PACE / PEACE surname - area of WHITCHURCH Shropshire, nearby Cheshire
and related surnames - of north Shropshire area
showing a migration to Staffordshire, Australia, etc.
GTPace - Webmaster - with thanks to
Jenny McGrail of Sydney, Shawn Clutton of Whitchurch, and others

In my ongoing collection of PACE Family Records, trying to learn about my origins and ancestors,now date back to about the year 1600. They were from PREES, WELLINGTON, WROCKWARDINE, HIGH ERCALL in early 1600's, later spreading out to WHITCHURCH, MARKET DRAYTON, SHERIFF HALES, SHIFNAL and much beyond.

Of special interest - DNA
I was asked to join a DNA study by the PACE SOCIETY of America in 2003 - The result was - a match of 25/25 with AMERICAN PACE descendents of a JOHN PACE who settled in VIRGINIA in 1693 If you are interested in how DNA assists with researching ancestry and locating related cousins wherever - CLICK HERE - to learn more.

I'm fortunate to receive correspondence from others also researching the PACE Family and RELATED surnames. Our COMBINED work and POSTING HERE - with your permission and direction - may help uncover information we are all looking for. OTHER SURNAMES help a great deal. - GTPace - webmaster

SURNAMES connected to PACE of
NORTH SHROPSHIRE & CHESHIRE

BROOKES BROWN CARTLEDGE CHIDLOW COLCLOUGH CUFLER DIDLICK GILBERT HAMLET HANDLEY HASSALL HOLDCROFT JAMES JONES LEE LLOYD MILLINGTON MILLWARD PEARCE PERRY PHILLIPS RIGBY SHAW SHELLEY SUMNER TURNER WEBB WHEAT WILLIAMS WHITAKER WORTHINGTON

RICHARD PACE
+ JANE TURNER

RICHARD PACE
+ JANE TURNER b 3 Oct 1777 WHITCHURCH
- m 1 Apr 1797 WEM, Shropshire
- witnesses THOMAS COOKE and FRANCIS OWEN
click here - for TURNER page
  • JOHN PACE b 24 Jan 1806 - TILSTOCK

  • ANN PACE b 10 Dec 1809 - TILSTOCK
    + JAMES PEARCE b 1807 - MARKET DRAYTON
    In 1881 JAMES was a widower, living with SARAH & THOMAS SUMNER

  • THOMAS PACE b 23 Feb 1812 - TILSTOCK
    + ELIZABETH WHITAKER - m 16 Sep 1833

  • MARY PACE b 27 Feb 1814 - TILSTOCK
    + WILLIAM SUMNER - m 21 Nov 1842 WHITCHURCH

    • HANNAH SUMNER b 1842

    • THOMAS SUMNER b 1847 - WHITCHURCH - d January 1934
      + SARAH PEARCE b 1847 - WHITCHURCH
      - wed January 30, 1874 d/o JAMES PEARCE
      their family - 1881 census
      • Hannah SUMNER - b. 1873 WHITCHURCH
      • George Thomas SUMNER - b. 1875 WHITCHURCH
        + Mary Emma GILBERT, 1902
      • John SUMNER - b. 1875 WHITCHURCH
      • Sarah Ann SUMNER - b. 1880 WHITCHURCH
        + James Edward DIDLICK - wed September 5, 1905
      • Richard SUMNER, b. 1882
      • William SUMNER, b. 1883
      • William GREGORY - b 1869 WHITCHURCH - nephew

    • Mary SUMNER
      + John EVANS - wed 1873
      Child of MARY SUMNER
      • JOHN HENRY SUMNER
        + EDITH WEBB - wed 1897; b. 1876

