John and Elizabeth (WILTSE) BLAIR

John BLAIR, Jr was born 26 Mar 1799 in Ware, Hampshire county, Massachusetts. I have no other information on him from before he was married.

Elizabeth WILTSE was born in 1807 in Vermont. I have no other information on her before her marriage. I'm guessing that she was born close to the Vermont/Massachusetts border though.

I have no information on when John and Elizabeth were married, but I'm guessing sometime between 1825 and 1829. They had 4 children: Harriet in 1830, George about 1832, Louisa about 1835, and Esra about 1847. Their memorials at findagrave suggest 2 more children: John in 1827 and Jane in 1836.

Elizabeth died in 1873 in Saratoga, Winona county, Minnesota. John lived for about 3 more years and died 24 Jul 1876 in Albany, Albany county, New York. They both have memorial on findagrave (John and Elizabeth).

I have John and Elizabeth on the following censuses:

1850 US Census for Albany, Albany county, New York

John and Elizabeth are on lines 21 and 22. This includes all of the children I listed above.

1857 Minnesota Census for Saratoga township, Winona county, Minnesota

John and Elizabeth (as Betsey) are on lines 7 and 8. I'm unsure of why Esra is mispelled as "Asa."

1860 US Census for Saratoga township, Winona county, Minnesota

John and Elizabeth are on lines 22 and 23.

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