Reputation
Mary's claim to fame is as a reputed ghost. However she never really haunted the place she was reputed to haunt. There were two Wallace houses in the town of Henniker, one the home of her son Robert, and the other the home of her son William.
The story of haunting was begun by Louis Roy who owned the Robert Wallace house and has now been discredited. While it lasted it was quite a tale of pirates, treasure, and all sorts of hauntings associated with such. It is doubtful that Mary ever saw the pirate after his ship departed.
William's house became the town poor farm in 1840 and burned to the ground in 1923. Robert's home, built in 1760, still stands today. Mary lived with her son William. Reputedly she didn't care for Robert, and it is doubtful that she ever visited him.
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