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Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair 1709–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1709

Birth Location: Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland

Death Date: 1783

Death Location: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA

Father: Thomas Adair

Mother: Margaret HENART

Spouse(s): Ester McBride-Hobson, Isabella Hamilton, Eleanor Chickasaw, Unknown Woman, Agnes Craig, Ann McCarty, NANCY MCCARTY

Children(s): Agnes Adair, Sarah Adair, Elizabeth Adair, Jean Adair, Mary Adair, John Adair, Margaritta Adair, Jane Adair, Edward Adair, Benjamin Adair, William Adair, James Adair, Samuel Adair, Isabel Adair, James Adair, Hannah Adair, Joseph Adair, James Sr.

Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair was born in 1709 in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland, the child of Thomas Benjamin Adair And Margaret Henart. Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair married Agnes Craig, Ann Mccarty, Clerice Hobson, Eleanor Mrs Adair Chickasaw, Ester Ann Cherokee Mcbride Hobson, Isabella Lowery Hamilton, Nancy Ann Mccarty, Unknown Cherokee Woman, and had children including Agnes Adair, Benjamin James Adair, Edward Adair, Elizabeth Hobson Adair, Hannah Adair, Isabel Matilda Adair, James Adair Sr, James Alexander Adair, James Robert Adair, Jane Adair, Jean Adair, John Adair, Joseph Adair, Margaritta Adair, Mary Adair, Samuel Adair, Sarah Anna Cherokee Adair, William Adair. Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair passed away in 1783 in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair was born in 1709 in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland, the child of Thomas Benjamin Adair And Margaret Henart.
  • Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair married Agnes Craig, Ann Mccarty, Clerice Hobson, Eleanor Mrs Adair Chickasaw, Ester Ann Cherokee Mcbride Hobson, Isabella Lowery Hamilton, Nancy Ann Mccarty, Unknown Cherokee Woman, and had children including Agnes Adair, Benjamin James Adair, Edward Adair, Elizabeth Hobson Adair, Hannah Adair, Isabel Matilda Adair, James Adair Sr, James Alexander Adair, James Robert Adair, Jane Adair, Jean Adair, John Adair, Joseph Adair, Margaritta Adair, Mary Adair, Samuel Adair, Sarah Anna Cherokee Adair, William Adair.
  • Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair passed away in 1783 in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Adair
1680–1755
Birth Location: Antrim, N, Ire
TA
Margaret HENART
1680–1750
Birth Location: Antrim, Dublin, Ireland
MH

Spouses(s)

Ester McBride-Hobson
1710–1785
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
EM
Isabella Hamilton
1720–1794
Birth Location: USA
IH
Eleanor Chickasaw
1726–1803
Birth Location: Chickasaw Nation, South Carolina, USA
EC
Unknown Woman
1710–1785
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
UW
Agnes Craig
1712–1786
Birth Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
AC
Ann McCarty
1763–
Birth Location: Ireland
AM
NANCY MCCARTY
1754–
Birth Location: North Carolina ,USA
NM

Children(s)

Agnes Adair
1744–1818
Birth Location: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, United States
AA
Sarah Adair
1745–1794
Birth Location: Dobbs, North Carolina, United States
SA
Elizabeth Adair
1752–1800
Birth Location: St Stephens, Northumberland, Virginia, USA
EA
Jean Adair
1742–
Birth Location: Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
JA
Mary Adair
1743–
Birth Location: Old Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland
MA
John Adair
1753–1815
Birth Location: Clemson, Pickens, South Carolina, United States
JA
Margaritta Adair
1741–
Birth Location: –
MA
Jane Adair
1732–1790
Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
JA
Edward Adair
1740–1800
Birth Location: Chickasaw Nation, Laurens Co, South Carolina, USA
EA
Benjamin Adair
1734–1818
Birth Location: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
BA
William Adair
1740–1808
Birth Location: –
WA
James Adair
1752–1831
Birth Location: Burks, Pennsylvania, USA
JA
Samuel Adair
1754–1826
Birth Location: ,,Virginia,USA
SA
Isabel Adair
1760–1818
Birth Location: Bloomington, Monroe, Indiana, USA
IA
James Adair
1734–
Birth Location: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
JA
Hannah Adair
1741–1800
Birth Location: –
HA
Joseph Adair
1746–1804
Birth Location: Chickasaw Nation, Laurens Co, South Carolina, USA
JA
James Sr.
1717–1775
Birth Location: Scotland
JS

