Subject: [PACE-L] Record 3
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 From: "Ruth Clark" - rclark@ancestry.com
To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com

Record 3 Original at Library of Congress

A Courte held the VIIIth day of May 1626,
beinge present S’r ffrancis Wyatt, knight, governor, Capt. ffrancis West, Capt. Roger Smith, Capt. Samuel Matthews, Mr. William Cleyborne.

“Y’t is ordered y’t Sara Maycock for fower servants brought over in the Abigaill 1622 uppon the accompt of Mr. Samuell Maycock shall have two hundred acres of lande to be taken upp by her in any place not formerly taken upp.”

If this record referred to a child Sara, it would be done by her guardian. Sara is not a child, this record refers to an adult single woman. (unmarried or widow). Married woman could not appear in court WITHOUT the consent of their husband. Married woman did not own any thing, including the clothes on their backs, their time or energy, etc. This was all handled by her husband.

I suggested several years ago this Sara is the widow of Samuel Maycock.

For further reading on this subject may I suggest:

Greenwood, Val D.
“The Researcher’s Guide to American Genealogy” 2nd edition,
Genealogy Publish Company, Baltimore, 1990 Salmon, Marylynn “Women and the Law of Property in Early America”,
The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1986

Shammas, Carole, Marylynn Salmon and Michel Dahlin
“Inheritance in America from Colonial Times to the Present”.
Rugers University Press, New Brunswick, 1987.

I have these three in my library and will be glad to loan them to serious researchers if they are not available on interlibrary loan from your local library.

Also read the following:
(I understand these are available on CD ROM at a very reasonable price.)

The Records of the Virginia Company of London
edited by Susan Kingsbury

The Journals of the House of Burgess of Virginia and The Minutes of the Council and General court of colonial Viorgiia
Both are edited by H. H. McIlwaine.

There are several volumes in each of these three series of books.
Ruth Keys Clark, Kansas

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Subject: Re: [PACE-L] Pace Book
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999
From: "Betty A. Pace" - bapace2@juno.com To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com

I do a lot of English and Welsh research, and I have read that frequently in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, the wife kept her maiden name, sometimes as a middle name and sometimes as a surname. Surnames were not fixed so firmly even into the 1600s so it was often necessary to distinguish which Sarah Pace by denoting the Sarah Pace who formerly was Sarah Maycocke by just continuing to say "Sarah Maycocke." You can see this on old legal documents and even on the old tombstone inscriptions.

Very very frequently 13-14 year olds were mothers back then, without or within wedlock. Boys were often working like men at age 14-15, and thus in a position to support a wife in some low level type of poverty, which was the lot of most people then in England (and all over Europe). They were farmers, herders, apprentice artisans and practitioners. The middle class as we understand it did not really exist until after the Industrial Revolution, and really not until the 20th century, when education finally became available for all classes.

Betty Pace, Norfolk, Virginia

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 HeyMurph1@aol.com writes:

referring to Sarah Maycocke and the fact that she would have been around 13-14 at the time of the birth of Richard. In fact, many girls married quite young and did indeed have children at very early ages. This was done throughout history in larger families. The girls were often married off so that the responsibility of taking care of them would fall upon the new husband.. I am not saying that Bruce is wrong in his assumption. I am just saying that the reasoning (her age) is no proof against her being the wife. I also know that Bruce mentions the fact that Sara is referred to as "Mrs. Sara Maycocke," by her son. Once again I do not dispute what Bruce's conclusion is, but to add the sentence- "How in the world anyone could conceive the notion that this wording in the above document would denote her maiden name is beyond me."

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Subject: [PACE-L] George Pace/Sarah Maycocke
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999
From: HeyMurph1@aol.com To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com

I contacted the Jamestown society about the information Bruce presented in his book. His belief being that George did not marry Sarah Maycocke. Their response was that they are absolutely positive that Sarah Maycocke was the wife of George Pace.

I received the same response from "First families of America."

If indeed Bruce is right, then several imminent publications need to be notified, starting with Encyclopedia Brittanica, as well as every other "secondary" source I have been able to get my hands on. I have read all of the reasons the Bruce gave (at least a dozen times) to get a clear picture of his thinking. I understand what his line of thinking is, but I don't believe that the picture is accurate.
Carolyn

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Subject: [PACE-L] George's wife
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999
From: HeyMurph1@aol.com To: PACE-L@rootsweb.com

If indeed Bruce is right, then a search needs to be made further than just the closest plantation. He suggests Sarah Snow because she was living next door in 1623. It is not mentioned where she was living at any time after that. The history of Jamestown states that during the early years of the colony that Jamestown was the "social, religious, and political center" of that whole area. I would rather doubt that George Pace just stayed at home tending to the plantation. If there was something to do on a Saturday night, then he had to cross to Jamestown. I would not be surprised if colonists from most the outlying regions, traveled into Jamestown on a fairly regular basis. The only school was there as well as the only Church. This means that George would have come into contact with any Sarah in the colony at some time.

When I wrote to the different societies it was for interest sake only. The question I posed to them was "If they had definitive proof that George's mother was Sarah Maycock, daughter of Samuel- would they pass it along." Their responses were that they were "absolutely certain." And no they did not go into details. This could be because they have no more proof and do not want to be bothered. It could also be that they do want me- a non member- asking questions. Perhaps if I joined on my other lines they would be more amenable.

The following two societies also accept membership through Richard and George Pace descendants and Samuel Maycocks descendants through his daughter's marriage to George Pace. (that is how they state it).

"Colonial Dames of the 17th Century" national number 456 and 799
"National Society Daughters of Freedom and Patriots of America" national number 4215
"Georgia Society of the Founders and Patriots of America"
"First Families of America"

I can attempt to contact the above societies, but am afraid that they will not respond to a non member.

Carolyn