Where did they come from?
POSSIBLY from a GLOUCESTERSHIRE PACE family
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Here in this column are the PACE Christenings from the parish register Batch Number: C035081 PREES, Shropshire contains abt 48 PACE Christenings JONE PACE Female Christening: 18 MAY 1600 Prees, Shropshire Father: RD. PACE MARGARET PACE Christening: 15 SEP 1604 Prees, Shropshire Father: THOMAS PACE ROBERT PACE Christening: 08 JUN 1606 Prees, Shropshire Father: RICHARD PACE at this point - above, we have THOMAS & RICHARD PACE as fathers in Christenings and I'd like to make awareness of THOMAS & RICHARD Christenings 20/25 years earlier at WESTBURY on Severn where their young sister JONE died at age of four months. SINCE this RD. PACE (assume to be RICHARD) at PREES, Shropshire, named his daughter JONE. This similarity of given names in both parishes, 20/25 years apart, indicate the possibility, these may be the same people from WESTBURY showing up at PREES, the THOMAS & RICHARD were two of the earliest Paces at Prees so it's natural to wonder where they may have come from. DORYTY PACE Christening: 20 DEC 1612 Prees, Shropshire Father: GRIFFETH PACE JOHN PACE Christening: 24 APR 1615 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROLAND PACE GEORGE PACE Christening: 24 AUG 1616 Prees, Shropshire Death: 16 AUG 1617 Father: ROWLAND PACE JOSUAH PACE Christening: 07 JUN 1618 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROWLAND PACE GYDDYON PACE Christening: 04 JUN 1620 Prees, Shropshire Father: RICHARD PACE could father:Richard be an error? It shows up once, around this date last date 1606 MARGARET PACE Christening: 01 NOV 1620 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROWLAND PACE JOHN PACE Christening: 07 JUL 1622 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROBERT PACE ELIZ PACE Christening: 04 MAY 1623 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROWLAND PACE MARGRET PACE Christening: 03 APR 1625 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROBERT PACE THOS. PACE Christening: 18 JUL 1625 Prees, Shropshire Death: 03 OCT 1625 Father: ROWLAND PACE PACES Male Birth: 20 NOV 1626 Prees, Shropshire Death: 20 NOV 1626 Father: ROWLAND PACES JOHN PACE Christening: 20 APR 1637 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE MARGRT PACE Christening: 11 DEC 1645 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDDION PACE RD PACE Male Christening: 06 FEB 1649 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDDIAN PACE JOHN PACE Christening: 20 JUN 1650 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE HUGH PACE Christening: 24 JUL 1650 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDDION PACE ELIZ PACE Christening: 20 OCT 1650 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE JOHN PACE Christening: 03 OCT 1651 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE JOHN PACE Christening: 27 APR 1652 Prees, Shropshire Death: 15 DEC 1660 Father: GIDDION PACE CATHARNE PACE Christening: 18 AUG 1654 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE RICHARD PACE Birth: 03 DEC 1659 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE ISSABELL PACE Birth: 09 FEB 1657 Prees, Shropshire Christening: 17 NOV 1661 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDEON PACE ISABEL PACE Birth: 04 JUL 1657 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE GEORGE PACE Christening: 28 MAY 1670 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOSEPH PACE ROWLAND PACE Christening: 02 OCT 1676 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDEON PACE JOSEPH PACE Christening: 17 JAN 1682 Prees, Shropshire Death: 04 MAY 1683 Father: GIDEON PACE MARY PACE Christening: 03 OCT 1689 Prees, Shropshire Death: 06 JUL 1702 Father: JOSEPH PACE Mother: MARTHA SARA PACE Christening: 17 MAR 1693 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOSEPH PACE ELIZ PACE Christening: 28 OCT 1691 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOSEPH PACE Mother: MARTHA JOSEPH PACE Christening: 18 OCT 1696 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOSEPH PACE JOHN PACE Christening: 09 JUL 1709 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROWLAND PACE Mother: MARY MARY PACE Christening: 06 JUN 1712 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROWLAND PACE ANN PACE Christening: 05 DEC 1712 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROWLAND PACE THOMAS PACE Christening: 05 FEB 1714 Prees, Shropshire Death: 15 FEB 1714 Father: ROWLAND PACE Mother: MARY JOSEPH PACE Christening: 28 DEC 1722 Prees, Shropshire Father: RICHARD PACE PHEBE PACE Christening: 05 DEC 1759 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOSEPH PACE Mother: CATHERINE SARAH PACE Christening: 23 JAN 1763 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOSEPH PACE Mother: KATHERINE

