The Lair, Lehr, Lare family of Hunterdon County originated with the immigrants Johannes and Maria Lehr, who originated in Germany or eastern France. They may have been French Huguenot. There is a town of Lehr in Germany in the palatinate between France and Germany. And Lair is a family name from Lyon. The two children of Johannes and Maria that we know of were born there. After the death of Johannes Lair, the family migrated to America, probably encouraged to do so by other German immigrants.
This family tree, like all the others on this website, is a work in progress. Wherever you see a lot of c.’s and ?’s, who can assume I have not researched those branches of the family. Please feel free to make corrections or additions in the comments section below.
First Generation:
(1) Johannes Lehr (c.1700 – c.1752) & Maria (c.1700 – c.1758)
Second Generation:
(1) Johannes Lehr & Maria
| (2) Gerhardt Lehr (c.1745 – 1787) of Bethlehem Twp.
| | m. Elizabeth Butterfoss (c.1748 – ?)
| (2) William Lair (1750 – 1829) of Locktown
| | m. 1) Sarah Boss (1757 – 1799)
| | m. 2) Ann Boss (1761 – 1821)
Third Generaton:
| (2) Gerhardt Lehr & Elizabeth Butterfoss
| | (3) Mary Lair (1773 – ?)
| | (3) Samuel Lair (1777 – 1841) & Mary Johnson (1776 – 1875)
| | (3) Mathias Lair (1779 – 1819) & Charity Painter (1793 – 1883)
| | (3) Anna Lair (c.1780 – ?) & David Dilts (1779 – 1867)
| | (3) Garret Lair (1784 – c.1825) & Sarah Little (c.1790 – 1870)
| | (3) Andrew Lair (1787 – 1855) & Lavinah Boss (1792 – 1864)
| (2) William Lair & 1) Sarah Boss
| | (3) Mary Lair (1776 – 1835) & Edward Edmund T. Furman (~1773 – )
| | (3) John Lair (1778 – 1854) & Sarah Dilts (1782 – 1852)
| | (3) Elizabeth Lair (1782 – 1798)
| | (3) William Archer Lair (1785 – 1857)
| | | m. 1) Charlotte Heath (~1775 – 1817)
| | | m. 2) Elizabeth Rittenhouse (1801 – 1872)
| | (3) Anna Nancy Lair (1787 – 1874) & Ambrose Bonham (1782 – 1863)
| | (3) Garret Lair (1790 – 1867)
| | | m. 1) Hester Esther Rittenhouse (1791 – 1873)
| | | m. 2) Unknown second wife
| | (3) Rebecca Lair (1794 – 1884) & Pierson Roberson (1796 – 1857)
| | (3) Joseph Lair (1798 – 1882) & Elizabeth Werts (1805 – 1873)
| (2) William Lair & 2) Ann Boss
| | (3) Sarah Lair (1802 – 1821) & Richard Rittenhouse (c.1798 – 1858)
| | (3) David Lair (1810 – 1906) & Sarah Gordon (1814 – 1894)
Fourth Generation:
| (2) Gerhardt Lehr & Elizabeth Butterfoss
| | (3) Samuel Lair & Mary Johnson
| | | (4) Philip Lair (1799 – 1850) & Mary Snyder (1799 – 1882)
| | | (4) William Lair (c.1800 – ?)
| | | (4) Garret Lair (c.1802 – ?)
| | | (4) Sarah Lair (c.1805 – ?) & William C. Young (c.1785 – ?)
| | | (4) Samuel Lair (c.1805 – ?) & Mary Ann Drew
| | | (4) Joseph Beavers Lair (c.1810 – ?) & Ann Nancy (1813 – ?)
| | | (4) Elizabeth Lair (c.1815 – ?) & Christopher Wagner Jr. (c.1815 – ?)
| | | (4) John Lair (c.1815 – ?) & Mary (c.1818 – ?)
| | (3) Mathias Lair & Charity Painter
| | | (4) John P. Lair (c.1813 – 1871)
| | | (4) William Lair (c.1815 – ?)
| | (3) Garret Lair & Sarah Little
| | | (4) Jacob Garret Lair (c.1808 – 1890) & Ann Eliza Fritts (1830 – 1882)
| | | (4) Elizabeth Lair (c.1810 – ?) & Simeon W. Welsh (c.1810 – ?)