Dr. Adair's Ancestors

Self
Dr. Adair
1709–1783
Birth Place: Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
Parents
Thomas Benjamin Adair
1680–1755
Antrim, N, Ire
Margaret HENART
1680–1750
Antrim, Dublin, Ireland
Grandparents
Alexander Adair
1658–1715
Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
Margaret Weer
1661–1715
Genoch, Antrim, Northern Ireland,United Kingdom
Gilles (Hennart) (imm)
1650–1686
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Marie (Françoise de Burr) (Wicart)
1647–1700
Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Rev
1625–1694
Lady spouse)
1625–1675
Patrick Seuchan
1614–1674
Jean Kennedy
1625–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Rev
1598–1675
Lady Cathcart
1590–1640
Robert Knight
1583–1655
Jean Edmonstone
1611–1675
Gilbert CASSILLIS
1593–1627
Isabel Lady
1603–1663

Dr. Adair's Descendants

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Dr. (James Robert "Robin") Adair (1709–1783) m. Ester (Ann "Cherokee") McBride-Hobson (1710–1785) m. Isabella (Lowery) Hamilton (1720–1794) m. Eleanor (Mrs Adair) Chickasaw (1726–aft 3 Jan 1803) m. Unknown (Cherokee) Woman (1710–1785) m. Agnes Craig (1712–1786) m. Ann McCarty (1763–) m. NANCY (ANN) MCCARTY (1754–)
  1. 1. Agnes Adair 1744–1818
  2. 2. Sarah (Anna "Cherokee") Adair 1745–1794
  3. 3. Elizabeth (Hobson) Adair 1752–1800
  4. 4. Jean Adair 1742–
  5. 5. Mary Adair 1743–
  6. 6. John Adair 1753–1815 m. Nancy (Ga Ho Ga) Lightfoot 1755–1790
    1. 1. Samuel (Jefferson 'Ches ta tee') Adair 1781–1879 m. Edith Pounds 1785–1871 m. Margaret Deeson 1781–1851
      1. 1. Andrew (Raven) Adair 1801–1855 m. Annie Vann 1823–1909 m. Margaret Snodgrass 1799–1875 m. Mary (Polly) Miller 1822–1888 m. Eliza Vann 1822–1845 m. Elsie Vann 1820–1867 m. Sarah (Sallie) Copeland 1806–1875
        1. 1. Jennie Adair 1829–1845 m. James (Christopher) McCoy 1828–1884 m. John Hunt 1826–1868
  7. 7. Margaritta Adair 1741–
  8. 8. Jane Adair 1732–1790
  9. 9. Edward Adair 1740–1800
  10. 10. Benjamin (James) Adair 1734–1818
  11. 11. William Adair 1740–1808
  12. 12. James (Robert) Adair 1752–1831
  13. 13. Samuel Adair 1754–1826
  14. 14. Isabel (Matilda) Adair 1760–1818 m. Mordecai (Dare) Miller 1755–1844
    1. 1. Martha Miller 1792–1865
    2. 2. NANCY (ADAIR) MILLER 1792–1863
    3. 3. Mordicai (Dare) Miller 1814–1884
    4. 4. Bryce (Miller) + 1795–1857
    5. 5. Robert Miller 1792–
    6. 6. Elsy Miller 1804–1841
    7. 7. Elizabeth Miller 1784– m. Johann Esslinger 1784–
    8. 8. Brison Miller 1787–1873
    9. 9. John (W) Miller 1807–1860
    10. 10. Barbara Miller 1811–1850
  15. 15. James (Alexander) Adair 1734–
  16. 16. Hannah Adair 1741–1800
  17. 17. Joseph Adair 1746–1804 m. Sarah Lowe 1750–1844
    1. 1. Thomas (Jefferson) Adair 1771–1858 m. Rebecca Brown 1776–1846 m. Anna (Catherine) Mattison 1775–
      1. 1. Eliza (Jane Adair) (Price) 1811–1892
      2. 2. George (Washington) Adair 1818–1897
      3. 3. Samuel (Jefferson) Adair 1806–1889
      4. 4. Margaret (Ann Adair) (Richey) 1795–1852 m. William Richey 1796–1879
        1. 1. William (Belton) Richey 1840–1911
        2. 2. Eliza (Jane) Adair 1837–1908
        3. 3. Emily (Melissa) Hancock 1830–1857
      5. 5. Mary (Ann) ADAIR 1824–1892 m. John (Wesley III) MANGUM 1817–1885
        1. 1. Sarah (Ellen) MANGUM 1863–1947 m. Ebenezer (Griffin CHERRY) Jr. 1846–1918
