Robert Caldwell, John Love, John McCarter, William Moore, John Orr, James Anderson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Orr, Duncan Scott, John Alexander, James Kerr, David Breaden, Thomas Hunter, their Executors, Administrators or Appointees doth covenant and promise to renew this Present Demise with the said Oliver McCausland, his Heirs, Executors and Appointees at the end of each seven years aforesaid and shall pay their proportionable part of the fine at each renewal paid for this Present Lease as by this said ------ ? of Lease wherein several other covenants, Clauses and Agreements are mentioned and expressed more at large doth may appear.

Which said Lease is witnessed by Wm. Hamilton, Wm. Taylor and Hugh Phillips, all of the Barony of Strabane, Gentlemen, and this memorial was witnessed by said Wm. Taylor, Con O’Donnell of Strabane, Gentleman.

Robert Caldwell, (His mark) Seal John Love,(His mark) Seal

John McCarter, (His mark) Seal William Moore, (His mark) Seal

John Orr, (His mark) Seal James Anderson, (His mark) Seal

Thomas Smith, (His mark) Seal Thomas Orr, (His mark) Seal

Duncan Scott, (His mark) Seal John Alexander, (His mark) Seal

James Kerr, (His mark) Seal David Breaden, (His mark) Seal

Thomas Hunter, (His mark) Seal

     The above named William Taylor came this day and made Oath that he saw the above mentioned Lease of which the above is a Memorial, duly executed by the above mentioned Oliver McCausland, and the above memorial, duly Executed, Signed and Sealed by the Parties above subscribing. And that he is a subscribing Witness to the said Lease and Memorial, and that the name William Taylor signed to the said Lease and Memorial and is his own hand writing.

                                                                      William Taylor (signed)

     Registered the 16^th day of June 1733 at 12 O’clock at Noon

     This memorial is duly Signed and Sealed by the said Robert Caldwell, John Love, John McCarter, William Moore, John Orr, James Anderson, Thomas Smith, Thomas Orr, Duncan Scott, John Alexander, James Kerr, David Breaden, (the above named Thomas Hunter being dead and his part being possessed by Francis Semple and John Hunter, the only son of above named Thomas Hunter) in presence of us.

                                   William Taylor

                                   Con O’Donnell

      JOHN LOVE along with WILLIAM MOORE, JOHN ORR, JOHN ALEXANDER, JAMES CARR, THOMAS SMITH, MARGARET McCLURE and JAMES ANDERSON sued OLIVER McAUSLAND SR. They claimed he had leased land to them on 24 February 1714. This is shown in Exchequer Bill # 30 dated 30 June 1727. However there is no response shown. This Bill is detailed in PRONI file T808/9433. It is also shown in LDS film # 0258488 which is research done by Tennison Groves. Copy is in my file.

       This JOHN LOVE is the son of JOHN LOVE SR. of Strabane. He went to England between1727 and 1737 as he is shown as a merchant in Bristol, England in a deed when he sold a house in Strabane. the Oliver McCausland who was leasing the land was evidently a land speculator and promotor. It appears he was not an agent of the Earl of Abercorn because of these land deals that went wrong. How he got title to the land that he was leasing, (if he ever did), is unknown but he turns up in pther transactions involving other law suits , in and around Strabane.

    JOHN LOVE TO WILLIAM WHITE DEED # 69127 IRISH DEEDS VOLUME 97 PAGE 452 DATED 9 NOVEMBER 1737 REGISTERED 21 JUNE 1740 SHOWN ON LDS FILM # 046134

