Richard Pace / Isabella Smyth each received patents of 100 acres in what is today Surry County Va. They received this patent as early planters in 1620, which indicates they paid their own way to America. According to history they had a son George, who was the father of Richard, which the Pace Society has labeled as Richard II. So far this has been proven. The Richard Pace who was a head right was indentured, which means he arrived because another person or the company paid his transportation. So the Richard/Isabella line was planted in America before 1620 . The Richard Pace head right comes much later making a very strong case that they are probably not the same person. There was a lot of hanky panky going on with aquiring land with head rights and could Corker used (claimed )the Richard Pace name as a headright for the Pace family Richard, Isabella and George were no longer in Surry County. Usually there were no checks made. Several incidents proved that false persons were named as headrights. In some cases the same person claimed by several planters. Ships crews were sometimes listed by the ship owner. It is important to get several seperate bits of data on each to determine the longivity of that person in that location. Paces Pains had become first ,Perry Point ,then Swanns Point and today is Mount Pleasant. It appears that a time line listing dates under two seperate Richard Paces might catolog happenings under each and give creadance that there was a Richard Pace of Charles City and a Richard Pace of Surry County. Paces Pains (Mount Plesant) is on a bluff on the South side of the James looking across to Jamestown Island. It is a private residence. I was over to Surry this last week but the Surry County Historical Society was up on steel beams ready to move to a close by location. Nice ferry ride to Surry. Jack Pace On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:14:12 -0400 "Becky Mosely" <beckymosely@comcast.net> writes: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Blair" <jnb05042000@yahoo.com> > > > > They all seem to have been associated, though exactly how is not > clear to > > me. > > > > 4 Sept 1682, Surry County Records Book 1 and 2 page 321: > > Estate of Lt. Coll. Geo. Jordan. In a list of 108 names is > Richard Pace > > followed by An Scorby, also on list Catrina Sorsby and Thomas > Soworby. > > > > The will of George Jordan (1682) was witnessed by William Browne > and > > Robert Spencer. > > > > Robert Spencer was married to a Jane Browne. > Spencer notes, although not Robert that I see.bbm > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hemlockhill/Spencer.htm > http://home.midsouth.rr.com/genealogy/newsom3.htm > > Jane Browne Spencer married (2) Thomas Jordan, nephew of Col. > George > > Jordan. Two daughters, Jane and Mary. Mary married Francis > Sowersby. > > > > Thomas Jordan married (2) Lucy Corker, daughter of the William > Corker who > > claimed a Richard Pace as headright. > http://www.answers.com/topic/four-mile-tree > I assume Jordan is also buried here as requested in his will. This > would > have been close to Paces Paines. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vaschsm/surhist.html > NOTES on Surry County > > http://www.2fools.net/book-0001/0013-0001.html > "The preponderance of evidence indicates that Henry Brown acted as > guardian > for the Jordan Children." > .......................... > Henry Browne was an early immigrant to Virginia and as a member of > the > Virginia Council was involved in the politics of Virginia from 1634 > to 1662. > Governor Argall in 1619 defined the Four Mile Tree (Four miles from > Jamestown upriver) as the farthest limits of Jamestown. Henry Browne > > patented his plantation there on the southside of the James River > purchasing > portions of it from the heirs of John Smith. > He was a member of the Virginia Council in intervals from 1634 to > 1662 and a > vestryman of Southwarke Parish, Surry County Virginia, in 1661. > Southside > Virginia Families, Volume I, by John Bennet Boddie, Pacific Coast > Publishers, Redwood City, California, 1955. > > .............. > > Chippokes Plantation State Park is located off Virginia State > Highway 10 in > Surry County, Virginia. Chippokes Plantation was established in 1619 > by > Captain William Powell of the Jamestown Settlement in the Virginia > Colony. > > > It's beginning to seem to me very likely that some of the > records in Surry County which mention "Richard Pace" could refer > to the > Richard Pace who was claimed as a headright by William Corker. > > James > > I don't know how this RICHARD PACE of Surry Co fits in but I think > somehow > we need to divide the entries for Prince George and Surry into two > camps. > The RICHARD PACE of Pr. Geo. had a certain group of folks around him > on > documents as well as physical land area. The RICHARD PACE of Surry > had > entirely different folks on his documents. > > When I have time I'll look back and see what happens in Brunswick, > Greenville, & even Isle of Wight to the (ID)folks on the documents > there. > NC also needs to be looked at. > > Keep in mind that Richard Pace was only named as a "headright", > which only > shows he came to VA at that time or before. It doesn't say it was > the first > time in VA. > Regards, Becky > > > --- Joyce <joy_harr@swbell.net> wrote: > SEE PREVIOUS POST FROM JOYCE.... > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > Check out the new Pace Society of America web page at: > www.pacesociety.org, and please join the Pace Society of America for > only $25.00 per year. > > WE are FREE because of the BRAVE.