It's been explained to me that this scenario wouldn't have applied -- I was misunderstanding the inheritance laws. So my suggestion below can't explain why Richard Baker deeded the 140 acres to Richard Pace. It's a mystery to me. James --- On Tue, 1/6/09, James Blair <[email protected]> wrote: > > Richard Baker's wife Ann mentions (in her petition to > the Westover vestry, see > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/th/read/PACE/2002-09/1032643426, > also posted by James Pace), having "the charge of two > children to maintaine". If these were children of > Richard Baker's, and if one was a boy, by law that child > would inherit all Richard Baker's property. So if Mary > Pace really was Baker's daughter, and he realized he was > soon going to die, that might be why he would give her > husband a deathbed gift of land -- because he couldn't > leave it as a legacy. > > Wholly theoretical, however. The maiden name of Mary Pace > remains unproven. > > James > > --- On Mon, 1/5/09, Roy Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > From: Roy Johnson <[email protected]> > > Subject: RE: [PACE] The PG land sold by John and > Richard Pace 1759 > > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > Date: Monday, January 5, 2009, 10:27 PM > > Debbie and others, > > > > We have to be very careful to distinguish between > theory > > and fact in citing > > these early Pace records. On the Pace Network I have a > > section called > > Problems and Controversies in Pace research, in which > > several competent Pace > > authorities state that (1) there is absolutely no firm > > evidence that Richard > > Pace married a Knowles or a Baker, although some > > genealogies cite one and > > some the other. (2) the Pace-Poythress marriage is > also > > quite questionable. > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pace/poythres.htm#boykin > > > > The above is a discussion of the Pace-Poythress > > controversy. > > > > > > This URL discusses the Baker-Knowles controversy: > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pace/bkr_knwl.htm > > > > If there are no sources verifying an assertion, it > cannot > > be cited as a > > fact. > > > > Roy Johnson > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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