A Memorial of an Indentured Deed of Release bearing date the Ninth Day of November One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Seven made or meant to be made between JOHN LOVE of the City of Bristol in the Kingdom of Great Britain, Merchant, son and heir of JOHN LOVE late of the Town of Strabane in the County of Tyrone in Ireland, Merchant, deceased, of the one part and WILLIAM WHITE of Gortmegom of the County of Londonderry in the Kingdom ofIreland, Tanner, of the other part. Reciting that by deed bearing date 30th day of April One Thousand Six Hundred and Seventy Six from GEORGE HAMILTON then of the County of Tipperary, Knight and ___ conveyed in Feefarm __ unto the said JOHN LOVE late father of JOHN LOVE party to said deed of release and to his heirs, all the tenement situate in the Town of Strabane aforesaid bounded on the south by the tenement then HUGH BROWN'S tenement and on the north by the tenement then CLAUD SCOT'S tenement and continuing in front streetwards thirty-six feet and reaching to the River Mourne westward. Also all that tenement in the Cross of Strabane and bounded west by the tenement then JOHN KNOX'S tenement and on the east by the tenement then RICHARD CLARKE'S tenement and continuing in front to the way that leadeth to the well called the Holy Well sixty feet and extending to the garden then in the possession of HENRY NOBLE. Fourthward as also forty (?) Acres of land in the Holm of Ballycolman near Strabane lying between certain acres that are in the possession of JOHN MAXWELL on the one end and the Town lane of Ballycolman on the other hand with the appurtenances to said premises belonging or appertaining __- thereout the yearly Feefarm Rent of one pound, sixteen shillings and eight pence sterling and further reciting that on said tenement continuing in front thirty-six feet had been built frontward one dwelling house and backwards a brew house and stable then in the possession of JAMES SCOTT and on the said tenement continuing in front sixty feet had been built frontwards one dwelling house part of which was then in the possession of JANE DALE otherwise REED and the other part in possession of TENAL (?) EVANS otherwise POLK and that all said premises on the death of JOHN LOVE, the father had ___and vested in said JOHN LOVE party to the said deed of release and witnessing that the said JOHN LOVE in consideration of two hundred and fifty pounds sterling in hand paid by the said WILLIAM WHITE the receipt whereof he the said JOHN LOVE doth thereby acknowledge hath given, granted, bargained, sold, , released and confirmed unto the said WILLIAM WHITE his heirs and assignees forever all and ___ the lands, tenements ___ and ___ with their and every one of their assigns subject to the said yearly Feefarm rent of one pound sixteen shillings and eight pence __ ___ ___ ___ said deed of release _____ ______which ___said deed is witnessed by ABRAHAM CLARKE of the City of Bristol___ . mariner and EDWARD BERRY then of the said City , mariner and this Memorial is witnessed by the said ABRAHAM CLARKE and JOHN McCLINTOCK of the City of Dublin, Gent,

WILLIAM WHITE SEAL

Signed and sealed in presence of ABRAHAM CLARKE and JOHN McCLINTOCK

The above named ABRAHAM CLARKE came before me and solemnly, sincerely and truly declared and affirmed that he is aforesaid witness to the Deed of Release of which the above is a Memorial and he saw the same duly executed by the above named JOHN LOVE party thereto and likewise saw the said WILLIAM WHITE party to the said deed execute the above Memorial and further affirmath that the name ABRAHAM CLARKE signed as a subscribing witness to the said deed and memorial is their affirmed proper handwriting _______said deed and memorial __ MR. WILLIAM PARRY, Deputy Registrar in the City of Dublin the 21 st day of June 1740 at or near half an hour after ten 0' clock in the forenoon.

ABRAHAM CLARKE declared and affirmed this 21 st day of June 1740 Before WILLIAM PARRY, Deputy Registrar

        WILLIAM DeLOSS LOVE in his manuscript thinks this JOHN LOVE left sons ROBERT and JOHN. This is probably correct as ROBERT LOVE died in Kilstrule in 1769 and a JOHN LOVE died in Kilstrule in 1762. He also must have left a son JAMES. who married ELIZABETH McCLURE.

        See 1787 when they sold land to JACOB ALEXANDER. JAMES died in Kilstrule in 1787. That branch of LOVES seems to have all died out in Kilstrule as there is never any mention again of LOVES in that Townland.

     Children of JOHN⁸ LOVE (8256) and MARGARET ALEXANDER (117262) were as follows:

                     63.         i.    JAMES⁹ LOVE (107933) married ELIZABETH McCLURE (107934).

  He died in 1787 in Kilstrule Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone Co., Ireland.

