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Abt 1720 -
Generation: 1
1. | John BLAIR was born about 1720. Notes:
According to information received from the Blair Society for Genealogival Research:
Vol IX, #2 pg 8 " The earliest Blair we have found in Somerset Co., NJ was a John Blair "of Peapack". In 1754 a notice was published in the Philadelphia paper for John Blair of Peapack to pick up his mail in Trenton, NJ. John was also listed
in the day book of a merchant John Van Der Veer in Bedminster Twp Somerset Co., NJ covering May 1, 1767 to Jan 25, 1774. His purchases included rum, snuff, ginger, tar, tobacco, wine, sugar, and a castor hat. He paid his debt in tallow, wheat
and pork. No further word has yet been found in the surviving documentsof that period, but we can hazard a guess that John Blair COULD be the father of five men, three of whom lived in Somerset Co. These three married girls whose families
also lived in Somerset.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Robert BLAIR was born in 1748; died on 8 Feb 1800 in Somersett Co., NJ; was buried in Bergemister C., Pluckemin, Somerset Co., NJ.
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Generation: 2
2. | Robert BLAIR (1.John1) was born in 1748; died on 8 Feb 1800 in Somersett Co., NJ; was buried in Bergemister C., Pluckemin, Somerset Co., NJ. Notes:
Served in the Revolutionary War. Occupation, Judge and Sheriff. He was active in the New Jersey Legislature and served as a court justice and Sheriff of Somersett Co., NJ. Called both Capt. Blair and Robert Blair, Esq.
He may have had a daughter who married a ____ Barkley and lived in NY.
Family/Spouse: Eleanor SUTPHEN. Eleanor (daughter of Guisbert Sutphen and Ariantje Van Pelt) was born on 9 Jan 1755 in Bedminster, Sommerset Co., NJ; died on 17 Nov 1827 in Sommerset CO., NJ. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. II Robert BLAIR was born on 15 Sep 1777 in Somersett Co., NJ; died on 21 Sep 1849 in Aurora, Kane Co., IL.
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
6. | Harriet W. BLAIR (3.Robert3, 2.Robert2, 1.John1) was born on 12 Sep 1815 in Trenton, Ohio; died on 12 May 1893; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Warren County, IL. Notes:
The Hope Cemetery is actually closer to Galesburg, Knox County, IL.
Harriet married Abel THOMAS on 28 May 1839 in Butler Co., Ohio. Abel (son of Jr. Isaac THOMAS and Hannah STARR) was born on 8 Jun 1816 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; died on 12 May 1894; was buried in Hope Cemetery, Warren County, IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. Rachel B THOMAS was born in 1816; died in 1893.
- 8. Hannah W. THOMAS was born in 1841.
- 9. Adelia THOMAS was born in 1843; died in 1928.
- 10. Thomas Corwin THOMAS was born in 1845; died in 1928.
- 11. Isaac Henry THOMAS was born on 20 Nov 1857; died on 1 Jan 1926.
- 12. Eleanor THOMAS was born in 1848.
- 13. Robert Hanson THOMAS was born on 15 Apr 1851 in Galesburg, IL; died on 13 Jul 1931 in Indianola, NE; was buried on 15 Jul 1931 in Indianola, NE.
- 14. Harriet E. THOMAS was born in 1853; died in 1871.
- 15. Reverand Franklin Forrester Thomas was born on 4 Mar 1855 in Abingdon (Abbington), Knox, Illinois, USA; died on 4 Jul 1921 in Taos, Taos, New Mexico, USA; was buried in Jul 1921 in Kit Carson Cem., Taos, New Mexico, USA.
- 16. Jessie Josephine THOMAS was born on 15 Oct 1856; died on 1 Jun 1890.
- 17. William Edward THOMAS was born on 24 Dec 1859; died on 8 Aug 1871.
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