William
Hiram
Blair
Sr.
Born in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Phoebe (Harris) Blair
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 68
in Clear Creek, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
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Biography
William Blair came to America from County Down, Ireland. He was undoubtedly from the Scotch Settlement there and probably had no Irish blood whatsoever, as was the case of most of that colony of Scotchmen who went first to Northern Ireland, and then moved across the ocean to America in search of religious freedom. He settled in South Carolina among the Scotch Covenanter Presbyterians.
Name
William Hiram Blair, Sr.
Birth
William was born in 1731 in Ireland.
Death
William died in 1799 in Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA. and was buried at the Rocky Spring Meeting House Burial Ground Mint Hill, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Find A Grave: Memorial #67748170
Timeline
Marriages
Census
Notes
Research
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 November 2017, 21:21), entry for William Hiram Blair Sr(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K26L-K5B); contributed by various users.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3QQD-G88 : accessed 2017-04-25), entry for William Hiram /Blair/.
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DNA Connections
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%
Lea (Walker) Sullivan
:
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Stephani (Vail) Finley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QE1344399 [compare], Ancestry member finleysteph
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~0.78%
John Buris :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JohnBuris01
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~0.78%
Kathy Treece :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PS8262155 [compare]
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Beverley (Beasley) Sneed
Hey Brenda, I believe this William Hiram Blair Sr seems to have been married the a Mary Harper (1730) as well. The link to his record is: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K26L-K5B
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by Beverley (Beasley) Sneed
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