The PEES, a German family,

migrated to America (New Jersey). After a generation they adopted the name PACE. A William got into trouble selling goods to the British and as the story goes, left the US and went to Canada (Ontario) - Jack Pace - Williamsburg VA

Johannes had three sons
who came to America after 1700

• Hans Michael b. 1691
• Hans Jorg b. 1687
• and Hans Nickel

Hans Michael Pees changed his name to Pace soon after arriving in America (New Jersy) because Pace was the approximate pronunciation of Pees in Germany. Michael had several sons and the descendants were very prolific in producing offspring and were instrumental in founding the Mormon Church in Utah. On the other hand, the other two sons of Johannes did not change their name to Pace. - GWPACE

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Hans Michael Pees of Baumholder, Prussia
Baumholder church records show

1. Johann Wilhelm Pace as the younger brother of
   
2. Johann Michael and
   
3. Johann Daniel.

- Scott AARON - descendent

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Michael emigrated with three brothers,
Daniel, James Abraham and Wilhelm

Daniel Pace b. 7/12/1734 m. Marie Barbara in NJ was on the tax rolls of Tawkerburg Twp., Hunterdon Co, NJ in 1780.

This is the same place where Frederick Eveland Pace was born abt. 1807! The other brothers were some distance to the northeast in German Valley, Morris Co, NJ. The only known child of this Daniel Pace is John Frederick Pace b. 7/2/1770. Perhaps Michael (b. 1774) was a brother of John Frederick.

From what I have seen posted so far I can't tell if Frederick's middle name was actually Eveland. If it wasn't then he probably wasn't a son of Michael and Annie. This would open the possibility that he was a son of John Frederick Pace. It is not known what became of Daniel Pace.

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• Johann Michael Pace b July 1 1732 Baumholder
  He is buried along with others of his family
  in Center Moreland, Wyoming County, PA.
• Johann Daniel Pace b July 12, 1734 Baumholder
• Johann Wilhelm born Oct 9 1739 Baumholder

the only known Paces in New Jersey prior to 1800
were sons of Hans Michael Pees of Baumholder, Prussia

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1 HANS MICHAEL PEES b 21 Apr 1691 - 1749
emmigrated to US
+ MARIA MARGARETHE FREYSSEN - more info

• 2 JOHANN DANIEL PACE - b 12 Jul 1734 in Baumholder - it is not known for certain that Johann Daniel PACE married Elizabeth JONES. It is based on death cert. of JOHN PACE 1824-1902 stating his mother as ELIZABETH JONES and the lack of any other Paces in NJ at that time.
  + ELIZABETH JONES
  • 3 JOHN PACE - born Elizabeth NJ 1824 died 1902
    according to his death certificate, his mother's name was ELIZABETH JONES. His father's name is not mentioned. Family records indicate that he was born in ELIZABETH, NJ and moved to LUZERNE County, PA at the age of 12 around 1836 to join other family members.
  • the only known records are that he was in HUNTERDON Co NJ in 1780 and had a son, John Frederick Pace b 1770. It is not known if they had any other descendants.
  
  
  
• 2 JOHANN MICHAEL PACE - b July 1 1732
  + ANN MARGARET WELSCH - m abt. 1757 German Valley, MORRIS Co NJ. Other records show that Johann Michael Pace took his family from MORRIS Co, NJ to LUZERNE Co, PA in the year 1783
  
  
• 2 JOHANN WILHELM PACE - Baumholder church records show JOHANN WILHELM PACE as the younger brother of Johann MICHAEL and Johann DANIEL. - Scott AARON - also a NJ certificate of Jacob SOVEREIGN noted that Michael's father, WILLIAM PACE supported the British cause during the American Revolution - so this may indicate who the father was.
  + MAGDALENA / MADELENA
  
  
  • 3 MICHAEL WILLIAM PACE - born NJ 1781
    Records regarding Michael Pace (that married Annie Eveland) list that his father William was a loyalist (unlike Johann Michael). NOTE: - "On Dec 2, 1811 Michael Pace filed a land petition requesting a lease on Lot 11, Con 7, Chalotteville Twp. An attached certificate of Jacob Sovereign noted that Michael's father, WILLIAM PACE supported the British cause during the American Revolution and "lost a handsome property which was possessed in New Jersey at the commencement of the American War."
    
