Blair's of Pennsylvania,Illinois,Nebraska and Mississippi:Information about Samuel Blair
Samuel Blair (b. 1758, d. May 08, 1825)
Notes for Samuel Blair:
Samuel Blair enlisted in Northumberland County
Samuel Blair received a pension of $40/annum from the state of Pa. for his service in the Revolutionary War. he died May 8,1825 in Northumberland Co. Pa. .The soldier married March 22,1790(or 1792) in Northumberland Co. Pa.,Rebecca Hetherington.
History of Lycoming County says he served 5 years in the Rev. War Had come to America as a child with his parents. Enlisted in Rev War at age 18. Says he was a boatman on the Susquehanna River after the War and a farmet.
He is on the 1790 Census of Northumberland with one female child who was under the age of 10.
The following list of children is taken from a three page account of the family in the DAR library in Washington DC.
This was written by Samel McMahan but has no date;
"The writer can go no farther back in the history of this family than Samuel and Rebecca,his wife. (A list of pioneers in the chillisquaque region states that Samuel Blair was a covenanter, but the family was affiliated with the Chilisquaque Presbyterian Church.) Samuel Blair was born in Ireland in 1758 and died in Northumberland Co.Pa, * May 1825. He servedin the War of the Revolution as a private and scout.
The writer remembers Mr. Blair very well . He was a large ,squarely built man and very strong. After the war he followed the river and ran what was called the Kell-bottomed boat. His widow lived many years after his death. Her maiden name was Rebcca Hetherington . She was born in 1772 , married in 1790 and died in 1847.
Samuel and Rebecca were the parents of 7 sons and 5 daughters : as follows: The remainder of this document will be quoted with each child.
More About Samuel Blair:
Military service: 1776, Northumberland Co. Pennsylvania.
More About Samuel Blair and Rebecca Hetherington:
Marriage: March 22, 1790, Northumberland Co.Pa..
Children of Samuel Blair and Rebecca Hetherington are:
- Martha Jane Blair, b. 1792, d. date unknown.
- +John Blair, b. April 12, 1796, d. date unknown.
- James Blair, b. 1801, d. date unknown.
- Sarah Blair, b. 1806, d. date unknown.
- Alexander Blair, b. 1807, d. date unknown.
- David Blair, b. 1810, d. date unknown.
- William S. Blair, b. 1812, d. date unknown.
- Horace H. Blair, b. March 09, 1814, d. date unknown.
- Mary Reed Blair, b. 1816, d. date unknown.
- Elizabeth Blair, b. 1818, d. date unknown.
- Thomas Blair, b. 1822, d. date unknown.
- Rebecca Blair, b. 1825, d. date unknown.