Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester, County, Mass. Vol 2, pgs. 409, 410, 411 Nathaniel WALLIS (I) the immigrant amcester of the WALLIS family of Douglas, Mass., was born in 1632 in Cornwall, England. The name WALLACE is Scotch and there is a tradition that this family originally came from Scotland, but there is no doubt of the fact that the American progenitor came from Engand. He was an early settler at Scarborough, Maine. He as a constable in Falmouth (now Portland), Maine. He was among those who swore allegiance to Mass. in 1658, but in July 1660, he had 3 children baptized by Rev. Robert JORDAN, who adhered to the Church of England in that her lowest hour of distress, and WALLIS was censured for allowing the baptism by the general court of Mass. as shown by the colonial records, Volume IV. SAVAGE thinks the son John was one of those baptized according to the rubric. The family was driven from Falmouth in 1681 when Falmouth was destroyed by the Indian Wars, and he finally settled at Beverly, Mass. He was there before 1701. In 1692 he gave his age as 58 years old, but the authority for 1632 as the year of his birth seems better than this statement. Nathaniel WALLIS married Margaret (?), who was born in 1630 and died May 14, 1711. He died at Beverly, Oct. 18, 1709. Their children were: Nathaniel Jr., settled at Beverly, married Anna and had a large family; John, mentioned below; Bartholomew; Caleb, settled at Beverly, married Sarah (?) and had a large family; Joshua, settled at Beverly, married Abiah, and had 1 child, named Mary born Sept. 1694; Mary. John WALLIS believed to be Nathaniel WALLIS' s brother, was in Scarborough in 1658, settled in Gloucester and was prominent there. He died at Gloucester on Sept. 23, 1690, leaving wife Mary and sons Josiah, Joseph, James and Benjamin. Benjamin and James, sons of John WALLIS, also lived in Beverly, Mass. (II) John WALLIS, son of Nathaniel WALLIS (I) was born about 1653 and died before 1720. He resided in York County, Maine. He married Bridget SHEPARD, daughter of John SHEPARD. Their children were: Sarah born 1675; John, mentioned below; Margaret born about 1679: Barthalomew born about 1682; Elizabeth born about 1685; Nathaniel born about 1688, settled in Sherborn, Mass. ; Benjamin born about 1690; Mary born 1693. (III) John WALLIS, son of John WALLIS (II) was born May 13, 1679. He lived in Billerica, Mass. from 1710 to 1718, when he removed to Sherborn, Mass., in the part that was set-off from Holliston in 1724. Several years later he removed to Douglas, Mass. where his son Benjamin became a permanent settler. He died there on Dec. 26, 1763. He married in Sudbury, Mass. on July 19, 1717, Mary TWITCHELL, daughter of John and Mary TWITCHELL, of Sherborn. The line of ancestry here given was established by Hon. Ezra S. STEARNS by finding the deed dated 120 in which John WALLIS, of Sherborn, sells " to my brother Benjamin TWITCHELL, Jr. (brother of his wife) land in York County, Maine, being my right in land of my grandfather, John SHEPARD, and land belonging to my father, John WALLIS, deceased son of Nathaniel WALLIS". Nathaniel WALLIS, his brother, also lived in Sherborn for a short time, having 3 children born there. The children of John and Mary (TWITCHELL) WALLIS were; John Jr., born Dec. 20, 1717 at Sherborn; Mary; Nathaniel born at Sherborn on Oct. 12, 1721; Benjamin born Dec. 15, 1723, mentioned below; Sarah; Rachel born in Holliston, Mass., formerly Sherborn, Mass. on April 10, 1734, married Jabez LEWIS. END of PART 1