On October 4, 2008, Gordon W. Pace wrote:   >Presley's father was Willis Pace but > no one seems to have any idea who Willis's father was.  His mother may > have been an Anna Bunch, somehow related to the Bunch family who adopted > Willis when we was orphaned at an early age. I checked my memory and came across a couple of posts from several years back relating to this. I hope it's okay to dredge them up and include them here, even if Lois already has more information.   --- On Thu, 9/1/05, Amanda Cox Boyette <[email protected]> wrote: From: Amanda Cox Boyette <[email protected]> Subject: [PACE-L] Willis PACE? To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, September 1, 2005, 9:20 AM Good morning. I am connected to the Paces through my maternal grandmother. We come through Presley Page Pace, whose parents were Willis PACE and Polly GILL. I have reached a dead end with Willis PACE. I read somewhere (maybe on a rootsweb discussion board) that Willis PACE was born in 1790, and orphanned by 1795, adopted by Thomas BUNCH. Then Thomas BUNCH died, and his brother, David BUNCH assumed the adoption. Thomas and David BUNCH had a sister, Anne BUNCH PACE, and some were speculating it was Willis PACE's mother or grandmother. Does anyone have any evidence to prove this? Then, we tie in with the PACEs again through Polly GILL. Her father was Jesse GILL and mother was Tabitha PACE. Tabitha's father was Buckner PACE. Has anyone found any link between Buckner PACE and Willis PACE? Many thanks. Amanda Boyette This one was posted by Betty Pace on April 12, 2005 including the forwarded message from Daniel Hoyle:   Does anyone know anything about this WILLIS PACE?  I don't. Betty Pace ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:05:35 EDT Subject: Pace Betty, I descend from a Willis Pace born in Wake Co in 1790. He married Polly Gill and I was told that his father was a William Pace by a Pace descendant.  His father  evidently died and his mother  died and his mother or grandmother  was Anna Bunch Pace.  I have gathered this from records that Willis was adopted by Thompson Bunch (Anna's brother).  Then Thompson died and David Bunch ( another brother of Anna and Thompson Bunch) took over the adoption and finished raising Willis. Polly Gill's grandfather was Buckner Pace who moved to Raleigh in 1780's or earlier  from Va.  Polly was given a gift of land from Buckner Pace with her 3 sisters.  Their mother was Tabitha Pace who was Buckner's daughter who married Jesse Gill. I assume that Polly Gill and Willis were cousins,  which Marriage to cousins  happened many times during that period. My Question is  Do you have any information on these Paces who lived in Wake Co NC? Thanks, Daniel Scarborough Hoyle Gallatin Tn --- On Sun, 10/5/08, Lois Long Carey <[email protected]> wrote: From: Lois Long Carey <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PACE] Presley Page Pace Ancestry and Anna Bunch( possible mother) To: "Gordon W. Pace" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 9:33 AM I just thought I would mention that there was a Bunch family in the Louisa and Fluvanna County areas of Virginia. I have some information on them. They may have a connection to the Pace family in Va. I also seem to remember a connection to the Harlow family.Does anyone know where Anna Bunch was born? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon W. Pace" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 3:45 PM Subject: [PACE] Presley Page Pace Ancestry > Judy: > Your record of the ancestry of your mother's great-great-grandfather, > Presley Page Pace, agrees with mine. Presley's father was Willis Pace but > no one seems to have any idea who Willis's father was. His mother may > have been an Anna Bunch, somehow related to the Bunch family who adopted > Willis when we was orphaned at an early age. > Here is a summary of the ancestry from the 5th to the 10th generation: > 5. Richard Pace b. abt 1690 VA m. Sarah Woodliefe. > 6. Francis Pace b. 1718 Prince George Co, VA, m. Ann Biggins. > 7. Buckner Pace b. bef. 1755 VA m. unknown > (Buckner Pace as a son of Francis appears to be somewhat speculative, but > I believe it is correct based on the circumstantial evidence.) > 8. Jesse Gill m. Tabitha Pace b abt 1775 (She was a daughter of Buckner). > 9. Willis Pace b. 1790 d abt 1857, m. Polly Gill, daughter of Jesse Gill. > 10. Presley Page Pace b. 1/4/1830, d 7/24/1893 Wake Co, NC, m. Rebecca > Scarborough. > I am sending by direct email my detailed record of this ancestry, which > includes the first four generations back to Richard Pace of Jamestown. > Gordon W. Pace > > ________________________________________ > PeoplePC Online > A better way to Internet > http://www.peoplepc.com > > ------------------------------- > 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 ------------------------------- 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