Lachlin Wallace ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   Other names for Lachlin were Lachlan Wallace and Lauchlin Wallace.

  General Notes:

Two sons, three daughters.

Donald Wallace (1816-?) letter to Ed H. Wallace dated 4 Jun 1896 has b. 1701; d. 1756. "Tradition says the first Wallace came to Ross[-s]hire as a manager to George McKinrie [Mackenzie (1630-1714), Earl of Cromerty [Cromarty], and that I am the ninth generation, him my great-great-grandfather, was Alex. Wallace. He was born about 1660; he died about 1740. He was twice married, and had 21 children. He was a very brave man. Lachlin [Lachlan?], my great-grandfather, was his son. It was from him that most of the Wallaces in Ross-shire sprung. He [Lachlin] was born 1701, died 1756. He had two sons, three daughters. His youngest son, John, was my grandfather. He [John?] left large offspring. Since the year 1838 he [John?] had 5 sons and 4 daughters. He [John?] died in 1849. His [Alexander's] oldest son, Lachlin, was my great-grandfather; his son John was my grandfather; one of his sons, George, was my father."

  Research Notes:

Eldest son of Alexander Wallace.

Source: Family records of Lorna (Wallace) Johnson. Spelled "Lachlin" in the family tree and correspondence. Geni.com has Lachlan; Jessie (Wallace) Ross has Lauchlin.

Geni.com gives his mother as Ann M. Wallace; Jessie (Wallace) Ross has "Anne Munro or Murray."
Per Donald Wallace in 4 Jun 1896 letter to Ed H. Wallace, Lachlin was born in 1701 and died in 1756. If this is so, and his father, Alexander, did not marry Mary Monase until 1705, Mary would not have been his mother.

Donald Wallace spelled his name Lachlin. Donald wrote that Lachlin had 10 children.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: Auchnacloich, 2 miles N of Nonikiln: Nonikiln, Tain, Ross-shire (Highland), Scotland. ⁷ Unverified.

Lachlin married Elizabeth Ross, daughter of <John> Ross and <Janet or Jane> < >, about 1726. (Elizabeth Ross was born about 1702.)