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Robert Blair 1653 – 1690 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 06 Mar 1653

Birth Location: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Death Date: 3 Jan 1690

Death Location: Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland

Father: James Blair

Mother: Lydia Hall

Spouse(s): Janet Paterson

Children(s): Elizabeth Blair

In 1653, Robert Blair entered the world in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, born to James Blair and Lydia Christiane Hall. Robert Blair married Janet 'Jean' 'Jane' Paterson, and had children including Elizabeth Emma Blair. Robert Blair passed away in 1690 in Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1653, Robert Blair entered the world in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, born to James Blair and Lydia Christiane Hall.
  • Robert Blair married Janet 'Jean' 'Jane' Paterson, and had children including Elizabeth Emma Blair.
  • Robert Blair passed away in 1690 in Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Blair
Birth Location: –
JB
Lydia Hall
1613 – 1656
Birth Location: Castle Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland
LH

Spouses(s)

Janet Paterson
1654 – 1690
Birth Location: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
JP

Children(s)

Elizabeth Blair
1681 – 1788
Birth Location: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
EB

Robert Blair's Ancestors

Self
Robert Blair
1653 – 1690
Birth Place: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Parents
James Blair
Lydia (Christiane) Hall
1613 – 1656
Castle Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Blair's Descendants

1.
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Robert Blair (06 Mar 1653 – 3 Jan 1690) m. Janet ('Jean' 'Jane') Paterson (24 Dec 1654 – 1690)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Emma) Blair (16 Apr 1681 – 06 May 1788) m. William (R) McMahon (1690 – 21 August 1749)
    1. 1. John (Patrick) McMahon (1723 – 1789)
    2. 2. Richard McMahan (1725 – 1815)
    3. 3. William McMahon (1725 – 1772)
    4. 4. Margaret (Ann) McMahon (20 May 1727 – 1804) m. James (Robert) Bruce (20 May 1720 – 30 August 1799)
      1. 1. William (Albin) Bruce (14 Feb 1745 – 20 Aug 1818) m. Mary ("Polly") Lucas (16 Jun 1745 – 7 Aug 1805) m. SARAH ("SALLIE") HARRIS (1767 – Nov 1843)
        1. 1. Elizabeth Bruce (1772 – 04 Nov 1851) m. Joshua McDonald (bef 1764 – 29 Jun 1808)
        2. 2. Ann Bruce (abt 1773 – Apr 1796)
        3. 3. Margaret Bruce (30 Oct 1774 – 14 Nov 1851) m. John Spencer (1774 – abt 1820)
        4. 4. William (Albin) Bruce (21 Dec 1779 – 23 Apr 1854) m. Sara (" Sally ") Polke (22 Sep 1780 – Sep 02, 1818) m. Helen (Hetty Ritchie) Holmes (15 Oct 1794 – 23 Jul 1868)
        5. 5. James Bruce (May 1778 – 1827) m. Mary (Polly) Froman (1779 – 1832)
        6. 6. Mary (Polly) Bruce (1780 – 19 Mar 1860) m. John (B Glasscock (Gen) 8) (3 Sep 1776 – 20 Jun 1842) m. John (H.) Wilson (1779 – 26 Sep 1865)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Bruce (1744 – February 1806) m. Thomas Anderson (1733 – October 1808)
        1. 1. Margaret Anderson (1760 – )
        2. 2. William Anderson (18 September 1764 – 1 February 1812)
        3. 3. Nancy Anderson (1766 – )
        4. 4. James (Sr.) Anderson (17 February 1768 – 24 October 1844)
        5. 5. Joseph Anderson (1769 – 1812)
        6. 6. Rachel Anderson (1770 – 3 July 1862)
        7. 7. Jonathan Anderson (1772 – )
        8. 8. Joseph Anderson (1774 – 1814)
        9. 9. Abner Anderson (1776 – )
        10. 10. Abraham (Thomas) Anderson (9 October 1777 – 29 September 1836)
        11. 11. George Anderson (1778 – )
        12. 12. Elizabeth Anderson (1788 – 6 September 1856)
      3. 3. Margaret Bruce (1751 – 1808) m. David (Heaven) Cox (1745 – 18 November 1820)
        1. 1. Benjamin Cox (1757 – 1829)
        2. 2. David Cox (1764 – 18 Nov 1820) m. Mehitable Boyd
        3. 3. James Cox (29 Jun 1769 – 5 Oct 1846) m. Mary (Ann) Cox (7 Mar 1772 – 28 Sep 1857) m. Elizabeth Kenner (1782 – ) m. Sarah ("Sally") Fielder (09 Aug 1778 – 1859)
        4. 4. Jane (Ginny) Cox (1771 – 1820)
        5. 5. Friend Cox (1773 – 1818)
        6. 6. Mary Cox (1775 – 1800)
        7. 7. Margaret (Leona) McMahon (20 August 1781 – 24 August 1858)
        8. 8. Gabriel (E) Cox (1789 – 10 Aug 1843)
        9. 9. George (Washington) Cox (7 August 1792 – 9 March 1851)
