John Blair Sr (1718 - 1798)

Born 1718 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 20 May 1798 at about age 80 in Oxford, Warren, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

JOHN BLAIR, SR., son of Samuel Blair, was born on 20 May 1718 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. His father Samuel Blair was born in 1694.

John Blair, Sr. married Mary Hazlett, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Parke Hazlett. Mary Hazlett was born on 30 Sept 1734. Her father, Robert Hazlett, was born in 1705 in Enniskellen, Fermagh, Ireland. He married her mother Elizabeth Parke Hazlett, born in 1714 in Goshen, Chester, Pa. on 12 Dec 1730 in Philadelphia, Pa. They had eight children of which Mary was the oldest. The children of Robert and Elizabeth Parke Hazlett: Mary Hazlett born 30 Sept 1734 died 18 Jan 1819 Oxford, Warren, NJ; John Hazlett born 10 Oct 1736 Monmouth County, NJ died 18 Aug 1784; William Hazlett born 15 Oct 1738; Robert Hazlett born 26 Oct 1740; Hannah Hazlett born 3 June 1743; James Hazlett born 8 July 1745 Hunterdon, NJ died 1785; Samuel Hazlett born 7 Dec 1748; Elizabeth born 27 Feb 1750.

John and Mary Hazlett Blair, Sr. had five children:

JOHN BLAIR, JR. Born in 1763

ROBERT BLAIR, Sr. Born in 1765 in Scotts Mountain, Warren, NJ Died in 1802 Married ELIZABETH WILSON, born 1768 died 1793 Resided in Oxford, Sussex, NJ Six children: Robert Blair Jr., Sarah Blair, JOHN BLAIR 1784-1855, Peter W. Blair 1786-1851, James A. Blair 1790-1867, Mary Blair 1791-1875

SAMUEL BLAIR Born in 1766 Died on 18 Oct 1805

JAMES BLAIR Born on 5 Aug 1769 in Oxford, Sussex, NJ Died on 5 Aug 1816 in Beaver Brook, NJ Married on 26 June 1796 to Rachel Insley in Sussex, Sussex, NJ Ten children: Mary Blair, Samuel Blair 1797-1882, William Blair 1800-1866, John Insley Blair 1802-1899 (photo), Robert Blair 1804-1877, James Blair 1807-1897, Catherine Blair 1809-1895, David Barclay Blair 1811-1839, Elizabeth Blair 1814-1864, Jacob Miller Blair 1816-

WILLIAM BLAIR Born on 12 May 1773 in Oxford, Warren, NJ Died on 2 March 1852 in Knowlton, Warren, NJ Married on 31 Jan 1811 to Rachel Brands in Warren County, NJ Three children: John H. Blair 1812-before 1880, Samuel Blair 3 June 1813 - 13 June 1813, Mary Ann Blair 6 June 1818 -

John Blair, Sr., aged 80 years, died on 20 May 1798 in Oxford, Warren, NJ. Interment in First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Churchyard, Hazen, Warren, NJ.

Mary Hazlett Blair died on 18 Jan 1819 in Oxford, Warren, NJ. Interment in Hazen, Warren, NJ. Interment in First Presbyterian Church of Oxford Churchyard, Hazen, Warren, NJ.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69297091/john-blair