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James William Adair 1747–1831 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1747

Birth Location: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 23 March 1831

Death Location: Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Father: Joseph SR

Mother: Sarah Laferty

Spouse(s): Rebecca Adair, Mary Cunningham, Rebecca Montgomery

Children(s): Sarah Hanna, Rebecca Adair, Isaac Adair, Joseph Adair, George Adair, Lucretia Adair, James Adair, William Adair, Eleanor Adair, Nancy Adair, Hannah Adair, Ruth Adair, John Adair, Jane Adair, Charity Adair, Isabella Adair, Joseph Adair*, James Adair, Benjamin Adair, Martha Adair, Cassandra Adair, John Adair, Sarah Adair, Rebecca Adair, James Remy, Susannah Adair, Eliza Adair, Rebecca Adair, Lucretia Wildridge, Jane Adair, Isabell Adair, Benjamin Adair

James William Adair was born in 1747 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Joseph Alexander Adair Sr And Sarah Laferty. James William Adair married Mary Cunningham, Rebecca Adair, Rebecca Montgomery, and had children including Alexander Adair, Benjamin Adair, Cassandra Adair, Charity Adair, Eleanor Adair, Eliza Adair, George Ross Adair, Hannah Adair, Isaac C Adair, Isabell Adair, Isabella Adair, James Adair, James Remy, James S Adair, Jane Adair, John Adair, John G Adair, Joseph Adair, Lucretia Adair, Lucretia Wildridge, Martha Adair, Nancy Adair, Rebecca Adair, Ruth Adair, Sarah Adair, Sarah Hanna, Susannah Adair, William Adair. James William Adair passed away in 1831 in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA.

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Biography

  • James William Adair was born in 1747 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of Joseph Alexander Adair Sr And Sarah Laferty.
  • James William Adair married Mary Cunningham, Rebecca Adair, Rebecca Montgomery, and had children including Alexander Adair, Benjamin Adair, Cassandra Adair, Charity Adair, Eleanor Adair, Eliza Adair, George Ross Adair, Hannah Adair, Isaac C Adair, Isabell Adair, Isabella Adair, James Adair, James Remy, James S Adair, Jane Adair, John Adair, John G Adair, Joseph Adair, Lucretia Adair, Lucretia Wildridge, Martha Adair, Nancy Adair, Rebecca Adair, Ruth Adair, Sarah Adair, Sarah Hanna, Susannah Adair, William Adair.
  • James William Adair passed away in 1831 in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Joseph SR
1711–1801
Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
JS
Sarah Laferty
1715–1770
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
SL

Spouses(s)

Rebecca Adair
1751–1835
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
RA
Mary Cunningham
1750–1826
Birth Location: –
MC
Rebecca Montgomery
1787–1873
Birth Location: –
RM

Children(s)

Sarah Hanna
1773–1855
Birth Location: Laurens, South Carolina, USA
SH
Rebecca Adair
1786–1873
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
RA
Isaac Adair
1792–1852
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
IA
Joseph Adair
1790–1834
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
JA
George Adair
1779–1850
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
GA
Lucretia Adair
1795–1870
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
LA
James Adair
1781–1862
Birth Location: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
JA
William Adair
1785–1850
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
WA
Eleanor Adair
1774–1845
Birth Location: Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
EA
Nancy Adair
1791–1869
Birth Location: Laurens, South Carolina, United States
NA
Hannah Adair
1784–1866
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
HA
Ruth Adair
1796–1875
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
RA
John Adair
1787–1831
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
JA
Jane Adair
1789–1855
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
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Charity Adair
1776–1826
Birth Location: Laurens County, SC
CA
Isabella Adair
1778–1841
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
IA
Joseph Adair*
1806–1858
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
JA
James Adair
1772–1811
Birth Location: Laurens, Georgia, United States
JA
Benjamin Adair
1818–1839
Birth Location: –
BA
Martha Adair
1772–1820
Birth Location: , Laurens, South Carolina, USA
MA
Cassandra Adair
1782–1860
Birth Location: Laurens, South Carolina, United States
CA
John Adair
–1782
Birth Location: –
JA
Sarah Adair
1775–1855
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
SA
Rebecca Adair
1787–1873
Birth Location: –
RA
James Remy
1784–1827
Birth Location: Winchester, Winchester City, Virginia, USA
JR
Susannah Adair
1787–
Birth Location: –
SA
Eliza Adair
1789–1886
Birth Location: Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States
EA
Rebecca Adair
1786–1873
Birth Location: –
RA
Lucretia Wildridge
1795–1870
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
LW
Jane Adair
1789–1855
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
JA
Isabell Adair
1777–
Birth Location: Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
IA
Benjamin Adair
1796–1875
Birth Location: Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States
BA

