James G. Blair

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• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 46756980
• _UID: 044D1D6BD589414C92F10886BE1FC6C23A75
• Immigration: 1820, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; to Dalhousie then Bathurst Con 8 Lot 2, on Alfred, with wife and 1 son under 12.
• Immigration: 19 Oct 1826, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Not this James but saved here! Petition to Lord Bathurst
• Census: 1840, Caledonia, Livingston County, New York, United States; USA

Notes:

Airth is a Royal Burgh, village, former trading port and civil parish in Falkirk, Scotland. It is 8 miles (13 kilometres) north of Falkirk town and sits on the banks of the River Forth. Airth lies on the A905 road between Grangemouth and Stirling and is overlooked by Airth Castle, the village retains two market crosses and a small number of historic houses. At the time of the 2001 census the village had a population of 1,273 residents.[1] but this has been revised to 1,660 according to a 2008 estimate.[2]

he village has long association with the River Forth and it was on the banks of the river that a royal dockyard was created. It was used during the years 1507-1513 in the reign of James IV to build ships of war at the pool of Airth. History reveals that a primitive form of dry dock was used. Strong timbers would be used to form the "stocks" for the vessel and a clay dam would prevent the river from penetrating the working area. When the ship was ready, the dam would be breached, at high tide, to enable it to float out into the river. The shipping fleet was destroyed in 1745 by Bonnie Prince Charlie when some ship to shore skirmishes took place by batteries set by Jacobites to drive off the government ships. A number of smaller vessels from the village were burned by loyalist troops and that proved damaging to Airth's subsequent development as a port. However, as late as 1820 sloops built in the shipyards at Airth were among those recorded as operating in the middle of the Forth .

References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Scotland's Census Results Online - Comparative Population Profile: Airth Locality Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine. www.scrol.gov.uk. Retrieved 2008-08-31
^ Jump up to: a b Table 1: Mid-2008 Population Estimates Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. www.gro-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-02

(Research):suggested by Donald White

Emigrated from Scotland with wife and son on the Alfred during Sept 1820.
Received a land grant in Bathurst Upper Canada 25 Feb 1821.
So James Blair Concession 8 Lot 2 of Bathurst Township which you have filled in
Son of Henry Blair and Margaret Anderson. Note date of 25 Feb 1821 also exact match.

Royal dock yard: The shipping fleet was destroyed in 1745 by Bonnie Prince Charlie when some ship to shore skirmishes took place by batteries set by Jacobites to drive off the government ships.



Christened:
BLAIR
JAMES
HENREY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR436 (FR436)
M
05/07/1773
469/
20 188
Airth

Name:?tab?James Blair
Gender: Male
Baptism Date:?tab?05 Jul 1773
Baptism Place:?tab?Airth,Stirling,Scotland
Father:?tab?
Henrey Blair
Mother:?tab?
Margaret Anderson
FHL Film Number: 1040210

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46756980

Immigration:
1820 ? Paisley Caledonian Emigration Society
from Scotland aboard "the Alfred" to settle in Canada
Seems to have emigrated with a wife and child; both died sometime after arriving in Canada.

Immigration:
(Volume 014) North America Offices; Settlers, 1826
To the Right Honorable Earl of Bathurst Secretary of state for the Colonial Department
The Petition of the Undersigned all operatives or Labourers in Paisley
Paisley October 19th 1826
Humbly Sheweth
That your Petitioners are and have been for a long time destitute of employment, for the most part except shuch as has been procured out of doors at the public expense;
That your Petitioners have no other means of living except by the sweat of their brow, and they are desirous of earning an honest livelihood in that way -
Being unable to do so in this country by the increase of population and the want of adequate employment to meet the cessary expense of living; you Petitioners have turned their attention to the necessity of imigrating. In this view they are desirous of a settlement in Upper Canada and they now humbly and respectfully submit their case to the British Government through the medium of your Lordship in the hope of obtaining a Grant of land and a free passage with any other assistance, which the nature of their case requires & which must be apparent and too well known to your Lordship to need any specification.

May it therefore please your Lordship to take this Petition into consideration and to do therein as to your Lordship may seem proper -

And your Petitioners as in duty bound shall ever pray

William Alison James Cruss or Crug Peter Black
Andrew McKinlay William Murdock John Adam
Robert Anderson Archibald Croge William Dow
James Youn(g) Hector Campbell James Stevenson
Daniel McGregor James Blair Robert Walker
Robert Buchanan Hugh Fowldy William Gilchrist
Archibald Graham James Galbreath James Hopkins
Henry Christie John McDougall David Cameron
John Greenley John Hughes James Wilson
Dugald McLean David Wood Alex Connel
Adam Miller Robert Patterson Andrew Campbell
John Ferguson Archibald Wright Andrew Cochran
Peter Miller John (McIlquam?) Milwham James Anderson
Daniel McAlister Allan King Allan Carswell
John Wright George White Robert Watson
Alexander Greeley James Reid Archibald(McIlquam?) Milwham
Robert McLeod James More Mathew Adam
Robert Anderson James (Lochart?)Locart William Cond
Alex (Southwell?) -othwell James Patterson
William Carruth James Brown Junior
James Brown Senior
(signed)
John Greenley Presid No 7 13 arr Atoul?

