Elspeth Patersone

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 7BA43A4F49C943CB9733A5B32FE255C21293

Family/Spouse: John Blair. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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:

• _UID: 0972E391B05340839366841D8E427AAC459A

Notes:

Birth:
AGNES
ALEXANDER BLAIR/RACHEL PETER
F
21/09/1729
466/
20 361
Clackmannan

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: C1FB693571A24C9CB6466F647F41608ACE1B

Notes:

Birth:
JOHN
ALEXANDER BLAIR/RACHELL PETER
M
23/01/1732
466/
20 392
Clackmannan

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 0E41371F4F1D4BACB80DDC54791B2D6B2912

Notes:

Birth:
ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER BLAIR/RACHEL PETER
M
07/07/1734
466/
20 423
Clackmannan

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 8FFF12CAD0C441269E5020B6EE47DE437F25

Notes:

Birth:
ANDREW
ALEXANDER BLAIR/RACHEL PETER
M
27/03/1737
466/
20 458
Clackmannan

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 91818F1B44824FC5A200B81DBAA84129D915

Notes:

Birth:
BETTIE
ALEXANDER BLAIR/RACHEL PETER
F
07/09/1739
466/
20 488
Clackmannan

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: AC566C0F3E464504BB3742562618DA09F565

Notes:

Christened:
BLAIR
MARY
ALEXR. BLAIR/RACHEL PETER
F
27/11/1742
466/
30 16
Clackmannan

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: C25E72A67CD94F04A5732333E9BB7682EA0A

Notes:

Birth:
BLAIR
MARGARET
ALEXANDER BLAIR/RATCHEL PETER
F
24/10/1747
466/
30 48
Clackmannan

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: CFCD8E051475496882C909DF5DA1F17C0746

Notes:

Christened:
AGNES
HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR446 (FR446)
F
08/09/1765
706/
20 232
Dunbar

Name:?tab?Agnes Blair
Gender:?tab?Female
Baptism Date:?tab?8 Sep 1765
Baptism Place:?tab?, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Father:?tab?Henry Blair
Mother:?tab?Margaret Anderson
FHL Film Number:?tab?1067796
Reference ID:?tab?2:15PT3JS

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 220D40CD5CF843C5B6577C6EDF22729395C7

Notes:

Christened:
-----
HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR31 (FR31)
U
06/05/1767
747/
10 27
Langton

Name Blair
Gender Male
Birth Date 03 May 1767
Baptism Date 06 May 1767
Baptism Place Langton, Berwick, Scotland
Father Henry Blair
Mother Margaret Anderson
FHL Film Number 1068240
Reference ID 2:15ZG60B


Died:
Possibilities:

BLAIR
JOHN
-----
M
05/08/1767
490/
50 283
Stirling

BLAIR
THOMAS
-----
M
02/09/1768
490/
50 289
Stirling


BLAIR
WM
-----
M
09/07/1769
720/
10 448
Spott

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: D0890FEFAB3B41EA96EA02E5D068EAC6B7FA
• Immigration: 1820, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on Alfred to Bathurst C6 Lot 1? with wife and 1 daughter +12

Notes:

Christened:
BLAIR
HENRY
HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR151 (FR151)
M
08/07/1776
606/
10 247
Monkton and Prestwick

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

Henry married Mary Stobo on 9 May 1795 in Coylton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of William Stobie and Anne Rioch) was born in 1774 in Dundee, Forfarshire & Angus-shire, Scotland; was christened on 19 Apr 1774 in Dundee, Forfarshire & Angus-shire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 372BE79FABDA4A3FA0E83E9AEC96303139F8
• Land & Property: 1816, Beckwith Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant, Beckwith Twp. Con 3 Lot 22
• Land & Property: 23 Jul 1816, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant
• Land & Property: 31 Jul 1817, Oxford-on-Rideau Township, Grenville County, Ontario, Canada; Military Land Grant
• Immigration: 1820, Canada
• Immigration: 1820, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; to Bathurst, on Alfred, wife and 2 sons under 12
• Land & Property: 25 Feb 1821, Sherbrooke South Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Land Grant
• Census: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Canada
• Location: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 3 Lot 23 all
• Location: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; Concession 4 Lot 13
• Occupation: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Christened:
BLAIR
WILLIAM
HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR188 (FR188)
M
05/07/1778
606/
10 284
Monkton and Prestwick