      4. 4. Jane Bruce (1754 – Feb 1814) m. William (J) Marshall (7 Dec 1752 – 1804) m. Jacob (Nelson) Wiley (1763 – 16 September 1846)
        1. 1. Margaret Marshall (1770 – 1830)
        2. 2. Anna Marshall (03 Jan 1774 – 04 Feb 1821)
        3. 3. Elizabeth MARSHALL (15 Sep 1776 – bef 1880)
        4. 4. Eleanor ("Nelly") Marshall (1777 – 1 Dec 1822)
        5. 5. Mary ("Polly" Marshall) (Taylor) (6 Sep 1777 – 2 Sep 1859)
        6. 6. George Marshall (26 Sep 1779 – 26 February 1866)
        7. 7. Thomas Marshall (11 Feb 1781 – bef 1880)
        8. 8. William Marshall (10 Mar 1781 – 29 Oct 1855)
        9. 9. John (Burgess Hughes) Marshall (abt 1782 – 29 Oct 1855)
        10. 10. James (W) Marshall (1784 – )
        11. 11. Jane Marshall (15 May 1785 – 4 September 1852)
        12. 12. Sarah Marshall (1790 – )
        13. 13. Thomas Marshall (abt 1790 – 28 Mar 1853)
        14. 14. Jeremiah (B) Marshall (1792 – 28 November 1860)
        15. 15. Delilah Wiley (4 Aug 1805 – 13 May 1895)
      5. 5. Nancy Bruce (1755 – 1808) m. Samuel Percifull (ABT 1755 – Bef. 06 Oct 1832)
        1. 1. Mary Perciful
        2. 2. James Perciful
        3. 3. Delilia Perciful
        4. 4. Betty Perciful
        5. 5. Jane Perciful
        6. 6. Peggy Perciful
        7. 7. Sally Perciful
        8. 8. Ann Perciful
        9. 9. Samuel Perciful
        10. 10. John Perciful
        11. 11. Bruce Perciful
        12. 12. William Perciful
      6. 6. ANN (B) BRUCE (1758 – 1800) m. Samuel Glass (1754 – )
      7. 7. George (W) Bruce (2 Apr 1760 – 1831) m. Mary Biggs (1754 – 1827) m. Mary Barnett (2 February 1773 – 12 January 1814)
        1. 1. Daughter Bruce (BET 1781 AND 1810 – BET 1797 AND 1891)
        2. 2. Joshua Bruce (1782 – 26 Apr 1838) m. Margaret Ann (1790 – 1850)
        3. 3. James (Annis) Bruce (1782 – 10 DEC 1861) m. Rebecca Haines (1783 – 30 Apr 1874)
      8. 8. James (Robert. (Twin)) Bruce (2 April 1760 – 5 January 1835) m. Mary (Polly) Runyon (3 May 1761 – 4 February 1836)
        1. 1. Anne ((Amy)) BRUCE (14 Mar 1780 – 1830) m. Capt. (William I) Reedy (18 Nov 1764 – 16 Jul 1817)
        2. 2. Daniel (Baldwin) Bruce (1781 – 1841)
        3. 3. Margaret ("Peggy") Bruce (29 Nov 1781 – 1835) m. George (Henry) Albin (29 NOV 1771 – 21 Dec 1840)
        4. 4. Joshua Bruce (1782 – 26 Apr 1838)
        5. 5. Piety Bruce (30 Mar 1784 – abt 1850) m. Absalom Albin (1780 – 1850)
        6. 6. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Bruce (27 Oct 1786 – 6 Sep 1852) m. Cornelius Westerfield (01 Feb 1782 – 30 JUL 1852)
        7. 7. Mary (" Polly ") Bruce (25 Oct 1788 – 15 AUG 1830) m. James (A) Johnston (10 MAR 1774 – 15 Apr 1855)
        8. 8. Jane Bruce (15 November 1790 – 26 Feb 1840)
        9. 9. Sarah (Sally) Bruce (17 Nov 1792 – 28 Jun 1880) m. James Stevens (1789 – January 1833)
        10. 10. James (Robert) Bruce (4 Jul 1794 – 8 Feb 1863) m. Sarah DAVIS (12 Feb 1791 – 24 Oct 1844) m. Eliza (Jane) WILEY (11 November 1818 – 17 February 1894) m. Martha Wise
        11. 11. Nancy Bruce (7 Nov 1796 – 10 Feb 1862)
        12. 12. William (May) Bruce (15 Mar 1798 – 29 Sep 1859) m. Catherine Bowman (26 Mar 1798 – 5 Sep 1846) m. Susan (Gwartney) Wright (1 Jan 1808 – 11 Mar 1885)
        13. 13. George (Harvey) Bruce (18 Dec 1799 – 1864) m. Frances Kepley (29 AUG 1806 – 12 JUL 1855)
        14. 14. Joseph Bruce (1802 – 1824)
        15. 15. John Bruce (26 Jan 1804 – Bef 1850)
      9. 9. Sarah ("Sally") Bruce (1 Jun 1762 – 5 Oct 1840) m. Joshua Carman (28 February 1759 – 1 December 1844)
        1. 1. Rachel Maltbie (9 January 1784 – 11 November 1850)
        2. 2. Joshua Carman (1793 – 7 November 1859)
        3. 3. James Carman (24 June 1796 – 4 February 1862)
        4. 4. John Carman (20 January 1802 – 12 August 1881)
        5. 5. William (J) Carman (14 August 1804 – 9 December 1895)
    5. 5. Agnes (Ann) McMahan (1731 – 1793)
    6. 6. Jane McMahon (1733 – 1749)
    7. 7. James McMahon (1735 – 1749)

Robert Blair's Timeline

2 Records

1653
06 Mar 1653
Birth of Robert Blair in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
1690
3 Jan 1690
Age 37
Death of Robert Blair in Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland
Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 06 Mar 1653
    Event Place: Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 Jan 1690
    Event Place: Alloa, Ayrshire, Scotland
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