{film} Did you know that people were persecuted because of their religious beliefs and some were even killed in the founding days of America?

Read about this sad period of American history in the three-book historical series, Tapestry of Love.  Inspired by true events, these three novels take you back to the time when our founding fathers, who were immigrants from many countries, took a precarious journey to America to build their lives in a new country. Many of their descendants were early pioneers of Bibb County, Alabama.

Tapestry of Love Series is based on real people and actual events that took place in the early days of America. The three books below make up the complete Tapestry of Love Series.

1. Ribbon of Love – Volume one
2. Faith and Courage – Volume two
3. FreeHearts – Volume three

Inspired and based on actual events and historical records

All historical events took place on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland in the 17^th century. Each book was based on court records and real people who resided on the Eastern Shore around 1638.  All three books have an appendix at the end that delineates truth from fiction as well as sources of information.

The community of Eastville, Virginia has the oldest surviving court records in the United States

The Eastville community is rich in historical information and the early court records kept by the clerks in their homes miraculously have survived to the present day and are the oldest continuous county court records in the United States, dating from 1632. Some of President Washington’s ancestors came from this area. The Tapestry of Love series is based on these court records. Many Alabama ancestors also migrated from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.

The film below is in front of the courthouse where these records are housed.

Hungar’s Church, Northampton County, Virginia (photograph below) is  the 2nd church built ca. 1679 in the area where the first novel Ribbon of Love is set. The first Hungar’s church was established about 1623 and is mentioned frequently in the novel along with the actual names of many people who attended the church as well as those who lived in the area. More about the history of the church can be found at Hungar’s Church

The 2nd Hungars church built around 1679 still exists today as can be seen in the photo below from findagrave.com

Books make great gifts

The series consists of three novels which are available in Ebooks as well as Paperback:

1. Ribbon of Love – Volume one
2. Faith and Courage – Volume two
3. FreeHearts – Volume three

The novels would make great gifts for history lovers or those who want to learn the true stories about the early days of America. Many of the descendants of the families depicted in the novels eventually settled in Alabama.

Note: A new series The Cottinghams continues the Cottingham family line with the first novel in the series,  Discordance

Newsflash: The whole Tapestry of Love Series is now available in one book as a Kindle or Paperback. Three books in one!