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BSGR Members' Lineages (1983 - 2003)

The Board of Directors of the Blair Society for Genealogical Research feel that this book should be of significant interest to all Blair researchers, whether a member of the BSGR or not, who will want to refer to this anthology on the genealogies of the Family of Blair in the course of their studies. It contains research data and family histories never before assembled under one cover. We sincerely feel this publication will represent the crowning accomplishment of the first twenty years of the BSGR and an excellent start to the next twenty years.

This publication is a handsome, hardcover book compiled by Charlotte Blair Stewart (BSGR Genealogist). It contains the most recent extensions and/or revisions of the lineages of all BSGR members (about 1100 strong, past and present), with a geographical place index and an every name index in 598 pages (8 1/2 x 11 format). All member lineages are grouped by their earliest known Blair ancestor and each group includes a biography of the earliest known ancestor of each of the 368 separate Blair family lines represented in the book. These biographies vary from one or two lines to entire pages, depending on the data submitted.

Because it is part of our mission at the BSGR, it is very important to us to making just this type of Blair information available to a broad cross-section of Blair researchers. Therefore, the BSGR would like to offer this publication all. The member’s price for the BSGR Members' Lineages (1983 - 2003) is $40.00 per book while that for non-members is $55.00 per book. Please add $5.00 per book for postage and handling*. To purchase visit our online store

*NOTE: this postage and handling is for shipment within the U.S.A. Please e-mail the BSGR Treasurer for P&H outside the U.S.A.

Below is listed the complete “Table of Contents” containing 368 known Blair ancestral lines. Since publication, 21 more lines have been identified which are probably still too short to tie into one of the lines above. Can you connect your Blair line with one of the ancestral lines below?

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Table of Contents

Oldest Ancestor Page
1.        Abraham Blair & Elizabeth Leech 1
2.        Adam Blair & Mary ___ 2
3.        Agnes Elizabeth Blair & Lewis Lawson 3
4.        Alexander A. Blair & Sarah A. Smalley 3
5.        Alexander Blair & Elizabeth Breeding 4
6.        Alexander Blair & Elizabeth Cochran 8
7.        Alexander Blair & Elizabeth Davie 20
8.        Alexander Blair & Elizabeth Vestal 21
9.        Alexander Blair & Jane Scott/Janey 21
10.      Alexander Blair & Janet Hutcheson 35
11.      Alexander Blair & Priscilla Scull 35
12.      Alexander Blair & Rachel Carson 36
13.      Alexander Blair & Susan Heydorn 39
14.      Alexander Blair & Susan Long 39
15.      Andrew Blair & Elizabeth Davis 40
16.      Andrew Blair & Ellen Younkin 48
17.      Andrew Blair & Hanna McGuire 48
18.      Andrew Blair & Janet Gairdner 48
19.      Andrew Blair & Margaret Arnott 49
20.      Andrew Blair & Sarah B. Ralston 49
21.      Andrew Blair & Susannah Adkins 51
22.      Andrew J. Blair & Mary A. Nail 51
23.      Archibald Blair & Agnes Clark 52
24.      Augustus Blair & Mary Kafahl Zeller 52
25.      Aurell Raymond Blair & Hazel Smith 52
26.      Brice Blair & Esther Peden 52
27.      Brice Blair & Jane ___ 65
28.      Brice Blair & Margaret Clyde 66
29.      Brice Blair & Mary Johnson 67