    • RICHARD SUMNER b 1848 - WHITCHURCH - d January 1931
      + ELIZABETH CHIDLOW b 1846 - MARKET DRAYTON
      - wed 29 Dec 1870 WHITCHURCH d/o SAMUEL CHIDLOW & JANE MILLINGTON from 1881 census Tilstock Source: FHL Film 1341640
      • Alice Ann SUMNER b 1870 - WHITCHURCH d. July 1940
      • Mary Ellen SUMNER - b. 1872 WHITCHURCH
        + George CUFLER - wed April 14, 1898, TILSTOCK Shropshire
      • Wm. SUMNER - b. 1874 WHITCHURCH; d. June 1942 WHITCHURCH
        + ELIZABETH - b. 1876; d. November 1941
      • Edwin SUMNER - b. 1876, WHITCHURCH - d Nov 29 1952 WHITCHURCH
        + Mary WILLIAMS - born 1878 WHITCHURCH - wed 27 Feb 1900 in TILSTOCK - died 21 Mar 1951 WHITCHURCH
        daughter of JAMES WILLIAMS & HARRIETT HENSHALL
      • Joseph SUMNER - b. 1879 WHITCHURCH
      • Arthur SUMNER, b. 1885
        + Annie
      • John SUMNER, b 1882

    • SARAH ANN SUMNER b 1853 - WHITCHURCH
      + James BROOKES - b 1853 Nantwich Cheshire m November 26, 1874
      from 1881 census
      • Martha Jane BROOKES - 6 b WHITCHURCH
      • William BROOKES - 3 b WHITCHURCH
        Martha SUMNER - 49 b WHITCHURCH - widow - mother-in-law - dressmaker
        Geo. SUMNER - 13 b WHITCHURCH

  • RICHARD PACE b 30 Nov 1817 TILSTOCK
    1881 Shoemaker WOLSTANTON, Staffs. click - 1841 marriage record - 1901 census shows RICHARD living in household of daughter ANN and husband JOHN HASSALL click - 1881 census status - use BACK button to return
    +1 MARY HAMLET - b 18 Apr 1816 WEM, Sal
    - m 10 Jul 1841 WHITCHURCH - died 28 Feb 1853 TUNSTALL Staffs of Typhus - RICHARD remarried HANNAH CARTLEDGE

    • JOHN PACE b 13 Feb 1842 - Grindley Brook near Whitchurch
      (s/o Mary) Boot & Shoemaker WOLSTANTON Staffs 1881
      + SARAH HANDLEY b 1848 Tunstall STS
      - m 19 Feb 1867 d 1890 d/o JOSEPH HANDLEY
      • PRICILLA PACE b 25/2/1867 TUNSTALL
        - d 1 Oct 1952 Sydney, AUSTRALIA
        + JAMES RIGBY b 3/12/1854 - m 4/8/1885 -
        • ARTHUR SYDNEY RIGBY
          + SARAH ANNIE MILLWARD - with thanks to "Jenny McGRAIL" email Jenny

    • ANN PACE - b 1844 BURSLEM Staffordshire
      + JOHN HASSALL - b 1835 WHITCHURCH
      • Hannah HASSALL - b 1867 TUNSTALL
      • Elizabeth HASSALL - b 1870 TUNSTALL
      • Samuel H. HASSALL - b 1872 TUNSTALL
      • John HASSALL - b 1874 BURSLEM
      • Sarah Ann HASSALL - b 1876 HANLEY
      • Mary Ellen HASSALL - b 1878 HANLEY
      • Margaret HASSALL - b 1879 HANLEY
      • Joseph Thos. HASSALL - b 1881 HANLEY
      • William A HASSALL - b 1883 BURSLEM - with thanks to "Anthony HASSALL" email Anthony
      • Albert R HASSALL - b 1885 BURSLEM
      • Ernest C HASSALL - b 1887 BURSLEM

    • SARAH PACE - b 1847 TUNSTALL Staffordshire

    • RICHARD PACE - b 1850 TUNSTALL Staffs
      - d Mar 1900 WOLSTANTON
      + EMMA COLCLOUGH - b 1850 TUNSTALL
      • MARY PACE - b 1870 TUNSTALL
      • EMMA PACE - b 1874 TUNSTALL
      • JOHN PACE - b 1876 TUNSTALL
      • RICHARD PACE - b 1877 TUNSTALL
      • DORCAS PACE - b 1879 TUNSTALL
      • FLORENCE PACE - b 1880 TUNSTALL

