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Miscellaneous Paces of early Virginia (not proven connected to Richard or John lines)
In the early days of Pace research, it was assumed that all of the early Virginia Paces were of the line of either Richard of Jamestown or John of Middlesex. However, there are hints and records of several other Paces in the colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries. These records need to be consolidated into one place, and the Pace Network is attempting to do that. If you access this page and know of early Pace records, please email the webmaster, royjNO!SPAM@webster.edu (remove the NO!SPAM before sending).
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Sara
Pace
Henry Pace,
Accomack County 1638,1639 (Two accounts;
the same person????)
Two John
Paces1661 (father and infant son)
A whole bunch of
Richard Paces
Stephen Pace Princess Anne County 1704
1635 Sarah [Regi]ster of the names of all ye Passinger wch Passed from ye Port of London for on whole yeare Endinge at Xmas 1635 . SARA PACE 31
Bruce Howard says (without citing evidence) that Henry was a come-and-go sailor who never resided in the colonies. Did he have some sort of scam going that he came as a headright for different people and got paid for it? Are the two Henry Paces in the following citation the same? We may never know.
1) From the genealogylibrary.com online book, further referencing: Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 1 - Part II, p. 101: "William Cotton, Clerke. 300 acs. Accomacke Co., 20 Feb. 1638, p. 615. W. upon the first devdt. of Mr. William Andrewes & Sly. upon the maine Cr. of Hungars. Due for his own per. adv. & trans. of 5 pers.: Henry Pace, John Hayworth, Eliz. Harris, Domingo & Saconyo Negroes."
[jhh notes: Above in quotes was typed as found in cited source. Actually, under the old style calendar, wouldn't this be 1638/39 until the March changeover to the "new" year?]
2) From genealogylibrary.com, further referencing the online book, Virginia Genealogies and Biographies, 1500s-1900s, Maryland and Virginia Colonials, Vol. I, Bacon, Page 4:
Sept 23, 1639 At this Corte it was thought Fitt that certificate be granted unto John Holloway for the manifestation of his Right in five hundred and fiftie acres of land for the transportation of these persons which are under neath written. Imprimis John Hollowaye, William Cooke, Gabrill Henerlin, John Tillny, John Halsye, Richard Savage, Richard Climent, James Barmby, Sara Barmby, Henry Pace, John Wayworth." [Ames, op. cit., pp. 149-150. Also, p. 158, 'A certificate to be granted for five hundred acres of land which is due unto John Holloway by and for the transportation of several persons into this Country at the Cost and chargis of the said Holloway.' [Nov. 7, 1639.] [NOTE: Compare this with the patent following...)
Bet. Oct. 24 1639 & July 23, 1640 John Holloway claimed 550 a. in Accomacke Co. 'On Southernmost side of the maine br. of Hungar's Cr. for his per. adv. & trans. of 10 pers. Wm. Corke, Gabriell Searle, John Tylley, Jon. Halsey, Rich. Savage, Rich. Clement, James Barnaby, Sarah Barnaby, Henry Pacye, Jon. Ward. [Nugent, op. cit., p. 123]
Two John Paces (father and infant son) of Hungars Parish, 1661
One of these miscellaneous Paces was known to the early Pace Society. Several attempts were made to prove that this John Pace was John Pace of Middlesex. We now know that this could not be: Here is the record then information on the source: He was John Pace son of John and Mary Pace born in Hungars Parish April 2 1661. Conceivably young John could have been the John Pace who bought land in Middlesex County in 1693 but our DNA evidence has proven otherwise. No further records have been found of either young John or his father. Here is the source information:
From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Volume 22, No. 1 (July 1913), pages 39-43, is an article written by Thomas B. Robertson that is titled "Hungars Parish Records." Writing from Eastville, Virginia, on 6 Feb 1913, Mr. Robertson says on page 39,
"In Vol. XVIII, page 178 and seq. of the William and Mary Quarterly Historical Magazine, there was given the deaths and marriages for the year beginning March 25, 1660, and ending March 25, 1661. I now give below the report made to the monthly court for the year following, that is, from March 25, 1661 to March 25, 1662. This interesting item from the old records of this county is found in the Book of Deeds, Wills, &c., for the years 1657 to 1666. John Lawrance seems to have been the only parish clerk who took the trouble to file his returns in the clerk's office. Or it is possible that in moving the office around from house to house in those days the reports were destroyed along with many other original papers."
Then Mr. Robertson begins to quote from the records themselves:
"A true account of such persons as have bin borne, Baptized, Married and buried in Hungars Parish from ye 25th of March 1661 to ye 25th of March Anno 1662."
(Note: This would be from one new year to another, as March 25 was day 1 of the new year in the Julian calendar so all dates would be 1661 by the Julian calendar)
CHILDREN
John Pace ye sonne of Jno and Mary Pace - Apr 2d
(Preceded and followed by lists of other children born to other families)
The lists continue on pages 40-43 with more births, baptisms, burials, and marriages. There are no other Pace records given in this list.
Marion Mehrkens in an early Pace Bulletin states "In the Hungars Parish Register is a listing of the birth of John Pace, 'ye sonne of John and Mary Pace' on April 2, 1661. In the same year a John Pace is shown as having died. Whether this was the infant, or his father, is not clear."
Ms. Mehrkens does not state where she obtained this information about the death of a John Pace.
Hungars Parish was in Northampton County VA. Northampton County today is located on the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula that separates the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. Middlesex County VA is located on the Rappahannock River which flows into the Chesapeake Bay directly across from Northampton County VA.
Original Lists of Persons of Quality, 1600-1700 by James Camden Hotten
In 1660 William Corker receives 1250 acres in York County for transportation of 25 people into the colony. One of these 25 is a Richard Pace. From the Card Index of records of York County, Virginia Rockefeller Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
10 SEP 1660 Richard Pace headright - see land certificate to William Corker.
And still another: \ In 1670, the tithable list of William Browne includes a servant Richard Pace. (Surry County Virginia Deed Book p. 345).
And were there two Richard Paces who owned land in Surry County?
The following is from the Pace-L list:
At any rate, disregarding the Richard Pace who appears on
Thomase Browne's list of tithables, there seem to have been at least two
planters named Richard Pace.
There is the Surry County record of 7 September 1675, in which Col. Thomas Swann
is granted an attachment against the estate of Richard
Pace for 400 lbs of tobacco.
And there is the Charles City County record of 14 Feb 1677/8, in which Mary Pace
is granted administration of the estate of her deceased husband. ["Richard
II"--Richard>George>Richard] There are records of Richard being alive in the early part of
1677.
The record of 1675 seems to indicate that Richard Pace was deceased; otherwise the attachment would be against the person, not the estate. Therefore, the two Richards could not be the same. Or is there another interpretation of this document? There is always the possibility of error, as the record of 1675 was cited by a person who saw the transcript, but not the original.
More research is needed.
The source/event timeline of Ruth Keys Clark includes the following entry:
"08 December 1719 Prince George County Virginia Court Orders pg 302
SARAH PACE wife of RICHARD PACE relinquished her dower in land sold by her husband to Thomas GOODWYN"
Who is this Richard Pace who is apparently married to a Sarah?
(The above, and some of the other information also, thanks to James Blair on the Pace Surnameweb list.)
(clipped from Genforum.com/ Pace
Stephen Pace
1704 Princess Anne Co. VA listed with 50 acres on the 1704 Virginia
Quit Rent rolls in Princess Anne County