To identify the marriages of Richard Pace’s children, there is Richard Pace’s will wherein he named his and Rebecca’s children and gave his daughters' married names. Children in the early 18th century tended to marry neighbors and children of their parents’ associates. Richard and Rebecca and their families used their family members and very close friends to witness deeds, transfers, wills and other documents. They attended their families’, neighbors’ and friends’ estate sales. They lived in close proximity to or next door to their families including Rebecca Poythress’ relatives. They swapped or sold land to each other, some of which are mentioned below. Sons and sons-in-law provided the given names of their spouses in their wills. Richard provided land for each of his sons and his daughters through their husbands and he provided for his wife at his death. The preponderance of the evidence suggests that the daughters' husbands have been identified. The maiden names for Thomas and William Pace’s wives require further research.
In his Will, dated 13 March 1736/7 and probated in February of 1738/9, Richard named all of his ten children and included the married names of his seven daughters: sons, Richard, William and Thomas; daughters, Ann Stewart, Rebecca Bradford, Amy Green, Frances Green, Tabitha Moore, Mary Johnson and Sarah House.(1)
(1) Richard Pace (~1698-1775) married Elizabeth Cain (~1704-1744) about 1723. Their children were: Richard, James, Silas, Charles, Dredzil, Thomas, Noel, Drury, Barnabas, Darius and three daughters, possibly Sarah (“Sally”) who may have married Arthur Fort, possibly a Mrs. Cox and a Mrs. O’Daniel.(2) On March 1, 1720/1, Richard Pace and his son, Richard, received patents for land in Albemarle Co., near the Roanoke river and Yourah swamp. Richard was at the Barlow estate sale with his father and family in 1738 in Surry Co.(3) Richard, brother William, and John Green held property adjacent to one another in Bertie Co.
(2) Ann Pace (~1699-1754) married Charles Stewart (~1690-1752) by 1720 and had children: William, Richard, James, John, Rebecca, Anne and Sarah. On November 5, 1724, Charles Stewart bought 530 acres on the east side of Otterdam swamp in Surry Co., VA, just north of Richard Pace who acquired 1,220 acres on the same date.(4) Charles witnessed Nicholas Brewer’s will in March of 1729 with Richard Pace and John Barlow’s will in September of 1729 with Richard Pace, both events in Surry Co. He and John Davis assessed the value of Isaac House’s land in 1731, in Surry Co. Isaac was Lawrence House’s brother. Charles was a witness with Lawrence House to a land transfer from Burrell Brown to John Taylor Duke in February of 1733 in Brunswick Co., VA. Charles Stewart was at the Barlow estate sale with Richard Pace and family in 1738 in Surry Co.(5) He also processioned his property boundaries with his neighbor Lawrence House in 1735, 1739 and 1743, in Brunswick Co., as per an Act of law. Charles Stewart left a will in Brunswick Co. naming his wife, Ann. From Stewart Clan Magazine: “This William was the son of Charles and Anne Pace Steward and the William who married Mary Shands.”(6)
(3) Rebecca Pace (~1701-~1762) married as her first husband, John Bradford (~1698-1735) about 1718, and as her second husband, William Aycock (~1705-1765) in 1737. Rebecca’s children were: Richard, John, Nathaniel, Frances, Rebecca and Sarah Bradford; and, James, Richard and Winnifred Aycock. On February 25, 1719/20, Richard Pace sold 285 acres on Three Creek in Surry Co. to John Bradford.(7) William Aycock was at the Barlow estate sale with Richard Pace and family in 1738 in Surry Co.(8) Rebecca Pace was identified as John Bradford’s widow in court records that also identified William Aycock as her second husband and mentioned brother, William Pace.(9) In 1741, in Bertie Co., William Aycock bought land from John and Richard Moore on the north side of Moratuck (Roanoke) river. The witnesses included Richard Pace, Jr. “Richard Pace's daughter, Rebecca Bradford, was the widow of John Bradford. She married again to William Aycock very shortly after her father wrote his will...In 1729, John Green sold to Richard Pace Jr (his brother-in-law) 440 acres at Wheeler's Mill Swamp from a patent dated March 1, 1719. This agrees perfectly with a grant to John Green...for land in the Oconeechee Neck at Wheeler's Mill Swamp.”(10)
(4) Thomas Pace (~1703-1764) married Amy (~1710-aft. 1785) by 1733. Their children were Nathaniel, Thomas, Richard, Celia, Frances and Amy. It is interesting to note that they named daughters Celia and Amy after Thomas’ wife and William Pace’s wife.(11) Thomas and John Moore witnessed the will of William Shorter, December, 1752. Thomas and Richard Moore witnessed the will of John Moore September, 1753, in Northampton Co., NC. Thomas Pace and Tabitha Moore were executors of the will of John Moore. Thomas Pace left a will in Northampton Co. naming his wife, Amy.