    +2 HANNAH CARTLEDGE - b 1809 MINSHULL VERNON Cheshire - widow (LEE or LEA) - 2nd wife of Richard - m 25/6/1854 Ph CHESTERTON Staffordshire - d 20/11/1881 TUNSTALL, Staffordshire

    NOTE - Mary HAMLET died Feb 1853 TUNSTALL Staffs (Typhus)
    - Richard remarried Hannah CARTLEDGE

  • SARAH PACE - 27 Feb 1820 TILSTOCK

RICHARD PACE
+ JANE LEE

RICHARD PEACE married JANE LEE in Hanmer, Flintshire
on 31st December 1822. He was of "Wrenbury in County of Cheshire"
They had a son RICHARD baptised in Hanmer on 9th March 1823.

1841 census in Dodington Whitchurch Shropshire
RICHARD PACE age 38
JANE age 42
there are 4 children with them and son RICHARD is
working as a male servant a short distance away.
The name has also changed from PEACE to PACE

RICHARD PACE
+ JANE LEE - b 1795 - d 1878 12 Jan HAVANNAH Building 83 years

  • SAMUEL PACE - 07 Aug 1825 at CHEMISTRY - Coal agent DODINGTON (WHITCHURCH)
    + Anne - b PREES 1824 - occ. nurse
    • MARY PACE - 4 Aug 1850
    • SAMUEL PACE - 12 May 1852
    • GEORGE PACE - 7 May 1854
      + EMMA - 26 F born WEM, Shropshire
      from 1881 census FHL Film 1341640 dwelling Havannah Building WHITCHURCH
      • GEORGE FREDERICK PACE - b 1880 Whitchurch
      SAMUEL SHAW - 25 b MARKET DRAYTON
      - border - occ Railway Fireman 1881
    • ANN PACE - 10 Apr 1856
    • RICHARD PACE - 19 Mar 1858 - 1881 at SALFORD Lancashire occ. Domestic groom
    • EDWIN PACE - b 1864 WHITCHURCH
    • CLEMENT PACE - b 1867 WHITCHURCH

  • MARY PACE - 23 Dec 1827 WHITCHURCH
    + JOHN WILLIAMS - m 25 Feb 1851 WHITCHURCH
    • THOMAS WILLIAMS - Chr 3 Jul 1853 WHITCHURCH
    • MARGARET WILLIAMS - Chr 1 Jun 1856 WHITCHURCH
  • GEORGE PACE - b 02 May 1830 Havannah Buildings WHITCHURCH
  • THOMAS PACE - 07 Jul 1833 Havannah Buildings WHITCHURCH - d 12 May 1834 (11 months)
  • ANN PACE - b Feb 1835 Havannah Buildings WHITCHURCH - d 4 Apr 1835 (2 weeks)
  • ELIZABETH PACE - 12 Jun 1836
  • HENRY PACE - 01 Apr 1838 Havannah Buildings WHITCHURCH
  • JOHN PACE - 18 Jan 1841 - Havannah Buildings WHITCHURCH died 9 Oct 1841 ( 9mths)
  • CHARLES PACE - b 9 Jun 1844 Havannah Buildings WHITCHURCH - 1881 at HEATON Lancashire - writer of letter
    + ELIZABETH JONES b 1846 LLANFYLLIN, Montgomery, Wales
    • ELIZABETH JANE PACE - b 1877 HEATON Lancashire

ROBERT PACE
Chr: 8 Jun 1606 Prees
Father: RICHARD PACE
Mother:
  • JOHN PACE
    Chr: 7 Jul 1622 Prees
    Father: ROBERT PACE
    Mother

JOHN PACE
Chr: 3 Oct 1651 Prees
Father: JOHN PACE
Mother:

TAKE NOTE - It is my ASSUMPTION ONLY
the above JOHN PACE of PREES may be the below JOHN PACE of nearby HODNET. Church going was an obligation of Law

JOHN PACE - of the HODNET parish register - this JOHN PACE was missing from the IGI but I visited the church myself and found this JOHN PACE in the actual registers in the trunk in the church
+ ANN - (surname unknown)

