Isabella Smyth

Abt 1589 - Aft 1637  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Isabella Smyth  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1589	England, United Kingdom   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1637	Charles City County, Virginia   [1]
  Notes	Howard, In COLONIAL ANCESTORS points out that Isabella was a shareholder of the Virginia Company in her own right, citing the following land patent "Izabella Perry, wife of William Perry, Gent., 200 acres within the corporation of James City, 20 September 1628, at the South side of the plantation called Pace's Paines granted to herself and her late husband Richard Pace, dec'd, 5 December 1620....East to land granted to her son George Pace...for her own personal adventure being an Ancient planter & the other 100 acres as the devident of Francis Chapman...." Howard also noted that "in the early part of 1629, in England a suite in Chancery was filed concerning the estate of a man named John Riley, a merchant, of London. In order to get to the bottom of the facts in the case, which had been filed in the High Court of the Admiralty in London, the Court issued a subpoena to Mrs. Isabella Perry to appear before the Court and testify to her knowledge in the matter "Isabell, wife of William Perry, merchant of Virginia, aged 40...(testified as follows)...Last Christmas John Riley of London, merchant, lodged in her husband's house in Virginia and often said he was a partner in trade with William Crowther and Charles Whichcote of London, merchants...When he was in his last sickness, Rily arranged for her husband to mark tobaccos to be sent to John Holland and Rily's mother....." Whether her husband accompanied her to London is a matter of speculation, but I will bet he did, and was taking care of business while she was attending court business. It is possible that their children, George Pace and Henry Perry, also made this voyage there and back, but I doubt it (due to the costs involved)." Although some Pace researcher's think Isabella married third George Menefie, Howard refutes this theory. He believed that Isabella resided in Charles City County, Virginia, where she had moved to with William Perry in 1633, until her death.
  Person ID	I8183	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family 1	Richard Pace,   b. Abt 1585, England, United Kingdom d. Aft 1623, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia (Age ~ 39 years)
  Marriage	5 Oct 1608	St. Dunstan's, Stepney, London, England   [2]
  Children	1. George Pace,   b. Abt 1609, Wapping, Middlesex, England d. Between 1651 and 1652, Virginia (Age ~ 42 years)
  Family ID	F3874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

  Family 2	William Perry,   b. Bef 1589   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1626  [2]
  Family ID	F3875	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 5 Oct 1608 - St. Dunstan's, Stepney, London, England Death - Aft 1637 - Charles City County, Virginia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S191] Matkin, Marianne--Family Researcher (correspondence). [S134] Howard, Bruce A. PACE A SKETCH AND HISTORY OF OUR COLONIAL ANCESTORS FROM 1619 to 1799 (1998).