| | | (4) Garret Lair (c.1815 – ?) & Mary B. Cole (c.1823 – ?)
| | | (4) Mary Lair (c.1818 – ?)
| | | (4) William E. Lair (c.1820 – ?) & Sarah Smith (c.1825 – ?)
| | | (4) Phillip D. Lair (c.1822 – 1887) & Lany Lenah Conover (c.1825 – ?)
| | (3) Andrew Lair & Lavinah Boss
| | | (4) Philip Lair (c.1815 – ?)
| (2) William Lair & 1) Sarah Boss
| | (3) Mary Lair & Edward Edmund T. Furman
| | | (4) Edward T. Forman & Mary (1795 – ?)
| | (3) John Lair & Sarah Dilts
| | | (4) Elizabeth Lair (1800 – 1872)
| | | (4) Sarah Lair (1802 – 1893)
| | | (4) Joseph Lair (1809 – 1886) & Amy Vandolah (1809 – 1901)
| | (3) William Archer Lair & 1) Charlotte Heath
| | | (4) Jane Lair (1815 – 1890) & John S. Webster (1813 – 1857)
| | (3) William Archer Lair & 2) Elizabeth Rittenhouse
| | | (4) Benjamin Rittenhouse Lair (1820 – 1901)
| | | | m. 1) Abigail F. Meredith (c.1825 – 1849)
| | | | m. 2) Mary Jane Rittenhouse (1831 – 1906)
| | | (4) Ambrose Bonham Lair (1821 – 1863)
| | | (4) William Archer Lair Jr. (1823 – 1902) & Lavinia Heath (1827 – 1900)
| | | (4) Mahlon Rittenhouse Lair (1825 – 1886) & Sarah M. Mason (1832 – 1907)
| | | (4) Lavinia Lair (1827 – ?) & Charles Blaker
| | | (4) John Lair (1829 – 1897) & Lucinda Rittenhouse (1836 – 1905)
| | | (4) Elmyra Lair (1832 – 1863) & Samuel F. Fauss (1826 – 1897)
| | | (4) Sarah Catharine Lair (1835 – 1917) & Daniel Heath (1833 – 1890)
| | | (4) Huldah Wigg Lair (1837 – 1923) & Wilson R. Thatcher (1835 – 1906)
| | | (4) Ann Elizabeth Lair (1841 – 1939) & Zephaniah Manners (c.1850 – ?)
| | | (4) Emily Lair (1844 – 1894) & David R. Bodine (1842 – 1921)
| | (3) Anna Nancy Lair & Ambrose Bonham
| | | (4) John Bonham (1813 – 1865) & Rebecca Everitt (1815 – 1884)
| | | (4) William Lair Bonham (1815 – after 1841) & Rebecca Rittenhouse (1816 – after 1843)
| | (3) Garret Lair & 1) Hester Esther Rittenhouse
| | | (4) William Lair (1813 – 1821)
| | | (4) Elijah Rittenhouse Lair (1815 – 1874) & Hannah Mattison (1813 – after 1870)
| | | (4) Mahlon Lair (1816 – 1821)
| | | (4) John Lair (1818 – 1821)
| | | (4) Sarah Ann Lair (1820 – ?) & Jacob Crouse (c.1815 – ?)
| | | (4) Pearson Lair (1823 – 1827)
| | | (4) Mary Elizabeth Lair (1828 – 1833)
| | | (4) David Lair (1830 – ?)
| | | | m. 1) Melinda Strader
| | | | m. 2) Sarah Ann Catharine Rodebough
| | | (4) Matilda Tillie Lair (1833 – 1916) & Peter Snyder Kugler (1829 – 1886)
| | (3) Rebecca Lair & Pierson Roberson
| | | (4) David Roberson (1820 – ?) & Ellen Eichlin (c.1825 – 1890)
| | | (4) Sarah Ann Roberson (1822 – 1837)
| | | (4) Jonathan Roberson (1824 – 1900) & Sarah A. Henry (c.1825 – ?)
| | | (4) John L. Roberson (1828 – bef. 1890) & Mary Dilley (c.1836 – ?)
| | | (4) Garret L. Roberson (1831 – 1862)
| | | (4) Wilson Roberson (1833 – 1914)
| | | (4) William Roberson (c.1834 – ?)