   JAMES LOVE (107933) was the son of JOHN LOVE but we have been unable to identify the name of his mother.

     12 October 1744 letter from Nathaniel Nisbitt (agent at Lifford )

 to the 8^th Earl of Abercorn. “ list of 20 tenants in Ardstraw Parish who say they set out their tythe according to your Lordship’s directions by now they are threatened to be put into Bishop’s Court for substraction.” Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers. Shown in LDS film # 1736518. PRONI file D623/A/27/25. Copy of the complete letter is in my files.

     Registry of Deeds number 385-9-253280 Deed date 2nd December 1784. Elizabeth McClure of Findrum and James Love of Killstrule ( Killstrule, Ardstraw) Dowry Witnesses John McClure of Ballypatrick Co. Donegal. Andrew McClure.

     JAMES LOVE and wife ELIZABETH McLURE to JACOB ALEXANDER dated 12 June 1789 registered 30 June 1787. Land in Killstrule Townland, Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone. Irish Deeds volume 410 page 162 deed #269505. LDS film # 0534020. Copy is in my files.

        JAMES LOVE and PAT McKEAN (?) to LAWRENCE (?) LOVE of

 Newtownstewart. 1787 16 acres for £ 155 in Killstrule Townland, Ardstraw Parish, County Tyrone . Irish Deeds volume 393 page 164 deed # 258533. LDS film # 0532584. Copy is in my files.

   SOURCE of INFORMATION

MR. MALCOLM McCLURE.

                     64.        ii.    ROBERT LOVE (117263) was born in Kilstrule Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone Co., Ireland.

  He married KATE (--?--) (117389).

  He died in 1769 in Kilstrule Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone Co., Ireland.

     ROBERT LOVE (117263) will is listed in the Consistorial Will Index, Derry, 1612-1858. I have been unable to locate a copy of this Will or even an abstract.

        Deed dated 2 November 1791 registered 28 January 1793. KATE widow of ROBERT LOVE and ISABELLA CUNNINGHAM (Nee LOVE) Copy is in my files.

                     65.       iii.    JANE LOVE (120076) was born before 27 December 1722 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

  She was baptized on 27 December 1722 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. She married JEROM NORMAN (120079) on 1 November 1750 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

     JEROM NORMAN (120079) was born on 1 November 1750 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

               + 66.       iv.    LECKIE LOVE (120077) was born in 1723 in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

  She married Rev. MILES STAPYLTON (120078) , son of Sir JOHN STAPYLTON (120080) and MARY SANDYS (120081), on 29 April 1743 in Ivtchurch Whitechapel, London, Kent, England.

  She died on 18 April 1797 in Myton upon Swale, Yorkshire, England.

                     67.         v.    JOHN LOVE (117264) was born in 1725 in Kilstrule Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone Co., Ireland.

  He died in 1762 in Kilstrule Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone Co., Ireland.

     JOHN LOVE (117264) will is listed in the Consistorial Will Index, Derry, 1612-1858. I have been unable to locate a copy of this Will or even an abstract.

48. ROBERT⁸ LOVE (8257) (JOHN⁷, ROBERT⁶, WILLIAM⁵, JHONE⁴ LUIFE, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹). ROBERT (8257) was born circa 1681 in Strabane, Camus, Tyrone, Ireland. He married UNKNOWN (--?--) (117289).

  ROBERT (8257) died 1758 in Ballyfolliard Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at age at an unknown age.

ROBERT LOVE (8257) was the son of John Love, of Strabane, and Phinuel Lecky.

        12 October 1744 letter from Nathaniel Nisbitt (agent at Lifford ) to the 8^th Earl of Abercorn. “ list of 20 tenants in Ardstraw Parish who say they set out their tythe according to your Lordship’s directions by now they are threatened to be put into Bishop’s Court for substraction.” Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers. Shown in LDS film # 1736518. PRONI file D623/A/27/25. Copy of the complete letter is in my file.