30.      Brice Blair & Susanna ___ 67
31.      Capt. __ Blair & Sarah Jones 75
32.      Caroline Blair & William Jamison 76
33.      Charles Blair & Mary Ann Lucas 76
34.      Charles Blair & Mary Irwin 76
35.      Charles Culpepper Blair & Meca Reeves 81
36.      Charles D. Blair & Mary Ann Jackson 81
37.      Christopher C.Blair & Nancy Holloway 82
38.      Collice Blair & Delphie Lavarway 82
39.      Daniel Blair & Jane ___ 82
40.      David Blair & Anna Wardrup 83
41.      David Blair & Etta Turner 83
42.      David Blair & Jane Warford 83
43.      David Blair & Lou Liza Terry 84
44.      David Blair & Mary Frances Mahoney 85
45.      David Blair & ___ Henderson 85
46.      David Scott Blair & Mary Ann Sangster 85
47.      Donald Blair & Janet McAdam 86
48.      Duncan Blair & ___ 87
49.      Edward Blair & ___ 87
50.      Edward Blair & Hulda Williams 88
51.      Edward Blair & Sarah Harrison 89
52.      Eleanor Blair & Robert Morris 90
53.      Eli Blair & Elizabeth McBryant 91
54.      Elijah Blair & Georgia ___ 92
55.      Eliza E. "Bell" Blair & Benjamin Adams 92
56.      Elizabeth Blair & Adam Armstrong 92
57.      Elizabeth Blair & Joseph McCambridge 93
58.      Elizabeth Blair & Samuel McCrosky 93
59.      Elizabeth Blair & William Calhoun 94
60.      Emory Blair & Ellen Slaven/Sloven 94
61.      Esther Blair & Gideon Ormsby 94
62.      Fairnetta Blair & Peter Trammell 95
63.      Frances Blair & Elizabeth ___ 95
64.      Frank Lee Blair & Caroline Kirtley 95
65.      Frank Pierce Blair & Kate Ackerson 96
66.      Gabriel Blair & Agnes/Nancy McLees 96
67.      George Blair & Barsheba ___ 97
68.      George Blair & Electra Parmeter 97
69.      George Blair & Elizabeth Yarborough 98
70.      George Blair & Ida McKay 98
71.      George Blair & Jean Duncan Johnston 99
72.      George Blair & Margaret Burch 100
73.      George Blair & Mary Fairchild 313
74.      George Blair & Mary Murdock 100
75.      George Blair & Nancy J. Potts 102
76.      George Blair & Phyllis Nealson 103
77.      George O. Blair & Jane Keyser 103
78.      George W. Blair & Lizzie Reeves 104
79.      George W. Blair & Mary A. Newton 104
80.      Harlan Larkin Blair & Martha Haggard 105
81.      Henry Blair & Barbara Foscue 105
82.      Henry Blair & Julia Honeycutt 107
83.      Henry Blair & Martha Ann Arbogast 107
84.      Henry Blair & Rosa Bordeau 108
85.      Henry D. Blair & Ellen Emma Ogle 108
86.      Henry William Blair & Mary Schyloe 108
87.      Hiram K. Blair & Susan Mullet 109
88.      Hugh Blair & Elizabeth Howie 109
89.      Hugh Blair & Hannah ___ 110
90.      Hugh Blair & Jane Thompson 110
91.      Hugh Blair & Janet ___ 116
92.      Hugh Blair & Mary Dawson 242
93.      Hugh Blair & Sarah Goldie 116
94.      Ignatitus Blair & Mary ___ 117
95.      Ira Larue Blair & Mary Ann Sadler 119
96.      Isaac James Blair & Sara A. Conduff 119
97.      Jacob Blair & Cherokee Indian 120
98.      Jacob Blair & Ellen Crumback 123
99.      James A. Blair & Elizabeth McKnight 123
100.   James B. Blair & Barbara Duncan 124
101.   James Blair & Amelia Brayfield Hagerman 124
102.   James Blair & Ann, Agnes & Jane Campbell 130
103.   James Blair & Ann McKenny 132
104.   James Blair & Betty Cunningham 132
105.   James Blair & Catherine King 25
106.   James Blair & Delilah Johnson 133
107.   James Blair & Elizabeth Conway 136
108.   James Blair & Elizabeth Wilson 137
109.   James Blair & Ellen Winnert 138
110.   James Blair & Hannah Smith 138
111.   James Blair & Isabella Biggar 144
112.   James Blair & Isabella Buchanan Scott 144
