Person:James Love (68)

Information on James Love

From "Genealogy of the Parke family, nine generations from Arthur and Mary Parke, 1720-1920", by John P. Wallace:

James Love, b. June 15, 1770 ; d. Oct. 30, 1854 ; m. Mary Guthrie, b. March 18, 1770 ; d. Sept. 30, 1849. Mary was the daughter of Adam Guthrie, the oldest of James Guthrie's children, and Mercy Irwin.

James and Mary had ten children:

a Martha Love, b. July 17, 1792 ; d. March 10, 1879 ; m. James H. Ross, June 17, 1819.

b Elizabeth Love, b. May 24, 1794; d. March 20, 1837. Unmarried.

c Rev. Thomas Love, b. March 22, 1796 ; d. Dec. 22, 1879 ; m. Sarah Latta. He was a Presbyterian clergyman and had the charge of the lower Brandywine and Red Clay Creek Churches, near Wilmington, Delaware, for almost 40 years. They had one daughter, Mary Love, who married Stephen Springer, and resided on the old homestead near Wilmington. Sarah Latta Love was a daughter of Rev. James and Mary McCalla Latta, of Chestnut Level, Lancaster County, Pa., and a sister of Francis, William, John and James Latta, all Presbyterian clergymen, the latter pastor of Upper Octoraro Church for 40 years.

d Sarah Ann Love, b. March 10, 1798 ; d. Sept. 6, 1858. Unmarried.

e John Adam Love, b. April 15, 1800; d. Feb. 20, 1882; m. 1st Abbie Jane Andrews in Wilmington, Del., March 26,

1826 ; b. Oct. 9, 1806. John Adam Love, m. 2nd, Oct. 15, 1835, Anna Maria McClellan, b. April 21, 1813 ; d. March 29, 1900, whose descendants can be found among those of Samuel McClellan, who died Dec. 9, 1807, her grandfather.

f James Love, b. May 18, 1804 ; d. June 2, 1880 ; m. Feb. 2, 1825, EHzabeth McClure Thompson, b. April 22, 1804 ; d.

May 4, 1833.

g Rev. Robert Love, b. March 17, 1807 ; d. Oct. 9, 1838; m. Nancy Fair and settled in the churches of Harmony and

Oxford, New Jersey. He died at the age of 31 years after a pastorate of six years. In tracing the John Love line of 1768 we find no less than 47 clergymen of different denominations, direct descendants of Thomas Love of 1739.

h Hannah Love, b. Aug. 4, 1809 ; d. April 18, 1819. Unmarried.

i Mary Love, b. Dec. 9, 1811 ; d. March 15, 1883. Unmarried.

j Rebecca Love, b. Jan. 5, 1814 ; d. Nov. 25, 1823.