--- roy.w.johnson@att.net wrote: > I do not agree that this record proves that George > has only one son. Neither did Ruth Clark or Bruce > Howard. > > It's a matter of grammar. "the orpan Richard Pace" > does not necessarily mean that he was the only > orpahn, only that he was the one who inherited the > estate. > > If my preacher mentions "the apostle Peter" in a > sermon it does not mean that there was only one > apostle. Suppose there was a brother Robert. > Grammatically I could say "the orphan Richard Pace > inherited the properrty; his brother the orphan > Robert Pace received nothing." The use of "the" > only means that the noun (Richard Pace) is a > singular noun, not that there are no others. > > It has been suggested by genealogists and is > possible that some of the Paces who moved to NC were > the offspring of George. It could be possible in my > opinion. > > Roy Johnson > > > -------------- Original message from James Blair > <jnb05042000@yahoo.com>: -------------- > > > > Richard and Isabella Pace: one son, George > > > > George and Sarah [Maycock] Pace: one son, Richard. > > > > > Richard and Mary Pace: apparently, one child, > name, > > sex and date of birth unknown. This is from the > > record dated 15 Apr 1676 in which Thomas Douglas > and ? > > Jordan are appointed to appraise the estate of > Richard > > Pace "in behalf of the orphan". > > > > Any further information about this orphan? Thanks > for > > any assistance. > > > > James > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > > If you haven't done so within the last six months, > please post a message > > describing your Earliest Pace Ancestor and how you > descend from them. Please > > include dates, places, spouses, etc, if possible. > Send the message to > > PACE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > To subscribe or unsubscribe send email to > PACE-L-request@rootsweb.com with the one word > message: subscribe OR unsubscribe > For digest mode, use PACE-D-request@rootsweb.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com