    This coincides with the 1964 Pace memo that supposes the William Pace that was arrested for "provisioning the enemy" was William Pace, brother of Michael and Daniel.
    
    + ANNA EVELAND - married 11 February 1801 SUSSEX Co NJ
    children - Fred, William, David, Jacob, Samuel, and John E.
    
    
    • 4 FRED EVELAND PACE - (1806-1891) - OBITUARY
      in AARON FAMILY TREE
      also see - Frederick Eveland Pace - Aaron/Hendricks
      
      - b Hunterdon Co. NJ. Carpenter - Another researcher revealed that FRED PACE's middle name was EVELAND which nearly proves that these were children of MICHAEL PACE and ANN EVELAND.
      
      + PENELOPE CHAPEL - b abt 1817 CAN
      Marriage June 11, 1834 - Frederick PACE to Penelope CHAPEL, both of Yarmouth Twp, Wit: Samuel CHAPEL-father of bride and John E. PACE - LONDON DISTRICT MARRIAGES Norsim 1995, pg 46
      - Marriages by Rev. David McKenzie
      NOTE - ages refer to 1860 census Michigan
      • 5 SAMUEL D.PACE born 1835 CAN
        + Elizabeth "Lizzie" ?
        • 6 Marie PACE b Abt 1858 Canada.
        • 6 Cora PACE b Abt 1860 Canada
          + Frank M. MALLORY
        • 6 Clara PACE b Abt 1863 Michigan

    Dr. SAMUEL D. PACE, United States Consul, Sarnia, was a native of Canada, born in the Province of Ontario April 9, 1835; his father was a native of New Jersey, and his mother was descended from a New England family. He received his literary education in Canada and in the State of Wisconsin. In early boyhood he determined to be a physician; after completing his medical studies, he came to Port Huron in 1860, and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1869, Dr. PACE was appointed by President Grant United States Consul to Port Sarnia, and since then has occupied that position. Dr. PACE was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie FREEMAN, a native of England. They have three daughters-Mattie, the eldest, is the wife of the Consular Agent at London; Cora, now Mrs. Frank MALLORY, of Detroit; Clara, now Mrs. George L. BRACKET of the city of Detroit.

    • 5 ELIZABETH PACE 24 CAN
    • 5 WILLIAM B.PACE b 1836 Canada d 1896 Michigan
      + Emeline ? b Abt 1837 Canada d 1909
      • 6 BURTON PACE b Abt 1856 Canada.
      • 6 FRANK PACE b Abt 1866 Canada d 1943 ?
    • 5 LEONARD PACE
    • 5 MILDRED PACE
    • 5 EMMA, ANNA or ANNE PACE - 22 (b 1838 MI)
      - found listed as "Anne" in the 1850 Census with the family in RACINE, WI
      + AMARIAH TROWBRIDGE
      • 6 Frederick
      • 6 Edith
      • 6 Ethel
      • 6 William Sheridan
      • 6 Sherman
      • 6 Lafayette
      • 6 Sadie
      • 6 unknown child
    • 5 MARY MELISSA PACE born 1840 Michigan.
      + JAMES CAMPBELL m 18 NOV 1859 Port Huron
      • 6 ELMER E.CAMPBELL b 1863 Port Huron
      

      Mary Melissa Pace
      Born 1840 in Orion, MI
      daughter of
      Frederick Eveland Pace
      and Penelope Chapel

