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- Samuel Wallace was born 1730 in Tyro Co., Ireland; came to America 1756; living near Philadelphia a short time but finally moving to Cumberland Co., Penn Allen Township. He died 1798 and is buried in Silver Spring Church yard same county and sttate. Samuel married Margaret Patton in 1762. She died in 1782 and came to America a bout 1760. Her father and two other sisters came over also. Her father's name was Andrew. They had nine children: John, Mary, Sarah, Joseph, Samuel, Martha, William, Elizabeth and Margaret. Charles C. Pavey
Pennsylvania Genealogies
Chiefly Scotch, Irish and German
By William Henry Egle MDMA
Harrisburg, PA
Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896
WALLACE and WEIR FAMILIES
Page 703
John Wallace, a native of Scotland, fled to Ireland during the persecution of the Scottish Covenateers, where he lived and died. He married Martha Hays, daughter of William Hays, also a fugitive from religious persecution, locating in County Tyrone, Province of Ulster, Ireland. John Wallace and Martha Hays had among other children, Samuel, born about 1730.
On page 344 it is stated that William Hays, a native of Scotland, left that country during the religious persecution and settled in the County of Tyrone, in the north of Ireland. He was at the siege of Derry and endured it until relief came, being absent from his family twenty-two months. His wife and two small children were of a number of those who had been ?driven to the wall? having been forced to walk with her little ones twenty English miles ? the only food a little oatmeal secreted about her person.
Samuel Wallace, son of John Wallace, was born about 1730 in County Tyrone, Ireland, died October 3, 1798 in Allen Township. Cumberland County, PA; came to America about 1756; resided sometime near Philadelphia, and subsequently settled in Allen Township. Cumberland County, PA. During the struggle for independence he was in active service; as Captain in Co. William Chambers? Battalion of Cumberland County Associators, July 1787, and again on the frontiers of Bedford County in July 1778. He married in 1762 Margaret Patton, born 1741 in Ireland; died September 10, 1782, in Allen Township, Cumberland Co. PA; the youngest daughter of Andrew Patton, who with her father and two sisters came to America in 1760. Samuel Wallace and his wife are buried in Silver Springs Church Graveyard. They had issue:
1. John, born Nov 15, 1763, died 1843 near Columbus, Ohio, removed to Ohio in 1813, left four children.
2. Mary, born September 8, 1765; married Samuel Weir
3. Sarah, born October 8, 1767 in Allen Township, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, died May 3, 1827, (our great grandmother) married Samuel Brooks. They had issue: William, Margaret, Susan, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, John
4. Joseph, born June 30, 1769, married Margaret King.
5. Samuel, born June 20, 1771, married Sarah -------
6. Martha, born April 23, 1773, died September 25, 1843; married John Hays (of the William Hays family)
7. William, born August 31, 1775, married and left issue
8. Elizabeth, born October 17, 1777, died March 13, 1815. Married Gilbert Burnett (See Thomas Records)
9. Margaret, born October 15, 1780, died March 19, 1788.
The further military services of Samuel Wallace is found in the Pennsylvania Archives as follows:
? Vol. II, Page 641: Roll of Capt. Robert Cluggage?s Company (a) Privates ? Wallace, Samuel
? Vol. V page 333; Hilltown Company, Bucks County, Aug. 21, 1775 Samuel Wallace
? Vol . V, page 363; Capt. George Heinlin?s Company of Militia, Durham Township, Bucks County, Fourth Battalion, Fifth Co., Ensign Samuel Wallace, May 10, 1780
? Vol. V, page 843, Chester County Battalion, Capt. Samuel Wallace.
? Vol. VI, page 201; Third Battalion, Fifth Company, Samuel Wallace, July 31, 1777.
? Vol. VI, page 211, Fifth company, Samuel Wallace, May 14, 1778
? Vol. VII, page 337; Col. Burd?s Battalion, Private Samuel Wallace
? Vol. VIII, page 671; Capt. Hepburn?s Company, Private Samuel Wallace.
The record of Samuel Brooks is found in Pennsylvania Archives as follows:
? Vol. V, page 602; Capt Sampson Thomas?s Muster Roll, Dec. 28 1780. 2nd Class, Samuel Brooks.
? Vol. V, page 619: Same
? Vol. V, page 636: Same
? Vol. V, page 649: Same
? Vol. V, page 875; muster roll of Charlestown Company of Militia for last part of year 1782; 3rd class, Samuel Brooks.
? Vol. V, page 878; Capt Roberts? Company of Charles Town Militia for first part of year 1782. 3rd Class, Samuel Brooks.
? Vol. VI, page 201, Third Battalion, Colonel William Chambers, July 31, 1777. Fifth Company, Captain Samuel Wallace, July 31st, 1777, Ensign Samuel Brooks, July 31st, 1777. In this last record is the record of both Samuel Wallace and Samuel Brooks, our great ancestors. Samuel Brooks was the son-in-law of Samuel Wallace.
"Notes and Queries" History and Genealogy, published 1895 by Harrisburg Publishing Co. (Chiefly relating to Interior Pennsylvania) by William Henry Egle. Charles C. Pavey
"Samuel Wallace purchased a farm in Allen township on Yellow Breeches Creek. After his death it was purchased by Joseph Best, now in the possession of his son Martin Best. Charles C. Pavey [1]
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