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Alexander Adair 1652–1715 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1652

Birth Location: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland

Death Date: 1715

Death Location: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland

Father: REVEREND Adair

Mother: Jean Adair-Ireland

Spouse(s): Jean Agnew, Margaret Agnew

Children(s): Thomas Adair, Thomas Adair, Thomas Adair, Dr Adair, Alexander Adair-Ireland, John Adair, Alexander Adair

In 1652, Alexander Adair entered the world in Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland, born to Reverend Patrick Cathcart Adair And Jean Margaret Adair Ireland. Alexander Adair married Jean Margaret Agnew, Margaret Agnew, and had children including Alexander Adair, Alexander Adair Ireland, Dr James Robert Adair, John Adair, Thomas Adair, Thomas Benjamin Adair, Thomas Patrick Adair. Alexander Adair passed away in 1715 in Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland.

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Biography

  • In 1652, Alexander Adair entered the world in Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland, born to Reverend Patrick Cathcart Adair And Jean Margaret Adair Ireland.
  • Alexander Adair married Jean Margaret Agnew, Margaret Agnew, and had children including Alexander Adair, Alexander Adair Ireland, Dr James Robert Adair, John Adair, Thomas Adair, Thomas Benjamin Adair, Thomas Patrick Adair.
  • Alexander Adair passed away in 1715 in Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland.

Immediate Family

Parents

REVEREND Adair
1625–1694
Birth Location: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
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Jean Adair-Ireland
1631–1675
Birth Location: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Jean Agnew
1661–1715
Birth Location: Genoch, Antrim, Ireland
JA
Margaret Agnew
1661–1715
Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland
MA

Children(s)

Thomas Adair
1680–1755
Birth Location: Genoch, Antrim, Northern Ireland
TA
Thomas Adair
1685–1755
Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
TA
Thomas Adair
1679–1722
Birth Location: Genoch, Antrim, Scotland
TA
Dr Adair
1709–1783
Birth Location: Antrim, Ireland
DA
Alexander Adair-Ireland
1682–1755
Birth Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
AA
John Adair
1711–1801
Birth Location: Antrim, Ireland
JA
Alexander Adair
1682–1755
Birth Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland
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Alexander Adair's Ancestors

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Alexander Adair
1652–1715
Birth Place: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
Parents
REVEREND Patrick Cathcart Adair
1625–1694
Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
Jean (Margaret) Adair-Ireland
1631–1675
Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
Grandparents
Rev. (Sir John de) Adair
1598–1675
Antrim, Northern Ireland
Lady (Helen De) Cathcart
1585–1640
Carlston, County Kildare, Ireland
Robert (I Beatty Adair-Ireland Reverend, Sir) Knight
1583–1655
Antrim, Northern Ireland
Jean Edmonstone
1611–1675
Duntreath, Sterling, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
William Crusader***
1565–1626
Elias Cathcart
1559–1598
Agnes Ferguson
1560–1616
William Adair
1565–1626
Lady McLELLAND
1565–1626
Willem Dunreath
1565–1626
Isabelle Haldane
1589–1638
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth Lady
1535–1607
Grissel Dame
1550–1597
James Dunreath
1526–1618
Helen Stirling
1538–1605
Sir Haldane
1550–1591
Lady Haldane
1560–1637

Alexander Adair's Descendants

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Alexander Adair (1652–1715) m. Jean (Margaret) Agnew (1661–1715) m. Margaret Agnew (1661–1715)
  1. 1. Thomas (Benjamin) Adair 1680–1755 m. Lady (Margaret De) Henart 1680–1750 m. Anna (Barbara Bross) Garner 1690–1739 m. Margaret Henart 1680–1760 m. Mary Moore 1729–1835
    1. 1. John Adair 1706–1785
    2. 2. William Adair 1713–
    3. 3. Joseph (Sr. Alexander Adair) Sr 1711–1789
    4. 4. Thomas Adair 1705–1783
    5. 5. James (Robert "Robin") Adair 1709–1795
    6. 6. Margaret (Jean) Adair 1705–1801
    7. 7. James (Robert) Adair 1709–1783
    8. 8. William Adair 1719–1812
    9. 9. Mary Garner 1716–1786
    10. 10. Joseph Adair 1711–1801 m. Susannah (Long) Adair 1723–1800 m. Sarah Laferty 1715–1770
      1. 1. Jean Adair 1731–1805
      2. 2. Joseph (Alexander) Adair 1733–1820
      3. 3. Elizabeth ((Sarah) Adair) Long 1740–1823
      4. 4. Sarah (Elizabeth (died as a child)) Adair 1732–1738
      5. 5. Nancy (George) Adair 1745–1823
      6. 6. Jean ((Jane) Adair) Ramage 1738–1805
      7. 7. Lt. (Joseph Alexander ADAIR) Jr. 1733–1812
      8. 8. Mary (Owens) Adair 1742–1826
      9. 9. James (Thomas Addair) Sr. 1752–1823
      10. 10. Senator (James William Devon) Adair 1752–1831
      11. 11. Ann (Marr) Adair 1744–1800
      12. 12. Leah (Jean) Adair 1749–
      13. 13. Joseph Adair 1732–1812
      14. 14. Benjamin Adair 1737–1781
      15. 15. James Adair 1734–1818 m. Sarah Dillard 1736–1758 m. Hannah (Rebecca Ross) Netherton 1750–1826 m. Hannah (Rebecca) Ross 1750–1826
        1. 1. Senator (James William) Adair 1752–1831
        2. 2. Martha Adair 1780–1820
        3. 3. Nancy Adair 1791–1869
        4. 4. Mary Adair 1772–1822
        5. 5. Anna Adair 1776–1846
        6. 6. Alexander Adair 1750–1820
        7. 7. Martha Adair 1772–1820
        8. 8. Eleanor Adair 1774–1845
        9. 9. Elizabeth Adair 1780–1826
        10. 10. James Adair 1781–1862
        11. 11. Susannah Adair 1787–1866
        12. 12. Robert Adair 1788–1865
        13. 13. Nancy Adair 1856–1866 m. Holloway Prater 1777–1846
        14. 14. Elizabeth ("Betsey") Adair 1755–1836
  2. 2. Thomas (Patrick) Adair 1685–1755
  3. 3. Thomas Adair 1679–1722
  4. 4. Dr (James Robert) Adair 1709–1783
  5. 5. Alexander Adair-Ireland 1682–1755
  6. 6. John Adair 1711–1801
  7. 7. Alexander Adair 1682–1755

Alexander Adair's Timeline

2 Records

1652
1652
Birth of Alexander Adair in Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
1715
1715
Age 63
Death of Alexander Adair in Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1652
    Event Place: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
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