      The survey of 1756 for the Earl of Abercorn shows ROBERT LOVE holding 34 acres on the southwest or lower side of Ballyfolliard. It shows a house and describes the quality of the land. Copy is in my files. From PRONI file D623/D1/13. LDS film # 1885919 items 9-13. Exact location can be seen on the 1771 Lease map

     WILL Shown in Phillimore Consistorial Will Index. The Estate Agent N. Nesbitt in a letter dated 1 April 1758 to the Earl of Abercorn says “ROBERT LOVE is dead leaving behind 3 sons, ages 15, 11 and 7. Who is to be your Lordship’s Tenant ? “. A later lease shows the property being leased by JAMES LOVE so presumably he was the eldest son mentioned in the Will. WILLIAM DeLOSS LOVE in his manuscript is more detailed. He says the sons were JAMES, SAMUEL, ROBERT, ALEXANDER and CHRISTOPHER. There must have been daughters as well. From Abercorn estate Letters in PRONI file D623/A/33/18. Shown in LDS film # 1736519. Copy in my files.. Copy of WILLIAM DeLOSS LOVE manuscript is in my files. The original is held by the Library of Congress Call # Microfilm 85/9462 MicRR. Of course this is one of the Wills which cannot be located today and presumably was destroyed in the Dublin fires in 1922.

        25 April 1775, letter from James Hamilton (Agent at Strabane) to 8^th Earl of Abercorn - “JOHN LOVE of Crew and 4 others who just join (next to it) this farm were also in treaty for it .” the 4 others were all LOVES. HUGH, ROBERT JR, ROBERT SR. and SAMUEL. The land in question was 18 acres on the Derg River and surrounded on all other sides by the land of the LOVES mentioned above. A Mathew Paton .had been leasing but was having difficulty in paying the rent. The LOVES offered to buy it and continue to support Paton’s mother but the Earl evidently ruled that Paton could continue and he still shows on the 1777 Rental Maps. The letter also stated “the Crew men are quiet, honest, substantial men”. So the LOVES in Crew must have been well respected. If the LOVES had been successful in getting this lease they would have been leasing ALL the land in Upper Crew Townland except 1 piece. The letter from the Estate Agent to the Earl of Abercorn 25 April 1775 is in my files. It is PRONI file # D623/4/42/60.

     Children of ROBERT⁸ LOVE (8257) and UNKNOWN (--?--) (117289) all born in Ballyfolliard Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, were as follows:

               + 68.        i.    JAMES⁹ LOVE (8414) JAMES (8414) was born circa 1743. He married UNKNOWN (--?--) (117290).

  JAMES (8414) died 1789 at an unknown age.

                     69.        ii.    SAMUEL LOVE (8415). SAMUEL (8415) was born circa 1747.

                     70.       iii.    ROBERT LOVE JR. (8416). ROBERT (8416) was born circa 1751. ROBERT (8416) died after 1806 in Crew Townland, Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, at an unknown age.

ROBERT LOVE JR. (8416) was renting 44.0.5 acres of land in 1771 in Crew Townland for an annual rent of £ 12.2.2 from James Hamilton, 8^th Earl of Abercorn. This land in Crew was just across the road from his father's lease in Ballyfolliard. P.R.O.N.I. file D623/D1/16-23. LDS film # 1885920. Copies of the rental maps showing the exact location and lists detailing the quality of the land are in my files. Note he was still leasing in 1777.

           This ROBERT LOVE JR. was the son of Robert Love of Ballyfolliard. On the 1771 map in Crew it showed Robert Love Jr. leasing 44 acres and right beside him was Robert Love Sr. who was leasing 46 acres. Because of the Sr. and Jr. designations I always assumed they were father and son as you would expect by the normal use of these suffix. However after learning more about Robert Love Sr. who emigrated with his family to South Carolina, USA I found he had only married in 1763 so Robert Love Jr. could not be his son. I can only assume to keep the 2 men identified in the area it became common practice to call them Sr. and Jr. just because of their age difference. And if he is the son of Robert Love of Ballyfolliard that would explain calling him Jr.