The above JOHN PACE and wife ANN - from the HODNET register. Since this JOHN appears the first PACE in HODNET parish register, he likely came from nearby PACE family of PREES. Actually TWO JOHN PACEs fit. READ my assumption on this theory likely JOHN PACE Chr.20 Jun 1650 PREES possibly married ANN in early 1670's and first born JOHN Chr. 1675-76

Their Children

JOHN PACE - b 24 Feb 1675-76 HODNET
+ ELLINOR FOWLER - married 15 Sept 1703 HODNET
ELIZABETH PACE - b 19 Sept 1678
ROBERT PACE - b 22 Jul 1680
HENRY PACE - born 16 Oct 1683 HODNET click here - origins
+ SUSANNAH PARKINSON - wed 13 May 1706 at HINSTOCK (nr WHITCHURCH)

  • 1 ROBERT PACE - Chr 15 Aug 1707
  • 1 MARIA PACE - Chr 27 Nov 1708
  • 1 HENRY PACE - Chr 6 Sep 1710
  • 1 JOHN PACE - Chr 23 May 1713
  • 1 PARKINSON PACE - Chr Oct 1715
  • 1 WILLIAM PACE - Chr 5 Dec 1717
  • 1 ROBERT PACE - Chr 6 Dec 1719
  • 1 SAMUEL PACE b 24 Jul 1726 WHITCHURCH
    + Ann
    + ELIZABETH HODSKISS - m 15 Jan 1748 HINSTOCK
    • 2 SAMUEL PACE b July 29, 1751 WHITCHURCH
    • 2 ANNE PACE b January 14, 1754 WHITCHURCH
      + THOMAS HITCHCOCK - m 21 Nov 1773
    • 2 WILLIAM PACE b Nov 15, 1756 WHITCHURCH, Shropshire
      d Aug 17, 1828 in STANDON
      + ABIGAIL WHEAT b Jul 8 1774 BRADELEY
      - m Jan 2 1798 GNOSALL, Staffs
      - d May 29, 1855 STONE Workhouse
      • 3 ELIZABETH PACE b May 19, 1805 in STANDON, Staffordshire
        + THOMAS WORTHINGTON m Apr 30 1827 Stoke-on-Trent STS
      • 3 WALTER WILLIAM PACE - an INNKEEPER
        - b May 17 1807 STANDON STS
        - d June 13 1852 St Paul's Burslem Staffordshire
        + HERMINE EMMA HOLDCROFT
        m May 23, 1836 in Whitmore
      • 3 RICHARD URIAH PACE b Chr Jan 20 1809 STANDON
        RICHARD lived in Lichfield and was a Chelsea Pensioner and a Museum Keeper on Beacon Street.. He had a neice named HANNAH NUTT.
        + ANN (HANNAH) PERRY m 25 Dec 1828 STAFFORD St.Mary's
      • 3 HENRY PACE b Jan 20 1815 STANDON, Staffs
        d Apr 1 1874 ECCLESHALL Staffs Age 59
        + MARY PHILLIPS b TRENTHAM
        1841 census MARY is living ECCLESHALL with son FREDERICK - HENRY was not found - 1851-1861 Census MARY is living in ECCLESHALL with children d Jul 11 1879 TUNSTALL Staffs
        • 4 SAMUEL PACE b Mar 12 1838 St Marys, Stafford
        • 4 FREDERICK PACE
          b 1840 TRENTHAM d Sept 14 1857 Stoke-on-Trent
        • 4 ANN PACE b Jun 12 1842 ECCLESHALL,Staffordshire
          + THOMAS BROWN
          - m Nov 9 1879 ECCLESHALL, Staffs
