Captain James Blaine b. 18 Mar 1766 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania d. 6 Sep 1832 West Brownsville, Washington, Pennsylvania: If the Legends Are True...

1766 - 1832 (66 years)

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Name	James Blaine [1, 2, 3, 4]
Prefix	Captain
Born	18 Mar 1766	Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Military Service	Jan 1799-15 Jun 1800 [2]
	by appointment of President John Adams
	He was appointed by President John Adams, Captain in the U.S. Infantry, which office he resigned 15th June, 1800, as his large business interests demanded his entire attention.
Military Service	1802 [2]
	by appointment of Governor Thomas McKean Captain of the 1st Troop of Light Horse attached to the 1st Brigade of the Militia of Cumberland and Franklin Counties
Name	James Blaine [5]
Died	6 Sep 1832	West Brownsville, Washington, Pennsylvania [2, 4]
Person ID	I5945	If the Legends Are True...
Last Modified	27 Jul 2012

Father	Ephraim James Blaine, b. 26 May 1741, Londonderry, , Londonderry, Northern Ireland , d. 16 Feb 1804, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania (Age 62 years)
Mother	Rebecca Galbraith, b. 1 Nov 1744, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania , d. 5 Feb 1795, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Age 50 years)
Married	26 Jun 1765	Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
Family ID	F20890	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Jane Hoge, b. 1764, Tuscarora, Juniata, Pennsylvania , d. 15 Apr 1793, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania (Age 29 years)

Married 5 Dec 1791 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [2, 6]

Colonial Families of the U.S., McKenzie, states they had no children.

Residence Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [7]

Residence Aft 1804 West Brownsville, Washington, Pennsylvania [2]

"He removed with his family from Carlisle and established himself in Sewickley, and afterwards in Brownsvile, Pennsylvania, in each of which places he had large real estate interests, and in the latter place he spent the remaining years of his life."

Children

	1. John Blain, b. 29 Feb 1792, Cumberland, Pennsylvania , d. 1882, Noble, Jay, Indiana (Age 89 years)
	2. Alexander M. Blaine, b. 1798, Pennsylvania , d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Catherine Blaine, b. 1804, Pennsylvania , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 18 Nov 2008

Family ID F2238 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Margaret Lyon, b. 26 Mar 1772, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania , d. 27 Aug 1853 (Age 81 years)

Married 15 Jan 1795 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania [3, 7]

Move 1804 Sewickley, Allegheny, Pennsylvania [2]

Carlisle

Residence Aft 1804 West Brownsville, Washington, Pennsylvania [2]

"He removed with his family from Carlisle and established himself in Sewickley, and afterwards in Brownsvile, Pennsylvania, in each of which places he had large real estate interests, and in the latter place he spent the remaining years of his life."

Children

+	1. Ephriam Lyon Blaine, b. 28 Feb 1796, Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania , d. 28 Jun 1850 (Age 54 years)
	2. Eleanor Blaine, b. 7 May 1797, d. 10 Jul 1797 (Age 0 years)
	3. George Blaine, b. 18 Oct 1798, d. 30 Oct 1798 (Age 0 years)
+	4. Margaret Jane Blaine, b. 13 Feb 1800, d. 30 Jan 1880 (Age 79 years)
+	5. Ellen Blaine, b. 2 Feb 1802, d. 26 Aug 1840 (Age 38 years)
	6. Robert Blaine, b. 18 Oct 1803, d. 1 Jun 1805 (Age 1 years)
	7. James Blaine, Junior, b. 5 Feb 1805, d. 1848 (Age 42 years)
	8. William H. Blaine, b. 10 May 1807, d. 26 Apr 1840 (Age 32 years)
+	9. Samuel Lyon Blaine, b. 9 Dec 1809, West Brownsville, Washington, Pennsylvania , d. 13 Sep 1883, Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia (Age 73 years)
+	10. Ann Lyon Blaine, b. 10 Nov 1812, d. 3 Jul 1891 (Age 78 years)

Last Modified 18 Nov 2008

Family ID F2239 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

He was educated abroad and was for a time an attaché of one of the American embassies and was made the bearer to this country of the celebrated Jay's treaty; John Bannister Gibson, the illustrious Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, wrote that "James Blaine at the time of his return from Europe was considered to be among the most accompished and finest looking gentlemen in Philadelphia, the then center of fashionk elegance and learning on this continent. His reputation as a model gentleman was honorably sustained throughout his life." [2]

Reference If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Captain James Blaine" (accessed February 26, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5945&tree=Legends.

Sources

[S71] The Family of Hoge: a genealogy by James Hoge Tyler (compiler), page 24 (Greensboro, North Carolina: James Fulton Hoge, editor & publisher, 1927). (Reliability: 3).
[S73] Colonial Families of the United States of America by George Norbury Mackenzie, Vol. IV, page 50 (New York, New York: Genealogical Publishers, 1907, 5094 pages). (Reliability: 2).
[S131] Pedigree Resource File by FamilySearch, Submission No: 78916-1027100094735 (Clinton, Iowa: Jerry Blaine) (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.). (Reliability: 2).
[S397] Colonial and Revolutionary families of Pennsylvania: genealogical and personal memoirs by Charles Alcott Flagg, page 1564 (New York, New York: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, 1769 pages). (Reliability: 2).
[S609] Biographical and Historical Catalogue of Washington and Jefferson College by Washington and Jefferson College, page 273 (Cincinnati, Ohio: Elm Street Printing Company, 1889). (Reliability: 4).
[S131] Pedigree Resource File by FamilySearch, Submission No: 78916-1027100094735 (Clinton, Iowa: Jerry Blaine) (Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.). (Reliability: 3).
[S73] Colonial Families of the United States of America by George Norbury Mackenzie, Vol. IV, page 51 (New York, New York: Genealogical Publishers, 1907, 5094 pages). (Reliability: 2).