William
Blain
Born about in Killybegs, Donegal, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Blain
and Margaret (Brice) Blain
Husband of
Phoebe (Hamilton) Blain
— married
about 1823 in Killybegs, Donegal, Ireland
Died
at about age 49
in Killybegs, Donegal, Ireland
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Biography
William was the son of Charles Blain and Margaret Brice of Killybegs, Donegal, Ireland. He was born around 1799, and was one of six known children of Charles and Margaret. Three of his brothers, George Blain, Arbuthnot Blain, and Charles Blain emigrated to Lancashire , England as young adults, and established successful businesses there. William, his brother Thomas Blain, and his sister Margaret Blain remained behind in Killybegs and continued the family's successful corn distribution and grocery businesses. [1]William also had at least one ship, the Mary Blain, plying a regular transatlantic route between Killybegs and New York. The corn store, which the Blain family purchased from one Richard Nesbitt, still stands today.[2]He married Phoebe Hamilton around 1823 and with her had five children. William Blain died on 16 Dec 1848 and was buried in St Catherine's Cemetery in Killybegs.[3][4]
Birth
- Date: 1799
Parents
Siblings
Marriage
- Date: 1823
- William Blain
- Phoebe Hamilton
Children
Occupation
- Grocer, Draper, Ironmonger
Death
- Date: 16 Dec 1848
- Place: Killybegs, Donegal, Ireland
Sources
- ↑ 1846 Slater's Directory citing "William Blain, Grocer, draper, ironmonger & etc, Killybegs, Killybegs & Dunkineely "
- ↑ http://www.killybegs.ie/heritage-trail-booklet.pdf, page 9
- ↑ [1] On Saturday, the 16th inst at his residence in Killybegs, after a few days illness, WILLIAM BLAIR, ESQ., aged 49 years
- ↑ William Blain's Tombstone Inscription. St Catherine's Graveyard, Killybegs Upper, Donegal. "Sacred to the Memory of William Blain Who Departed this Life on Saturday 16 Dec 1848 aged 49 years "The Memory of the Just is Blessed" Edward Blain Son of William and Phoebe Blain Died Jun 24 1878 aged 47 years"
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Mary (Martin) Diamante 
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A342168 [compare], Ancestry member mfdiamante
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B20361
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Gayle Keresey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A198344 [compare], Ancestry member Gayle_Keresey
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