Hello, Ruth:
I believe this is my line of Lamars that you mention. Pls visit ancestry.com, OUR Families, A to Z, and see what I have posted. My work always subj to chg and correction.
Currently my maternal LAMAR line begins with:
David Lemare or Lamar
Birth Bet. 1610 - 1620inWicres, Nordmandy, France, migrated to colonies Death in MD USA m m. Margaret unknown, two children: Thomas and John
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This is counting backwards from my mother's grandmother, Elizabeth BETTY Pitts who m. STRONG Hiram Hardin, chged to HARDEN.
David Lemare or Lamar (1620 - )
is your 7th great grandfather (counting from Elizabeth BETTY Pitts, b. 1848.)
Thomas Lamar (1632 - 1714)
Son of David
Thomas Lamar (1682 - 1748)
Son of Thomas
John Lamar (1713 - 1785)
Son of Thomas
Jeremiah Lamar (1734 - 1772)
Son of John
Sarah SALLY Lamar (1746 - 1808)
Daughter of Jeremiah
Mary Sinquefield (1763 - 1846)
Daughter of Sarah SALLY
Elizabeth Ray (1792 - 1882)
Daughter of Mary
William H. poss Henry Pitts (1815 - 1864)
Son of Elizabeth
Elizabeth BETTY Pitts
You are the daughter of William H. poss Henry PITTS
Most of my research from ancestry.com, always subj to chg and correction. Happy roots searching!