(5) Amy Pace (~1705-1738) married John Green (1700-) by 1725 as his first wife. He was the son of John, Sr., and brother of Robert and William.(12) On May 13, 1729, John Green sold Richard Pace 290 acres in Bertie Pct. on the Roanoke river and Yaweuhoke swamp. John Green and Richard Pace were neighbors in Bertie Co., NC. John Green sold land to Richard Pace, Jr., in Bertie Co. in 1728 and 1729. John Green was at the Barlow estate sale with Richard Pace and family in 1738 in Surry Co.(13) “John Green of the 1717 grant on Cabin Stick Swamp had died by 1727 when his son Robert Green was in possession of his land. Other sons were William Green and John Green...It's not known when John Green married his wife Amy Pace, but it was clearly before 1725...John Green's wife Amy was the daughter of Richard Pace Sr who wrote his will in 1736 in Bertie Co, probated 1738, naming wife Rebecah, sons William, Thomas, Richard, daughters Ann Steward, Rebecah Bradford, Amy Green, Francis Green, Tabitha Moore, Mary Johnson, and Sarah House.”
(6) Frances Pace (~1707-) married William Green by 1725, the son of John, Sr., and brother of Robert and John, Jr.(14) William Green acquired land on Plumbtree Island in 1720 near Barnaby Melton whose wife, Mary, was a first cousin of Frances Pace. Mary was the niece of Richard Pace. William sold land in 1727 on the north side of the Morattuck (Roanoke) river in Bertie Co. that was witnessed by Barnaby Melton, Richard Moore and brother, Robert Green. John Pace, the Indian trader, and his son, John Pace, Jr., lived nearby. They were uncle and first cousin of Frances Pace Green.
(7) Tabitha Pace (~1709-1753) married John Moore (1692-1753) by 1728. Their children were: Mark, John, Isham, William, Nathaniel, Richard and Sarah James. Richard Pace and John Moore’s brother, Richard, were witnesses to John Barlow’s will in 1727 and proved the will in court in 1728 in Surry Co. John Moore was a witness for Christopher Jane in 1749 and 1751 in Northampton Co. Christopher Jane was Rebecca Poythress’ cousin. Tabitha’s brother, Thomas Pace, was one of the executors of John Moore’s will in Northampton Co.(15) John Moore named his wife, Tabitha, in his will.
(8) Mary Pace (~1711-1738) married William Johnson (~1702-~1753) by 1730. Richard Pace sold land in 1733 to John Bradford and William Johnson. William Johnson was at the Barlow estate sale in 1738 in Surry Co. as was William Johnson, Jr.(16)
(9) Sarah Pace (~1713-aft. 1739) married Lawrence House (1702-1751) by 1732. He lived north of Richard Pace and Charles Stewart in Surry Co. Lawrence and John Bartholomew were witnesses in a deed in January 1723/4 for Lawrence’s father and brother in Surry Co. John Bartholomew was Rebecca Poythress’ step-brother. Lawrence House was at the Barlow estate sale with Richard Pace and family in 1738 in Surry Co.(17) Lawrence and Charles Stewart were witnesses to a deed to John Taylor Duke in 1733 in Brunswick Co. Lawrence also processioned his property boundaries with his neighbor Charles Stewart in 1735, 1739 and 1743, in Brunswick Co. as per an Act of law. In 1737, he and Charles Stewart were appointed to lay out a road along Three Creek bridge on Hick’s road to Sweed’s bridge in Brunswick Co. Thomas House sold land in 1759, adjacent to Richard Moore’s land, to Philip Jane in Northampton Co. Philip Jane was a witness with Peter House to a deed for William House in 1759 in Northampton. Philip Jane was Rebecca Poythress’ first cousin.
(10) William Pace (~1714-1775) married Celia (-aft. 1775) by 1735. Celia was possibly the daughter of Francis and Millicent Boykin. Their children were: Winnifred Winborne, Solomon, William, Hardy, Stephen and Penelope.(18) William Pace was at the Barlow estate sale with his father in 1738 in Surry Co.(19) William sold Thomas Pace 340 acres on Urahaw swamp in 1738. Alexander Bane sold Richard Pace, Sr., of Bertie Pct., 190 acres that adjoined John Green’s line. Richard Pace established his son, William Pace, on this land and William inherited the land through his father’s will. William brought suit against William Aycock and sister, Rebecca Pace, who was executor of John Bradford’s estate, in Brunswick Co. in 1747.(20) Thomas Pace witnessed a bond for William in May, 1763, in Northampton Co. William Pace left a will in Northampton Co. naming wife, Celia. James and Ann Exum were witnesses to William’s will.