    • 5 SARAH E.PACE - b 22 DEC 1842 Canada d 14 FEB 1895 Port Huron, St.Clair Co MI
      + THOMAS DUNFORD - m Port Huron 27 AUG 1863
      b 26 JAN 1830 Oakham, Rutland, England, d 15 APR 1902 Pt Huron
      • 6 Frederick J. DUNFORD - b 24 JAN 1866 Eastmanville/Pt Huron
      + THOMAS RODGERS
      • 6 Fronia F.RODGERS - born 1861
    • 5 CLARISSA PACE 16 CAN
    • 5 JACOB PACE b 1848 Canada
      + Minerva ARNOLD born 1850 Michigan
      • 6 Leon Pace was born 1868 Michigan.
      • 6 Maude Pace was born 1873 Michigan
        + Adrian COOPER
      • 6 May Pace was born 1875 Michigan.
      • 6 Eddie Pace was born 1877 Michigan.
      • 6 Burt Pace was born 1879 Michigan.
    • 5 DANIEL E.PACE b 1850 Canada
      + Mary E. ?
      • 6 Willis PACE b Abt 1875 d 1950?
      • 6 BERR F. Pace b 1881 Michigan
    • 5 JOHN PACE 8 WI or MI
    • 5 CLARINDA PACE 6 CAN
      + 1 JAMES R. BENNETT - b 1851 England
      • 6 Gordon BENNETT born SEP 1889
      • James BENNETT born 19 OCT 1890 died 22 MAY 1891
      • Glen BENNETT born 12 AUG 1893
      • Jay BENNETT
      + 2 JOHN RUDDY
      • 6 Purley RUDDY
        born 31 JUL 1874 died 23 AUG 1879
      • 6 George RUDDY
        born 31 JAN 1876 died 19 FEB 1879
      • 6 Nellie RUDDY
        born 1878 died 28 FEB 1879
      • 6 Jenny RUDDY
        born 4 APR 1880 died 4 SEP 1881
      • 6 Frank RUDDY - born 22 OCT 1881
      • 6 Margaret RUDDY
        born 8 JUL 1884 died 9 MAY 1969 Garden City,Michigan
    • 5 LODEMA PACE - born 12 AUG 1856 CAN
      + JACKSON PADDOCK BARRITT 1852-1930
      born 27 OCT 1852 Oakland Michigan
      died 2 APR 1930
      • 6 Mabel Barritt b 1875
      • 6 Frances Barritt b 1879
      • 6 Sophrina Barritt b 1882
      • 6 Lula Barritt b 1884
      • 6 Thos. Dunford Barritt b 1887
      • 6 Jackson Barritt b 1889
      • 6 George Barritt b 1891
      • 6 Ada E. Barritt b 1894
    • 5 LORETTA PACE b 1859 5/12 MI
    • 5 MARTHA PACE b 1857 CAN
    • 4 DAVID PACE - b abt 1817
      + CATHERINE EVERITT
      • 5 HANNAH PACE
        - photo below thanks SCOTT AARON
        + DARWIN KIPP
        - m YARMOUTH Township, ELGIN County, Ontario
        See EDWARD KIPP's web site
        Ontario UEL Family
        
        
        
        HANNAH KIPP nee PACE
        DARWIN and HANNAH went to IMLAY CITY, MICHIGAN (near Port Huron) in the early 1860's eventually moving to the GRAND RAPIDS area, and this is where they are buried.
        
        
      • 5 WILLIAM PACE
        + HANNAH ALICE QUACKENBUSH
        • 6 ELIZABETH CATHERINE
          (Dolly) Lizzie 10 b.MI.
          + GEORGE A. COOLEY
        • 6 LEANDER 4 b. MI.
          + CATHERINE
          + MARGARET EMMALINE MAIRS
          m 28 Jun 1905 TACOMA Washington
      
      
      WILLIAM H. PACE
      postmaster and merchant of Kimball, Michigan, was born in YARMOUTH township, ELGIN County, (near London), Ontario, August 28, 1847. His parents were DAVID and CATHERINE (Everett) PACE, who were also natives of Ontario. The father, (David I assume) born August 28, 1816, was a millwright and came to the United States in 1862. - from Obituary
      
      REGISTER OF BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, AT ST. THOMAS, U.C., COMMENCING WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MISSION IN JULY, 1824
      Can be found online - click here
      
      
    • 4 WILLIAM PACE
      + PAULINA CHAPEL - from early registers of the
      Old Anglican Church St. THOMAS, ONTARIO
      MARRIAGE 26th Dec 1827
      WILLIAM PACE, of the Township of YARMOUTH, yeoman, and PAULINA CHAPEL, of the same township, spinster, were this day married by me, by banns. Witnesses-Noah Brookfield, John Van Sickle, Josiah Morehouse, John Pace.
      
