Richard Pace

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Richard Pace

• Birth:  1638  Charles City, Virginia
• Death:  19 Nov 1677 - Charles City, Virginia
• Parents: George Pace, Sarah Maycock
• Married: Mary Baker https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LVHB-ZG6

Life Sketch

No birth or christening records have been located. He was only 17 years old when his father died in 1655 and a William Bough of Henrico County was appointed his guardian. He was a justice in Henrico and owned property in The Berkley Hundred, where the previous generation of Pace's had taken up land. Also this is where Mary Knowles his future wife lived. and was only a few miles from "Maycock Plantation" and would help explain his selection. In 1659 Richard reached the legal age of 21 and William Bough was released as his guardian. At this time tobacco prices were low and the headright obligations obtained by his father in 1650 and 1652 had been fulfilled, which made it difficult to keep Maycock functioning. Land records show a sales of 500 acres in Feb.1660, and another 1000 acres in March 1662. This latter sale was to a Richard Taylor and he received 300 lbs sterling for the property. His wife Mary (Mary Knowles) made her mark with an X showing her consent. Richard still owned 600 acres and had the plantation house, but there was no one to farm it for him. He and a Richard Baker became associates in several business transactions. They hunted wolves for the bounty of 200 lbs of tobacco received for each wolf's head. In Jan 1665 Richard was a witness at a division of land held jointly by Richard Baker and Patrick Jackson, and in this transaction Richard Pace received 142 acres of land. Bad weather, low tobacco prices and indian uprisings along the border areas all took their toll, and the whole area became impoverished. In 1673 an attachment was issued against Richard for failing to pay for 302 lbs of Pork. About this time Richard traded Maycock for 600 acres of land near the Black Water Swamp, which was about 4 miles to the S.W., this was part of the land he had sold to Richard Taylor in 1662. Maycock eventually became sort of a Cooperative, where the local farmers could dry their tobacco. The settlers had appealed for help against the Indians, but The Governor ignored them, finally a rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon started at Jordan Point, near Maycock, not only against the Indians but also against Governor Berkley. Richard opposed this and after the rebellion was put down The Governor rewarded him in 1676 with 2000 lbs of tobacco. In July 1677 he was again hunting wolves for their bounty, and later that year his wife Mary was appointed Administrix of his estate. He died without leaving a recorded will. His oldest son George inherited what was left of Richards land, and his wife Mary Knowles soon remarried a Nicholas Whitmore. Richards great grandaughter Winifred Acock gave the names of his 8 children in a letter, unfortunately only the names but not the birth order was given. We descend from hid son John.

Prepared by a 7Great Grandson John Pace, mainly from records of The Pace Society of America on 17 April 2018

As stated on their marriage license,Richard II married Mary Knowles in 1659 at the age of 21 therefore he would have been born sometime in 1638. He applied for a guardian in 1655 so he must have been a minor at the time and an orphan and records show that both his parents died in 1655. He married in March of 1660 to Mary Knowles. Her parents were John and Mary Brodnax Knowles. A complete list of their children has not been located, but these are associated with Richard and Mary. Sarah 1662-1663, George 1663-1680, Elizabeth 1664-1665, Richard 1665-1737, James 1666-1735. Thomas 1669-1738 and John 1671-1720

From https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83667064

The new Pace book by Bruce Howard, "Our Colonial Ancestors, 1619-1799", presents excellent evidence for the following lineage:

• 3. Richard Pace (1637 - 1677) (grandson of Richard Pace of Jamestown) m. Mary Baker, b. 1640 (No evidence for Knowles).
• 4. James Pace b 1670 Charles City Co, VA m. Elizabeth Lowe m abt. 1685.
• 5. Richard Pace b abt 1690 d abt 1738 m. Sarah Woodliefe b abt 1694 d aft 1759.
• 6. John Pace b abt 1725 d abt 1780 m. Sarah Burgh (or Burge) [SIC: or Pope. or Unknown.]