Census:
Name?tab?
James Blair
Home in 1840 (City, County, State)?tab?
Caledonia, Livingston, New York
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 -- 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 - 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 - 1
Free White Persons - Under 20 - 3
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 - 1
Total Free White Persons - 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves - 4

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Elizabeth Andrews on 28 Apr 1826 in St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Perth, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth was born in 1786 in Scotland; died on 2 Aug 1873 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Blair was born on 11 Mar 1827 in Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Mar 1910 in North Crosby Twp, Leeds & Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Westport Baptist Church Cemetery, Westport, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada.
2. John Blair was born in 1828; died in 1909.
3. William Hugh Blair was born in 1833; died in 1905.
4. Ann Blair was born in 1835; died in 1864.
5. Andrew Blair was born in 1837; and died.
6. Henry Blair was born on 15 Jun 1838 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 13 Dec 1919 in Westport, Rideau Lakes Twp, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Westport, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: CE30547521684F40B2EC8B573B2DA7218F6E

Notes:

Blair, Henry
Emigrated from Scotland with wife Margaret Anderson and 3 daughters to Canada on the Alfred in Sept 1820.
Received a land grant in Bathurst Upper Canada on Feb 25 1821.
Concession 6 Lot 1 of Bathurst Township which you have filled in

Christened:
BLAIR
HENRY
ALEXANDER BLAIR/RATCHEL PETER
M
20/09/1744
466/
30 27
Clackmannan

Henry married Margaret Anderson on 10 Nov 1763 in Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of John Anderson and Janet McGrigor) was born in 1744 in Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Jul 1744 in Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland; died about 1810 in Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: E06FCF3F6CB94A48B9AE3F98DB293BFB8CC9

Notes:

Christened:
ANDERSON
MARGARET
JOHN ANDERSON/JANET MCGRAUTHER
F
20/07/1744
466/
30 26
Clackmannan

Notes:

Married:
BLAIR
HENRY
MARGARET ANDERSON/
10/11/1763
466/
30 322
Clackmannan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Alexander Blare
• _UID: 892A010D1C984042A63D4977BE17E055A49D

Notes:

Christened:
BLAIR
ALEXANDER
JOHN BLAIR/ELSPETH PATERSONE
M
30/08/1702
466/
20 28
Clackmannan

Died:
Dickenson County, Virginia, United States
reported to be where he died

Earliest explorers in ?u??i?Wise County?/u??/i? was about 1750 - Thomas Walker and hristopher Gist. Forts built after 1774. Considered too dangerous, even for hunting, until after 1794. The Cherokee conquered the area including Wise from the Xualae between 1671 and 1685. It was later contested by the Six Nations and the Shawnee. Cherokee and Shawnee hunting parties fought a protracted battle at the headwaters of the Clinch River for two days in the summer of 1786, a victory for the Cherokee although losses were heavy on both sides.

?u??i?Russell County?/u??/i? to the east of Wise; established in 1786 from a section of Washington County. Once vast, Russell County was split several times, giving rise to Tazewell County, Lee County, Scott County, Wise County, Buchanan County and Dickenson County.

?u??i?Dickenson County?/u??/i?, formed in 1880 from parts of Buchanan County, Russell County, and Wise County, is Virginia's youngest county.

?u??i?Buchanan County?/u??/i? was established in 1858 from parts of Russell and Tazewell counties, and it was named in honor of then-President James Buchanan; however, the pronunciation of the county's name differs from that of the 15th president's surname, with locals saying "Boo-can-nin". In 1880, part of Buchanan County was taken to form Dickenson County.

?u??i?Tazewell County?/u??/i?: In the spring of 1771, Thomas and John Witten established the first permanent settlement in Tazewell County at Crab Orchard. As population increased in the area, Tazewell County was created on December 20, 1799. The land for the county was taken from portions of Wythe and Russell counties.

Alexander married Rachell Peter on 28 Oct 1726 in Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Rachell (daughter of John Peter and Helen Sharp) was born in 1705 in Dunfermline Parish, Fifeshire, Scotland; was christened on 25 Jan 1704/05 in Dunfermline Parish, Fifeshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Raichall Sharp
• Name: Ratchel Peter
• _UID: E812F8B4C2A94BA2949DE3BEE9CF461EECEB

Notes:

Christened:
PETER
RAICHALL
JOHN PETER/HELLEN SHARP FR1051 (FR1051)
F
25/01/1705
424/
30 689
Dunfermline

Notes:

Married:
BLAIR
ALEXANDER
RACHELL PETER/
30/12/1726
466/
20 613
Clackmannan

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• _UID: 61E80C14387F43C0874EBE94CEC6CAF9A190

John married Janet McGrigor on 26 Mar 1736 in Clackmannan Parish, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Janet McGrauther
• Name: Janet McGrowther
• Name: Janet McGruder
• _UID: 6E2A96783D514793A01B1F1FFC7163CEA5D3

Notes:

Married:
ANDERSON
JOHN
JANET MCGRUDER/
26/03/1736
374/
20 260
Logie

ANDERSON
JOHN
JANET MCGROUTHER/
26/03/1736
466/
20 662
Clackmannan

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• _UID: F60CC213E584408D9E73E60675456BC1F055

John married Elspeth Patersone. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 7BA43A4F49C943CB9733A5B32FE255C21293

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 6781A85346BB45ADB19DC62583C34564FEF1

John married Helen Sharp. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hellen Sharp
• _UID: 094DC5B06F9C4708AD3A6480BF1346B1B907