      
      • 5 MICHAEL PACE Chr.March 10 1830 - In his marriage registration, MICHAEL PACE gives his father's name as WILLIAM PACE and his mother as PAULINA CHAPEL
        + CATHERINE DAVIS - Their marriage is on record at the Regular Baptist Church in ELGIN County 12 May 1859. MICHAEL PACE was a son of WILLIAM PACE and PAULINA CHAPEL. CATHERINE DAVIS' father was MITCHELL DAVIS, her mother's name is not given on the marriage registration.
        • 6 WILLIAM JOHN PACE
        WILLIAM JOHN is found with his parents and siblings THOMAS and SARAH JANE in the 1871 Lambton, Ontario census. By the 1881 census, he has left home, his widowed father and siblings are in the 1881 Sarnia Lambton census and is found in the Bruce City, Bruce, Ontario census, age 18, and a 'sailor'. I think he was working the lake (Erie) between Ontario and Ohio and this is where the confusion re his birthplace comes in. He probably lived there sometime after 1881 before returning to Canada.
        
        + MARGARET TIERNEY 1868-1944
        MARGARET Malima (Maggie) TIERNEY born 13 Aug 1868 VANCOUVER WASHINGTON State US where her family lived and father worked at the time. She died in TORONTO 1944.
        
        PACE-TIERNEY in ALBERTA Canada
        PACE-TIERNEY in Goldrush era
        
        
      • 5 CALVIN PACE 1830-1908 born March 4 1830 Chr.March 10 1830 along with his brother MICHAEL. CALVIN married RACHEL SKINNER Dec 2 1862 in ELGIN County, CALVIN died in ELGIN CO. ONTARIO May 15 1908
        + RACHEL SKINNER 1840-1943 (103)
        • 6 MARTHA J. PACE born c.1863
          + JOHN ASBURY
        • 6 JESSIE EVELINE PACE born c.1866 Ontario married 1885
          + MARSHALL OATMAN
        • 6 ARTHUR A. PACE born abt.1870
          He was a Doctor in Iowa. married
          + DAISY ALICE They had no children
        • 6 INEZ MARY PACE born 1872, married 1898
          + JOSEPH BAXTER
        • 6 CALVIN AUGUSTUS PACE born 1875 married 1898
          + BERTHA LEWIS
        • 6 JOHN BURGESS PACE born 1878
          + SIGNA ANDERSON
          - message from descendent
        • 6 GRACE BEATRICE PACE born 1881
      
      
    • 4 JACOB PACE
      + MARGARET McLEAN - b 1812 Wentworth Co ON (Hamilton, Ontario)
      Marriage.-December 29th, 1829-Jacob Pace, Cooper, and Margaret McLean, spinster, both of the Township of Yarmouth, were this day married by me, by banns. Witnesses - John Pace, Wm. Parker, Henry Petty
      • 5 Ellen Jane
      • 5 David
      • 5 Mary
      • 5 Ann
      • 5 Nancy Catherine
        + Simeon Jarvis THAYER
      • 5 George W.
      • 5 Frederick
      
      
      
    • 4 SAMUEL PACE
      + SUSAN WHITE
      
      
    • 4 JOHN E. PACE
      + AMY BULLOCK
      Marriage August 20, 1834 - John Pace to Amy Bullock, both of Yarmouth, Wit: Michael Pace and David Striker - LONDON DISTRICT MARRIAGES, 1795-1841, Norsim 1995, pg 46 - Marriages by Rev. David McKenzie

