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'Blair02'
Index
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Families covered:
Blair of Blair
| John Blair of that ilk (d 1609) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 11.05.1565) Grizel Sempill (dau of Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Blair (dvp 01.1604) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 05.07.1589) Isabel Boyd (a 11.1641, dau of Thomas Boyd, 6th Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Grizel Blair ## duplicate with 'aunt' in 9. below | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1615, sp) Sir John Maxwell, Bart of Pollok (d 01.11.1647) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Anna Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. laird of Porterfield | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Crawford of Kilbirnie | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Bryce Blair of Lochwood, of that ilk (d after 04.02.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Annabell Wallace (of Craigie) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Blair (dvp c1610) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Sir Bryce Blair of that ilk (d 07.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1618) Marian Dundas (dau of Sir Walter Dundas, 18th of Dundas) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Blair of that ilk (dsp before 1645) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Marion Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. ? McIlvain of Grimatt | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Isobel Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Whitefoord of Dunduff (d 1697) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | John Blair of that ilk (d 04.1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. ( by 01.01.1638) Katherine Turnbull assumed to have been the mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Blair of Blair (d c1690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 03.1666) Margaret Hamilton (d before 1715, dau of William, 2nd Duke of Hamiton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Blair of Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. Magdalen Campbell (dau of James Campbell of Gargunnock) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Magdalen Blair (d before 1715) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Scott | |||||||||||||||
| Their only son inherited Blair and changed his name to Blair. When he died, unmarried, one of his half-brothers (by William Scott's second marriage) inherited Blair whilst all of his half-brothers & sisters took the name Blair. | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (05.08.1646) Jean Cunningham (dau of William Cunningham, 8th Earl of Glencairn) assumed to have been the mother of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Jean Blair not mentioned by BLG1850, could be a generation later | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gebriel Cuninghame | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Walter Blair | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Margaret Blair (d 08.1621) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1613) Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall (d 1665) | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Isabell Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1619) James Chalmers of Gadgirth | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Anne Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1633) Robert Boyd of Pitcon | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Janet Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1636) Ninian Stewart of Ascog | |||||||||||||||
| I. | Agnes Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1640) William Shaw, Provost of Newton | |||||||||||||||
| The following, kindly provided by Jack Blair, disagrees with BLG1850 (which shows Alexander, James, Robert of Bogtown and 3 unnamed daughters) but is consistent with TSP (Dundonald). | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Robert Blair of Auldmure | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Adam Blair of Lochwood | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Alexander Blair, later Cochrane (d before 07.1641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (mcrt 24.07.1593) Elizabeth Cochrane (dau of William Cochrane of that ilk) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Hugh Blair of Auldmure and Bogside | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Hamilton | |||||||||||||||
| 6. | Gavin Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. Annabel Stewart | |||||||||||||||
| 7. | Jean Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1582) Alexander Cunningham of Mountgreen (Commendator of Kilwinning) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 15.09.1595) John Stewart of Ardmaleish, Sheriff of Bute (d before 10.10.1612) | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Margaret Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m. ? Ker of Kersland | |||||||||||||||
| 9. | Grisel Blair | ||||||||||||||
| m1. David Blair of Adamton | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 1615, sp) Sir John Maxwell, 1st Bart of Pollok (d 01.11.1647) ## duplicate with 'niece' in 1.A. above | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: BGL1850
(Blair of Blair) with input from the genealogist Jack Blair of Perthshire.
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