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Mary Pace of Middlesex County Virginia. By: D.E. Jack Pace

Mary Pace was probably born in Middlesex County Virginia, we do have a record of her baptism in Christ Church in 1704. (See the remainder of the notes on Mary Pace at the end of the table)

Timeline

1669		Middlesex County, formed from Lancaster County Virginia, also noted below as Midd. Co, Va
1691
1692
1693-07, Aug.	John Pace Sr. [father]	Purchased 150 acres from Henry Nicholls	Deed Bk.1A pp.588-591 ,Midd Co.
1694- 22,April	Sarah Pace [sister]	Dau of Jon and Elizabeth bapt.	Christ Church Parish Register. P.35[1]
1695
1696-03,Aug.	John Pace Sr. [father]	600 lbs. Tobacco to Richd Willis owed.	Midd.Co.Va, Court Orders p.143
1697
1698
1699	John Pace Sr [father]	Purchased 50 acres from Roger Prichard,Midd.Co.Va.	Deed Bk 2 p.286 Midd Co.Va.
1700
1701-15, March	Margaret Pace [sister]	Dau. of John and Elizabeth , bapt. 15, March 1701/2 Christ Church Parish Register. P.38
1702	John Pace Sr. [father]	was a Lieutenant in Middlesex County Militia	Vol.of Calendar of State Papers series 20 p.158/9
1703
1704-15,Mar.	Mary Pace	Mary Pearce, dau. of John and Elizabeth bapt.	Christ Church Parish Register. P.43
1705
1706-22, Sept.	Jane Pace [sister]	Dau. of John and Elizabeth , bapt. . 22 Sept 1706 Christ Church Parish Register.p.47
1707-01,Dec	John Pace [father]	18 listed, one John Pace on Grand Jury, Midd.Co.Va.	Midd.Co.Va. Court Orders p.156.
1708- 06, Feb.	Newsome Pace [brother]	Son of John and Elizabeth bapt.	Midd.Co.Va. Christ Church Parish Register. P .55
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715-19,Jan.	George Pace [brother]	Born 08, Jan buried 21, Jan. 1715	Christ Church Parish Register. p.62,68
1716-30,Dec.	Elizabeth Pace [Mother]	Died and buried 01, Jan.1717	Christ Church Parish Register. p 43
1717-24,Oct	John Pace Jr. [brother]	Married Elizabeth Montague in Middlesex	Christ Church Parish Register. p 116
1718-10,Feb.	John Pace Sr.. [father]	Married Mary Murray	[2] in Middlesex Christ Church Parish Register. p 116
-16,June	Sarah Pace	[sister]	Married William Davis in Middlesex Christ Church Parish Register . p 116
1719
1720 -02,Dec	John Pace Sr. [father]	Wrote Will naming all his children except Sarah	.Will Bk.B pp.173-174 , Midd.Co.Va.
-20,Jan	John Pace Sr. [father]	Died and was buried 23,Jan 1720 Midd. Co.Va.	Christ Church Parish Register. p133
1721-26,Sept.	Mary Murray Pace [Step-Mother] Married Alexander How, Midd.Co.Va.	Christ Church Parish Register. p 117
-18, April	Joseph Pace [brother]	Married Ann Basford	, Midd Co.Va. Christ Church Parish Register. p 117
-02,Oct.	John Pace Jr.{brother]	Bond to Joseph Pace from John Pace Jr and wife Elizabeth.	MiddCo.Va. Court Oredrs Book6, p.47
-22, Sept.	Margret Pace [sister]	Married William Johnson, Midd Co.Va.	Christ Church Parish Register. p 117
1722-26,Sept. Mary Pace How. [Step-Mother]	Married Alexander Graves, Midd. Co.Va.	Christ Church Parish Register . p 119
1723-02,April	William Pace [brother]	John Hughes and wife request Wm. Be bound to them.	Midd.Co.Va. Court Orders p.65
-03,Dec.	John Pace Jr. [brother]	Deed Robert and Elizabeth Williamson to John Pace	Midd.Co.Va.Court Ordersp.91
1724
1725
1726-09,March	Sarah Pace Davis [sister]	Died in Midd.Co.Va.	Christ Church Parish Register. p 162
1727
1728
1729-28,March	Mary Pace	William [Pace] an illegilimate son. bapt 06,April 1729	Christ Church Parish Register. p 89
1730-17, Jan	Benjamin Pace [brother]	dau..Elizabeth born of Benjamin and Mary, bapt.21,Feb.1730 Christ Church Parish Register. p 93
1731-03,June	Mary Pace	Married Igatius Tureman, Midd Co.Va.	Christ Church Parish Register. p 121
1732-27,July	Charles Tureman [son]	Son of Ignatius and Mary	Christ Church Parish Register. p.95
1733-16,May	Jane Pace [sister]	Married George Blackley	Christ Church Parish Register. p 123
- 11, Nov.	Newsome Pace [brother] [3]	died 06,Nov.1733 in Middlesex	Christ Church Parish Register. p 145
-26,Dec.	William Pace [brother]	Married Hannah Booten	Christ Church Parish Register. p 123
1734-25,Nov.	John Pace Jr. [brother]	died in Middlesex County Va.	Christ Church Parish Register. p 146
1735-16, May	John Tureman [son]	Son of Ignatius and Mary	Christ Church Parish Register. p 100
-15,Sept.	Elizabeth Pace [sister in law]	Married Jno White{ Banns} in Middlesex	Christ Church Parish Register. p 124
-01-July	William Pace [Nephew]	Bound out to Robert Price to learn trade and read and write.	Midd.Co.Va.Court orders p.56
1736-04,Feb	John Pace Sr. [father]	Deed for 120 acres including land formally John Pace’s	Midd.Co.Va. Deeds and Wills.
-03,Aug	William Pace [Nephew]	Orphand of John Pace [Jr] dec’d bound to Robert Price	Midd.Co.Va. Court Orders p 47.
1737
1738
1739-22,Sept.	Joseph Pace [brother]	Deed 130 acres Goochland Co.Va.	Virginia Land Patents
1740
1741
1742-12,Mar	Mary Pace Truman	DIED ,Middlesex County Virginia.	Christ Church Parish Register. p 151
1743- Jan	William Pace [Nephew]	Court orders release from bound.	(Robt. Price) Our Colonial Ancestors 1619-1799 p. 310
1744
1745-01, July	William Pace [Nephew]	Deed to Jon White[ step-father] 200 inherited acres	Midd CoVa. Deed Bk.7 pp .121-123
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753-
1754-06, April	William Pace [son]	Witness mortgage Isaac Bradburn to Wm. Bradburn	Va.Co.Records S potsyvania Co. 1721-1800 p.206
1755
1756
1757
1758-04,April	William Pace [son]	Ignatius Tureman to Wm. Pace 100 acres for 10 lbs. Current.	Deed book e-1751-1761 Spots Co.Va.
1759
1760
1761-06, April	William Pace [son]	.John Smith Admr. of Wm Pace, dec’d., with Edward Herndon, Sec. Spots Co.Records p.60 Vol. 1

