Blair, James

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Dates 1681-1685
Location London
Vocation Minister
Place of Birth Edinburgh
Marriage Margaret Kennedy
Issue George; Janet; other children
Place of birth Source H. Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, 7 vols (Edinburgh, 1915–28), i, 310

Minister of Dalkieth (1679). Deprived for refusing the Test (1681), and moved to England. Sent by bishop of London to Virginia (1685), where he lived for the remainder of his life. Founded William and Mary College (1692).