Robert Wallace, Sr. and Jane McCoy

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Husband Robert Wallace, Sr. ¹

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           Born: Abt 1720 - Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1807
         Buried:  - Florence, Hanover Twp, Washington Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Mary Walker (      -      ) 1

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Wife Jane McCoy ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: May 1775 or 1782
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Robert Wallace ¹

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           Born: Abt 1778-1779
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General Notes: Husband - Robert Wallace, Sr.

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He was a native of Scotland, immigrated to America, and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he remained about three years. He there married and the young couple came to what is now Hanover township, Washington County, where in 1771 he took out a patent for 300 acres of land on Brush creek. Indians were numerous and settlers scarce, and several times they were driven from their home to return again after the Indians had gone. So they continued to reside in their cabin home until about 1775, when one day in May of that year, Mr. Wallace, returning from a search in the forest for some calves that had strayed away, found his cabin in ashes and his family (then consisting of his wife and three children) gone. He at once knew it to be the work of the natives, who as he afterward discovered had lain hidden in a convenient flax patch until they had seen him leave home. Hastily arousing the few neighbors, the little band of determined men started in pursuit. They soon struck the trail, and had not proceeded far when they found the body of the youngest child, who had thus early become a victim. They followed the trail to the Ohio river, but arrived too late to prevent the Redskins crossing; and further pursuit being futile, returned to their homes. Mrs. Wallace was also massacred on the way, and her mutilated body was afterward found near that of her babe. The two remaining children were taken by the Indians as far west as Indiana, where the younger died in captivity. The eldest child, Robert, was restored to his father three years later through an exchange of prisoners.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1025.