COOLEY and QUACKENBUSH names
also show in cemetery at CARRING PLACE, Ontario
This cemetery is 2 miles south of TRENTON, Ontario which is about 200 miles east of YARMOUTH Twp of ELGIN County which is about half way between TORONTO and DETROIT

CARRYING PLACE is basically on Lake Ontario and was a place where Indians would carry their canoes or portage from Lake ONTARIO to BAY of QUINTE on way to SENECA Nation in FINGER LAKES of NEW YORK State. BAY of QUINTE area of ONTARIO was also a gathering place for United Empire Loyalists.

Click on QUACKENBUSH and you will see 1871 census collection of QUACKENBUSH for Ontario, they were almost all in NORTHUMBERLAND County around CARRYING PLACE/BRIGHTON, Ontario.

This means that WILLIAM PACE son of Fred & Penelope PACE, who married Hannah Alice QUACKENBUSH must have returned to the Carrying Place area as his parents married in the Yarmouth Twp area in 1834.
find ROCHESTER NY on your map and look directly north, across the lake.

Notes and supporting info

"Early Germans of New Jersey"

"There was a Wilhelm Pace in this vicinity
(referring to the location of Michael Pace)
who had a wife Magdalena."

The book then mentions the possibility of Wilhelm being Michael & Daniel Pace's brother. This shows that the William Pace of the area mentioned elsewhere was actually a "Wilhelm" which seems to prove that this William Pace was actually Johann Wilhelm Pace, younger brother of Johann Michael and Johann Daniel.

2) In looking at Frederick Eveland Pace's 1840 Census record in Orion, Michigan, I stumbled across Samuel and John Pace living right next to eachother. So apparently not only did Frederick E. Pace come to Orion, but 2 of his brothers. I'm making an educated guess here that they probably chose Orion as a relocation spot because some brother's of Samuel Chapel (Penelope's father) and possibly Samuel himself (a little hard to make out) were living in Orion by 1830, so they already had family connections in town.
Scott

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Information provided by Scott Aaron, on this site and elsewhere, helps identify the ancestry of some Paces in 1800's ONTARIO, Canada - HASTINGS County and Yarmouth Township, of ELGIN County, LAMBETH County all in the Province of ONTARIO, Canada. These Paces arrived in Ontario in the early 1800's. Many of them later settled near PORT HURON, Michigan which is directly across the Saint Clair River from SARNIA, Ontario which is in LAMBETH County

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I have been searching for my gggrandfather's ancestors without great success, though I have been enjoying "the hunt."

JOHN PACE was born 1824 and died 1902.
His mother's name, according to his death certificate, was ELIZABETH JONES. His father's name is not mentioned. Family records indicate that he was born in Elizabeth, NJ and moved to Luzerne County, PA at the age of 12.

The only other Paces I have found in the LUZERNE & WYOMING counties PENNSYLVANIA at that time were

MICHAEL PACE

2 HANS MICHAEL PEES b Apr 21, 1691
MARIA MARGARETHA FREYSSEN
and his descendents, including his son,

• 3 MICHAEL PACE who married
  ANNA WELCH,
  and his grandson
  
  
• 4 MICHAEL PACE who married
  ELIZABETH JONES
  
  
• 5 JOHN PACE 1824-1902

MICHAEL and ELIZABETH struck me as a likely pair, particularly since they lived at the right time to produce JOHN. However, they already lived in PENNSYLVANIA at the time of JOHN's birth, and all records I have seen of their progeny list their first child born a year or two after JOHN's birth. Of course, they could have returned to NEW JERSEY where MICHAEL had relatives for the birth of an out-of-wedlock child, and then left him with those relatives. Or perhaps JOHN descended from one of the relatives left behind in NEW JERSEY. Or perhaps JOHN did not descend from the immigrant, Michael Pace.

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A key piece of information is that a
MICHAEL PACE married ANNA EVELAND
on February 11, 1801 in SUSSEX Co NEW JERSEY.

