james pace born 1724 is a son of richard pace iii who was married to rebecca poythress this james married a dupree ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Blair" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [PACE] The PG land sold by John and Richard Pace 1759 --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Rebecca Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > James, > I sure wish I could give constructive comments. I > haven't generally researched the Paces this early, so am > unfamiliar with many of the names of others that you mention > but wish I was so I could follow where you are leading. It may lead nowhere. I'm just exploring, hoping to glean some clues as to the parents of John and Richard Pace who sold the land to Goodwyn in 1759. It appears to me, though I may be misinterpreting the records, that John Westhrope patented land near Wards Creek, some of which through various transactions came to belong to Francis Poythress, and some of which came to belong to George Blighton, father of Lydia Blighton Clements. George Blighton's share of the land, in the patent of 1686, is described as being near "the Southern Run". The land which Richard Pace and John Pace sold to Goodwyn in 1759 is described as being on the southwest side of the Southward Run. To me that suggests that the 16 acres being sold by Richard Pace and John Pace was near the land of George Blighton (which had originally been patented by John Westhrope in 1650), and therefore perhaps also near the land which Francis Poythress took up (which was originally part of the same John Westhrope patent). Therefore I wonder if some of the land which Richard Pace and a later Francis Poythress sold to a Goodwyn in 1718, might have been part of the Westhrope land. If so, might this tract of land subsequently have become called "Goodwins" and been sold to Lydia Blighton Clements in 1733, together with "a second plantation on which Lydia was then living". This line of reasoning, if borne out by the land descriptions, might suggest that John and Richard Pace were of the line of George Pace, eldest son of Richard and Mary. On the other hand, one of the witnesses to the sale of the 16 acres to Goodwyn in 1759 was Laurence Biggins, presumed to be the son of Arthur Biggins who in 1715 owned land bounding the land of James Pace. This might suggest that Richard and John Pace could have been of the line of James Pace. As I say, I'm exploring, rather than drawing any conclusions. James ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message