In his will John Pace writes:

Imps: I give to my daughter Mary Pace, on her day of marriage the new narrow strip feather bed with blankets and a rug with curtanes and valances belonging.

Imps: Further I give to my daughter Mary Pace one table and six new leather chairs to be present at the day my wife should marry or otherwise at her death.

Mary would have been 16 years of age when her father died. One can assume that she lived with her brother Joseph until her marriage in 1731. She would have been 27 years old then which is quite ancient for a first marriage at that place and time. She may have been married before, and married out of the Church of England, whichcould account for her son ,William (1729), being listed as illegitimate, when he was baptized in 1729. If the marriage were out side of the church his birth date would not be listed, especially if baptized at a later date.

Mary Pace Truman died in 1742, and William her son is a witness to a Mortgage in Spotsylvania County in 1754, his step father sells him 100 acres in same county in 1758.

It appears that William and his step father left Middlesex County after 1742 but before 1754. I believe that his step- father remarried and raised a family in Spotsvvania County. Virginia.

01-March 1702/3 Lancaster County {recorded in Middlesex County} Court Order Book p.505. William Churchill Gent. In action of case against James Smith defendt it being ordered that John Pace and John Finney should inspect, view and value the mill appurtances.

Viewed February ye 25th. 1703, swore work done worth 45 lbs,.-dismissed with costs &c.

01-Dec.1707 John Pace [father] Chosen for Grand Jury duty. Midd.Co.Va. Court Orders p.158

Mary Pace was probably born in Middlesex County Virginia, we do have a record of her baptism in Christ Church in 1704. The register lists her as Mary Pearce but in review there was no other connection to parents John and Elizabeth other than Pace. She is listed in her fathers will and her bapt. date fits the family line up. She is listed as Mary Pace as the mother of William and also as Mary Pace when she married. She most probably died in Middlesex County in 1726 for only a single Mary Tureman is listed in Christ Church Register.. twice as the parent of her sons Charles and John Tureman. and at her death. It appears that her son William moved with his step father to Spotsvania County after her death in 1726, but before 1745 when William was a witness to a Mortgage in 1745 in Spotsvania, County. Virginia. We then can determine that he resided in that county from county records that display the fact that his step-father sold him 100 acres of land in 1758. William must have died shortly before April 1761 for court records, record that a John Smith was appointed Administrator of his estate . We have not found any records that prove that William married and raised a family. He was 42 years old when he died and lived long enough to have raised a family. Deeper research in Spotsvania County may turn up new clues as to his activities while there and that data is important to families of this line. It is almost certain that his step-father Ignatius Tureman remarried , early indications are that his new wife was Eleanor and that he had several children from this marriage But like William additional research is needed before the full story unfolds. It does appear that Ignatius Tureman was the son of Robert and Mary Rice Trueman. That Ignatius and Eleanor had at leaste 2 daughters born in Culpepper County Virginia. This is yet to be proven. Respectively submitted: D.E. Jack Pace

Clickable footnotes

[1] Christ Church Parish Register, Middlesex County Virginia.

[2] Mary Murrey ,dau of Alexander and Mary, born 22, Nov. 1674 p.6 CCPR. If same she married John Pace at age 44.

[3] CCPR by Family Line Publications 1996 by Yurechko lists Susam Pace which appears to be a typo and should read Newsome {Nusam]

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