Johann Wilhelm (Pees) Pace (1739 - bef. 1807)

Born 9 Oct 1739 in Baumholder, Zweibrücken, Kurfürstentum Pfalz, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 18 Dec 1807 before age 68 in Upper Canada

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Biography

Johann was born on October 9,1739. ^[1] He was the son of Johan “Michael” Pees and Maria Margaretha Freyssen. He passed away before 1807.

Children of Johann and Maria

1. Asa
2. John
3. Benhard
4. TIce
5. Martin
6. Ann
7. Catherine
8. William
9. Michael b. 1770 married Anna Eveland

Event

Baptism

Johann William was Baptised on October 11, 1739 in the evangelian. reformed Church in Baumholder,Rheinland,Prussia ^[1]

Arrival

Together with his Parents and Siblings, Johann arrived in Philadelphia via the Ship "Edinburgh" on September 15, 1749. As the ship traveled from Rotterdam via Portsmouth, United Kingdom it is unclear where Johann and his Family boarded at the moment. ^[2]

Living in the USA

According to The Niagara Settlers web page ^[3], William and his wife Madelena Pace lived in Roxbury Township, Morris County, New Jersey. This township was originally formed in 1740 and during colonial times included the Schooley’s Mountain and Long Valley areas of present Washington Township south of the town of Hacketstown.

During the American Revolution, Pace supported the British cause and was committed to the Newark gaol in 1783 by the Committee of Safety for provisioning the British forces then fined £30. He wrote a petition from gaol to the Governor professing his innocence and requesting remission of the fine with support from three prominent citizens:

William supported the Loyalist cause during the American Revolution. He described his loyalty in an Upper Canada Land Petition submitted to the provincial Executive Council on 10 May 1796. The exact location of William Pace’s settlement in Canada has not been learned. Thirty Mile Creek mentioned in his petition is located in Clinton Township, Lincoln County west of the town of Beamsville.

Land Grants

During his lifetime William had several land grants

Undated Upper Canada Land Petition of William Pace received at the Executive Council Office on 10 May 1796

“Humbly Sheweth That Your Petitioner was an Inhabitant of the Now State of New Jersey, and Comfortably Settled, and as he could not fall in with the Laws and the like that were made in the Time of the Late War between Great Brittain and America against those who hold themselves Subject to His Majesty on Account of which Your Petitioner was Plundered and Robbed of most of his property he was possessed of, and Imprisoned and Fined in different Sums of Money at different Times to the Amount of much more than what he had left, on which he made his Escape to this Province in order to procure a Settlement which was in the Year 1789 and that in the Year 1795 he brought his Wife and Family here and Your Petitioner Humbly Prays that Your Excellency will Grant him such an Allotment of Land, as You in Your Wisdom may think he Merrits And Your Petitioner as in Duty bound will Ever Pray—[Signed] William Pace” Received at the Executive Council Office on 10 May 1796. Ordered recommended for 200 acres if not granted before. ^[4]

Certificate dated at 30 Mile Creek on 3 May 1796 appended to the Upper Canada Land Petition of William Pace

“The Subscribers were Neighbours to the above Petitioner William Pace in New Jersey and know that the Facts set forth in the above Petition are True and that on account of his Loyalty he was esteemed an Honest Industrous man and not Indebted in that Country before he was prosecuted and was in good Circumstances as a Farmer Certified by—[Signed] John Killy, George Hoover, George Couke, Andrew Hansel, Stephen Seburn, Peter Wever” ^[5]

Certificate of Nathaniel Pettit dated 1 Jun 1796 attached to the Upper Canada Land Petition of William Pace

“I Do hereby Certifie that I was aquanted with the Barer William Pace in the State of New jersey and that he was Esteemed an Industress Honnest man and well affected to the Constitution of Great Brittain on account of which he Suffered as Set fourth in the within Pettition Certified by [Signed] Nathl Pettit” ^[6]

Researchnotes

Name

Johann is indexed and named often falsely. After his immigration, he seems to change his last name to Pace.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com. Rhineland, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1533-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1533-1950. Evangelische Kirchenbuchamt Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland. Search: Deutschland > Baumholder > Taufen, Kommunikanten, Heiraten, Tote u Konfirmationen 1679-1798 > image 545 of 641. Accessed on ancestry.com, June 2021.
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2. ↑ " U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com: accessed 19 June 2021), entry for Johann Michael Pees, 1749; citing Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s.[Wife Maria Margretha Freys; Child Johann Michael; Child Johann Daniel; Child Maria Magdalena; Child Johann Wilhelm; Child Maria Catharina; Brother-in-law]
3. ↑ The Niagara Settlers
4. ↑ (Upper Canada Land Petitions NAC “P” Bundle 2, Vol. 400, Petition Number 24) [1]
5. ↑ Upper Canada Land Petitions NAC “P” Bundle 2, Petition Number 24a
6. ↑ Upper Canada Land Petitions NAC “P” Bundle 2, Petition Number 24a

See Also

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SP63-28H : accessed 2016-10-08), entry for Johann Wilhelm /PEESS/.

Acknowledgements

• Entry by Beverly Siefferman, Saturday, September 27, 2014.