Mary Ann Sleeth (nee' Wallace)

Question

I Am looking for the ancestry of Mary Ann Sleeth. Her maiden name was Wallace. Everytime I come across a tree of hers on the internet, it mentions that she is decended from sir william wallace... however, there is no evidence to back up these claims.

I know that she was born to Robert Wallace and Margaret or Mary Lyle on 12 Dec 1726. She married in 1726 to John Alexander Sleeth, and they fled Ireland and came to America. She died in 1800  and I'm wondering how to prove the fantastic claim that she was decended from William Wallace especially since there is no record of his decendants.

Answer 1

Here's one result from FamilySearch, shows marriage and children. Other searches don't turn up her parents, or their parents.

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name:	Mary Ann /Wallace/ [1]
gender:	Female
birth:	ABT 1725 Ireland [1]
death:	AFT 1800 VA [1]

Marriages (1)

spouse:	John Alexander /Sleeth/
marriage:	ABT 1746 Co. Renfrew, Scotland
	Hide children (7)

child 1:	John /Sleeth/
gender:	Male
child 2:	Jane /Sleeth/
gender:	Female
child 3:	Thomas /Sleeth/
gender:	Male
child 4:	David Wallace /Sleeth/
gender:	Male
birth:	18 MAY 1752 VA
child 5:	James /Sleeth/
gender:	Male
birth:	09 JUL 1791 Harrison Co., VA, now Lewis Co., WV
child 6:	Margaret /Sleeth/
gender:	Female
birth:	24 JUN 1747 Ireland
birth:	24 JAN 1747 Ireland
death:	08 MAY 1832 Hacker's Creek, Lewis Co., VA
death:	08 MAY 1832 Lewis Co., VA/WV
child 7:	Alexander /Sleeth/
gender:	Male
birth:	20 MAR 1750 New York, NY
birth:	of Harrison Co., WV
death:	14 MAY 1820 Fayette Co., IN
14 MAY 1820 Above Conersville, Fayette Co., IN
burial:	AFT 14 MAY 1820 Centerville, Wayne Co., IN
AFT 14 MAY 1820 Near Waterloo, Centerville, Wayne Co., IN

 

Answer 2

Matt would be easier to help if we had a little more info. What is the wikitree profile your talking about or some url of a site we might see current info to double check data and lend a hand. Thanks Mike

http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lechner-18