The Love DNA Group
Finding Our Roots With Genetic Testing
Researcher: Gene Love
Joseph LOVE (ca 1728-1804 ) m. Mary TEAS (1734-1815)
Early researchers determined that Joseph Love born 1728 probably in VA. and Samuel Love born after 1729 were brothers. Their father is reported to be Robert Love. The closest indication that Robert is their father comes from a statement found in The Memoir of William Calhoun Love where he describes a small part of his ancestral line:
His father William Love was born and raised in Virginia, Augusta County in 1760, not far from Stanton. His father Joseph Love and his Mother Mary Tays born and raised in Pennsylvania and his grandfather Robert Love of the Scott Irish descent emigrated and settled in Pennsylvania not far from the year 1700, he was married three times and my grandfather was one of the children by his third wife.
No proof has been found to verify Robert is the correct person. Joseph married Mary Teas and Samuel married Dorcas Bell. They were not the only Loves living in Augusta Co. VA., but we have no proof, either on paper or from DNA, that they were related to those other Loves. As far as I know no male from the line of Samuel Love/Dorcas Bell has been DNA tested.
Since we are interested in the Y-Chromosome we will speak of the sons of Joseph Love and Mary Teas:
Robert b. 1754, Samuel b. 1755, William G. b. 1781, David b. 1763, John b.1766.
They also had 4 daughters making a total of 9 children all born in Augusta Co. VA. as far as we can determine.
At least one male descended from Samuel Love b. 1755 (son of Joseph/Mary Teas) have tested. He lists his line as Samuel, Isaac, Lee Meyer, William, Lee Meyer, Richard and William Love. This line seems to be correct since I have followed it back through census records. Kit #8996 appears to match kit's # 8313 and #46834.
Those three kits and any that match them should reach back in time to Joseph Love and Mary Teas through their son Samuel Love and probably his first wife Mary Lane.
My kit # 8299 did not match any other Love who has tested. Yet my paper trail tests out generation by generation back to Joseph Love/Mary Teas through their son John Love b. 1766 in VA., d. 1851 in Monroe Co. TN. John married Orpha Dungan in 1798 in TN. They had 5 sons: John M., Jeremiah Dungan, Robertus, William Byler and David.
My direct line is shown below.I have extended my FTDNA markers to 67 and do not match any Love. I have five 67 marker matches. They indicate that something happened between me and Joseph Love. At 67 markers I have a genetic distance of 1 with a man named Warren Clark Pratt and the same with Myat Johnson.
I have 3 matches with a genetic distance of 2 with men named Clay Mills, Desmond Smith, Gerald Witt and one other on a different DNA Laboratory, Benjamin Harris AMBERS
What does this mean FTDNA says that within 4 to 6 generations there was some mistake in my line. It means an adoption or a male child born out of wedlock to the wife of one of the men named Love who are my direct line. It means if you are a male Love from the line of Joseph Love/ Mary Teas, you know your name is LOVE but you don't know what your Y chromosome would say you are. Are you a Pratt, Johnson , Mills, Smith, Witt or Ambers? Are you really a genetic LOVE?
Joseph Love (ca 1728-1804 ) m. Mary Teas (1734-1815)
John Love (1766-1851) m. Orpha Dungan (1775-1813)
Jeremiah Dungan Love (1801-1866) m. Elizabeth McCray (1804-1888)
John B. Love (1836-1915) m. (1) Catherine Phariss (1840-1866)
(2) Permelia Angeline Shipman (1843-1919)Len Walker Love (1875-1937) m. Minnie Lee Worthington (1884-1971)
John B. Love (1901-1976) m. Ira Belle Davis (1900-1976)
Adrian Claude Love (1920-1991) m. Myrtle May Williamson (1921-)
Raymond Eugene "Gene" Love (1942-) m. Judith Ann Bowden (1942-)
Note: As of now (2008), and despite a strong record of information, I do not match any other LOVE lines with DNA testing. I have exact matches at 37 Markers with PRATT, JOHNSON, SMITH and WITT lines with variations of 1 and 2 Generation Distances at 67 Markers. Also, I have a 1 Generation Distance with MILLS. If anyone can provide information for possible adoption, infidelity or other possible connections to these lines, please feel free to contact me. Thanks, Gene Love.
Direct outline from Joseph LOVE/Mary TEAS to Gene Love [pdf doc]
Direct outline to Gene Love with Joseph's siblings included [pdf doc]
Gene Love is a researcher of this line. His mail address is: 1359 Anchorage Drive, Reno, Nevada 89506. Click here to send Gene e-mail.
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