.......m. David Harkness
.......Children:
.......(3) 1. Anne Harkness b. 24 Oct. 1782
............m. George Macomber
............Children:
...........(4) 1. Sarah Blair Macomber
...........(4) 2. Betsy Barker Macomber
...........(4) 3. George Washington Macomber
...........(4) 4. William Harkness Macomber
...........(4) 5. Esther Hodges Macomber
...........(4) 6. David Macomber
.......(3) 2. Sarah Harkness
.......(3) 3. Susanah Harkness
....(2) 7. John Blair, Jr b. 25 Feb. 1754 d. 9 Dec 1826
.........m. Jean Rogers on 14 May 1781. She was the daughter of James and Lydia? Rogers. She was born 4 July 1764 and died 15 Jan 1835 at age 71. She is buried in the United Presbyterian Church cemetery in Putnam, N.Y. John Jr. had been a private in his father’s regiment during the Revolutionary War. In 1806, while still living in Cambridge, N.Y., they bought a farm owned by John Williams of Salem at Anthony’s Nose on Lake George. This farm was located on the bay afterwards called Blair’s Bay. John Jr is also buried in Cambridge.
..........Children:
..........(3) 1. Lydia Blair b. 1 June 1782 d. 25 April 1855
...............m. Henry Rickert on 13 Aug 1807
...............Children:
..............(4) 1. James Rickert b. 2 Aug. 1808 d. 27 Sept 1877
...................m. Jane Tucker
...................Children:
..................(5) 1. Philo K. Rickert b. 23 Sept 1843 d. 1 Oct. 1898
.......................m. Jennie Dalton b. 18 Feb 1855 d. June 1934
..............(4) 2. Mary Rickert b. 8 June 1812
..............(4) 3. John Blair Rickert b. 24 March 1814 ...................m. Sophia Congdon
...................Children:
..................(5) 1. Harvey Henry Rickert b. 26 April 1845
.......................m. Velma Adel Gee b. 26 April 1881
..............(4) 4. Daniel C. Rickert b. 29 March 1817
..............(4) 5. George W. Rickert b. 21 Oct. 1819
..............(4) 6. Lucinda Rickert b. 10 June 1822
..............(4) 7. Lucretia Rickert b. 10 June 1822
..............(4) 8. David Rickert b. 2 May 1825
.........(3) 2. Sarah Blair b. 23 May 1784 d. 6 Nov 1827
..............m. Thomas Lee
.........(3) 3. John Blair b. 9 July 1786 d. 10 Nov. 1810 Supposed to have been killed by Indians while on road home from Ticonderoga.
.........(3) 4. William Blair b. 29 July 1788
.........(3) 5. Mary (Polly) Blair b. 4 Sept. 1790
..............m. Jasper Shear
..............Children:
.............(4) 1. Abram Shear
.............(4) 2. Amanda Shear
.............(4) 3. Margaret Shear
.............(4) 4. Eliza Shear
.............(4) 5. Jane Shear
.............(4) 6. Mary Shear
.............(4) 7. Sarah Shear
.............(4) 8. Jasper Shear
.............(4) 9. John Shear
.............(4) 10. DeWitt Shear
........(3) 6. James Blair b. 17 Aug 1792 d. 25 July 1865
.............m. Eliza Cronin, daughter of James and Jerusha (Miller) Cronin. Eliza was born 31 Aug. 1806 and died 1 April 1860. They were married 15 July 1823. James was born in and lived in Putnam, N.Y. He was a townsclerk of Putnam in 1834, a townsman in 1839, and a Justice of the Peace in 1830, 1834, 1842, 1846, and 1850. James and his wife are buried at the United Presbyterian Church cemetery in Putnam, N.Y. In 1820, James rented a shed to Benjamin French, a blacksmith.
.............Children:
.............(4) 1. Mary Ann Blair b. 15 March 1824 d. 1 Jan 1917
..................m. William Huttin on 3 April 1845 as his second wife. He died 22 March 1889
.............(4) 2. John Blair b. 5 Sept 1825 d. 25 Spt. 1829
.............(4) 3. James Blair, Jr. b. 16 June 1827 d. 6 Oct. 1829
.............(4) 4. Jane Blair b. 1 Sept 1828 d. 2 Oct. 1829
.............(4) 5. David Blair b. 13 May 1830 d. 13 Dec 1842
.............(4) 6. Hannah Jane Blair b. 1 Jan. 1832 d.
