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William Samuel Blair (1718 - 1791)

Captain William Samuel Blair
Born in Rutland, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 21 Feb 1745 (to 4 Aug 1791) in Leicester, Worster, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 73 in Onslow, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

From "The Blair Family of New England":

William Blair, son of Robert and Isabella (Rankin) Blair, was born in Aghadowy about the year 1718.[1] He began his active career by making extensive purchases of land, as early as 1744, at which date he gave his residence as Worcester, Mass. In 1750, he was recorded in Leicester, Mass. His land transactions covered tracts in Wester, Worcester, and Blandford Mass., and in Voluntown, Conn., in which latter place a large body of his fellow countrymen had settled.
He held the rank of captain in the force which was sent in 1745, for the capture of Louisburg...
Nova Scotia proved very attractive to the New England soldiers, and "in the fall of the year 1759, twenty men came up to the Bay of Fundy, from New England to Truro and Onslow, to begin preparations for a settlement. Most of these had been in Nova Scotia and assisted in subduing and driving out the old French settlers. One of these was William Blair." ...
William Blair of Worcester, married in Leicester Mass., February 21, 1744-5, Jane Barnes of Leicester; he died in Onslow, Nova Scotia, August 4, 1791. They had children:
  1. Susan, born 1744-5
  2. Sarah, born 1746
  3. Hannah, born 1747
  4. William, born 1749
  5. Dorothy, born 1753
  6. Rebecca, born 1757
  7. John, born 1758
  8. James, born 1766
  9. Elizabeth, born 1768

Sources

  1. Leavitt, Emily Wilder, The Blair Family of New England, David Clapp & Son, Boston, 1900, Pgs. 42-3.




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Do any of the sources give the names of the children? This would be important in helping distinguish which children belong in which family!
posted by Jack Day
I pulled out the biography from one of the books listed as sources. I don't know of any primary sources, sorry.
posted by Brad Foley
Hmm maybe this is the answer to my Canada cousins mystery.
posted by [Living Akers]
Blair-3868 and Blair-839 appear to represent the same person because: Same name parents, DOB and DOD. Difference in birth location should be noted in biography
posted by Marty (Lenover) Acks