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William Wallace 1720 – 1816 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 May 1720

Birth Location: Granshaw, Parish Dromara, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 Dec 1816

Death Location: Granshaw, Parish Dromara, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Craigie

Mother: Lady Duart

Spouse(s): Agnes Shaw, Mary Wilson

Children(s): Robert Wallace, Isabella Wallace, Nancy Wallace, William Wallace, John Wallace, Hugh Wallace, David WALLACE, Agnes Wallace, Rev. Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, Mary Wallace, James Wallace, Margaret Wallace, Samuel Wallace, James Wallis\Wallace, Jane Wallace

William Wallace * was born in 1720 in Granshaw, Parish Dromara, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, the child of Sir James John Wallace, 14th of Craigie and Lady Margaret Campbell, Baroness of Duart. William Wallace * later married Agnes Shaw and Mary Wilson, and together they raised children including Robert Wallace, Isabella Wallace, Nancy Mary Wallace, William Wallace, John Wallace, Hugh Wallace, David James WALLACE, Agnes "Nancy" Wallace, Rev. William Alexander Wallace, Elizabeth Wallace, Mary Wallace, James Wallace, Margaret Ann Wallace, Samuel Wallace, James Wallis\Wallace and Jane Wallace. In 1816, William Wallace * passed away in Granshaw, Parish Dromara, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Sir Craigie
1553 – 1610
Birth Location: Gransha, Parish Dromara, County Down, Ireland
SC
Lady Duart
1548 – 1637
Birth Location: Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
LD

Spouses(s)

Agnes Shaw
1730 – 1822
Birth Location: Gransha, Dromara, Co.Down, Ireland
AS
Mary Wilson
1720 – 1813
Birth Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland
MW

Children(s)

Robert Wallace
1760 – 1810
Birth Location: Kirkinriola Parish, County Antrim, Ireland
RW
Isabella Wallace
1760 –
Birth Location: Granshaw, near Ballynahinch, Magheradrool Parish, Kinelarty Borony, County Down, Ireland
IW
Nancy Wallace
1761 – 1867
Birth Location: –
NW
William Wallace
1764 – 1785
Birth Location: Gransha, Down, Ireland
WW
John Wallace
1766 – 1843
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
JW
Hugh Wallace
1770 – 1826
Birth Location: Parish of Grennan, Dromore, Co Tyrone
HW
David WALLACE
1771 – 1843
Birth Location: Gransha, County Down, Ireland
DW
Agnes Wallace
1775 – 1847
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
AW
Rev. Wallace
1775 – 1859
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
RW
Elizabeth Wallace
1775 – 1830
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
EW
Mary Wallace
1775 – 1830
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
MW
James Wallace
1775 – 1821
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
JW
Margaret Wallace
1775 – 1830
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
MW
Samuel Wallace
1780 – 1848
Birth Location: Granshaw, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
SW
James Wallis\Wallace
1748 – 1846
Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, , Ireland
JW
Jane Wallace
Birth Location: –
JW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 May 1720
    Event Place: Granshaw, Parish Dromara, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 25 May 1679
    Event Place: Arbroath,Angus,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Dec 1816
    Event Place: Granshaw, Parish Dromara, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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