Considering decades of the 1600's, one at a time, at PREES, we can get a fairly accurate idea how many PACE families may have been living in the parish. Since some PACE men seemed to have left, also an idea who may have emigrated. 1600 to 1610 RD. PACE THOMAS PACE RICHARD PACE registered as father in Christenings at Prees. The RD PACE may very well be RICHARD PACE. This needs attention because, the following decade, 1610 to 1620, appears a ROLAND PACE as father in registered Christenings. RD.PACE could be ROLAND as well as RICHARD. Differentiation may apply, looking at number of years ROWLAND PACE continued as father in registered Christenings at Prees, 1615 to 1626. 1610 to 1620 GRIFFETH PACE The name GRIFFETH may come from the nearby WELSH town WREXHAM where the name was popular ROLAND PACE RICHARD PACE 1620 to 1630 ROWLAND PACE ROBERT PACE ROBERT was likely Christened Jun 1606 son of RICHARD PACE ROBERT having son JOHN PACE Chr.1622 and daughter MARGARET PACE Chr.1625 ROBERT passes from history at this point and may have emigrated. 1630-1640 JOHN PACE This JOHN PACE was likely Christened Apr 1615 son of ROLAND PACE and had a son JOHN PACE Chr.APR 1637 1640-1650 JOHN PACE GIDDION PACE 1650-1660 JOHN PACE GIDDION PACE GIDDION PACE was likely Christened JUN 1620 son of RICHARD PACE This GIDDEON appeared to have a large PACE family that seemed to remain in the parish MARGARET PACE Dec 1645 RD.PACE Feb 1649 HUGH PACE Jul 1650 JOHN PACE Chr 1652 dead Dec 1660 ISSABELL PACE birth Feb.1657 Chr.Nov 1661 ROWLAND PACE Oct.1676 JOSEPH PACE Chr.1682 dead May 1683 1660-1670 GIDDION PACE JOSEPH PACE 1670-1680 GIDDION PACE JOSEPH PACE 1680-1690 JOSEPH PACE 1700-1722 ROWLAND PACE RICHARD PACE 1750-1770 JOSEPH PACE At this point 1750-1770 the PACE families seemed to disappear from St. Chads parish at Prees. GEORGE PACE Chr.1670 my 6X great grandfather IGI record says 'father Joseph' migrated to NORBURY, Staffordshire, married 1693, married again 1709 at RANTON, Staffordshire and settled at SHARESHILL Staffordshire around the 1720's. Were JOSEPH PACE & MARTHA of 1680-90 Christenings GEORGE PACE's parents? Not likely but where did this JOSEPH, come from? There is no Christening in Prees PRs about 25 years earlier. GEORGE PACE named his first child Chr 19 Aug 1694 MARGARET PACE. This makes some sence. JOSEPH PACE's wife was MARGARET PALMER. Marriage in HIGH ERCALL records. A 1653 PACE-PALMER marriage is recorded at HIGH ERCALL in 1653. I believe this couple to be my 7X great grandparents. Notice the spelling of the name, JOSHUAH JOSHUAH PACE Spouse: MARGARETTE PALLMER Marriage: 04 MAR 1653 High Ercall married 04 MAR 1653 HIGH ERCALL, Shropshire NOTE the father's name varies from this in Christenings in nearby parish records * ANNE PACE - Chr 02 NOV 1655 RODINGTON, Shropshire - Father: JOSEH PACE * JOHN PACE - Chr 22 Sep 1665 WROCKWARDINE, Shropshire - Father JOSEPH PACE - Mother MARGARET - P006621 * GEORGE PACE - Chr 28 May 1670 PREES, Shropshire - Father: JOSEPH PACE - Mother not mentioned but George's 1st child also named MARGARET It was necessary to scour all available parish registers in the area to conclude that this was the likely family, not absolute but there is nothing further to look up. and the names given to his children in the 1690's matched up with names JOHN PACE of Middlesex Co. Virginia, also gave his children. With little else to consider, these are important facts. At this point Some researhers in America may look at Christening names of George's children and John's children in the 1690's and see very close selection of the names given. Apart from the DNA match of descendents of this JOHN PACE and myself, there is nothing further to go by on the English side. In American colonies, people took land patents to establish ownership of land so there are records to look up and prove such matters. The same was not so in Shropshire. Maybe an important fact. This is why people emigrated, to own their own land. In England, the land was owned by the Lord, baron, Laird in Scotland. Emigration was encouraged, people were told they could own their own farm in the colonies. It is important to think of others of this PACE family of Prees, who may have also emigrated from ENGLAND to elsewhere. There is the JOHN PACE ye sonne of JOHN of Hunger's parish on the peninsula of the Chesapeake Bay, near to the Middlesex Paces. the record book of Hungers Parish in Northampton County, Virginia, a record of Baptismal for the year beginning March 25, 1661.... Then follows the names of six children baptized, one of which is 'John Pace ye sonne of Jno. [John] and Mary Pace' on the 28th of April, 1661." This record implies John (Sr.) was born 1644 or earlier. His earlier birth is also implied by the contents of the detailed inventory of his estate as shown by Bruce. This John died 1/20/1720/21 in Middlesex, VA and named eight children in his will as follows: Sarah b 4/24/1694, Joseph, Sr. b 1698, Benjamin b abt 1700, Margaret b 3/15/1701/02, Mary b 7/23/1704, Jane 9/22/1706, Newsome b 2/6/1707/08, William b 3/25/1711, George b 1/15/1713/14. Birth dates have been added from my records. These were children by John's second wife, Elizabeth, surname probably Newsome. As stated above, his son, John Jr. was born by his first wife, Mary. His third wife was also a Mary and is associated with the administration of his estate.

