Mary (Baker) Pace (abt. 1764 - 1839)

Born about 1764 in Pittsylvania, Virginia

Wife of Jeremiah Stone — married about 1796 (to after 9 Dec 1806) in Henry County, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1839 at about age 75 in Henry, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Baker was born before 1781 if she was at least age 16 at the time of her marriage. She was a daughter of James Baker.

Mary Baker married Jeremiah Stone in 1796, at Henry County, Virginia.

On 13 January 1820, at Henry County, Mary's father, James Baker Sr., wrote his will. His heirs included his daughter Polly Stone, and his grandson Daniel Stone. He specified that Mary's husband, Jeremiah Stone, should receive one dollar, a sign that Jeremiah was not held in favor by James Baker (Henry County Will Book 2, pages 142-144). Lela C. Adams, Henry County Virginia Will Abstracts, Vol. I & II, 1777-1820 (Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985).

Mary Baker Stone divorced Jeremiah after 9 December 1806 and (According to FIND A GRAVE: Mary Baker Pace) remarried to John Reamy Pace.

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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Baker-6783 created through the import of mom_2012-08-01.ged on Aug 2, 2012 by John Stroud.
• WikiTree profile Baker-7057 created through the import of taylor gedcom.ged on Sep 7, 2012 by [[Stroud-316 |
• Judith Parks America Hill, A History of Henry County, Virginia: with Biographical Sketches of its Most Prominent Citizens, 1925 (Martinsville, Virginia: Bulletin Printing and Publishing Co., Inc., 1925), Page 298; digital images, Ancestry.com, (: Ancestry.com 5 April 2023; No. 5013 Dec. 9, 1806 - A sheaf of petitions relative to the petition of Mrs. Polly Stone for a divorce from her husband, Jeremiah Stone.
• Mary "Polly" Baker Pace, No Marker photo on FAG site, Pace Cemetery, Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia, USA – *No GPS coordinates. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84057664/mary-pace: accessed 06 July 2023), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Baker Pace (1764–13 Jul 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84057664, citing Pace Cemetery, Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Mander (contributor 47110820)
• GENEALOGY OF THE CLARK AND PACE FAMILIES - Written by William Henry Clark - July 1905 - Published by the Republican Press, Glasgow, Ky. (John Pace lived and died in Henry county, Virginia. He was the father of thirteen children, only two of whom I knew, William Ingram and Anxton. [According to his will, John Pace had the following children with Elizabeth Nunn Pace: William Ingram, Lucy, Thomas, Susannah, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, and Polly; and the following children with Mary Baker Stone: James Baker, Greenville Thompson, Jerman W., Lucinda Thompson, and Matilda Patterson. Anxton (Langston) was actually John Pace's brother, uncle to William Ingram Pace. Langston also named a son William Ingram.])