30336. Richard PACE
Richard and Isabella Pace immigrated to the Jamestown settlement in Virginia between 1610 and 1616. They established a plantation known as "Pace's Paines". This historic plantation has been recognized by a roadside marker: "Pace's Paines - This place, seven miles north, was settled by Richard Pace in 1620. On the night before the Indian Massacre on 22 Mar 1622, an Indian, Chanco, revealed the plot to Pace, who reached Jamestown in time to save the settlers in that vicinity."
Both Richard and Isabella Pace were each granted land in 1620. To encourage settlement of the colony, planters were granted fifty acres of land for every person whose passage to Virginia was paid for by the planter. Richard Pace brought six people over to Virginia under this arrangement. Richard and Isabella Pace's son, George, repatented the same land in 1628, all 400 acres were given as patented on 5 Dec 1620.
Richard Pace was obviously a leader in the Jamestown settlement as evidenced by several facts. Richard could afford the expense of arranging the passage of six people in exchange for land. He was one of the few colonists that immigrated to Virginia with his wife. Richard's land grant and several surrounding grants were known as "Pace's Paines," an old English term for acres or fields. His leadership was also demonstrated when he learned of the impending Indian attack from his Indian friend, and his swift action of crossing the James River to warn the Jamestown settlers. Without his warning, most of the settlerment would have been massacred instead of the almost 350 settlers who died in the raid.