The PACE lineage - Theoretical In the fist two decades of 1600 - there was a RICHARD or RD, GRIFFITH, THOMAS, ROLAND PACE 1 RD PACE I'll assume this is RICHARD; shows up again in 1849 GIDDION's son RD. 2 JONE PACE Female Chr 18 MAY 1600 Prees, Shropshire 2 ROBERT PACE Chr 08 JUN 1606 Prees, Shropshire 3 JOHN PACE Chr 07 JUL 1622 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROBERT PACE 4 JOHN PACE Chr 20 JUN 1650 Prees, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE ELIZ PACE Chr 20 OCT 1650 PREES, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE CATHARNE PACE Female Chr 18 AUG 1654 PREES, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE ISABEL PACE Birth: 04 JUL 1657 PREES, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE RICHARD PACE Birth: 03 DEC 1659 PREES, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE 3 MARGRET PACE Chr 03 APR 1625 Prees, Shropshire Father: ROBERT PACE 1 THOMAS PACE 2 MARGARET PACE Chr 15 SEP 1604 Prees, Shropshire 1 ROWLAND PACE 2 JOHN PACE Chr 24 APR 1615 PREES, Shropshire Father: ROLAND PACE 3 JOHN PACE Chr 20 APR 1637 PREES, Shropshire Father: JOHN PACE 2 GEORGE PACE Chr 24 AUG 1616 Prees, Shropshire Death: 16 AUG 1617 2 JOSUAH PACE Chr 07 JUN 1618 Prees, Shropshire 2 MARGARET PACE Chr 01 NOV 1620 Prees, Shropshire 2 ELIZ PACE Chr 04 MAY 1623 Prees, Shropshire 2 THOS. PACE Chr 18 JUL 1625 Prees, Shropshire Death: 03 OCT 1625 2 PACES Male Birth: 20 NOV 1626 Prees, Shropshire Death: 20 NOV 1626 1 RICHARD PACE 2 GYDDYON PACE Chr 04 JUN 1620 Prees, Shropshire Father: RICHARD PACE 3 MARGRT PACE Chr 11 DEC 1645 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDDION PACE 3 RD PACE Male Chr 06 FEB 1649 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDDIAN PACE 3 HUGH PACE Christening: 24 JUL 1650 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDDION PACE 3 JOHN PACE Christening: 27 APR 1652 Prees, Shropshire Death: 15 DEC 1660 Father: GIDDION PACE 3 ISSABELL PACE Birth: 09 FEB 1657 Prees, Shropshire Christening: 17 NOV 1661 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDEON PACE 3 ROWLAND PACE Christening: 02 OCT 1676 Prees, Shropshire Father: GIDEON PACE MARRIAGE ROWLAND PACE + MARY BARNET this BARNET family may connect to the BARNET family of RICHARD who married MARY PACE 1720 at RANTON Staffordshire daughter of GEORGE PACE & MARY COTTERELL - Marriage M035081 Date: 15 Aug 1708 - Recorded at Prees, Shropshire * JOHN PACE - Christening: 9 Jul 1709 Prees * MARY PACE - Christening: 6 Jun 1712 Prees * ANN PACE - Christening: 5 Dec 1712 Prees * THOMAS PACE - Christening: 5 Feb 1714 Prees 3 JOSEPH PACE Christening: 17 JAN 1682 Prees, Shropshire Death: 04 MAY 1683 Father: GIDEON PACE A descendent in US writes: My ancestry goes through John H Pace (1721/22-1790) and I have documentation that he rendered patriotic service by supplying Wahington's troops. It is controversial whether the William that was Washington's guard was his son, but if this is true, then the son may have been the contact for the transfer of supplies. I've been reading on Wales. It was never a really unified "country" as Scotland was, with a common ruler, but rather was divided into kingdoms, often at war with one another. There was however a brief period when one of the kings was recognized as suzerain over all of Wales (suzerainty implies that the rulers of the kingdoms have recognized him as supreme king but without giving up their right to rule their areas, so he has little control over them.) So in the political sense there was never really a "Wales". However, there was at one time a Welsh legal code that came to be recognized by all of the kingdoms which was distinct from English common law and was derived from Celtic, rather than Anglo-Saxon, origins. Devolution is occurring in both Scotland and Wales. "Devolution" means that the central government of the United Kingdom (parliament)allows a local legislature to be elected and grants it certain powers. In Scotland, this has gone pretty far and some Scots want to break off and form a separate country with links to the British Commonwealth like Canada has. Wales hasn't gone that far yet, and devolution is very recent there, but they do have a legislature and that now implies that there is a definite border. That legislature only has power over certain things, as decreed by Parliament. Interestingly, the Celtic laws that developed earlier in Wales gave more importance to women than English law did, and actually in the present legislature the women have a majority of one--31 and 30, if I remember correctly, the only legislative body in the world with a female majority. Devolution is not statehood, as the central government can withdraw it at any time, unlike our states, and parliament tells the Welsh legislature what subjects they are allowed to legislate on, and what they can't. But it is widely viewed as a step to greater independence. Roy Johnson-Missouri