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John Pace of Middlesex

Added by AliceGleasonGould on 29 Apr 2008

After much study combined with educated guesses, known family customs as to given names, and applied logic, the following regarding the connection between John [Pace] I of Middlesex, and Richard and Isabella Pace of Jamestown (Surry County) has taken shape.

First, the Maycock papers (p. 6-7) states positively that Georges son, Richard II, and wife Mary [Knowles] had five sons, and one daughter. The fifth son was John Pace I who married Elizabeth Newsome, and eventually went to Middlesex County as stated in the papers. Later, Richard IV named one of his sons Knowles Pace indicating adherance to family name custom. Of the six children of Richard II, and Mary Knowles, only Richard III moved early to North Carolina (1706 land grant). John I, and Elizabeth Newsome Pace wer in Middlesex in 1694, twelve years earlier than Richard III's move south. It is probably fact that after some years, as has been suggested by genealogists, John I could have moved to North Carolina to be near his brothers and sisters. This would leave his Middlesex plantation to his oldest son, (tradition & law) John II, and wife Elizabeth Montague Pace.

John I was born in 1672, and most likely married Elizabeth Newsome in 1693 upon reaching age 21, both them being of marriagable age. That John I of Maycocks did in fact marry Elizabeth Newsome of Surry County seems a certainty. Both the early Pace , and Newsome (Spencer) families were of Surry County, and were neigbors through four generations as follows;

• Arrived 1609-11: Richard I - Isabella Smith Arrived 1607: William Spencer - Alice
• George I - Sarah Maycock Elizabeth Spencer - Rob't. Shepard
• Richard II - Mary Knowles Anne Shepard - Wm. Newsome
• (John I - Elizabeth Newsome Elizabeth Newsome - John Pace I)

The Pace, and Spencer families were somewhat isolated across the James river (3 miles) from Jamestown. Strong friendships must have developed, and surely it was so with John I, and Elizabeth Newsome. It is unlikely, due to the distance, that there was any contact at that time with anyone in Middlesex, and beyond belief that there could be two William Newsomes, two sets of Johns & Elizabeths having their first children named Sarah, and George. The population of the area at that time was too sparse for that to be a fact, or even possible.

John I, and Elizabeth Newsome of Surry probably were married in Surry or Jamstown - the records in that area were destroyed during the Revolution, and there is no record of their marriage at Christ Church, Middlesex Co. Their plantation must have been a wedding present from both their families as it was paid for with 7000 lbs. of prime tobacco which represented a lot of money then. They must have been married some months before moving to Middlesex as their first child Sarah was born only eight months after the purchase.

Sarah's birth is the first Pace record in the registry of Christ Church parish, Middlesex. Their first sons birth, George Pace, is also registered there. At this point it has become obvious that both children were named for their grandparents, George, and Sarah Maycock Pace, (Family Custom). This fact ties John I of Middlesex to Richard, and Isabella of Jamestown, and identifies him as John of Maycocks as well as of Middlesex, and their great grandson. (Maycock papers)

John I, and Elizabeth Newsome had two other sons named John, and William. These two names, (per custom), tie John I, and John II into the Richard I line going back to the Paces of England. The name William is carried down from the William Spencer ancestor who was one of only two survivors of the original 105 Jamestown colonists, arriving in 1607 in the ship Susan Constant.

Most genealogists believe that Elizabeth of Middlesex was in fact the daughter of William (another William of Spencer line), Newsome of Surry County. This is quite logical since the names Newsome, and Spencer also appear in the later Middlesex Pace lines. Joel Pace I names his fourth son Spencer, not a common given name, and again following the family custom by taking a name from the Wm. Spencer line. In fact it is believed that Joels son was actually named William Spencer Pace, Spencer being used by preference. There is little doubt that the marriage of Elizabeth Newsome of Surry to John Pace I of Maycocks (later Middlesex), passed the blood of another patriot William Spencer, to the Pace generations.

