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Note: Peter Blair was a weaver in Scotland, weaving Paisley shawls. When work became scarce, he came to America at the request of his uncle Robert who lived in Barnet Vermont.
After spending some time with his uncle in VT, he went to Lowell MA, where he continued his trade as a weaver for a time. There he met and married Elizabeth Rodger. Finally they came to Goshen Gore and settled on a place where there was a log house and about four acres of cleared land. That place was where the Cargills lived just above your home (Peter Blair & Etta Pratt).
Just below where you lived was a cousin of our Grandfather's (Andrew Blair who had come from Barnet on the place now owned by Sternburg).
On the ship that Peter came to America on was William Rodger who went to Greensboro. William told his mother (Agnes) and sister (Elizabeth) that when he got settled in America he would send for them. Tired of waiting for the word, they went to America to find William. When they got to Greensboro William had already moved to Lowell MA where Peter also was. Elizabeth and her mother followed William to Lowell and Peter and Elizabeth met. Elizabeth did not know Peter in Scotland but she has said that when she was waiting to see her brother leave on the ship, she remembers seeing Peter leaning against the ship eating a biscuit.
Caledonia & Essex Gazelter 1887 - Peter Blair, road 13, retired farmer, age 80
1850 Goshen Gore Census - Peter - Born Scotland
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