I said: > Ms. Mehrkens was not referring to the Lawrence records quoted by > Robertson for no Pace burial is indicated by Robertson, and the dates are > different. Oops! Mrs. Mehrkens did have the date right. Roy -------------- Original message from roy.w.johnson@att.net: -------------- > This record has been bouncing around the Pace Society since the early years. > Some tried to prove John of Hungars Parish was John of Middlesex because the > birth date was right, but now we know that this is unlikely. > > >From the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, > Volume 22, No. 1 (July 1913), pages 39-43, is an article written by > Thomas B. Robertson that is titled "Hungars Parish Records." Writing > from Eastville, Virginia, on 6 Feb 1913, Mr. Robertson says on page > 39, > > "In Vol. XVIII, page 178 and seq. of the William and Mary Quarterly > Historical Magazine, there was given the deaths and marriages for the > year beginning March 25, 1660, and ending March 25, 1661. I now give > below the report made to the monthly court for the year following, > that is, from March 25, 1661 to March 25, 1662. This interesting item > from the old records of this county is found in the Book of Deeds, > Wills, &c., for the years 1657 to 1666. John Lawrance seems to have > been the only parish clerk who took the trouble to file his returns > in the clerk's office. Or it is possible that in moving the office > around from house to house in those days the reports were destroyed > along with many other original papers." > > Then Mr. Robertson begins to quote from the records themselves: > > "A true account of such persons as have bin borne, Baptized, Married > and buried in Hungars Parish from ye 25th of March 1661 to ye 25th of > March Anno 1662." > > CHILDREN > Richard Johnson ye sonne of Tho and Ann Johnson - Apr 1st > Bridgett Robinson ye daughter of Jno. and Mary Robinson - Apr 2d > > John Pace ye sonne of Jno and Mary Pace - Apr 2d > > James Bruce ye sonne of James and Mary Bruce - Apr 2d > Thomas Martiall ye sonne of Tho and Mary Martiall - Apr 2d > Mary Obin ye daughter of Robert and Ann Obin - Apr 2d > Bridgett Henderson ye daughter of Gilbert and Mary Henderson - Apr 2d > Ann Mapp daughter of Jno and Mary Mapp - May 5th > > --- > > The lists continue on pages 40-43 with more births, baptisms, > burials, and marriages. There are no other Pace records given in this > list. > > The quote I have seen from Marion Mehrkens, states "In the Hungars > Parish Register is a listing of the birth of John Pace, 'ye sonne of > John and Mary Pace' on April 2, 1661. In the same year a John Pace is > shown as having died. Whether this was the infant, or his father, is > not clear." > > Ms. Mehrkens was not referring to the Lawrence records quoted by > Robertson for no Pace burial is indicated by Robertson, and the dates are > different. I wonder > where she obtained this information. From what I have seen of her other > submissions, she > often proceeded on poorly documented or non-documented assumptions. > > Hungars Parish was in Northampton County VA. Northampton County today > is located on the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula that > separates the Chesapeake Bay from the Atlantic Ocean. > > This is further indication that there were other Paces in early VA and may > account for some ot our non-matching Pace records. > > Roy Johnson. > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > Check out the Pace GenConnect Boards where you can post or peruse Pace Bibles, > Obits, Bios, Deeds, Wills, Queries, etc. Bookmark this URL: > http://boards.ancestry.com >