William Wallace and Frances [Unk]

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Husband William Wallace ^{1 2}

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         Father: [Father] Wallace (      -      )
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Wife Frances [Unk] ²

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1 M Col. William Wallace ^{3 4}

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           Died: 24 Apr 1821 5
         Buried:  - near Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Hopkins (      -1818) 3 4
           Marr: 11 Jul 1779 - Montgomery Co, MD 1

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General Notes: Husband - William Wallace

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He and his brother, James Wallace, founded "Brothers Industry," a plantation of 1,429 acres, in Prince George County, in 1722. This tract lay back of Cabin John bridge, about two miles from where that famous creek enters the Potomac river.

He is first named in the records in the purchase of 490 acres from John Bradford, which was assigned to his brother James, and became a part of the famous tract. His services in founding this homestead, recognized by his brother in 1726 by deeding him 500 acres of the tract, form the next record, and there is no further mention of him until the recording of his will June 19, 1759. This will was dated April 1, 1758, in which the names of his wife and children are given. In it he states that his son James is to have "100 acres of the plantation; three daughters, Elizabeth Boydestone, Anne Mason and Eleanor Tracy, a ring each, 20 s in value, having already provided for them; daughter Sarah Thompson mulatto boy and 200 lbs tobacco; wife Frances my now dwelling house, plantation of 200 acres; son Nathaniel 100 acres; son William remaining part of Brothers Industry; daughters Martha, Margaret, Mary, Frances and Barbara to have Boydestone's Discovery." His wife Frances was appointed executrix. and the will adds that William shall have remainder of Brothers Industry, after wife's death, and after to Nathaniel, if they die without issue survivors of family to inherit. The following clause appears in the will: "It is my desire that the boys, in case my wife should marry, shall have the produce of their labor at the age of 18 years; but if she does not marry, to stay with their mother until they are 21 years of age." This record shows that his son William Wallace, the only one of his children of whom there is a record of his descendants, was a mere boy at the time of his father's death, perhaps not over 9 years of age.
Of the daughters there is no record to be found anywhere, the will showing only that three of them were married, two in the well known families of Tracey and Boydestone. Under the date of November 18, 1761, James Wallace, son of William Wallace, of the Province of Carolina, sold to James Wallace, Sr., of Frederick county, Maryland, "all his right and title to part of the tract of land called Brothers Industry in Frederick county. Maryland, near Captain Johns." He became a resident of South Carolina, and all trace of him is lost.
October 28, 1779, Nathaniel Wallace and his wife, Frances, conveyed their share of Brothers Industry to Francis Clements, and on the 4th of March, 1752, he recited in brief the history of the tract, and the disposition by will of William Wallace, his father, of his share in the land, and the deeding of Nathaniel's share to Francis Clements. He was then a resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania. In the Penna. Archives Third Series. Vol. 22, page 772, is given the effective supply tax list for Somerset township in 1781, in which Nathaniel Wallace was assessed for 180 acres of land located near the present village of Vanceville, on the middle fork of Pigeon Creek. It is related that the first observance of the rite of baptism in that section by the Baptist church, was on his farm in 1805. During the immersion in the creek a severe thunderstorm arose, and a tree sheltering the platform on which the preaching was held, was struck killing two horses. Mr. Wallace's daughter was one of those immersed. No record can be found of this family's subsequent life and no descendants are known.
William Wallace, Nathaniel's brother, was also assessed in this list for 200 acres of land on the north fork of Pigeon Creek. On October 10, 1780, William Wallace, Jr., and Elizabeth Hopkins, his wife, deeded to Francis Clements their part of Brothers Industry, being then residents of Washington County, Pennsylvania.
By these sales, the share of William Wallace in Brothers Industry, deeded to him in 1726, passed entirely out of the hands of the family, and all the males of the family had left Maryland.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 3.

2 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 32.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 32.

4 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 26.

5 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 76.