Isabella (Wallace) Sharpe - Corrections

Erica Howton I don't think anyone has ever provided any evidence for Isabel being a Wallace.

Philip Sharpe asked a good, logical question. From my 52 years as a research genealogist my answer is, there is no provable evidence. Now I will offer what I have actually found starting with. imported LDS records: Matthew Wallace b 1640 and wife Elizabeth Alexander,were Presbyterian Scots-Irish, married in Donegal Ireland came to Somerset Co MD about 1670. They were the parents of 19 children some born in Ireland and the rest in Somerset Co MD. One of their children was a daughter, Isabella.

Using an actual 1685 will of John Wallace ,he states he stated that he was the brother on Matthew Wallace, husband on Elizabeth,\ who had a son Matthew !1, my notation), John's wife was Jane and he had sons Matthew (2. my notation) and John Jr.

Matthew 1 married his cousin Sarah Alexander about 1708 in Somerset Co Md.. No Somerset Co Wallace was in Cecil Co MD much before 1714 when a Matthew Wallace and his Alexander in-laws acquired land in Co Cecil MD. When they arrive there were NO Presbyterian Churches in Cecil Co until 1720 when the Rock Presbyterian Church was started 5,7 road miles from the Head of Christiana Presbyterian, Newark DE. a few feet across the MD./ DE state line. Attending the HOC PC were Matthew Wallace, some Alexanders and Philip Sharpe from Cecil Co and they got the Hoc PC to sponsor a new Presbyterian church near where the lived. They were charter members of the Rock Presbyterian Church.

Since Philip Sharpe and Isabella started have children about 1717;8 they were married in DE. Many have posted that she was a Wallace. Matthew and Phillip were Presbyterian neighbors in Cecil Co MD, Philip would have known Matthews family. They could have shared the same wagon for about one hour, each way, for the 5.7 mile trip from their home in MD to their church in DE every Sunday.

Isabella m about 1716 was born about i695-9 before Matthew 1 m his cousin Sarah Alexander, so I believe Matthew 2 was the father of Isabella Wallace. if Philip married a Wallace and that the he was the son of John Wallace, contrary to popular beliefs, Matthew The dates fit this arrangement.

Jim

Probably, if Philip was born 1695 as posted.

On 11/18/2021, Jim wrote: "NO Somerset Co Wallace was in Cecil C0 MD until just before 1714."

By contrast, NSDAR Acquisition 36135 of 1946, p. offers the following:

"Land Record Vol. 2 Pages 280-283 Cecil County, Maryland Deed 18 May 1715.

"Thomas Stevenson of Bucks Co., Province of Penn. deeds to Matthew Wallace...A tract of land containing 1,150 Acres on the east side of the main branch of the Ells [Elk] River in Cecil County in the Province of Maryland, etc. Said land for some years past been improved and possessed by Matthew Wallace and Company; and by those divided among themselves etc..."

Since at least 10 March 1707, Matthew Wallace had lived nearby in the county of New Castle on the Delaware.

This passage suggests that Matthew Wallace, even if he did not live in Cecil County, Maryland, he had had a presence there for a number of years. He may have had this presence there for as many as 8 years as of 1715.

For the same reporting of the presence of Matthew Wallace, yeoman, presence in Cecil County, Maryland, one may refer to the ABSTRACTS OF CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND LAND RECORDS 1673-1751, June D. Brown, Heritage Books, 2008 (See pp. 91-93).

In this material, Matthew Wallace is referred to as "Matthew Wallace, yeoman."

In this context, "yeoman" refers to "a man holding and cultivating a small landed estate; a freeholder." This reference suggests Matthew Wallace was actively working the land in Cecil County, Maryland, when the effort to deed him the land in 2014 was initiated.

A relevant quote for this discussion:
"6 September 1704/Matthew Wallis gives 20 head of cattle to son David Wallis Richard Wallis son of Matthew Wallis"
Source: Somerset County Livestock Marks, Genealogical Abstracts,

P. 160, Maryland Eastern Shore Vital Records 1648-1725, 2nd edition
F Edward Wright, Maryland Hall of Records Library 011922-1
Annapolis, Maryland

The above-noted record must not be overlooked when reviewing the Somerset County Wallaces of the 1600s and their move to Cecil County in the early 1700s. Reviewers may also wish to consult the 1946 NSDAR Acquisition 36135 kept on microfilm in the NSDAR Library in Washington, DC. NSDAR Acq. 36135 was prepared by the Maryland Chapter of the NSDAR.