Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr.

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Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr.
Birthdate:	1741
Birthplace:	Chester County, Pennsylvania
Death:	September 24, 1818 (76-77) Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of Rev. Samuel Jacob Blair and Frances Blair Husband of Susan Blair Father of Susan Shippen Roberdeau; William Shippen Blair; Frances VanHook Blair; Samuel Blair and Abby Phillips Blair Brother of Elizabeth Duffield; Sarah Carmicael; Jacob Francis Blair; Joseph Blair; Mary Van Hook Rice and 5 others

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About Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr.

Blair was born in 1741 in Faggs Manor, near Cochranville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of a Presbyterian minister also named Samuel Blair. He graduated from The College of New Jersey in 1760 and was licensed to preach in 1764. A conscientious and eloquent minister, he became pastor of the Old South Church in Boston in 1766. In 1767, at the age of 26, he was offered the presidency of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) but voluntarily stepped aside when John Witherspoon (later a signatory of the Declaration of Independence) became available.

Blair remained at the Old South Church until 1769, when he resigned his charge because of ill health. He then made his residence at Germantown, Pennsylvania, where he devoted the rest of his life to study. In 1790 he earned the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Pennsylvania, and was appointed Chaplain in Congress on December 10, 1790, a position he held for two years until the election of Ashbel Green on November 5, 1792. Blair died in September 1818.

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Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr.'s Timeline

1741	1741	Birth of Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr. Chester County, Pennsylvania
1771	March 2, 1771	Birth of Susan Shippen Roberdeau
1773	May 21, 1773	Birth of William Shippen Blair
1777	March 21, 1777	Birth of Frances VanHook Blair
1779	March 10, 1779	Birth of Samuel Blair
1780	May 12, 1780	Birth of Abby Phillips Blair
1818	September 24, 1818 Age 77	Death of Rev. Samuel Blair, Jr. Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States

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