113.   James Blair & Jane Donaldson 145
114.   James Blair & Jane Reynolds 145
115.   James Blair & Jane Streight 146
116.   James Blair & Jane Todd 147
117.   James Blair & Jean Young 149
118.   James Blair & Margaret Junkin 150
119.   James Blair & Margaret Wilson 153
120.   James Blair & Margaretta Hall 156
121.   James Blair & Maria Gifford 158
122.   James Blair & Mary (Colbert?) 158
123.   James Blair & Mary Harper 182
124.   James Blair & Mary Thompson 183
125.   James Blair & Nancy Agnes Weir 185
126.   James Blair & Nancy McNeil 186
127.   James Blair & Rachel Newcomb & Phebe Ann Butlz 187
128.   James Blair & Polly Ann Hayes 187
129.   James Blair & Rebecca Lowery 188
130.   James Blair & Rhoda Rittenhouse 189
131.   James Blair & Sally Barnett 191
132.   James Blair & Sarah Shoaf 192
133.   James Blair & Sarah Wilson 193
134.   James Blair of Ladymuir & Unknown 193
135.   James Clayton Blair & Anna M. Stewart 199
136.   James D. Blair & Mary C. Hayne 199
137.   James F. Blair & Elizabeth Andre 199
138.   James Hays Blair & Sarah ___ 199
139.   James Hugh Blair & Hannah Harnden 200
140.   James Lee Blair & Clara Cox 200
141.   James M. Blair & Margaret Waterson 201
142.   James N. Blair & Harriett Montgomery 201
143.   James P. Blair & Letitia Guilah 202
144.   Jane Blair & John Andrews 202
145.   Jean Blair & William Fleming 203
146.   Jennie Blair & Thomas Blakely 203
147.   Jeremiah Blair & Mary R. Mattingly 203
148.   Jesse Blair & Rebecca Ellington 203
149.   Jesse Blair Mutter & Edward Jones 205
150.   John Achinson Blair & Mary E. Utley 205
151.   John Alexander Blair & Mary McArthur 206
152.   John B. Blair and Margaret Pace 206
153.   John Blair 208
154.   John Blair & Agnes Moffat 208
155.   John Blair & Amelia Potter 209
156.   John Blair & Ann Pepper 209
157.   John Blair & Charlotte Redmond 213
158.   John Blair & Christian Auld 213
159.   John Blair & Elizabeth Cochran 215
160.   John Blair & Elizabeth Graham 217
161.   John Blair & Elizabeth ___ 218
162.   John Blair & Ellen ___ 218
163.   John Blair & Hannah Craig 218
164.   John Blair & Helen Brown 220
165.   John Blair & Jane McKelvey 220
166.   John Blair & Janet Moody 220
167.   John Blair & Jean Taylor 221
168.   John Blair & Lucy Pepper 212
169.   John Blair & Margaret Elizabeth Brown 221
170.   John Blair & Margaret Hawthorne 229
171.   John Blair & Margaret Skiles 232
172.   John Blair & Margaret ___ 232
173.   John Blair & Maria Boulet 234
174.   John Blair & Martha ___ 234
175.   John Blair & Martha Killough McClure 264
176.   John Blair & Martha Laird 265
177.   John Blair & Martha Markin 272
178.   John Blair & Mary Bennie 275
179.   John Blair & Mary Crozier 275
180.   John Blair & Mary Hazlett 276
181.   John Blair & Mary McLaughlin 277
182.   John Blair & Mary Vahne 277
183.   John Blair & Mary Francis Whalen 278
184.   John Blair & Mary/Amelia White 279
185.   John Blair & Minnie ___ 280
186.   John Blair & Polly Baisden 280
187.   John Blair & Rachel Ramsey 283
188.   John Blair & Rachel Wilson 283
189.   John Blair & Ruth ___ 284
190.   John Blair & Samantha Grimshaw 285
191.   John Blair & Sarah Crystal 286
192.   John Blair & Sarah Evans 286
193.   John Blair & Sarah Hibberd 287
194.   John Blair & Sarah Kelso 292
195.   John Blair & Susanna Bowles 295
196.   John Blair & Susannah Ewing 296
197.   John F. Blair & Lucy/Rachel ___ 299
198.   John Henry Blair & Elizabeth Williams 300
199.   John J. Blair & Amanda Renoe 300
200.   John J. Blair & Cedena, Kitsy & Mary Stephens 301
