Reason LOVELACE and Benjamen LOVELACE Jr. were on the 1776 Census of Frederick Co., MD. There is reason (pardon the pun) for me to believe that one of them may have been the father of my maternal ggg-grandmother, (Anna) Mariah LOVELACE, born in VA in 1801 and died in Savanna, MO, in 1862. She married Henry W. BAYNE in 1829 at Bullit Co., KY. He was a son of Thomas BAYNE (1755-1822) born in MD; and a grandson of Ebsworth BAYNE, also born in MD.

Thomas BAYNE is said to have been a brother of Henry Holland BAYNE, who married Sophia DUVAL and later on, Susanna FORSTER, both marriages performed in Nelson Co., KY.

As you know, the LOVELACES were among the first to settle in MD, as were the BAYNEs. An early BAYNE ancestor was in the ship ARK AND DOVE when it landed in MD. Alternate spellings of the BAYNE surname include BEAN and BEANE.

I am especially interested in finding records of marriages between the BAYNE and LOVELACE families. I gladlly share family information. Thank you for reading my query.

John