- Wallace Family History by J. Montgomery Seaver, 1929; published by American Historical-Genealogical Society, Philadelphia, PA
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?H114 About 1730, a company of Scotch-Irish immigrants were landed at Philadelphia, and after a brief sojourn went out to Lancaster. Among them were the brothers, Peter and William Wallace, whose wives were sisters, named, respectively, Elizabeth and Hannah Woods. Early in the spring of 1735, they journeyed to Albermarle County, Virginia. Peter Wallace settled a little farther south and William went a short distance farther on. The children of Peter and Elizabeth were: Andrew, Adam, Samuel and Peter; all of whom were supposed to have been born in Ireland. Andrew m. Catherine Parks and settled near the Allegheny Mountains; the children of Peter Jr. were: Joseph, Samuel, Janet and Rachel; Samuel m. Esther Baker, and settled in Charlotte County having the following ch.: Caleb, b. 1742; Elizabeth, b. 1745; Andrew, b Sept. 25, 1748 and Samuel unrecorded and unheard of after he returned to Scotland. Samuel and Esther later moved to Kentucky.?
His last sentence refers to Samuel, son of Peter, not of Samuel, son of Samuel.
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?Caleb Wallace, was a United States Judge, ?Ever a leader among the men of his time;? active in shaping the legislation of Virginia before the Revolution, and of Kentucky, after her admission as a State, 1792. Graduated from Princeton, was a great friend of President Madison; studied for and entered the Presbyterian ministry, in which he held a distinguished place until the troubled times preceding the breaking out of war, when he became a noted advocate of emancipation from the tyranny of King and Parliament; separation of Church and State; including entire freedom of conscience. He married first, his cousin, Sarah McDowell, b. Oct. 10, 1755 d. 1776 without issue; and second, 1779, Rosanna Christian, (dau. Capt. Israel,) b.. 1754, by whom he had 9 children as follows: Samuel McDowell, April 16, 1780; William C., Oct. 16, 1781, d.y., Priscilla C., March 12, 1785; Caleb Baker, May 22, 1787; John, Oct 13, 1789, Henry, March 24, 1796; William Christian, April 15, 1794; Charles, Sept. 9, 1796; Christian, Nov 21, 1800. His wife, Rosanna, d. Dec 4, 1804. His third wife was Mrs. Mary Brown(.) Caleb, d. 1814 in Woodford Co., KY.?
Mr. Seaver cites these sources as his references for the Wallaces in America, which include the above Wallaces:
Ref # 55- The Wallace Family in America: by James A. Phelps. New Yrok, W.M. Clemens (1914), 27 pages.
Ref # 135- Private collection of Data.
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HUGH CAMPBELL WALLACE: Born Feb 10, 1863, at Lexington, Mo., is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The first member of his paternal ancestry to arrive in this country was Peter Wallace, who settled in Albermarle co., VA., in 1724. His father, Thomas Bates Wallace, was appointed United States Marshall for Missouri by President Lincoln, with whom he was personally acquainted. His mother was Lucy (Briscoe) Wilson, who was a descendant of Dr. John Briscoe, who came with Lord Baltimore when he settled, Md. In 1855 President Cleveland appointed at the age of twenty-two, receiver of public moneys for the Territory of Utah. For four years he was President Cleveland?s advisor in the distribution of offices in the State of Washington. AppAppointed in 1919 by President Wilson, ambassador to France, and he reached Paris in the critical moments of the Peace Conference. Took his seat in the Supreme Council, the others being Lloyd George, M. Clemenceau, Mr. Tittoni, and Baron Matsui. When he returned to America, The French Republic conferred on him the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor. Married Mildred Fuller, daughter of Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States.
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1658 - 1745 (~ 86 years)
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