201.   John J. Blair and Elizabeth Halbert 303
202.   John Loring Blair & Susie Burt 303
203.   John N. Blair & Elizabeth Ann Wallace 304
204.   John Stevenson Blair & Anna E. Ryan 304
205.   John W. Blair & Anna Stevan 304
206.   John W. Blair & Sally Pledger 304
207.   Johnson Blair & Martha Robertson 305
208.   Joseph Anderson Blair 308
209.   Joseph Blair & Alice Mays 308
210.   Joseph Blair & Anne Wilson 315
211.   Joseph Blair & Christiana Armstrong Hay 315
212.   Joseph Blair & Elizabeth Heppenstall 316
213.   Joseph Blair & Jane ___ 317
214.   Joseph Blair & Julia Baker 317
215.   Joseph Blair & Julia Edwards 317
216.   Joseph Blair & Melinda Jordan 317
217.   Joseph Blair & ___ 318
218.   Joseph C. Blair & Mary ___ 319
219.   Kennedy Blair & Isabelle Wilkinson 319
220.   Keziah Blair & Robert Adams 319
221.   Lewis Blair & Nancy Beckley 320
222.   Lewis Blair (BLAIS) & Sophia Abstaer 320
223.   Luallen Sanford Blair & Emily Morris 320
224.   Lucinda Blair & Allen Taylor 320
225.   Lucy Blair & Joseph Belcher 321
226.   Lydia Blair & William Sinclair 321
227.   Margaret Blair & Thomas P. Updegrove 321
228.   Margaret Blair & __Standridge 322
229.   Martha Blair & John Hamilton 322
230.   Martha Blair & John Smith 322
231.   Martha Blair & Miles Sims 322
232.   Martha Blair & Robert Cunningham 323
233.   Martin Luther Blair & Addie Mae Smith 323
234.   Mary Blair & Alexander/Charles Kelso 323
235.   Mary Blair & John Prather 324
236.   Mary Blair & Thomas Mayo 325
237.   Mary Ellen Blair & Paul Plant 325
238.   Mary Jane Blair & Robert Kennedy 326
239.   Merle S. Blair & Marguerite Batchelder 326
240.   Miss Blair & Nicholas Day 326
241.   Moses Blair & Bridget Murphey 327
242.   Mr. Blair & Elizabeth Richards 327
243.   Nancy Blair & James Summons 327
244.   Noble Blair & Abigail Hayden 314
245.   Obadiah Blair & Mary Todd 328
246.   Peggy Blair & Robert Cummings 330
247.   Peter Blair & Mary Hamilton 330
248.   Peter Blair & Sarah Boyd 335
249.   Peter Blair & Sarah Boyle 118
250.   Phillip Blair & Henrietta ___ 335
251.   Phineas Blair & Mary ___ 336
252.   Rachel Blair & James Crawford 337
253.   Ralph Edward Blair & Mary Blair 338
254.   Richard Blair & Elizabeth C. Smith 338
255.   Richard Blair & Sarah Mitchenor 339
256.   Richard C. Blair & Agnes Howard 339
257.   Robert Blair & Adeline Chouinard 340
258.   Robert Blair & Ann Dixon 340
259.   Robert Blair & Clara Rubio 341
260.   Robert Blair & Eleanor Sutphen 341
261.   Robert Blair & Eliza 347
262.   Robert Blair & Elizabeth Gordan & Elizabeth Murdoch 347
263.   Robert Blair & Elizabeth Rainbow/Renbow 348
264.   Robert Blair & Elizabeth Welsh 350
265.   Robert Blair & Isabella Rankin 351
266.   Robert Blair & Isabella Rogers 368
267.   Robert Blair & Jane Mitchell 369
268.   Robert Blair & Janet Combs 370
269.   Robert Blair & Jean Buchanon 374
270.   Robert Blair & Jean Turner 375
271.   Robert Blair & Lucy Ballard 375
272.   Robert Blair & Mary Ann Dick 376
273.   Robert Blair & Mary Ann Dunlap 376
274.   Robert Blair & Mary King 377
275.   Robert Blair & Mary McCann 377
276.   Robert Blair & Rebecca Ewing 378
277.   Robert Blair & Rose Colquohoun 90
278.   Robert King Blair & Rehtse Litchfield 379
279.   Rosalie Blair & Charles Bastien 380
280.   Runnal Blair & Charity Southard 343
281.   Russell Blair & Tammy ___ 380
282.   Samuel Blair & Agnes (Cowan?) 381
283.   Samuel Blair & Isabella Stockman 382
284.   Samuel Blair & Mahala Cannon 383
285.   Samuel Blair & Ruby ___ 387