| | | (4) Mary Jane Roberson (1836 – 1909) & Samuel Thatcher (1835 – 1909)
| | | (4) Joseph Roberson (1838 – 1916) & Jane Cooper (c.1840 – ?)
| | (3) Joseph Lair & Elizabeth Werts
| | | (4) Peter W. Lair (1829 – 1910) & Margaret Bird (1824 – 1910)
| | | (4) Deborah Lair (1831 – 1909) & George Dansdill Rittenhouse (c.1823 – 1889)
| | | (4) Mary Lair (c.1835 – ?)
| | | (4) Samuel Lair (c.1839 – ?)
| (2) William Lair & Ann Boss
| | (3) David Lair & Sarah Gordon
| | | (4) Amy Lair (1833 – ?)
| | | (4) William B. Lair (1836 – bef. 1854)
| | | (4) Philip Gordon Lair (1838 – ?)
| | | (4) Elizabeth Ann Lair (1840 – bef.1883) & John R. West (1834 – 1894)
| | | (4) Henry M. Lair (1844 – ?)
| | | (4) Sarah Lair (1846 – ?)
| | | (4) Joseph Lair (1848 – ?)
| | | (4) Winfield Scott Lair (1852 – ?)
| | | (4) William M. Lair (1854 – ?)
| | | (4) Elvira Lair (1855 – ?)
| | | (4) Laura Jane Lair (1857 – ?)
| | | (4) Georgiana Lair (1859 – ?)
Fifth Generation:
| (2) Gerhardt Lehr & Elizabeth Butterfoss
| | (3) Samuel Lair & Mary Johnson
| | | (4) Philip Lair & Mary Snyder
| | | | (5) Amy Lair (c.1825 – ?) & Lewis B. Apgar (1819 – 1884)
| | | | (5) Edward J. Lair (1830 – 1900) & Mary (1836 – 1910)
| | | | (5) William Lair (c.1831 – ?) & Eliza (c.1832 – ?)
| | | | (5) Lucinda Lair (c.1835 – 1923) & William Buffer (1834 – 1923)
| | | | (5) Jacob Johnson Lair (1837 – 1885) & Victoria Arnett (1846 – 1885)
| | | | (5) Jane M. Lair (c.1839 – ?)
| | | | (5) Sarah Lair (c.1841 – ?)
| | | | (5) Elmira Lair (c.1843 – 1875)
| | | | (5) Harriet Lair (c.1844 – 1941)
| | | | (5) John Lair (c.1847 – ?) & Mary H. Hann (c.1853 – ?)
| | | (4) John Lair & Mary
| | | | (5) Martin Lair (c.1837 – ?)
| | | | (5) Amanda Lair (c.1843 – ?)
| | | | (5) Joseph Lair (c.1847 – ?)
| | | | (5) Jane Lair (c.1849 – ?)
| | | | (5) John Lair (c.1853 – ?) & Lucy A. White (c.1850 – ?)
| | | | (5) Sarah E. Lair (c.1858 – ?)
| | (3) Garret Lair & Sarah Little
| | | (4) Jacob Garret Lair (c.1808 – 1890) & Ann Eliza Fritts (1830 – 1882)
| | | | (5) Jacob S. Lair (1856 – 1938) & Mary Downs (1857 – ?)
| | | | (5) Anna A. Lair (1857 – 1912) & William R. Bowne (1856 – 1920)
| | | | (5) Thomas J. Lair (1862 – ?)
| | | (4) Phillip D. Lair (c.1822 – 1887) & Lany Lenah Conover (c.1825 – ?)
| | | | (5) Andrew Edmund Lare (c.1850 – 1851)
| | | | (5) Mary Jane Lare (c.1856 – 1856)
| (2) William Lair & 1) Sarah Boss
| | (3) John Lair & Sarah Dilts
| | | (4) Joseph Lair & Amy Vandolah
| | | | (5) Pvt. John Lair (~1837 – 1915) & Mary A. Hart (1843 – 1913)
| | | | (5) William H. Lair (1840 – 1916) & Martha Reading (1847 – 1905)
| | | | (5) Samuel Howard Lair (1842 – 1866)
| | (3) William Archer Lair & 1) Charlotte Heath
| | | (4) Jane Lair & John S. Webster
| | | | (5) Charlotte Webster (c.1839 – 1882) & Robert Holcombe Moore (c.1836 – 1896)
| | | | (5) Melissa A. Webster (1841 – ?)
