-------------- Original message from Kathlynn3@aol.com: -------------- Sources for Information: Bruce Howard describes the hard economic times they were living in. Richard and Mary left Charles City Co., and moved to Southwarke Parish where he owned and operated a road tavern, called in VA an "Ordinary" for the accommodation of travelers. He moved later to York Co., where he probably worked as a carpenter, and then back to the area of James Town. He died sometime prior to Feb., 1678, before having made a will and leaving some substantial debts unpaid. Mary filed a petition to administer the estate, which she was granted. The list of the children of Richard and Mary is from a letter written in 1791 by Mrs. Winnifred, Acock Lane of GA, about her Pace ancestors. > In a message dated 8/8/2006 10:15:13 A.M. Central Standard Time, > gordonwpace@peoplepc.com writes: > I am concerned that many of these conclusions are based on the assumption that there was only one Richard Pace in Virginia in this period. The conclusions from the Aycock Lane letter are certainly based on that assumption; there is absolutely no evidence that her Richard was "Richard II". I have not seen Bruce's evidence that the tavern keeper was "Richard II". Also I think "probably worked as a carpenter" is just a guess. Is there hard evidence that any of the Richards actually worked as a carpenter? I use "Richard II" for convenience rather than repeating Richard-George-Richard each time. Roy Johnson