Other records seem to indicate that the children of
MICHAEL and ANNA were:

• FRED PACE who married PENELOPE CHAPEL,
• WILLIAM PACE who married PAULINA CHAPEL,
• DAVID PACE who married CATHERINE EVERITT,
• JACOB PACE who married MARGARET McLEAN,
• SAMUEL PACE who married SUSAN WHITE, and
• JOHN E. PACE who married AMY BULLOCK.

The marriage date of MICHAEL suggests that he was born about 1780. According to my records, the only known Paces in NEW JERSEY prior to 1800 were two sons of HANS MICHAEL PEES of Baumholder, Prussia, namely, Johann Michael Pace, b. 1728 and Johann Daniel Pace, b. 1734, along with their families. Johann Wilhelm Pace BAUMHOLDER church records show Johann Wilhelm Pace as the younger brother of Johann Michael and Johann Daniel. - Scott AARON

These two emigrated to New Jersey about 1750. Johann Michael Pace married Ann Margaret Welsch abt. 1757 in German Valley MORRIS County NJ. SARAH E. PACE at right SCOTT AARON - photos

He had a son, Michael William Pace, born in NJ in 1781, consistent with the probable birth date of the above Michael. Other records show that Johann Michael Pace took his family from Morris Co, NJ to Luzerne Co, PA in the year 1783.

If Michael William Pace is the one who married Anna Eveland, it would mean that Michael, for some reason, traveled east from Luzerne Co, PA to Sussex Co, NJ about 1800 in order to marry Anna, and that they soon afterward moved to Ontario, Canada rather than return to Luzerne Co, PA. (Luzerne Co, PA and Sussex Co, NJ were not far apart)

What convinces me that Michael William Pace (son of Johann Michael Pace) was the one who married Anna Eveland is the following:

There were no other known Paces in northern New Jersey at the time of the marriage. The death certificate of David Pace of Yarmouth (son of Michael Pace and Anna Eveland) indicated that his father was from New Jersey. The 1871 census record for this David (Hastings Co., Ontario) shows that his ethnic origin was German, which would be Prussian at the time of emigration. This means that he was a descendant of the first Prussian emigrant, Johnann Michael Pace, or his brother, Johann Daniel Pace. Johann Daniel Pace is a loose string as the only known records are that he was in Hunterdon Co, NJ in 1780 and had a son, John Frederick Pace, b. 1770. It is not known if they had any other descendants.

Does anyone have info to clarify this delimma?
Gordon W. Pace

Maybe !! - there seemed to be TWO DAVID PACES in HASTINGS County, both from the US. One born about 1815 according to the 1871 census of Ontario, the other born about 1802 according to the 1881 census.

They could possibly be from the same extended PACE family.

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DAVID W PACE
may or may not have a connection to this PACE family
DAVID W PACE - a widower - lived in HASTINGS County in 1881. His wife MELINDA is buried nearby in CARRYING PLACE Cemetery along Highway #33 about 2 miles south of TRENTON, Ontario - almost in Prince Edward County.

from the grave stone

MELINDA PACE
WIFE of DW PACE
died 20 January 1864
aged 57 years 9 months

born abt Apr 1806
DAVID W PACE remained in SIDNEY township showing in 1881 census 17 years after wife's death when he was 79 years of age.

1881 census
SIDNEY Township
HASTINGS County West
ONTARIO CANADA

John HOOPLE M M 47 Dutch Ontario
    Occ: Blacksmith Religion: C. Methodist
Elizabeth HOOPLEF M 43 Dutch Ontario
    Religion: E. Methodist
Gordon HOOPLE M 19 Dutch Ontario
    Occ: Blacksmith Religion: E. Methodist
William B HOOPLE M 17 Dutch Ontario
    Occ: Miller Religion: E. Methodist
David W PACE M W 79 Dutch USA

1871 census of Ontario
COUNTY of HASTINGS
SIDNEY Township

PACE, DAVID
Age [56] Birthplace [UNITED STATES]
Religion [CP] Ethnic Origin [GERMAN]
District [60] Sub District [A] Division Page [1] Page [25]
County [HASTINGS] Description [Sidney Township.]

