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James Blair of St Vincent

Profile & Legacies Summary

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Biography

Probably but not certainly James Blair of Blalr & Co., shown as the original purchaser on St Vincent of Lot No. 115 (138 acres) that (with Lots Nos. 119-121 totalling a further 128 acres) became Richmond Hill.

  1. Will of James Blair of St Vincent [made in 1772] proved 10/01/1781. He ordered his real and personal estate be sold to fund legacies of £500 each to his wife Jennetta, his brothers David and Cumberland William Blair and his [unnamed] sisters, and the rest in trust for the child or children with whom his wife was then pregnant.

Sources

Charles Shephard, An Historical Account of St Vincent (1831) Appendix XX 'References to a Plan of the Island, as Published by John Byres, 1776.'

  1. PROB 11/1073/115

Further Information

Absentee?
Spouse
Jennetta Bannister (nee Sharpe)

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
Joint owner
Richmond Hill [ St Vincent ]

Possibly of Blalr & Co., the original purchaser of Lot No. 115 in St Vincent, that became Richmond Hill with Lots Nos. 119-121.

Relationships (2)

James Blair of St Vincent
Brother-in-laws
Charles Payne Sharpe
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James Blair of St Vincent
Brother-in-laws
George Sharpe
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