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Betsy Rankin and Matthew Blair

MATTHEW BLAIR, son of JANE ROBINSON and JOHN BLAIR, was born in 1778 in Augusta County, Virginia.

He married BETSY RANKIN on September 23, 1797 in Augusta County, Virginia, daughter of THOMAS RANKIN.

Children of BETSY RANKIN and MATTHEW BLAIR:

  1. JANE RANKIN BLAIR, b. 1802, Virginia;456 m. (1) JOHN HALL VAN LEAR on December 9, 1819 in Augusta County, Virginia1799, m. (2) WILLIAM H. THOMPSON on August 30, 1826 in Augusta County, Virginia1799, m. (3) NATHANIEL MCCLURE on November 9, 1848 in Wayne County, Indiana193, 1675; d. 1878.456