PACE, Richard

Birth Name PACE, Richard [1]
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth 1587 Wapping, Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England  
 

Families

Married Wife SMYTHE, Isabella
  Children
  1. PACE, George

Narrative

The following may be of interest:

Indian Massacre of 1622

Chief Opechancanough organized and led a well-coordinated series of surprise attacks on multiple English settlements along both sides of a 50-mile long stretch of the James River which took place early on the morning of March 22, 1622, a Good Friday. This event came to be known as the Indian Massacre of 1622, and resulted in the deaths of 347 colonists (including men, women, and children) and the abduction of many others.

The Massacre caught most of the Virginia Colony by surprise and virtually wiped out several entire communities, including Henricus and Wolstenholme Towne at Martin's Hundred.

However, Jamestown was spared from destruction due to a Native American boy named Chanco who, after learning of the planned attacks from his brother, gave warning to colonist Richard Pace with whom he lived. Pace, after securing himself and his neighbors on the south side of the James River, took a canoe across river to warn Jamestown which narrowly escaped destruction, although there was no time to warn the other settlements. Apparently, Opechancanough subsequently was unaware of Chanco's actions, as the young man continued to serve as his courier for some time after.

----- From WIKIPEDIA article "Jamestown, Virginia" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown%2C_VA], accessed 2007-OCT-07.

Source References

  1. McCormick/Butler Families

Pedigree

    1. PACE, Richard
      1. SMYTHE, Isabella
        1. PACE, George