The original research has James Wallace being born in 1705 to George Wallace in Perth. There is no proof of this as marriage register in Markinch claims James and his wife Isobel Sim "are both of this parish".
Sources
↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 22 Apr 2023), James Wallace and Isobell Sim, 30 Nov 1727, Markinch; citing Parish Number 447, Reference Number: 10 459.
↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 22 Apr 2023), Isobel Wallace, parents: James Wallace and Isobel Sim, 04 Aug 1729, Markinch; citing Parish Number 447, Reference Number: 10 167.
↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 22 Apr 2023), James Wallace, parent: James Wallace and Isobel Sim, 30 Dec 1733, Markinch; citing Parish Number 447, Reference Number: 10 190.
↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 22 Apr 2023), Agnes Wallace, parents: James Wallace and Isobel Sim, 27 Jul 1735, Markinch; citing Parish Number 447, Reference Number: 10 197.
↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 22 Apr 2023), Isobel Wallace, parents: James Wallace and Isobel Sim,15 Oct 1738, Markinch; citing Parish Number 447, Reference Number: 10 214.
↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 22 Apr 2023), Nelly Wallace, parents: James Wallace and Isobel Sim, 20 Oct 1740, Markinch; citing Parish Number 447, Reference Number: 10 228.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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