Peter Margetson Wallace

Profile & Legacies Summary

1780 - 1864

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Slave-owner on Jamaica, owner of Stoakesfield until at least 1807. Peter Margetson Wallace also claimed apparently unsuccessfully for compensation by virtue of his wife Louisa (nee Turmaine) who had an annuity secured on Taylors Caymanas. The origin of this annuity has not yet been traced: Louisa Turmaine appears to have come from a Huguenot family in Canterbury Kent with no obvious connection to Jamaica.

Baptism of Peter Margetson Wallace son of Peter and Sarah 28/09/1785; marriage by licence of Peter Margetson Wallace and Louisa Turmaine of the parish of Holy Cross near Canterbury at St Marylebone 12/03/1809.
Peter Margetson Wallace late of 3 Crescent Terrace Westminster, a General in the Royal Artillery who died 19/12/1864 proved 17/01/1865 effects under £600.

Sources

Ancestry.com, London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online] [the entry has '19 Sept. 80' next to it, presumably the birth-date; Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 [database online].
National Probate Calendar 1865.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Spouse

Louisa Turmaine

Children

Thomas; Charlotte

Wealth at death

£600

Occupation

Soldier

Associated Claims (1)

Associated Estates (1)

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