One of the most striking features of the Pace family history, as it is so often presented, is the recurrence of the name "Richard Pace", apparently in successive generations. It's almost hypnotic. But when you look at it closely, Richard Pace and Isabella had a son named "George", not "Richard". Did they also have a son named "Richard", who died or disappeared? We don't know. It shouldn't be assumed. George Pace may well have been named after Richard Pace's father. Then George Pace had a son, and named him Richard -- presumably after his father. That son, Richard Pace, had at least one child but we don't know its name. Richard Pace of Bertie County, on the other hand, did indeed name his eldest son "Richard". But that son doesn't seem to have named a son "Richard". So was it only Richard Pace d. 1738 who we know for sure named his eldest son Richard? That's the way it looks to me. James __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com