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Gavin James Blair 1578–1641 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1578

Birth Location: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1641

Death Location: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: John 13

Mother: Grizel Sempill

Spouse(s): Isabel Crawford, Jonet Blair

Children(s): Ann Blair

The story of Gavin James Blair began in 1578 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland. Gavin James Blair married Annabell Stewart, Isabel Crawford, Jonet Blair, and had children including Ann Blair, Marioun Blair. Gavin James Blair passed away in 1641 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Gavin James Blair began in 1578 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • Gavin James Blair married Annabell Stewart, Isabel Crawford, Jonet Blair, and had children including Ann Blair, Marioun Blair.
  • Gavin James Blair passed away in 1641 in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John 13
1547–1609
Birth Location: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Grizel Sempill
1532–1609
Birth Location: Eliotstoun, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Isabel Crawford
1585–1610
Birth Location: Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Jonet Blair
1590–
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

Ann Blair
1610–1661
Birth Location: Auldmuir, Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Gavin Blair's Ancestors

Self
Gavin Blair
1578–1641
Birth Place: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
John V. Blair 13
1547–1609
Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grizel Sempill
1532–1609
Eliotstoun, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
John (V. Blair 14 8th Lord of) Blair
1502–1570
Blair House, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Cunningham
1506–1573
Glengarnock, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Robert (V. Sempill 3rd Earl of Eliotstoun, Leut. General and Justicar of Lanarkshire &) Renfrewshire
1505–1575
Ekiotstoun, Renfrew, Scotland
Elizabeth (Carlyle Lady of Torthorwald Dumfries-Shire) Scotland
1510–1564
Torthorwald, Dumfries-shire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Blair
1476–1567
Margaret Luss
1506–1573
William Kilmaurs,
1493–1548
Elizabeth Sinclair
1495–1561
William Sempill
1485–1552
Elizabeth Montgomery
1487–1523
William Carlisle
1466–1525
Janet Maxwell
1466–1555
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Glencairn
1480–1547
Elizabeth Sinclair
1495–1562
John of
1465–1513
Lady Sempill
1468–1504

Gavin Blair's Descendants

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Gavin (James) Blair (1578–1641) m. Isabel Crawford (1585–10 September 1610) m. Jonet Blair (Abt. 1590–)
  1. 1. Ann Blair 1610–1661 m. Andrew (David Lynn 11 Linn Cameron Laird of Loch Linnhe of that) Ilk 1605–1684
    1. 1. David (Linn 10 Cameron Laird of Loch) Lynn 1640–1727 m. Margaret Patton 1655–1727
      1. 1. Dr. (John Lynn 9) Sr. 1685–1752 m. Margaret Cameron 1697–1769
        1. 1. James (Lynn Wright) Sr. 1725–1779 m. Sarah (Jean Miller) White 1730–1808
        2. 2. John Linn 1720–1792
        3. 3. Robert (LINN-) LYNN 1721–1772
        4. 4. Joseph LINN-LYNN 1725–1800
        5. 5. Andrew LINN-LYNN 1728–1794
        6. 6. Adam LAUGHLIN 1698–1758
        7. 7. Alexander LINN-LYNN 1713–1776
        8. 8. Sarah (Ann) LINN-LYNN 1724–1839
        9. 9. Adam Linn 1720–1772
        10. 10. William (Adam) LINN-LYNN 1710–1767
      2. 2. Martha Lynn –1715
      3. 3. Joseph Lynn 1807–1868
      4. 4. Morgan Lynn 1805–1850
      5. 5. Jane Hays 1795–1882
      6. 6. James Lynn 1798–1834
      7. 7. Julia (Ann) Barr 1802–1883
      8. 8. William (Lynn) Jr 1805–1860
      9. 9. Sarah (Cameron Linnhe) (Lynn) 1664–1757
      10. 10. Andrew Lynn 1675–1710
      11. 11. Margaret Lynn 1693–1773
      12. 12. Audley Lynn 1695–1757
      13. 13. Charles Lynn 1704–1795
      14. 14. Elizabeth Lynn 1673–
      15. 15. Samuel Lynn 1671–
      16. 16. Johann (Nicolaus) Linn 1680–1740
      17. 17. Ann (Lynn) LINN-LYNN 1710–1755
      18. 18. William LINN-LYNN 1677–1758
      19. 19. Sarah (Cameron Lynn) LINN-LYNN 1670–1757
    2. 2. Thomas (Andrew) Linn 1671–1710

Gavin Blair's Timeline

2 Records

1578
1578
Birth of Gavin James Blair in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
1641
1641
Age 63
Death of Gavin James Blair in Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1641
    Event Place: Blair, Ayrshire, Scotland
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