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 >

Sorry about the previous message. I hit the send button by accident. Roy, thanks for the explanation. I can see that "the orphan" could mean "the heir", and might not exclude the possibility of other children. I will rephrase: Richard and Isabella had one child that we know of -- George. George and Sarah had one child that we know of -- Richard. Richard and Mary had one child that we know of -- sex and name unknown. Is anything known for certain about the one child that we know Richard and Mary had? Or is this where the proven paper trail from Richard and Isabella ends? James James __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com