| | | | (5) Abel Webster (1843 – 1863)
| | | | (5) John W. Webster (1849 – ?)
| | | | (5) Charles C. Webster (1853 – 1888)
| | | | | m. 1) Alwilda Kitchen (c.1857 – 1882)
| | | | | m. 2) Belle M. Fargo (c.1860 – ?)
| | | | (5) Emmaretta Webster (1857 – 1860)
| | (3) William Archer Lair & 2) Elizabeth Rittenhouse
| | | (4) Benjamin Rittenhouse Lair & 2) Mary Jane Rittenhouse
| | | | (5) Sarah Catharine Lair (1853 – ?)
| | | | (5) Isabelle M. Lair (1855 – ?)
| | | | (5) Jeremiah Rittenhouse Lair (1858 – ?)
| | | | (5) Asariah Lair (1860 – ?)
| | | | (5) William Atlee Lair (1869 – ?)
| | | | (5) Amy M. Lair (1870 – ?)
| | | (4) William Archer Lair Jr. & Lavinia Heath
| | | | (5) Edwin R. Lair (c.1846 – ?)
| | | | (5) Anna Elizabeth Lair (1851 – ?)
| | | | (5) Mary Catharine Lair (1853 – ?)
| | | | | m. 1) John R. Conover (c.1850 – ?)
| | | | | m. 2) George D. Lair (c.1853 – ?)
| | | | (5) Sarah Jane Lair (1860 – ?)
| | | (4) Mahlon Rittenhouse Lair & Sarah M. Mason
| | | | (5) Charles Bailey Lair (1855 – 1857)
| | | (4) Lavinia Lair & Charles Blaker
| | | | (5) William Blaker Jr. (c.1848 – ?)
| | | | (5) Ella Blaker
| | | (4) John Lair & Lucinda Rittenhouse
| | | | (5) William Lair (1860 – ?)
| | | | (5) Ella R. Lair (1864 – ?)
| | | | (5) Horace Walters Lair (1868 – ?)
| | | | (5) Viola Lair (c.1870 – ?)
| | | | (5) Wilford Lair (c.1873 – ?)
| | | | (5) Mary Alice Lair (c.1875 – ?)
| | | (4) Elmyra Lair & Samuel F. Fauss
| | | | (5) Annie Fauss
| | | (4) Sarah Catharine Lair & Daniel Heath
| | | | (5) Victoria Heath (1856 – ?)
| | | (4) Huldah Wigg Lair & Wilson R. Thatcher
| | | | (5) Ulysses Grant Thatcher (c.1865 – 1866)
| | | | (5) Emma Thatcher (c.1867 – ?)
| | | | (5) Anna W. Thatcher (1869 – 1946)
| | | | (5) William L. Thatcher (1872 – 1895)
| | | | (5) M. Katherine Thatcher (1875 – 1963)
| | | | (5) Elizabeth Thatcher (c.1882 – ?)
| | | (4) Emily Lair & David R. Bodine
| | | | (5) Infant Bodine (c.1868-c.1870)
| | | | (5) William W. Bodine (1870 – 1958) & Jerusha H. (1867 – 1941)
| | | | (5) Minnie W. Bodine (1872 – 1950) & Robert H. Eick (1866 – 1903)
| | (3) Garret Lair & 1) Hester Esther Rittenhouse
| | | (4) Elijah Rittenhouse Lair & Hannah Mattison
| | | | (5) Winfield Scott Lair (1849 – 1878)
| | | (4) Matilda Tillie Lair & Peter Snyder Kugler
| | | | (5) Joseph Lair Kugler (c.1855 – ?) & Eva Wolverton (1858 – 1887)
| | (3) Joseph Lair & Elizabeth Werts
| | | (4) Peter W. Lair & Margaret Bird
| | | | (5) George D. Lair (c.1853 – ) & Mary Catharine Lair (1853 – ?)
| | | | (5) Amy Lair (c.1853 – ?)
| | | (4) Deborah Lair & George Dansdill Rittenhouse
| | | | (5) Jane Rittenhouse (c.1865 – bef.1898) & William J. Wilson (1864 – ?)
Myron Lair
April 6, 2021 @ 11:13 am
very helpful ,I descend from William’s son David who was my great great grandfather.