This has been an interesting discussion and I'm certainly more knowledgeable now about the Julian and Gregorian calendars. On this issue, I think that we are going to have to tolerate some level of uncertainty and learn to live with what appears to be the most likely answer in light of all the available evidence. It seems to me that we have two candidates for the wife of George Pace: 1. The widow of Samuel Maycock, or 2. Sarah, the daughter of Samuel Maycock A few days ago, W. James Pace posted a very logical note pointing out that it was highly unlikely that the widow of Samuel Maycock would have waited 14 years before remarrying. I found this argument persuasive and have seen no evidence countering it. What do we know about the widow of Samuel Maycock? Not much, I think. All that I know is that Samuel had a daughter; hence, he must have had a wife. Do we know more than that? We have the evidence of the young Sara Maycock in the household of Roger Smith, an apparent orphan. To me, this implies that her mother either died in the massacre or afterwards, possibly in the plague that followed the massacre. For me, the most logical conclusion by far is that George Pace married the daughter of Samuel Maycock. Happily, this agrees with the long-held opinion of generations of Pace researchers. I think that it is great to challenge long-held opinions. But you don't overturn them based only on doubt - you overturn them based on new and persuasive evidence. Joe Anderson

If Sarah Maycock aged 31 was a passenger on a ship travelling from London to Virginia in the year ending Xmas 1635, as recently posted, that might be evidence that the widow really did survive. I could not find it in the facsimile pages. I too am inclined to think that the old assumption (that George married the daughter) is more likely than the new theory (that he married the widow), but I acknowledge that we have no proof of either. It's possible proof may be found, with enough digging. To me it's worth pursuing in the hope of positively identifying the wife of George Pace. This lady might be an ancestor of those of us who descend from Richard Pace d. abt 1738 in NC. I for one would like to know who she was, and (if it was the widow he married) who her parents were, and where they came from. --------------------------------- Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall Street Journal