This DAVID PACE would be born about 1815 and fit the birth date for the DAVID PACE that married CATHERINE EVERITT

DW Pace remained in the Sydney Township area,
even as a widower at 79 years of age.

It's interesting, son WILLIAM of DAVID & CATHERINE married a QUACKENBUSH, a popular name around CARRYING PLACE where MELINDA PACE was buried in 1864. Click on this to see QUACKENBUSH name 1871 census of ONTARIO - mainly in the tri-county area of ONTARIO - Hastings, Northumberland, Prince Edward counties - Carrying Place is in SIDNEY Township of HASTINGS County, Ontario.

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September 27, 2002

I hope this may help:

REGISTER OFL
BAPTISMS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS
AT ST. THOMAS, U.C., COMMENCING WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MISSION IN JULY, 1824.

These are records from the early registers of
the Old Anglican church in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada.
In the records below, YARMOUTH means YARMOUTH TOWNSHIP
in what is now ELGIN COUNTY.

Can be found online at:
http://www.tbaytel.net/bmartin/stthomas.htm

1. Marriage.- St.Thomas, 26th December, 1827-William Pace, of the Township of Yarmouth, yeoman, and Paulina Chapel, of the same township, spinster, were his day married by me, by banns. Witnesses-Noah Brookfield, John Van Sickle, Josiah Morehouse, John Pace.

2. Marriage.-December 29th, 1829-Jacob Pace, Cooper, and Margaret McLean, spinster, both of the Township of Yarmouth, were this day married by me, by banns. Witnesses-John Pace, Wm. Parker, Henry Petty.

Also, from:

LONDON DISTRICT MARRIAGES, 1795-1841
Norsim 1995, pg 46 - Marriages by Rev. David McKenzie;

3. Marriage June 11, 1834 - Frederick Pace to Penelope Chapel, both of Yarmouth, Wit: Samuel Chapel and John E. Pace.

4. Marriage August 20, 1834 - John Pace to Amy Bullock, both of Yarmouth, Wit: Michael Pace and David Striker.

Does anyone know anything about
the family of JACOB PACE in item 2 above?
Fred Prong
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September 28, 2002
In Reply to:
Re: Pace's of St Clair Count MI (by way of Ontario)
by CF Prong

GENFORUM REPLY I think I am descended from JACOB PACE and his wife MARGARET McLEAN of YARMOUTH Township, ELGIN County Ontario through their daughter NANCY CATHERINE PACE who married SIMEON JARVIS THAYER. It is likely that GEORGE THAYER, a brother, married MARY A PACE, a sister to NANCY.

I have been searching these ancestors for years with limited luck. My best guess at this time is that MARGARET McLEAN was born about 1815 in Ontario to JOHN McLEAN (possibly an immigrant born in Europe) and LUCY FFRENCH (probable daughter of Henry French UEL but born in USA and a grandson of the well known Samuel French the joiner of Huntington CT) and that Jacob was born about 1800-1810 married 1829 and died before 1861.

I have seen indications that the ancestors of Jacob were in Canada due to their loyalist background and may have come from New Jersey. I have looked at possible parents as Michael and Annie but the dates do not seem right to match with Michael Pace of Long Valley Morris Co NJ married to Annie Margaret Welch or Welsch. One record I found says their Jacob was born in 1778.

Much of my conjecture was formulated from study of Canadian census information of 1842 1861 and 1871. Living in 1861 in Yarmouth was a widow named Annie Pace who was 87 yrs old and who was born in USA. This could be Annie Margaret Welch if the date issues can be resolved. Michael Pace was listed as father of a Jacob Pace in the 1842 Yarmouth census. I hope someone can build on this and that more solid info can be found to help prove or disprove this conjecture.

Richard Thayer
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