        So because of all of the above, I determined this Robert Love Jr. was the son of Robert Love of Ballyfolliard. The boundary between Ballyfolliard and Crew ran along a road that separated the land of James Love, of Ballyfolliard and the land of Robert Love Jr. of Crew. James Love was the eldest son of Robert Love of Ballyfolliard and he had taken over the lease when his father died and I have documention to prove this including that Robert was one of James brothers. It seems correct that if the eldest son James took over the lease that the younger son Robert would have to lease elsewhere and in this case just across the road.

       25 April 1775, letter from James Hamilton (Agent at Strabane) to 8^th Earl of Abercorn - “JOHN LOVE of Crew and 4 others who just join (next to it) this farm were also in treaty for it .” the 4 others were all LOVES. HUGH, ROBERT JR, ROBERT SR. and SAMUEL. The land in question was 18 acres on the Derg River and surrounded on all other sides by the land of the LOVES mentioned above. A Mathew Paton .had been leasing but was having difficulty in paying the rent. The LOVES offered to buy it and continue to support Paton’s mother but the Earl evidently ruled that Paton could continue and he still shows on the 1777 Rental Maps. The letter also stated “the Crew men are quiet, honest, substantial men”. So the LOVES in Crew must have been well respected. If the LOVES had been successful in getting this lease they would have been leasing ALL the land in Upper Crew Townland except 1 piece. The letter from the Estate Agent to the Earl of Abercorn 25 April 1775 is in my files. It is PRONI file # D623/4/42/60

       Robert Love Jr. Rent £ 15.0.0.. shown as East Upper Crew. Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers, Manor of Strabane Rent Rolls 1794-1809. P.R.O.N.I. record D/623/C/41. Supplied by Ulster Historical Foundation.

       In 1796 the government decided to encourage the growing of flax in Ireland to compete against the English imports. This was called the Flax Seed Entitlement but only approved men received this issue of seed. Robert Love Jr. was one of the men in Crew Townland who received the seed.

        In 1806 he was still leasing the same 44 acres as he was in 1771.

                     71.       iv.    ALEXANDER LOVE (8418). ALEXANDER (8418) was born circa 1753.

                     72.         v.    CHRISTOPHER LOVE (8419). CHRISTOPHER (8419) was born circa 1755.

49. ANDREW⁸ LOVE (8245) (JOHN⁷, ROBERT⁶, WILLIAM⁵, JHONE⁴ LUIFE, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹). ANDREW (8245) was born circa 1683 in Strabane, Camus, Tyrone, Ireland. He married UNKNOWN (--?--) (119269).

ANDREW LOVE (8245) was a Representative Elder at the General Synod Meeting of the

 Presbyterian Church . Although there is no first name shown presumably it is ANDREW LOVE who appears as Elder in 1723. Shown in the Fasti Records at the Presbyterian Historical Society in Belfast.

       ANDREW LOVE and 4 others laid a complaint against Mr. Jas. Kirkpatrick at the General Synod Meeting held in Dungannon 18 June 1723. It did not say where this ANDREW LOVE came from but I have assumed it was the same person as the LOVE above whose first name was not shown. They certainly travelled that far to the meetings as I know for sure that JOHN LOVE from Strabane was at the Dungannon meetings.This entry was shown in the Records of General Synod of Ulster 1721-1777 Volume 2 page 45. Printed in 1890 in Belfast. Held by Presbyterian Historical Society in Belfast.

      The Ardsraw Presbyterian Church in Ardstraw Village, is one of the oldest congregations in County Tyrone. People were meeting here before 1656 when it was illegal for Presbyterians to congregate. They had to meet secretly in the fields or woods and it was a matter of death for the minister if they were caught. The first Meeting House on this site was built in 1668 when the Presbyterians were first allowed to congregate. However they could not hold a service at the same time as the service at the Church of Ireland which was the state church at that time. The building that is in Ardstraw Village in 1997 was built in 1862. In the 1700s it was legal for Presbyterians to build a Meeting House but they could not locate it on the high ground in the village but had to locate it on lower ground down near the river.

