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1777 - 1849 (72 years)
Generation: 1
1. | II Robert BLAIR was born on 15 Sep 1777 in Somersett Co., NJ (son of Robert BLAIR and Eleanor SUTPHEN); died on 21 Sep 1849 in Aurora, Kane Co., IL. Notes:
My previous information stated that they were married Sept 12, 1815. I may have gotten that from the Blair Society For Gneealogical Research.
Robert married Rachael WORTMEN in 1798. Rachael (daughter of Jan Wortman and Sally) was born on 23 Sep 1779; died on 23 Jun 1828 in Miami Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Sarah BLAIR was born on 4 Apr 1779; died on 10 Aug 1801.
- Jr. Robert BLAIR was born on 3 Mar 1802; died on 3 Apr 1881.
- Harriet W. BLAIR was born on 12 Sep 1815 in Trenton, Ohio; died on 12 May 1893; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Warren County, IL.
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Generation: 2
2. | Robert BLAIR was born in 1748 (son of John BLAIR); died on 8 Feb 1800 in Somersett Co., NJ; was buried in Bergemister C., Pluckemin, Somerset Co., NJ. Notes:
Served in the Revolutionary War. Occupation, Judge and Sheriff. He was active in the New Jersey Legislature and served as a court justice and Sheriff of Somersett Co., NJ. Called both Capt. Blair and Robert Blair, Esq.
He may have had a daughter who married a ____ Barkley and lived in NY.
Robert married Eleanor SUTPHEN. Eleanor (daughter of Guisbert Sutphen and Ariantje Van Pelt) was born on 9 Jan 1755 in Bedminster, Sommerset Co., NJ; died on 17 Nov 1827 in Sommerset CO., NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
4. | John BLAIR was born about 1720. Notes:
According to information received from the Blair Society for Genealogival Research:
Vol IX, #2 pg 8 " The earliest Blair we have found in Somerset Co., NJ was a John Blair "of Peapack". In 1754 a notice was published in the Philadelphia paper for John Blair of Peapack to pick up his mail in Trenton, NJ. John was also listed
in the day book of a merchant John Van Der Veer in Bedminster Twp Somerset Co., NJ covering May 1, 1767 to Jan 25, 1774. His purchases included rum, snuff, ginger, tar, tobacco, wine, sugar, and a castor hat. He paid his debt in tallow, wheat
and pork. No further word has yet been found in the surviving documentsof that period, but we can hazard a guess that John Blair COULD be the father of five men, three of whom lived in Somerset Co. These three married girls whose families
also lived in Somerset.
Children:
- 2. Robert BLAIR was born in 1748; died on 8 Feb 1800 in Somersett Co., NJ; was buried in Bergemister C., Pluckemin, Somerset Co., NJ.
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Generation: 4
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