Hello, My name is Cynthia Effingham and I have been engaged in research appertaining to the Wallace family for many years. I am at present trying to determine the parentage of Eimerus Galleius, the earliest known progenitor of the Wallace family. There seem to be three main hypotheses concerning the descent of Eimerus. The first is that he was a Cymric vassal of the early Stewarts' lands in Shropshire. Even more interestingly, one contemporary source states that his father was a Norman or Breton nobleman of the surname 'de Muras'. Unfortunately I have searched all the B.A. rolls and related manuscripts for a 'Muras' but have found nothing close to this name. The third hypothesis is that Eimerus was a 'Strathclyde Briton' descended from the ancient royal family of Strathclyde that goes back to Caratacus, who fought the Romans in southern Britain around AD 40. Another researcher posits (without sufficient evidence in my opinion) that Eimerus Galleius was in fact the son of Guy le Strange, the famous Breton nobleman. I am posting this message, firstly, to encourage discussion about the possible antecedents of Eimerus and, secondly, to ask if anyone else is familiar with the ancestry of the Muras family and how they might be related to the Wallaces. With best wishes, Cynthia Effingham --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? With a free 1 GB, there's more in store with Yahoo! Mail.