     Children of ANDREW⁸ LOVE (8245) and UNKNOWN (--?--) (119269) all born in Ardstraw Parish, Tyrone, Ireland, were as follows:

               + 73.        i.    CHRISTOPHER⁹ LOVE (8254) CHRISTOPHER (8254) was born circa 1708.

                     74.        ii.    ANDREW LOVE (117312) was born circa 1712.

     ANDREW LOVE (117312) was renting 37.1.0 acres from James Hamilton, 8^th Earl of Abercorn in Crew Upper. He was paying £ 15.10.0 annually. Shown in rental records of Abercorn Estate Papers. P.R.O.N.I. file D623/D1/16-23. LDS film # 1885920. Copies of the rental maps showing the exact location and lists showing the quality of the land are in my files. Note he was still leasing in 1777.

       26 April 1778, Letter from James Hamilton (agent in Strabane to 8^th

 Earl of Abercorn “settling a dispute between ANDREW LOVE of Crew and George McKelvie.” Extracted from book in my library ABERCORN LETTERS by Cannon J. Gebbie.

               + 75.      iii.    ROBERT LOVE (8252) ROBERT (8252) was born circa 1715. He married JANE (--?--) (117151).

  ROBERT (8252) died after 1771 at an unknown age.

                     76.        iv.    JAMES LOVE (8251). JAMES (8251) was born circa 1717. JAMES (8251) died at an unknown date at age at an unknown age.

JAMES LOVE (8251) appealed to the Earl for help on tithe problem. 12 October 1744 letter from Nathaniel Nisbitt (agent at Lifford ) to the 8^th Earl of Abercorn. “ list of 20 tenants in Ardstraw Parish who say they set out their tythe according to your Lordship’s directions by now they are threatened to be put into Bishop’s Court for substraction.” Taken from Abercorn Estate Papers. Shown in LDS film # 1736518. PRONI file D623/A/27/25. Copy of the complete letter is in my files.

                     77.         v.    JOHN LOVE (8253). JOHN (8253) was born circa 1719. JOHN (8253) died at an unknown date at an unknown age.

JOHN LOVE (8253) was involved in a dispute about water rights at the mill. 29 JUNE 1783 , letter from James Hamilton (agent at Strabane) to 8^th Earl of Abercorn - “Dispute between Robert Hooey and Andrew Sproule. Hooey complains about water from Sproule’s carry. McKelvey and JOHN LOVE hold Crew Mill” Extracted from book in my library ABERCORN LETTERS by Cannon J. Gebbie.

         JOHN LOVE of CREW 12 June 1784, letter from James Hamilton (agent at Strabane) to 8^th Earl of Abercorn - “ JOHN LOVE and George McKelvey want £ 30 to help rebuild the Crew Mill.” Extracted from book in my library ABERCORN LETTERS by Cannon J. Gebbie.

50. WILLIAM⁸ LOVE (122178) (JAMES⁷, ROBERT⁶ LUIFE, JAMES⁵, ROBERT⁴, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹) was born circa 1660 in Threipwood, Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.

  He married BARBRA ANDERSON (122179).

WILLIAM LOVE (122178) fits the facts we know from the following information supplied by Mr. Ian Love, Sydney, Australia.

   "Jane Love came from the "Larginside", the Campbeltown term for the west coast of Kintyre, between Bellochantuy and Tayinloan. It is known that she came from a family of Love's, once numerous in and around Campbeltown, who came to Kintyre around 1670 or a little earlier. They were of Lowland origin, migrating from their original home in Beith, Ayrshire and like the Stewarts and the Langwills, were Covenanting refugees".

      William Love was baptized in the Beith Parish Church, circa 1655, prior to the earliest date shown in the Beith Church Register. ( I have in my files the complete entries for Love baptisms and marriages from 1659 to 1775).

      He married Barbra Anderson circa 1673 and they had 3 children while still living at Beith. John baptized 1 March 1674, Marie baptized 30 December 1676 and Janet baptized 27 December 1677. They were actively involved with the Covenenters who were those who defied the King and who resisted the King's claim to be the head of the Protestant Church. This of course was illegal and so these people were strongly persecuted between 1660 and 1680.

