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Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair 1709–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Jun 1709

Birth Location: Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland

Death Date: 13 Nov 1783

Death Location: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, British Colonial America

Father: Thomas Pioneer)

Mother: Margaret Lady

Spouse(s): Esther Des.)

Children(s): Isabel Adair, Jane Adair, John Governer, Samuel Adair, Nancy"Cherokee" Adair, James Jr, Betsy Adair, Edward I, Thomas Adair, Charles Adair, May Adair

Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair was born in 1709 in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland, the child of Thomas Benjamin Adair The Pioneer And Margaret Jean Hennart Adair Lady. Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair married Esther Ann Clark Hobson Mayflower Des, and had children including Betsy Adair, Charles Adair, Edward Adair I, Isabel Matilda Adair, James Robert Adair Jr, Jane Adair, John Henry Moore Adair Cherokee Senator Major General Governer, May Adair, Nancy Cherokee Adair, Samuel L Adair, Thomas Adair. Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair passed away in 1783 in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair was born in 1709 in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland, the child of Thomas Benjamin Adair The Pioneer And Margaret Jean Hennart Adair Lady.
  • Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair married Esther Ann Clark Hobson Mayflower Des, and had children including Betsy Adair, Charles Adair, Edward Adair I, Isabel Matilda Adair, James Robert Adair Jr, Jane Adair, John Henry Moore Adair Cherokee Senator Major General Governer, May Adair, Nancy Cherokee Adair, Samuel L Adair, Thomas Adair.
  • Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair passed away in 1783 in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, British Colonial America.

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Dr. Adair's Ancestors

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Dr. Adair
1709–1783
Birth Place: Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Benjamin Adair (The Pioneer)
1680–1755
Ulster, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Margaret (Jean Hennart Adair) Lady
1680–1750
Dublin, County Antrim, Ireland
Grandparents
Alexander (Adair Rev’d) Jnr
1652–1715
Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Margaret (Mary) Agnew
1661–1715
Genoch, Antrim, Northern Ireland,United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Rev. I
1625–1695
Jean Adair
1625–1675
Patrick Agnew
1614–1674
Jean Kennedy
1625–1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lady Cathcart
1590–1640
Robert Knight
1583–1655
Jean Lady
1590–1675

Dr. Adair's Descendants

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Dr. (James Robert "Author Indian Trader") Adair (16 Jun 1709–13 Nov 1783) m. Esther (Ann (Clark?) Hobson (Mayflower) Des.) (1720–26 Nov 1785)
  1. 1. Isabel (Matilda) Adair 1760–1818 m. Mordecai (D) Miller 1755–1843
    1. 1. Elizabeth (Miller) Esslinger 1781– m. Johann ('John') Esslinger 1781–1884
      1. 1. Isabella Eslinger 1805–1837 m. Riley Brewer 1807–1880
        1. 1. John (W) Brewer 1836–1914 m. Susan\Susann White 1830–1894 m. Martha (E) Lilly 1857– m. Gatsy (Elizabeth) Scott 1854–1939
    2. 2. Nancy (Adair) Miller 1795–1864
    3. 3. Mordecai (Adair (Dare) Miller) Jr 1814–1884
    4. 4. Senator (Bryce Wilson) Miller 1795–1857
    5. 5. Jane ("Alcy") Miller 1794–1835
    6. 6. Polly Miller 1780–
    7. 7. John Miller 1807–1860
    8. 8. Martha ("Patsy") Miller 1792–1865
    9. 9. Robert Miller 1792–
  2. 2. Jane Adair 1742–1790
  3. 3. John (Henry (Moore) Adair "Cherokee" Senator, Major, General,) Governer 1757–1840
  4. 4. Samuel (L.) Adair 1754–1826
  5. 5. Nancy"Cherokee" Adair 1746–1835
  6. 6. James (Robert Adair) Jr 1763–1855
  7. 7. Betsy Adair 1756–
  8. 8. Edward (Adair) I 1755–1820
  9. 9. Thomas Adair 1744–1838
  10. 10. Charles Adair 1753–
  11. 11. May Adair 1746–

Dr. Adair's Timeline

2 Records

1709
16 Jun 1709
Birth of Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
1783
13 Nov 1783
Age 74
Death of Dr. James Robert "Author Indian Trader" Adair in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, British Colonial America
Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, British Colonial America

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Jun 1709
    Event Place: Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Nov 1783
    Event Place: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, British Colonial America

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