Rebecca, thanks for that information. It's very possible that different Lambert branches have got mixed up, in Pritchett's account. The 400 acre tract in Lunenburg was patented in 1764. Pritchett attributes this patent to William Lambert (son of William and Sarah, christened 18 Nov 1743), presumably because 1764 was the year he turned 21. This William does not seem to have been Ruth's brother: William and Sarah had two daughters, neither named Ruth. A son of William and Sarah mentioned "my two sisters" in a letter, so there doesn't seem to be a sister missing. Since William (m. Martha) was probably father of Ruth, who needs to be born around mid-century, the Lunenburg land was probably patented by a different William Lambert, as you say. The William Lambert who was christened 15 June 1720 (son of Hugh and Ann Morgan) works datewise. However, Pritchett says he was "presumably" the William Lambert married to Mary who had five children christened in North Farnham Parish between 1741 and 1757. The dates work but the mother's name doesn't match. (And there's no child named Ruth but that doesn't prove there wasn't one born.) Perhaps Martha was his second wife. Or perhaps William (m. Mary) was not the same person as William (m. Martha). The 400 acre tract which was patented by William Lambert 15 Aug 1764 in Lunenburg was described as "adjoinint Nance, and Fox’s lines". Thomas Nance patented 400 acres on the same day. Thomas Nance was a descendant of the Nances of Prince George (Sarah Walpole, daughter of Caesar Walpole, married William Epps; together they sold to James Pace in 1717 land which Sarah inherited from her father.) In Mecklenburg Co., where William Lambert patented land in 1769 and (with wife Martha) sold it in 1777, there were Lambert connections with Wynns (associated earlier with known Pace associates such as Poythress) and Raineys (associated in Bristol Parish with Wynns, Stiths, and, yes, Lewis Green). As no doubt you know, Hugh Lambert (father of William chr. 1720) had land on Rocky Run in Brunswick Co., from which Lunenburg was cut, with Mecklenburg later cut from Lunenburg. Consequently, I'm wondering whether there might have been Pace-Lambert associations from an earlier period, which might have persisted into NC. If so, the fact that William Lambert (m. Martha) patented land adj two Pace families could be in part due to earlier association, not simply due to chance. James --- On Sun, 1/25/09, Rebecca Christensen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rebecca Christensen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PACE] Ruth Lambert > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009, 11:25 PM > James, > The William Lambert who was baptized (christened) 18 > November 1743 at North Farnham, Richmond Co., VA was Ruth > Lambert's brother William, not her father William. > Ruth and William were children of William Lambert and his > wife Martha. Ruth and William's father William > Lambert was born 15 June 1720 at North Farnham, so there is > not an age problem - he was not a very young grandfather. > There is a deed record dated 11 August 1777 in > Mecklenburg County, Virginia where William Lambert and > Martha his wife of Wake County, North Carolina, sold 143 > acres of land to William Fox of Mecklenburg County, VA. > This record connects William Lambert in Wake County, NC to > his earlier location in Mecklenburg Co., VA, and names his > wife Martha who later shows up in the records Franklin Co., > NC after William's death. (The family didn't move > from Wake Co to Franklin Co, NC, the county boundary moved > in 1787.) > There are several records in Wake County, NC that name > both William Pace and William Lambert in the same record as > well as a road record that names William Lambert, William > Lambert Jr., William Pace and William Pace Jr. - all in the > same record. William Lambert and William Pace owned > adjacent land. > > Rebecca Christensen > > --- On Fri, 1/23/09, James Blair > <[email protected]> wrote: > From: James Blair <[email protected]> > Subject: [PACE] Ruth Lambert > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 6:27 PM > > I may have the wrong information here. > > The date of birth I have got for James Pace (son of William > Pace and Ruth > Lambert) is Jan 23 1778. > > According to Pritchett (Southside Virginia Genealogies), > the William Lambert > who had land in Wake Co was born in Richmond Co, 18 Nov > 1743 (Pritchett cites > North Farnham Parish Register). > > If that's correct, William Lambert would be 35 when > James Pace was born. > Kind of young to be a grandfather. > > And from what I've read, James Pace is believed to have > had older siblings, > the oldest born around 1771. In 1771, according to > Pritchett, William Lambert > was 28. Even if Lambert started fathering children long > before the law allowed, > it seems unlikely he would become a grandfather by such a > young age. > > James