A check on the give names through the Pace generations bears out the fact that we have followed the family custom, in most lines, of borrowing them from the past generations. This would point to the fact that most early Paces are indeed, (including Middlesex line) descended from Richard I, and Isabella. This of course excludes Paces arriving in America later on. There is much confusion as to names and dates in our early 1600 beginnings due to lack of, and/or destruction of records. However, it is virtually impossible that there could have been two John Paces marrying two Elizabeth Newsomes, both with children named Sarah, and George in the same time, and area. Rather, the confusion of names, records, and handing down information by word of mouth over the generations has created the doubt that exists. There can be only one conclusion, that the Middlesex line is indeed descended from Richard I, and Isabella Pace.

Once againthe custom of taking given names from past generations will give us a look at our English ancestors. Richard I of Jamestown is descended from one of the lines shown on the following chart though there seems to be a generation missing between him and the last shown.

Though a bit obscure, and incomplete in all information we can believe that our Pace line began with;

John Pace = A woman of Hants, Hampshire England, ca. 1450, [parents of]: Dean Richard Pace, b. 1482, d. 1536, Dean of St. Pauls, London, Sec of State to King Henry VIII, unmarried; John Pace, b. ca. 1484-86, ed. Eton & Cambridge, [father of]: John Pace, b. 1522, d. 1590, ed. Eton & Cambridge, Court Jester for Queen Elizabeth I; Richard Pace, ed. Eton & Cambridge, Vicar - St. Dunstans - Stepney, London; Thomas Pace, cared for his uncle Dean Richard, received Holbury Manor, Hants.

Richard of Jamestown is descended from one of these lines although it seems there is a generation between. Richard and Isabella were married in St. Dunstans in 1608 before coming to America 1609-11. He probably was married on becoming 21 years of age as seemed to be the custom then, so he must have been born around 1586-87. Perhaps his grandfather (or uncle) Richard, Vicar of St. Dunstans performed the ceremony. Vicar Richard could have been married since it was now Church of England, and celibacy was no longer required, so he could have been Richard of Jamestowns Grandfather.

CONCLUSIONS

1. That John of Middlesex was in fact John of Maycocks.

2. That John of Maycocks married Elizabeth Newsome of Surry.

3. Above taken from the Maycock Papers.

4. That John I was the son of Richard II, and Mary Knowles (Maycock Papers), and therefore was the grandson (great) of Richard I, and Isabella.

5. That the Johns, and Eizabeths, with children Sarah, and George were due to lack of records, and much confusion and duplication.

6. That continuity of given names not only ties us to the William Spencer line, but also ties the Middlesex line to Richard, and Isabella. Also, in a later generation Joel Pace II named a daughter Isabella - no doubt after her great grandmother Isabella of Jamestown.

7. The names Newsome, Spencer, William, Isabella, Knowles, George, John, Joseph, Sarah, etc., all are passed down from the Spencer and/or Richard Pace lines through the Middlesex line tying us all together.

8. Finally - most of the available writings seems directed toward proving that John I of Middlesex WAS NOT connected to Richard, and Isabella rather than that he was, (a fact which is backed by most genealogists). Mabel Pace Tanner, my grandmother , in her D.A.R. application, made reference, (in her Middlesex line), to George, and Richard as ancestors. This probably came down by word of mouth from generation to generation, a strong oral tradition not to b e denied, here, and in many other instances in Pace history.

Robert T. Poole - Malone, 1984 - (6th Dradft), FINAL. Maj. Robert T. Malone, 151 - Mass. Ave., Congers, NY 10920

FOOTNOTE I arrived at the above by matching generations rather than dates which are often wrong or not available. R.T.

Links

• http://www.genfan.com/getperson.php?personID=I32634&tree=MASTER
• Transcription of the Genealogical Booklet, "Richard PACE," Researched, compiled and composed by Bonnie Haynes Chandler.

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The Jamestown and Charles City Paces = Haplogroup R1b. Richard Pace II did have a son John, who married Elizabeth Lowe.