What was the harmless error and who committed it?.....Mike Mike.....go to Google.com, a search engine. Put in "Pace/Poythress". The very first entry is titled Pace/Poythress and further even in this entry is a reference to click on to get to the Pace Page. The two combined are more than anyone ever wanted or needed to know on the subject. A guy named Roy Johnson is fronting for a Bruce Howard (pay no attention to that man behind the curtain). Anyway, according to Mr. Howard (who speaks ex cathedra) the dastardly deed was done by a Mrs. Mehrkens, once the head Pacer but a failure in her sacred charge. Mr. Howard sets her straight. I view the whole matter with insouciance and doubt that you would be disinvited to the FD100 soiree in either case.<g> Maynard

Well, the assertion made at the Pace site certainly seems to discredit the Rebecca Poythress "m." Richard Pace lore -- LOUDLY, too. And if I follow the argument in its entirety, we are led to believe that Rebecca, daughter of Rebecca (Coggin?) Poythress and Maj. Francis Poythress, NEVER married. Everybody else get that, and buy it? (I think I do based on the evidence presented.) But then it gets kind of wild... Quotes attributed to Mr. Bruce Howard are "There was an older Capt. Francis Poythress who died in the 1660's. He was not the father of Major Francis Poythress..." He wasn't? Did I miss something while I was sleeping? But a couple of sentences later he refers to "Mr. Francis Poythress, Sr., and Jr. of Prince George County." I lost him; is he referring (using Sr. and Jr.) to Francis (m. Rebecca) as "Sr.", and his son Francis as "Jr."? If so, where do WE stand on the assertion that the Francis who died in the 1660's [I have "before 1661"] was NOT the father of Major Francis Poyhtress (d. ca. 1692)? I would certainly like to see the reasoning or evidence for the foregoing statement (attributed to Bruce Howard). Maybe I have a better idea... Why don't we sit back and let the Pace group do our genealogy for us? :-) Lou -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 10:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Pace/Poythress What was the harmless error and who committed it?.....Mike Mike.....go to Google.com, a search engine. Put in "Pace/Poythress". The very first entry is titled Pace/Poythress and further even in this entry is a reference to click on to get to the Pace Page. The two combined are more than anyone ever wanted or needed to know on the subject. A guy named Roy Johnson is fronting for a Bruce Howard (pay no attention to that man behind the curtain). Anyway, according to Mr. Howard (who speaks ex cathedra) the dastardly deed was done by a Mrs. Mehrkens, once the head Pacer but a failure in her sacred charge. Mr. Howard sets her straight. I view the whole matter with insouciance and doubt that you would be disinvited to the FD100 soiree in either case.<g> Maynard ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== Poythress Geneaology Research Web http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/