Hugh Blair and Janet Thompson

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Husband Hugh Blair ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 1741 - Donagar, County Antrim, Ireland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jan 1837 - near Hartstown, Crawford Co, PA 1 2 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Blair (      -      ) 1 4
         Mother: 

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       Marriage:  - Ireland

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   Other Spouse: Jane Thompson (Abt 1745-1835) 1 6

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Wife Janet Thompson ⁴

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           Born: 1745 4
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           Died: 1835 4
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Children

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1 M John Blair ^{1 7}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Mary McQuistan (      -      ) 7

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2 M Hugh Blair ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: 9 Dec 1864 6
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         Spouse: Nancy McWilliams (      -      ) 6

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3 M Rev. David Blair ^{2 3 4 8}

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           Born: Nov 1786 - Parish of Donagar, County Antrim, Ireland 2 3
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           Died: 1882 - ? Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Margaret Steel (Abt 1801-1865) 8 9
           Marr: 1821 2 3 10

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General Notes: Husband - Hugh Blair

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This branch of the ancient Blair family of Scotland and Ireland was founded in the United States by Hugh Blair, who came from the North of Ireland to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1802, settling on a tract of virgin land, later the farm of his grandson, Hugh Blair.

He came to the United States in 1802 and is the American ancestor of a numerous influential family found in many parts of the Union. He was twice married in Ireland, bringing his second wife with him to the United States. His first wife, the mother of all his children, bore him eight sons and three daughters. [GPHWP, 1696]

He and his wife were members of the Donagar Associate Presbyterian Church. They were the parents of eight sons and three daughters. They came to the United States in 1802, and after spending one winter at Steubenville, Ohio, removed to near Hartstown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, where Hugh Blair purchased a 400-acre tract of land. [HIC 1913, 679]

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1696.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 679.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 143.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 420.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 173, 343.

6 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 343.

7 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 173.

8 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Blair County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 82.

9 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 439.

10 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 421.