Thomas Wallace is the earliest member of the Wallace line of Muriel Pearce Townes that has been located so far. Documentation is not widely available. The Wallaces that Muriel descended from were primarily based in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina.
Thomas Wallace married Hannah Bragg. Their son John Bragg Wallace -- whose occupation was listed as House Carpenter -- was the father of John Pearce's mother, Margaret Wallace.