        William and Barbra with their 3 children must have fled the Beith, Ayrshire area as they next show up in Campbeltown, Argyleshire. The children they had baptized in the Campbeltown Parish church were, James10 September 1682, Jane 23 June 1689, Barbra 15 September 1695 and Margaret 9 March 1698.

      The spelling of the mother's name as Barbra as well as their daughter Barbra, instead of the normal Barbara is some small amount of evidence that the families in Beith and Campbeltown are the same.

     Children of WILLIAM⁸ LOVE (122178) and BARBRA ANDERSON (122179) were as follows:

               + 78.        i.    JOHN⁹ LOVE (122180) was born before 1 March 1674 in Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.

  He married MARGARET GILKISSON (122187) on 30 December 1697 in Parish Church, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

                     79.        ii.    MARIE LOVE (122181) was born before 30 December 1676 in Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.

  She was baptized on 30 December 1676 in Beith Parish Church, Ayrshire, Scotland.

                     80.       iii.    JANET LOVE (122182) was born before 27 December 1677 in Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.

  She was baptized on 27 December 1677 in Beith Parish Church, Ayrshire, Scotland.

                     81.        iv.    JAMES LOVE (122183) was born before 10 September 1682 in Kintyre, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

  He was baptized on 10 September 1682 in Parish Church, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

                     82.         v.    JANE LOVE (122184) was born before 23 June 1689 in Kintyre, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

  She was baptized on 23 June 1689 in Parish Church, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

               + 83.       vi.    BARBRA LOVE (122185) was born before 15 September 1695 in Kintyre, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

  She was baptized on 15 September 1695 in Parish Church, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

                     84.      vii.    MARGARET LOVE (122186) was born before 9 March 1698 in Kintyre, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

  She was baptized on 9 March 1698 in Parish Church, Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.

51. ROBERT⁸ LOVE (119439) (JAMES⁷, ROBERT⁶ LUIFE, JAMES⁵, ROBERT⁴, JOHANNUS³, JOHANNUS² LUF, NIGELLUS¹) was born circa 1665 in Threipwood, Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland.

  He married AGNES STEVENSON (119440) on 10 March 1690 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

  He died in 1741 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

ROBERT LOVE (119439) married AGNES STEVENSON 10 March 1690

            The following information is contained in History of the Counties of Ayr & Wigdon, Scotland, Vol. 3, Parts 1-2, 1866, by James Paterson.

       Robert Love of Threipwood, eldest son to James, was served, heir to his father, 6th December, 1693, and had a sasine [delivery of feudal property, ~--typically land] on a crown precept [instruction or order as an administrative rule of action], dated 23rd Apri/1694. Robert being a crown vassal in "ane 40 shilling of land of auld extent," was admitted to the roll of freeholders for Ayrshire, and attended their meeting at Ayr, at the time of the Union.

    It appears, from the records of the freeholders, that he voted for the election of John Montgomerie of Giffen in 1710. But he lost his place on the roll on 29th May, 1741, the lands being kirk lands, and within £400 Scots of valuation.

    Robert married Agnes Stevenson, supposed from Bra-Haugh, Neilston parish, on 10th March, 1690. There is a stone at Threipwood bearing these initials: "R. L.- A.S., 1690.

SOURCE of INFORMATION

MR. BENJAMIN GOODEN, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

     AGNES STEVENSON (119440) was born circa 1669 in Neilson Parish, Bra-Haugh, Ayrshire, Scotland.

     Children of ROBERT⁸ LOVE (119439) and AGNES STEVENSON (119440) all born in Threipwood, Beith Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland, were as follows:

                     85.         i.    BARBARA⁹ LOVE (119445) was born on 27 February 1692.

                    + 86.     ii.    JAMES LOVE (119441) was born in March 1694.

  He married JANET COCHRANE (119442) in Ayrshire, Scotland.

  He married JEAN ROBINSON (119448) on 27 April 1732 in Ayrshire, Scotland.

  He died in 1743.

                     87.       iii.    WILLIAM LOVE (119446) was born circa 1695.

                     88.       iv.    JOHN LOVE (119447) was born circa 1697.

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