Rebecca Pace’s children, Tabitha Moore, Amy Green, Frances Green, Rebecca Aycock, William Pace, Thomas Pace and Richard Pace all lived close to one another in NC. Their lands in Northampton Co. were located between the NC and VA boundary and the Roanoke river and included Stony creek, Arthur creek and Peahill creek. Richard’s brother, John and his family, Mary Barnaby and John, Jr., lived close to Richard and his family. John died in 1726. Ann Stewart and Sarah House appear to have remained on the north side of the Virginia and North Carolina border while many of Lawrence House’s family moved among the Pace family in NC. There was a Sheriff William Johnson in Bute Co. in 1765 who subsequently appeared to have been a recorder of deeds by 1771 in Bute Co. This William Johnson may have been the husband of Mary Pace or the son of William and Mary Johnson.
(1) Bertie Pct., NC, Will of Richard Pace, Bertie Pct., NC, 13 Mar 1736/7, Feb 1738/9. Also Pace Society of America website: http://web.archive.org/web/20081002000325/http://freepages. genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pace/richpacewill.htm.
(2) Letter of Barnabas Pace written 1844-1850, in Freda Reid Turner, History of the Pace Family from Manuscripts of Miss Annie Jones (1873-1951), Barnabas Pace (1789-), Maud McClure Kelly (1887-1973) (n. p., 1995) p. 163.
(3) SurryCo., Va., Deeds, Wills, 1730-1738, p. 881, Acct. of estate of John Barlow, 16 Aug 1738.
(4) Will, Surry Co. DB6, p. 446, 1749-1753, Charles Stuart, 2 Dec 1752, 25 Sept 1753.
(5) Surry Co., Va., Deeds, Wills, 1730-1738, p. 881, Acct. of estate of John Barlow, 16 Aug 1738.
(6) Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome E, Jan and Feb 1944, Vol. XXI: No. 8
(7) Wills & Deeds, Brunswick Co., VA., John Bradford, 3 Nov 1732, 6 Nov 1735. The Bobbitt Family in America, John W. Bobbitt, 1985.
(8) Surry Co., Va., Deeds, Wills, 1730-1738, p. 881, Acct. of estate of John Barlow, 16 Aug 1738.
(9) Rebecca Bradford having been summoned to render an account of her administration of the estate of John Bradford deced appeared and the Court being satisfied with her administration order’d that she be discharged from rendering an account thereof at present. Brunswick Co., Court Orders, 7 May 1741, p. 431. William Pace, plt., against William Acock and Rebecca his wife, Executor, &c, of John Bradford deced. and Adam Tapley and William Poole, defts., in Chancery. The deft. Poole put in a demurrer plea and answer to the plaintiff’s Bill which is set for hearing at the next Court and on the motion of the plaintiff an attachment is awarded him against the other defendants for want of appearance. Brunswick Co. Court Orders, p. 183, 5 May 1747.
(10) https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fcharper/genealogy/JonesandWoodwards.html, Frances Cullom Morgan 2018.
(11) Wills & Deeds, Will Bk 1, p. 115, Northampton Co., NC, Thomas Pace, 4 July 1764, Feb 1765.
(12) https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fcharper/genealogy/JonesandWoodwards.html, Frances Cullom Morgan 2018.
(13) Surry Co., Va., Deeds, Wills, 1730-1738, p. 881, Acct. of estate of John Barlow, 16 Aug 1738.
(14) https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~fcharper/genealogy/JonesandWoodwards.html, Frances Cullom Morgan 2018.
(15) NC Wills & Court Records, Probate files, 1679-1775, Northampton Co., NC, John Moore, 1 Sept 1753, Nov 1753.
(16) Surry Co., Va., Deeds, Wills, 1730-1738, p. 881, Acct. of estate of John Barlow, 16 Aug 1738.
(17) SurryCo., Va., Deeds, Wills, 1730-1738, p. 881, Acct. of estate of John Barlow, 16 Aug 1738.
(18) Wills & Deeds, Northampton Co., NC, William Pace, 14 May 1772, Dec 1775.
(19) Surry Co., Va., Deeds, Wills, 1730-1738, p. 881. Acct. of estate of John Barlow, 16 Aug 1738.
(20) William Pace, plt., against William Acock and Rebecca his wife, Executor, &c, of John Bradford deced. and Adam Tapley and William Poole, defts., in Chancery. The deft. Poole put in a demurrer plea and answer to the plaintiff’s Bill which is set for hearing at the next Court and on the motion of the plaintiff an attachment is awarded him against the other defendants for want of appearance. Brunswick Co. Court Orders, p. 183, 5 May 1747.
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