NOTE: SAMUEL BLAIR IS NOT THE FATHER OF JOSEPH FRANCIS JACOB BLAIR
Samuel was born in 1712. Samuel Blair passed away in 1751. His ancestry is not documented, although some claim his father was a William Blair. Samuel has no known middle name.[1][2]
Samuel attended the school of Reverend William Tennent. This school was later known as the Log College. Upon graduation he was licensed to preach on 9 November 1733. His first post was in Abingdon in Pennsylvania. He spent the next five years as a pastor in Middleton and Shrewsbury, New Jersey before accepting the post at Fagg's Manor in eastern PA, beginning his ministry there in 1740. Begun in 1730, the church was one of the first Presbyterian Churches in America.
He was a trustee for the College of New Jersey, which later became Princeton. [3]
Sources
↑ PCA
Presbyterian Church historical archives and other available records
TURNER, J. D. EDMISTON. "REVEREND SAMUEL BLAIR, 1712—1751." Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society (1943-1961) 29, no. 4 (1951): 227-36. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23324747.
WikiTree profile Blair-791 created through the import of WORCESTER_2012-07-31.ged on Jul 31, 2012 by Bob Worcester. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bob and others.
Source: S1016 Author: Van Hook, Matthew Title: Descendants of Arent Isaacszen Van Hoeck, Immigrant to New Amsterdam Publication: Name: Higginson Book Company; Location: Salem, Massachusetts; Date: 1997; Available at Allen County Library
BLAIR GENEALOGY RESEARCH AND pch archives, and other available information
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel: