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John Pace has come up with the following interesting chart showing the DNA submitters and the lineages they have given, and using unique given names to suggest some possible errors in our records of lineages. He has devised a unique method of using colors to show naming patterns, using the names Alsa and Dempsey, shown in pink. The idea is to track the use of these unusual names in different Pace groups looking for hints as to relationships, and compare these results to the DNA findings. The conclusions are interesting.

Group 3a DNA Group 3b DNA Names Alsa and Dempsey

Conclusions:

The names Alsa and Dempsey do not appear in DNA group 3a.
These names are common among the offspring of John of Surry (m. Sarah ?Burgh?) and of William (m. Sicely Walker). In addition, the combination of Alsa, Dempsey, and Hardy appear uniquely in these two groups, although Hardy also appears in group 3a.
The DNA agrees--the John and William groups are a match.
So these families must be more closely related than the chart shows. It looks as if either the John group or the William group should be moved to the other side of the chart, as per the arrows.
We need to look at the documentation for possible errors!

According to Bruce Howard, the man identified in the chart as "John of Surry NC" (whom Bruce says married Sarah Burgh) was born before 1732 in Virginia, moved to Edgecombe County, NC in 1759, then to Surry County, NC, in 1772.

Submitted lineages indicate that William Pace who married Siseley Walker was born in Edgecombe County ca 1754 (some submitters give 1747). He married Siceley in 1773.

This puts them both in Edgecombe at the same time. Bruce Howard says there were numerous William Paces there at that time and gives his circumstantial evidence that this William was the son of George and Patience.

However, the DNA and naming evidence both agree that one or the other of these lineages is incorrect. William and John must have been closely related.