          from 1881 census FHL Film 1341645 ECCLESHALL
          • 5 MARY BROWN - 2 b Tunstall, Staffs
          • 5 HARRY BROWN - 40 brother b ECCLESHALL occ cordwainer
        • 4 WILLIAM PACE
          - b May 12 1846 ECCLESHALL STS
          - Occ. Bricklayer at Stafford in 1881
          - d Feb 22 1906 ECCLESHALL
          + FRANCES SHELLEY
          - b June 17 1848 ECCLESHALL
          - m May 10, 1869 STONE
          -d Feb 27 1923 STONE STS
          • 5 ALBERT PACE
            - b Aug 8 1869 STONE STS
          • 5 WILLIAM T PACE
            - b Sept 24 1871 ECCLESHALL STS
            d 1905 STAFFORD hospital
          • 5 FREDERICK PACE b Jul 13 1874 ECCLESHALL STS - d 1917 age 42 est
            + GERTRUDE ALICE LLOYD
            - m Nov 7 1908 Walsall, Staffs
          • 5 EDGAR THOMAS PACE
            - b March 31 1880 TUNSTALL Stafford
        • 4 THOMAS PACE b July 9, 1848 ECCLESHALL Staff
          + THIRZA JAMES - see JAMES records page
          - Chr 22 APR 1866 Christchurch, Stone
          - m Aug 30 1869 STONE Staff St.Michael's
          - d/o RICHARD/SARAH JAMES nee BAILEY
          • 5 LUCY PACE Chr 26 DEC 1870
            Saint Michael, Stone
            + Percy CASWELL m 1892 Aston, Warwick
          • 5 SARAH PACE Chr 12 MAR 1873
            Saint Michael, Stone
            Died before 1881 census
          • 5 MARY B. PACE Jan. 10 1878
            Tunstall, Staff. Never married - had a nursing home in Yorkshire.
          • 5 EMILY B PACE August 12, 1880
            Middlesex d Jan 12 1968 Kiethley, Yorkshire
            + SAM GADFREY
          • 5 THIRZA PACE b June 08, 1881
            Tunstall,Staff. never married
          • 5 ALICE PACE b Nov 04 1882
            Chelsea, London, Eng.
          • 5 HARRY PACE b: Nov 23 1884
            Paddington, London, Eng.
          • 5 ELIZABETH PACE b Dec 13 1886
        • 4 RICHARD PACE b: 1849
          + FANNY TURNER
          - - b 1849 TUNSTALL STS
          - m Nov 8 1875 St.George NEWCASTLE-under-LYME,
    • 2 PARKINSON PACE - b 9 Nov 1761
      + FRANCES WILLIAMS - b 1759 m 28 Nov 1784 d 1840
      NOTE - The Christian name PARKINSON may indicate a connection to a
      HENRY PACE who married SUZANNAH PARKINSON 13 May 1706 HINSTOCK Shropshire
      click here - PACES of MARKET DRAYTON - HINSTOCK
      • John PACE - b 3 Jan 1788 died 185+
    • 2 Kitty PACE - 4 Jan1765
    • 2 Mary PACE - 24 Mar 1767
  • 1 Ann PACE - Christening: 30 Jun 1728 WHITCHURCH

