1) RANDY PACE b. March 25, 1959 in Branson, Mo. to "J" WILLIAM PACE and Elizabeth Meadows
2) "J" WILLAM PACE b. Dec 3, 1933 in Stone Co. Mo. to WILLIAM ROSCOE PACE and Leota Bell Ray
3) WILLIAM ROSCOE PACE b. Apr 19, 1894 in Stone Co. Mo. d. Jun 15, 1961 to WILLIAM HENRY PACE and Susan Rosamund Jefferies
4) WILLIAM HENRY PACE b. Apr 18, 1854 in Cedar Co. Mo. d. ca. 1932 to WILLIAM J. PACE and Priscilla Huntley
5) WILLIAM J. PACE b. ca. 1825 in Pittsylvania Co. Va. d. unknown to WILLIAM EDWARD PACE and Ruth Morris
6) WILLIAM EDWARD PACE b. Jan 1, 1800 or Nov 24, 1799 in Pittsylvania Co. Va. d. ca. 1850 to FRANCIS PACE I and Elizabeth Robinson
7) FRANCIS PACE I b. Nov 23, 1764 in Goochland Co. Va. d. unknown (will probated Jun 20, 1842) to JOHN PACE II and Susannah Houchins
8) JOHN PACE II b. Mar 14, 1722 in Middlesex Co. Va. d. Sep 20, 1790 to JOSEPH PACE I and Ann Basford
9) JOSEPH PACE I b. ca.1698 in Middlesex Co. Va. d. Apr 18, 1765 to JOHN PACE I and Elizabeth Newsome
10) JOHN PACE I b. Apr 2, 1642 in Surry, Co. Va. d. Jan 20, 1720 to GEORGE PACE and Sarah (M)aycock [NOTE: this birth date conflicts with the date given in other genealogies, which have John born about 1671. As far as I know, there is no documentary evidence as to John's date of birth; all dates are based on conjecture. -Webmaster]
11) GEORGE PACE b. ca.1609 in Wapping Wall, England d. ca.1650-55 to RICHARD PACE and Izabella Symth. [Note: There is no known record of George's birth. Richard and Isabella were married in 1608, and George's apparent age in the colonies leads to the supposition that he was born abt. 1609 -Webmaster]
[The following English descent has been proposed, but has no "hard" records to support it. See further comment on this subject at the end.]
12) RICHARD PACE ca. 1587-1627 in England to RICHARD PACE ??
13) RICHARD PACE ca. 1565 to ?? [apparently the Richard who held a close* in West Ham, according to the listing in the Pace bulletin quoted by Col. Avant -Webmaster]
14) ??
15) JOHN PACE the Jester 1522-1590 to RICHARD PACE and ??
16) DR. RICHARD PACE secretary to Henry VIII ca. 1483-1536 to whom the PACE family coat of arms was patented.
aka William "the preacher" Baskett 2nd prescher of Lyles Baptist Church in Palmyra, Va (founded 1774)
The term Dissenter refers to a number of Protestant denominations -- Presbyterians, Baptists, Quakers, Congregationalists, and others -- which, because they refused to take the Anglican communion or to conform to the tenets of the restored Church of England in 1662, were subjected to persecution under various acts passed by the Cavalier Parliament between 1661 and 1665. Examples of the attempts which were made to discourage them were the Act of Uniformity, which required all churches in England to use the Book of Common Prayer, and punished those who would not comply, and the Five Mile Act, which prohibited ministers who were ejected because of the Act of Uniformity from coming within five miles of their former parishes or of any town or city.
After the Toleration Act was passed in 1689, Dissenters were permitted to hold services in licensed meeting houses and to maintain their own preachers (if they would subscribe to certain oaths) in England and Wales. But until 1828 such preachers remained subject to the Test Act, which required all civil and military officers to be communicants of the Church of England, and to take oaths of supremacy and allegiance. Though this act was aimed primarily at Roman Catholics, it nevertheless excluded Dissenters as well.
William Baskett was a member of, and later pastor of, Lyle's Church in Fluvanna County.
"Lyle's church was planted by the united labors of Elijah Craig and David Thompson. These preachers were induced to visit this place in consequence of three or four persons in the neighborhood going, in the year 1769, some distance off to hear preaching, and being thereby awakened they invited the preachers to come and visit them. They did so. Their labor was not in vain. A few were admitted to divine favor and were baptized. Among these was their present pastor, Mr. Basket. As soon as God wrought in them they began to work for God and held private meetings. The work progressed and a church was constituted. Their first pastor was Philip Webber, who moving to Kentucky, the care of the church devolved upon Elder Basket. ... It is a peaceable and prosperous church." "Fork church in Fluvanna was constituted off from Lyles."
[A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia, by Robert Baylor Semple, Minister of the Gospel in King and Queen County, Virginia, 1810.]
The 1896 edition [revised & extened by Rev. G. W. Beale] caries the following footnote:
"William Basket was pastor of Lyle's Church for twenty-one years. The union terminated with his death, April 30, 1815. His aged companion died only a few days previously, and their joint commemorative service on June 24th, following, drew together a vast concourse of sympathetic admirers and friends. Elder Basket was in opulent circumstances, and left a number of children, one of whom, Susanna, became the wife of Elder Warren Cash, of Kentucky, whom she greatly aided in his extensive usefulness."
I've read elsewhere that Susanna taught her husband how to read and write, but don't recall the source.
Hope this is of use to you. It's helpful to know that the Baptists of this time were of a very independent sort, and in the days before passage of T.Jefferson's Virginia Statute for Religeous Freedom, they were persecuted for practicing their beliefs and for their opposition to the established church, the Church of England.
1. John Pace of Middlesex m. Elizabeth
2. Joseph Pace I b 1698 m. Ann Basford
3. Joseph Pace II b 5/2/1741 m. Mary Ann Page
4. Joseph Pace III b 1768 m. Lucy
5. Joseph Pace IV m. Minerva Johnson (2nd wife) on 11/17/1841 in Fluvanna Co, VA 6. Henry T. Pace b 1846.