Immigration:
A Dictionary of Scottish Settlers to Canada Before Confederation, Donald White
#Blair, William, 2779-5 October 1858. From Glasgow. bro. James B. qv. Arrived Quebec on the Alfred, Sep 1820; settled 25 Feb 1821, Lot 21SW, Con 6, Sherbrooke Twp, Lanark Co., ON, m. Catherine Sym, qv. ch: 1 John, d inf; 2 Hugh, 1817-1910; 3 John, b 1820; 4Jane, b 1822; 5 Janet, b 1825; 6 Henry, 1828-1903; 7. James William, 1835-1914. ICS-2; DC 13 Mar 1988.

Location:
John Blair is on Concession 5 Lot 6

William married Catharine Janet Sym on 15 Mar 1815 in Gorbals Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Catharine (daughter of George Alexander Syme and Agnes Snaddon) was born on 16 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland; was christened on 20 Jan 1793 in Polmont Parish, East Stirlingshire, Scotland; died on 2 Aug 1873 in Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: BE1F08CF25CC4006A5513D09D6C69FA50761
• Census-Household Member: 1841, Old Cumnock Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; Scotland

Notes:

Christened:
BLAIR
MARGARET
HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET ANDERSON FR23V2-1 (FR23)
F
16/09/1781
612/2
10 11
Newton On Ayr

Census-Household Member:
Role: Household Member

Margaret married James Adam on 11 Dec 1807 in Tarbolton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. James (son of James Adam) was born in 1777 in Dailly Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; was christened on 7 Sep 1777 in Dailly Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 9C73A192FCAA40FD8641CC62391F9CDDEB37
• Immigration: 1820, Dalhousie Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; from Scotland, on Prompt, accompanied by a wife and child
• Census: 1830, Caledonia, Livingston County, New York, United States; United States
• Location: 1851, Bathurst Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; on Census, Agricultural Schedule, Concession 5 Lot 6

Notes:

Christened:
JOHN
HENRY BLAIR/MARGARET BLAIR FR137 (FR137)
M
20/04/1783
583/
10 125
Coylton

Immigration:
Assigned Dalhousie Concession 5 lot 6W but left for the United States before 1834 (canal worker?). His farm was taken over by William Miller. C.Bennett,144.

Census:
5 free white persons, John, wife, 1 female under five years, one between 10 and 15, one between 30 and 40

John married Barbara Spiers on 14 Mar 1811 in Newton-on-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lily Blare
• _UID: DED0CDFD19584FAD94DC37B7458130CF0885

Notes:

Christened:
Name Lily Blare
Gender Female
Birth Date 09 Jan 1784
Baptism Date 15 Jan 1784
Baptism Place St. Quivox and Newton, Ayr, Scotland
Father Henry Blare
Mother Margaret Anderson
FHL Film Number 1041404
Reference ID - 2:15GKMJQ

Other Events and Attributes:

• _UID: 288128B6921248E3A448E302223C2FBA6EAE
• Census: 1841, Coylton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; Scotland
• Occupation: 1841, Coylton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; coal miner
• Residence: 1841, Coylton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; Craighall
• Census: 1851, Bankfoot, Coylton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; Scotland
• Occupation: 1851, Bankfoot, Coylton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; coal miner

Notes:

Christened:
BLAIR
WILLIAM ALLASON
HENRY BLAIR/
M
21/04/1792
619/
10 222
Tarbolton

William married Mary Drinnan on 18 Sep 1813 in Tarbolton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. Mary was born in 1788 in Tarbolton Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]