..................m. Robert Williamson of Putnam,N.Y.
..................Children:
.................(5) 1. Gilbert Williamson b. d.
.................(5) 2. Alice Williamson b. 20 Feb.1853 d.
......................m. Burns McLaughlin
......................Children: .....................(6) 1. Irwin McLaughlin b. 10 March 1878 d.
..........................m. Evalyn West
..........................Children:
.........................(7) 1. Violet Lydia McLaughlin b. 9 Oct. 1901 d.
.........................(7) 2. Harold Raymond McLaughlin b. 23 Feb. 1903 d.
.........................(7) 3. Helen Beatrice McLaughlin b. 3 May 1906 d.
.....................(6) 2. Charles McLaughlin b. 26 July 1879 d.
..........................m. Gertrude Graham in the fall of 1903. After the death of his mother, Charles went to work in the store of Robert Graham in Putnam, N.Y. ..........................Children:
.........................(7) 1. Robert Burns McLaughlin b. 22 Sept. 1909 d.
..............................m. Margaret McCurdy on 11 Feb. 1931 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
......................(6) 3. Oscar McLaughlin b. 6 Aug 1882 d.
...........................m. Florence Edwina Pew, daughter of Robert and Agnes Stweart Pew on 4 March 1903
...........................Children:
..........................(7) 1. Francis Elizabeth McLaughlin b. 11 march 1910
..........................(7) 2. Margaret Alice McLaughlin b. 13 Feb. 1911
.............(4) 7. John Darwin Blair b. 8 Jan 1834 Never married
.............(4) 8. Elizabeth Blair b. 25 April 1836 d. 27 Feb. 1854(?) of consumption
.............(4) 9. Charlotte Blair b. 29 Jan. 1839 d. 26 March 1923
..................m. David Cummings, son of Thomas and Christie (Scott) Cummings of Putnam, N.Y. He died 14 Nov.1903
..................Children:
.................(5) 1. Infant, died at birth
.................(5) 2. Hattie Cummings b. 17 Aug. 1871 d.
......................m. John S. Howells of Bangor, Wisconsin, son of John and Hattie (?) Howells.
......................Children:
.....................(6) 1. John D. Howells b. 18 April 1896
.....................(6) 2. Laughlin Howells b. Dec. 1897
.....................(6) 3. Lottie Howells b. June1899
.....................(6) 4. May Howells b. March 1901
.....................(6) 5. Blodlyn Howells b. Sept. 1902
.....................(6) 6. Margaret Howells b.
.....................(6) 7. Hattie Howells b.
.................(5) 3. May E. Cummings b. 6 May 1874 d.
......................m. Frank Richter, widower, about Dec. 1901. Separated in 1909. Married (2) George Sharp and separated. Was married a third time.
.................(5) 4. Charles Cummings b. 7 Dec. 1880 d.
......................m. Mary Nella Ledgerwood, b. Oct. 1883, daughter of Murwin and Kate (Craig) Ledgerwood of Putnam, N.Y.
......................Children:
.....................(6) 1. David Thomas Cummings b. 2 May 1905 d.
.....................(6) 2. George Craig Cummings b. 24 Dec. 1907 d.
.....................(6) 3. Robert Cummings b. 1908 d.
..............(4) 10. James Martin Blair b. 4 March 1841 d. Aug. 1913
...................m. (1) Agnes Wiley , daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Cummings) Wiley. Agnes died 24 May 1886.
...................Children:
.................(5) 1. Carrie Blair b. 24 March 1869 d.
......................m. Elroy Detrich on 14 Oct. 1891. The the son of William and Electra Detrich. They lived on a farm on Lake Champlain near Putnem, N.Y.
......................Children: .....................(6) 1. Agnes Electra Detrich b. 2 Jan. 1894 d.
..........................m. Osbourne Broom
.....................(6) 2. George Earl Detrich b. 15 April 1896 d.
.....................(6) 3. Clarence Detrich b. d.
..........................m. Alice Ottenburg on 6 Sept. 1920. Lived near Putnam, N.Y.
.................(5) 2. Mabel Blair b. 7 Oct. 1870 d.