This is just a guess...but, perhaps this is a group of people who hated the English from whom they came and this person that they are named after is the William Wallace "freedom fighter" of Scotland. I know that he has no known offspring. Matt Colby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Colby" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 12:52 PM Subject: [COLBY] William Wallace Colby > In my files I have several Colby men and other surnames with the given name > of William Wallace. > > Question: Who is the William Wallace that all these men are named after? > > > Ronald Colby > [email protected] > Kearns, Utah > 801-680-1317 > > I finally got my head together, now my body is falling apart. > > COLBY FAMILY & OTHERS: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colby/colbyfam > COLBY'S BOOKS: > http://trinity.psnw.com/~rmcolby/index.htm > > > > > ==== COLBY Mailing List ==== > COLBY CLAN ASSOCIATION > for membership information contact > Adeline S. Stack > 26 Coolidge Ave. > South Portland, Maine 04106-5013 > Phone (207) 799-1648 > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >