I've read the Aycock letter (numerous versions) several times and I can't see anything to link Richard Pace of Bertie County with Richard Pace of Jamestown. The statements in the letter are consistent with the supposition that Richard Pace of Bertie County came from Virginia, but that was always going to be likely. It doesn't offer any clues as to who his father was. I must admit I'm quite surprised it seems to have been accepted as some kind of proof of a link. Personally I think letters and such like can be useful for clues but can't be relied on if the primary evidence is not there to confirm what is said in the letter. And if the primary evidence IS there, then once it has been identified, the letter is not needed. In this case, the primary evidence is not there, it seems. Happy to be corrected if I am mistaken. James --- roy.w.johnson@att.net wrote: > > 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. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com