John (Wallis) Wallace (1696 - abt. 1768)

Born 23 Aug 1696 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Hodgkins) Wallace — married 8 Jan 1718 in Gloucester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1768 at about age 71 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

John Wallace was born at Gloucester, Massachusetts, 23 Aug 1696, the son of John Wallace and Mary Stanford; ^[1] died, probably at Falmouth, Maine, after 2 Feb 1770, when he signed Cumberland County Deed 6:507-508. ^[1]

He married at Gloucester, 8 Jan 1718/19, Patience Hodgkins. ^{[1] [2]}

Twelve children, born at Gloucester: ^[1]

1. John Wallace, born 31 Dec 1719; died at Gloucester, 1768; married at Falmouth, 12 Feb 1739/40, Dorcas Millett.
2. Patience Wallace, born 26 Dec 1721; married (1) at Falmouth, 22 Mar 1737/38, James Webber of New Gloucester; married (2) James Webster (possibly these are the same persons). James-134 16:50, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
3. David Wallace, born 19 Nov 1723; married at Gloucester, 8 Apr 1745, Elizabeth Shortwell.
4. Susanna Wallace, born 8 Jun 1727; married (1) at Falmouth, 7 Sep 1753, Ephraim Jones Jr.; married (2) intentions 12 May 1761, Anthony Morse.
5. Josiah Wallace, baptized 7 Sep 1729; died before 1733.
6. Mary Wallace, born 20 Aug 1731; died at Cape Elizabeth, 18 Jul 1808; married at Falmouth, 16 Nov 1750, Samuel Sawyer of Cape Elizabeth.
7. Josiah Wallace, born 15 Oct 1733; died at sea in 1780 while serving on a guardship near New York City during the Revolutionary War; married at Falmouth, 21 Jun 1756, Abigail White, daughter of the Rev. John White and Jerusha Woodbury.
8. Joseph Wallace, born 1 Apr 1736; died at Harrington, Maine, 3 Jan 1826; married at Falmouth, 21 Dec 1758, Lucy Thorndike, daughter of Robert Thorndike and Elizabeth Woodbury.
9. Benjamin Wallace, born 4 Oct 1738; died at Harrington, Maine; married at Falmouth, 4 Jul 1761, Hannah Penniman.
10. Deborah Wallace, born 2 Nov 1740; died at Camden, Maine, 2 Mar 1821; married at Falmouth, 11 Feb 1758, Robert Thorndike.
11. James Wallace, baptized at Falmouth, 1743; married at Gloucester, 24 Jun 1769, Judith Singer.
12. Dorcas Wallace, born 20 Nov 1743; married at Gloucester, 16 Mar 1769, Nathaniel Bailey.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Lamson, Darryl B., & Tibbetts, Leonard F., Early Narraguagus River Families of Washington County, Maine (Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 2002, 1491 pages, continuously paginated in two volumes, ISBN: 0-89725-452-X), p. 1047. Cit. Date: 24 Oct 2022.
2. ↑ The Essex Institute, Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Vol. II - Marriages (Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, Salem, Massachusetts, 1923), p. 560. Cit. Date: 24 Oct 2022.