        2. 2. William (Perry) Mangum 1841–1929
        3. 3. Rebecca (Frances) Mangum 1843–1928
        4. 4. Laney (Ann) Mangum 1846–1846
        5. 5. Martha (Elizabeth) Mangum 1848–1852
        6. 6. Joseph (Eslem) Mangum 1850–1922
        7. 7. John (Wesley) Mangum 1852–1940
        8. 8. Lucinda (Cindy) Mangum 1854–1938
        9. 9. Cyrus Mangum 1856–1927
        10. 10. Harvey Mangum 1856–1862
        11. 11. Mary (Abigail) Mangum 1858–1933
        12. 12. Amy (Caroline) Mangum 1860–1879
        13. 13. David (Newton) Mangum 1862–1948
        14. 14. Julietta MANGUM 1864–1866
        15. 15. William Mangum 1745–1815
        16. 16. Lucy Mangum 1758–1759
        17. 17. Sarah Mangum 1760–
        18. 18. Lewis Mangum 1767–
        19. 19. Mary Mangum 1769–
      6. 6. Thomas (Jefferson Adair) Jr 1771–1890
      7. 7. Sophia Adair 1810–1852
      8. 8. Theuby Adair 1799–
      9. 9. John (Mosley) Adair 1802–
      10. 10. Margaret Adair 1805–1866
      11. 11. Theriba Adair 1805–1899
      12. 12. Fairby Adair 1808–1877
      13. 13. Sarah (Ada) Adair 1815–1852
      14. 14. John (Wesley) Adair 1820–1903
      15. 15. Phoebe Adair 1824–
      16. 16. Laney (Ann) Adair 1824–1846
      17. 17. Jane (W) Adair 1825–1899
    2. 2. Jenny Adair 1777–
    3. 3. Sarah Adair 1775–1855
    4. 4. Suffiah Adair 1779–1845
    5. 5. Joseph Adair 1771–1858
    6. 6. James Adair 1770–1840
  18. 18. James (Adair) Sr. 1717–1775

Dr. Adair's Timeline

9 Records

1708
1708
Birth of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
1709
1709
Birth of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
1709
1709
Birth of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland - Ireland
Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland - Ireland
1709
1709
Birth of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland
1744
18 Oct 1744
Age 35
Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair was married in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
1783
Jan 1783
Age 74
Death of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
1783
Jan 1783
Age 74
Death of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, United States
Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, United States
1783
January 1783
Age 74
Death of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, United States
Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, United States
1783
1783
Age 74
Death of Dr. James Robert "Robin" Adair in Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1709
    Event Place: Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland - Ireland
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 17978

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1708
    Event Place: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1709
    Event Place: Portpatrick, Wigtown, County Antrim, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 18 Oct 1744
    Event Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1783
    Event Place: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 17978

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Jan 1783
    Event Place: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: January 1783
    Event Place: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1783
    Event Place: Bladen, Robeson, North Carolina, USA
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