'Blair05'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Blair of Balgillo, Blair of Glassclune, Blair of Pittendreich

                               
Patrick Blair of Pittendriech (a 1581)
m. _ Cargill
1. John Blair of Pittendreich (a 1638)
  m. Jean Blair (dau of Sir John Blair of Balgillo)
  A. John Blair of Pittendreich & Lethindy
m. Helen Drummond ("descended of the ancient family of Culquhalzie")
  i. John Blair of Balmyle (physician)
  m. Grisel Main (dau of James Main of Dundee)
  a. John Blair (dsp, physician)
  b. Alexander Blair in France
  m. Margaret Colville (dau of Alexander Colvile of Kincardine)
  (1) Alexander Blair
  c. Helen Blair
  m. Alexander Mackenzie of Inchculter
  ii. Alexander Blair in Jamaica (surgeon)
  a. John Blair
  (1)+ issue - John, daughter
  iii. Janet Blair (b c1630, d 22.02.1684) possibly of this generation
  m. (28.04.1653) John Maitland of Eccles (b 1631, d 1678)
  B.+ other issue - James (captain), son (minister at Kilspindy, had issue)
2. George Blair of Lethindy, Perthshire
  m. Eupham Blair (dau of _ Blair ("of the family of Balgillo, a clergyman in Ireland") by dau of John Scrymgeor of Kirkton)
  A. James Blair, 1st of Glassclune (a 1670)
  m. Marjory Fife (dau of Nathan Fife, Sheriff of Perth)
  i. Marjory Blair
  m. Hector Mackenzie (brother of George of Inchculter)
  B. John Blair of Glassclune
  m. Agnes Fotheringham (dau of Thomas Fotheringham of Ballenden)
  i. Thomas Blair of Glassclune
  m. Isabel Dempster (dau of George Dempster of Dunichen)
  a. George Blair of Glassclune
  ii. Agnes Blair
  m. Robert Patullo of Kinnochtrie (captain)
  iii.+ other issue (d unm) - Eupham, Margaret
  C. Patrick Blair, later of Woolcester (physician)
  m. Isabel White
  D. Margaret Blair
m. Henry Chrystie (minister at Kinross)
  E. Jean Blair
  m. John Patullo of Kinnochtrie
3. Patrick Blair of Little Blair, Sheriff of Orkney (Lt. Colonel)
  A. Margaret Blair
  m. James Blair of Ardblair (b c1657, d 1724)
4. Jean Blair
  m1 . (sp) _ Scrymgeour of Fardle (Major)
  m2. John Blair of Balude
5 Margaret Blair
  m. John Strachan (minister of Lethindy)
6. Jean Blair
  m. _ Eccles
7.+ other issue - Laurence (dsps), Donald (clergyman), James (had issue)

 

 

Believed to be a descendant of the family of Balthayock was ...
John Blair of Balgillo, Forfarshire (d 1502)
1. William Blair of Balgillo (b c1500, d before 31.01.1537)
  m. (by 10.08.1522) Elizabeth Haliburton (dau of William Haliburton of Buttargask)
  A. John Blair of Balgillo
m. ?? Crichton (dau of John Crichton of Ruthven by Janet Ogistoun)
  i. William Blair of Balgillo (b 1550)
  m. Jean Sword
  a. (Sir) John Blair of Balgillo (b c1577)
m. Jean Haliburton (dau of Sir George Haliburton of Pitcur by Elizabeth Learmouth)
  (1) Sir William Blair of Balgillo (b 1600, d 02.1654)
  m. (30.04.1622) Jane Durham (bpt 20.09.1601, dau of Sir Alexander Durham of Pitkerrow by Jean Ramsay)
  FSCOMT appears to end at this generation. We presume that William & Jane were parents of ...
  (A) Sir William Blair of Balgillo (d c1678) probably of this generation
  m. (by 1654) Margaret Gray (bpt 29.10.1628, d 1681, dau of Sir William Gray of Pittendrum)
  (i) Elizabeth Blair name seen on various web sites
  m. Thomas Stewart of Kilmarnock
  (2) Magdalene Blair (b c1600)
m. (c10.1620) James Blair of Ardblair
  (3) Elizabeth Blair (a 1631)
  m. David Cairncross
  (4)+ other issue - Archibald (b c1604, a 1615), James (b c1605, a 1624)
  b. Patrick Blair (d 1599)
  c. Alexander Blair in Balbrogie (d before 21.12.1624)
  m. Grizel Hutton
  (1) Patrick Blair (b 1614, d 1635)
  d. Jean Blair possibly of this generation
  m. John Erskine of Newbigging & Tayock (m2. Margaret Erskine) ## see here ##

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'Baronage of Scotland' (Sir Robert Douglas, 1798, 'Blair of Pittendreich' (p192+) & 'Blair of Glassclune' (p193+))
(2) For lower section : FSCOMT
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