Marriages - Chapelry of Tilstock - Whitchurch

1841 July 10
Richard - Christain name
PACE - Surname
of full age
Batchelor - Status
Labourer - Occupation
Tilstock - Residence at time of Marriage
Richard Pace - Father
Labourer - Father's Occ
William Sumner - Witnesses

Mary - Christain name
HAMLET - Surname
of full age
spinster - Status
Servant - Occupation
Tilstock
Richard Hamlet - Father
Farmer - Father's Occ
Mary Pace - Witnesses

No 219
1842 Nov 21
William - Christain name
SUMNER - Surname
of full age
Batchelor - Status
Labouer - Occupation
Steel Heath - Residence at time of Marriage
Samuel Sumner - Father
Joiner - Father's Occ
William Caltruth (Lalbruth) ?? - Witnesses

Mary - Christain name
PACE - Surname
of full age
Spinster - Status
Servant - Occupation
Tilstock - Residence at time of Marriage
Richard Pace - Father
Labourer - Father's Occ
Hannah Turner - Witnesses

RICHARD PACE (not sure of his origin)
+ JANE TURNER - b 3 Oct 1777 WHITCHURCH - m 1 Apr 1797 WEM
    witnesses Thomas COOKE and Francis OWEN
  • Richard PACE - b 30 Nov 1817 TILSTOCK - m 10 Jul 1841 WHITCHURCH
        - 1881 Shoemaker WOLSTANTON, Staffs
    + Mary HAMLET - b 18 Apr 1816 WEM, Sal - m 10 Jul 1841 WHITCHURCH - died 28 Feb 1853 TUNSTALL Staffs (Typhus}
       Witnesses - Mary PACE & William SUMNER -

  • Mary PACE - b 27 Feb 1814 TILSTOCK
    + William SUMNER - m 21 Nov 1842 WHITCHURCH
        Witnesses Hannah TURNER & William CALTRUTH - (CUTHBERT)

A search of WEM parish registers may reveal a TURNER - HAMLET connection considering at WEM 1 Apr 1797, Jane TURNER & Richard PACE married.

Later, Mary HAMLET born at WEM 18 Apr 1816 married Richard PACE, 10 Jul 1841 son of Jane TURNER and Richard PACE

Seven months later, at TILSTOCK, Mary PACE, daughter of Jane TURNER & Richard PACE marries William SUMNER.

NOTE - Hannah TURNER is a witness at this second marriage - this makes me wonder about possible TURNER - HAMLET connections at WEM.

1881 census

Dwelling: Blackfield Lane, Broughton In Salford, Lancashire

Frederick CUTHBERT 49 Head Occ Coachman Domestic Serv born Cahwell,Lincoln
+ Mary CUTHBERT 56 Wife born Belshford, Lincoln

  • Drewery CUTHBERT
  • Richard PACE U 23 Lodger Groom (Dom) born Whitchurch, Shropshire

Jenny in Australia notes -
I have proved there are 2 families of RICHARD & JANE, but as yet I havent located the second marriage and my assumption about the end of one family and the start of the second is also open for review.

My proof is the 1841 census which shows that there is one family at TILSTOCK which is about 2 miles south of WHITCHURCH and where the first children are born.

The SECOND FAMILY is resident at Havannah Buildings, DODINGTON, (Whitchurch) ( now part of Whitchurch itself). The remaining children are born there and some are still there in the 1881 census.

There is one child born at CHEMISTRY, another small hamlet just to the north west of Whitchurch and now also part of that town, I believe this is the first of the second family who must have then moved into the Havannah Building.

This couple may have moved into the area from elsewhere, if we can locate a 'Richard' born abt 1803. (He cannot be the father of Mary 1814 or Richard 1817)

There is also a JOHN PACE, aged 50, (b 1791 ? ) resident in DODINGTON who is a Tailor. I think perhaps he is the son of PARKINSON PACE & Frances WILLIAMS and is really older than stated on the Census.

I have seen the burial records of several children of these families and FANNY PACE, aged 81 (b 1759 ?) who died in the Alms House, Whitchurch 24 Feb 1840. She is probably the widow of PARKINSON. I will hunt for Johns death to confirm his age.

another Richard PACE, Whitchurch

other WHITCHURCH marriages
Batch Number: M037561

ISABELL PACE - THOS. FLEET
marriage - 6 Jul 1685 - Whitchurch
click here - possibly born 4 Jul 1657 daughter of John Pace at PREES Shropshire

Anne PACE - Thomas HITCHCOCK
marriage - 21 Nov 1773 - Whitchurch

Parkinson PACE - Frances WILLIAMS
marriage - 28 Nov 1784 - Whitchurch

Rebecca PACE - Thomas CHESWESS
marriage - 4 Sep 1826 - Whitchurch

Thomas PACE - Elizabeth WHITAKER
marriage - 16 Sep 1833 - Whitchurch

 Ann PACE - James PIERCE
marriage - 30 Dec 1833 - Whitchurch

Richard PACE - Mary HAMLET
marriage - 10 Jul 1841 - Whitchurch

Mary PACE - William SUMNER
marriage - 21 Nov 1842 - Whitchurch

Mary PACE - John WILLIAMS
marriage - 25 Feb 1851 - Whitchurch

Ann PACE - Arthur WELCH
marriage - 27 Oct 1851 - Whitchurch

Batch Number: M037561

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