I have nothing on the transportation of Richard Pace but found this interesting tidbit about William Corker Summary Transcripts of papers, 1654-1712, concerning Smith's Fort, property owned by the Rolfe family in Surry County, Virginia, containing of deeds, depositions, judgments, and photographs consisting of an abstract of a deed, 10 June 1654, for 150 acres in Surry County, from Thomas Rolfe (b. 1615) to William Corker, who assigned it to William Barber, 22 August 1654, who assigned it to Roger Gilbert and Christopher Mitchell, 1 December 1654, Mitchell assigned his interest to Gilbert, 10 June 1657; depositions, 5 March 1677/8, of Richard Tyas (b. ca. 1629) and Thomas Pittman, Sr. (b. ca. 1615) concerning the sale of Smith's Fort by Thomas Rolfe to Thomas Warren (or Waring) and Warren's construction of the house on the property, the depositions were recorded 19 March 1677/8; judgment, 17 December 1712, in suit of ejectment brought by Solomon Saveall against Samuel Thompson in the Surry County Court, which notes the land formerly belonged to Chief Powhatan (ca. 1550-1618) who gave it to John Rolfe (1585-1622) who had married Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas (1595-1617); photograph, n.d., of Smith's Fort, noted as the oldest brick house in Virginia and dated 1653. The deed and assignments are recorded in Surry County Deeds, Wills, etc. 1671-1684, 2, pp. 54-55. The depositions are recorded in Surry County Deeds, Wills, etc., 2, 1671-1684, pp. 166-167. The judgment is recorded in Surry County Orders, 1691-1713, p. 409. Cite As Rolfe family. Surry County Records, 1654-1712. Accession 19977. Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. John Pace ----- Original Message ----- From: <roy.w.johnson@att.net> To: <PACE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [PACE-L] "...in behalf of the orphan..." > > > -------------- Original message from gnlgy458 > <gnlgy458@yahoo.co.uk>: -------------- > > >> >> Also: in 1660 William Corker receives 1250 acres in York County for >> transportation of 25 people into the colony. One of these 25 is a Richard >> Pace. >> > > We MUST document this piece of inromation--this is perhaps THE most > important piece of Pace information since we found that John of Middlesex > is not related to the North Carolina Paces. This could throw a number of > prior assumptions into a cocked hat--and it might upset a lot of people > who think they can trace to Richard of Jamestown, as now we have another > Richard who could be an ancestor. > > The ONLY evidence that we have that the North Carolina Paces are > descendents of Richard of Jamestown is the Winnifred Aycock Lane letter > (three versions of it are on the Pace Network--we don't even have the > original), and the fact that the Paces of North Carolina have the same > names as those in her letter. We have assumed they must be the offspring > of Richard of Jamestown because we had no other candidates for any other > Richards or anyone else who could be their parents except "Richard II" > (Richard-George-Richard). Now we do. Just glancing at the donors page, I > see that at least some of the Paces of NC were born AFTER 1660 and could > be the sons of this Richard rather than "Richard II". Ruth Keyes Clark > has said that she found evidence of at least two, and maybe three, Richard > Paces in early Virginia who could have gone to North Carolina themself or > could have sired those who did. Now we may know who one of them is. > > I have not had time to build a careful timeline of when the North Carolina > Paces probably migrated, or what their ages were compared to this Richard, > but I can see immediately that they are contemporary. > > Please tell us where you got this fantastic piece of evidence! > > Roy Johnson > >>--------------------------------- >> Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to >> use" - >> The Wall Street Journal >> >> >> ==== PACE Mailing List ==== >> To share info which may be of interest to others, reply to the mail list >> (PACE-L@rootsweb.com). To say thank you or otherwise reply personally, >> reply to >> sender. >> > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > If you haven't done so within the last six months, please post a message > describing your Earliest Pace Ancestor and how you descend from them. > Please include dates, places, spouses, etc, if possible. Send the > message to PACE-L@rootsweb.com > >