286.   Samuel E. Blair & Mary McDonough 388
287.   Samuel G. Blair & Elizabeth Palmer 388
288.   Sarah Blair & Elias Stillman 388
289.   Sarah Blair & Samuel Glover 389
290.   Sarah Blair & Thomas Ingram 389
291.   Susannah Blair & Levi Randall. 390
292.   Solomon Blair & ___ 33
293.   Thomas Blair & Betsy Phillips 390
294.   Thomas Blair & Catherine McIntyre 391
295.   Thomas Blair & Edith Black 392
296.   Thomas Blair & Eliz McLaren & Sarah Cunningham 392
297.   Thomas Blair & Elizabeth ___ 393
298.   Thomas Blair & Hannah Stone 394
299.   Thomas Blair & Jane Devlin 398
300.   Thomas Blair & Jane Gillan 398
301.   Thomas Blair & Jean Ruth McQuiston 258
302.   Thomas Blair & Letty Fanning 399
303.   Thomas Blair & Margaret Rankin 400
304.   Thomas Blair & Margaret ___ 401
305.   Thomas Blair & (Mary Ann Jones?) 406
306.   Thomas Blair & Mary Fisher 408
307.   Thomas Blair & Mary Henry 409
308.   Thomas Blair & Mary Stuart 410
309.   Thomas Blair & Milly ___ 410
310.   Thomas Blair & Rachel E. Tunnell 411
311.   Thomas Blair & Sarah Wolfe 424
312.   Thomas H. Blair & Mary J. Colvin 412
313.   Thomas J. Blair & Mary ___ 412
314.   Thomas Rainey Blair & Emeline Buell 412
315.   Thompson Milton Blair & Sarah Linville 413
316.   William Andrew Blair & Catharine ___ 414
317.   William Blair & Christiana Pettegrew 414
318.   William Blair & Dorinda Reed 415
319.   William Blair & Eleanor ___ 415
320.   William Blair & Elizabeth Black 418
321.   William Blair & Elizabeth McDowell 420
322.   William Blair & Elizabeth McQueen 421
323.   William Blair & Elizabeth Offer 421
324.   William Blair & Elizabeth Smith 422
325.   William Blair & Hester ___ I 423
326.   William Blair & Isabelle Fraser Ross 426
327.   William Blair & Jane Cooper & Hannah Crawford 427
328.   William Blair & Jane McNure 430
329.   William Blair & Janet Wallace 431
330.   William Blair & Jean White 432
331.   William Blair & Jessie Gellatry 432
332.   William Blair & Louisa Henderson 433
333.   William Blair & Lucinda Stanton 434
334.   William Blair & Margaret Confer 435
335.   William Blair & Margaret Steel 436
336.   William Blair & Maria Holland 437
337.   William Blair & Martha Elliott 437
338.   William Blair & Mary Allen 438
339.   William Blair & Mary Blair 439
340.   William Blair & Mary Ann Newton 104
341.   William Blair & Mary Cowan 439
342.   William Blair & Mary Hannah 441
343.   William Blair & Mary McLean 449
344.   William Blair & Mary Shaffer 450
345.   William Blair & Mary ___ 450
346.   William Blair & Nancy Ann (McDaniel?) 452
347.   William Blair & Nancy Cline 453
348.   William Blair & Nancy Gage 454
349.   William Blair & Phoebe Harris 454
350.   William Blair & Sarah DeHart 455
351.   William Blair & Sarah Suter 459
352.   William Blair & Selinda Wheeler 467
353.   William Blair & Sibbiah Earl 468
354.   William Blair- & Margaret ___ 469
355.   William Blair of Fagg's Manor PA 470
356.   William E. Blair & Louisa Helm 473
357.   William Frank Blair & Ida Ann Newman 474
358.   William H. Blair & Mary Waynes 474
359.   William Hayes Blair & Clarissa Addison 475
360.   Willam Henry & Mary Ann Singhaus & Susan Dietrick 475
361.   William Henry Blair & Sarah Cooper 476
362.   William J. Blair & Ada E. Barker 477
363.   William Knox Blair & Anna Conners 477
364.   William Maynard Blair & Mary Malaski 478
365.   William Orlando Blair & ___ 478
366.   William Robert Blair & Elizabeth Moore 478
367.   William Samuel Blair & Willie Gilmore 479
368.   Winthrop Blair & Katherine McLeod 479