Jonathan Wallace (abt. 1764 - abt. 1854)

Born about 1764 in Paisley, Ayrshire, Scotland

Descendants

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Delsie Hoyt [send private message]

Biography

JONATHAN, b. near Paisley, Ayshire, Scotland [1764{1923ed}] ab. 1758 [gs], for several years a cabinet maker and corn merchant at Galston, came to America in 1785. Worked some years in Campton, Sandwich, and Moultonboro, N. H. Res. in Ryegate at time of his marriage <NEGR v.54 p.284 (Marriage Records of Rev. Jeremiah Shaw of Moultonboro)>. He m. Moultonboro June 10, 1789 Abigail Richardson of Moultonboro [ibid], dau. of Bradbury Richardson. They lived in Ryegate till 1797, when he bought a farm near the Four Corners in Barnet where he lived til his death, Apr. 5, 1854, aged 95 [gs]. His wife d. Sept. 27, 1853 Æ 85 [gs]. Both bur. Center Cem.

He worked also as a carpenter and mill-wright, building the first grist-mill in Wheelock. He brought from Scot-land the brass works for a tall Scotch clock. Being a cabinet maker by trade he made a case from a Sheraton pattern. This clock is now [ca.1923] owned by his gr. gr. dau., Miss Edith Wallace, and keeps good time.

Jonathan Wallace was appointed by Governor Chittenden, in 1794, lieutenant in the 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Division of Vt. Militia. He and his wife were members of the Center church. The Wallace family in Scotland from which he came, claim kindred with that of Sir William Wallace, the hero of Scotland. <BTH>

Children all lived and died in Barnet, VT

NOTES for future profiles: Children: I. Judith,2 b.ab. 1793; d. Sept. 3, 1875; m. Barnet Dec. 26, 1816 [BVRmc(7:171)] Robert Laird, q. v. (p. 525).

II. Jane,2 b. Barnet July 4, 1799 [BVRbr(12:278)]; d. 1855 [DW 1994ed]; m. Barnet Aug. 22, 1820 William2 Gleason, Junr [BVRmc(7:244)], q. v. (p. 448).

(2) III. William,2 b.ab. Dec. 1800; m. 1825 Isabel4 Warden, q. v. (p. 654). IV. Abigail,2 ("2d") b. Oct. 17, 1804; d. May 16, 1892; m. Barnet March 10, 1825 by Rev. David Goodwillie William4 ("2d") Warden [mc(7:346)], q. v. (p. 655).

(1) V. Bradbury Richardson,2 b. ab. Aug. 27, 1807; d. Oct. 18, 1896. VI. John,2 b. Barnet ab. March 26, 1810 [twin's dc]; d. Niagara, N. Y. Apr. 18, 1830 of smallpox [OBIT St Johnsbury Farmer's Herald of June 23, 1830], un-m.

VI. John,2 b. Barnet ab. March 26, 1810 [twin's dc]; d. Niagara, N. Y. Apr. 18, 1830 of smallpox [OBIT St Johnsbury Farmer's Herald of June 23, 1830], un-m.

VII. Elizabeth H.2 [husb. OBIT (CalRec 8/10/1904)] (twin to John [1923ed]) b. Barnet ab. March 26, 1810 [dc], m. May 1839 [his OBIT (CalRec 8/10/1904)] Dea. John Hyndman3 Gilfillan (b. June 1, 1810 [1923ed] [ab. June 1808 {gs-d.Æ96y2m}] [June 1, 1800 Æ94y2m1d {dc-BVR(3:44)} but, age calculates to June 1, 1810]; d. at the home of his nephew, Thomas Steveson [OBIT], Aug. 2, 1904 [1923ed/dc(3:44)/gs] [Aug. 3 {BVRdr}/{CalRec 8/10/1904}] Æ 96ys 2ms [gs], the oldest person in town [OBIT]). They lived and she died Aug. 14, 1883 [dc-BVR(1:73)] on the Wallace homestead near the Four Corners in Barnet; after she d. he sold the place and boarded in different families 'til d., leaving "all that he had (abt. $900) to the Center Cem. to keep it in good condition generally"; both bur. Center Cem., q. v. (p. 438).

VIII. Jonathan M.,2 b. Scotland[?] [son dc] ab. Jan. 1813 [gs]; d. July 13, 1856 [gs]; bur. Center Cem. [gs]; m. Caroline Huntley of Topsham (b. Scotland [son dc]).

(4) Child: William Henry,3 b. Lowell, Mass May 2, 1845. These children all lived and died in Barnet.

Sources

<BTH, History of Barnet Vermont, available, with updates, at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~upperconnriver/PDF/Wallace.PDF>

• * Family Records