James WALLACE

Abt 1675 - 1762  (~ 87 years)

• Name	James WALLACE
  Birth	Abt 1675	Lanark, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Mar 1762	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut   [2]
  Death	8 Mar 1762	Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
  	Age 84
  Notes	James Wallace emigrated from Scotland to Ridgefield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, probably about 1705. He then removed to North Salem, Westchester County, New York. According to Ridgefield in Review, "Among the Proprietors' deeds in Ridgefield is an instrument dated 4 May 1750 whereby John, James and Jacob Wallace of Salem, New York remised, released and quit claimed all their rights to the common or undivided land in the township of Ridgefield excepting their interests in Mamanasco Pond in exchange for a tract of about eighty-four and a half acres which was laid out in the so-called New Purchase." "He was shangaied on the wharves of Glasgow by the British and placed aboard a man-of-war, and he was forced to serve for eight years. One night, when his ship was anchored off Long Island Sound he managed to escape ashore and make his way to Norwalk, where he obtained employment. In 1696 he married Mary Hyatt, daughter of Thomas Hyatt. In 1715 James Wallace was listed among the men who purchased a tract of land in Ridgefield from the Indians. James Wallace had eight children. His two sons, John and James, achieved a great age, and were among the early settlers of North Salem, when that area was part of the Oblong under Connecticut jurisdiction. The descendants of James Wallace played prominent roles in the community life of North Salem during the ensuring generations." [1]
  Person ID	I7007	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	29 May 2012

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone of James Wallace (abt 1675-1762)

  
  

• Sources

  [S322] Silvio A. Bedini, Ridgefield in Review, (Ridgefield, Connecticut: The Ridgefield 250th Anniversary Committee, Inc., 1958.), p. 14., CT/RID/78. (Reliability: 3). [S331] Find a Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com), 24 May 2012 (Reliability: 3).