James Adair's Ancestors

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James Adair
1747–1831
Birth Place: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
Joseph Alexander ADAIR SR
1711–1801
Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
Sarah Laferty
1715–1770
Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
Thomas (Benjamin) Adair
1680–1755
Ireland
Margaret Henart
1680–1750
Ireland
Lafferty
1694–1752
Scotland
Lafferty
1695–1750
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Alexander Adair
1652–1715
Margaret Agnew
1661–1715
Giles Enart
1636–1700
Marie DeBure
1647–1700
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Patrick Adair
1625–1694
Lady Adair
1631–1675
Patrick Agnew
1624–1674
Jean Kennedy
1625–1700

James Adair's Descendants

1.
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James (William) Adair (1747–23 March 1831) m. Rebecca Adair (1751–29 September 1835) m. Mary Cunningham (1750–10 November 1826) m. Rebecca Montgomery (1787–1873)
  1. 1. Sarah Hanna 1773–1855 m. Joseph Hanna 1772–1849 m. John (Thomas) Ewing 1763–1828 m. William (H) Eads 1780–1809
    1. 1. John Hanna 1799–1862 m. Sarah Crawford 1801–1852 m. Sally Crawford 1801–1852 m. Rebecca (E.) JENKINS 1806–
      1. 1. Samuel Hanna 1829–1866 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Davis 1841–1918
        1. 1. Robert (Marcus) Hanna 1863–1930 m. Annie (G) Kennedy 1876–1915 m. Stella (M) Crockett 1884–1974 m. Kate (Lee) Barkley 1863–
      2. 2. John (C) Hanna 1849–1928
      3. 3. William Hanna 1827–1900
      4. 4. Elizabeth Hanna 1822–1846
      5. 5. Robert Hanna 1831–
      6. 6. Jane Hanna 1824–1848
      7. 7. Lewis (Clark) Hanna 1839–1921
      8. 8. Oren (Lafayette) Hanna 1842–1928
      9. 9. D. (Caswell) Hanna 1836–1910
      10. 10. Mary (E) Hanna 1842–
      11. 11. James (Ross) Hanna 1834–1875
      12. 12. Mary (Elizabeth) Hanna 1822–1846
      13. 13. Almarinda HANNA 1845–
    2. 2. Rebecca Hanna 1797–1873
    3. 3. Robert (Goodloe Harper) Hanna 1799–1853
    4. 4. Mary (Ann) Hanna 1794–1846
    5. 5. George (Ross) Hanna 1803–1882
    6. 6. Albert (Gallatin) Hanna 1807–1875
    7. 7. Oliver (Hazard Perry) Hanna 1813–1880
    8. 8. Joseph (Washington) Hanna 1809–1890
    9. 9. Jane Hanna 1804–1859
    10. 10. Alexander Hannah 1780–1855
    11. 11. George Hanna 1797–1875
    12. 12. Mary (Ann) Hanna 1807–
    13. 13. John Hanna 1772–1847
    14. 14. Oliver (H. P.) Hanna 1813–1880
    15. 15. George (Vernon) Ewing 1799–1860
    16. 16. Catherine Ewing 1797–1854
    17. 17. Isabel (Ann) Ewing 1807–1844
    18. 18. Rebecca Ewing 1793–1870
    19. 19. William (Clark) Ewing 1816–1885
    20. 20. Sarah Ewing 1790–1890
    21. 21. John (A) Ewing 1805–1889
    22. 22. Nancy Ewing 1792–1881
    23. 23. Margaret (Jane) Ewing 1812–1880
    24. 24. James (Washington) Ewing 1818–1870
    25. 25. Nancy Ewing 1801–
    26. 26. Mary Ewing 1803–
    27. 27. John (A) Ewing 1811–1911
    28. 28. Sally Ewing 1800–
    29. 29. Martha Ewing 1813–1879
    30. 30. John (A) Ewing 1814–1911
    31. 31. Esther Ewing 1811–
    32. 32. Juliann Ewing 1815–1873
    33. 33. William (Ancel) Ewing 1817–1900
    34. 34. Sophia EWING 1813–
    35. 35. Narcissa Ewing 1808–1882
    36. 36. Eliza (Jane) Eades 1822–1879
    37. 37. Capt (James) Eades 1818–
  2. 2. Rebecca Adair 1786–1873
  3. 3. Isaac (C) Adair 1792–1852
  4. 4. Joseph Adair 1790–1834
  5. 5. George (Ross) Adair 1779–1850
  6. 6. Lucretia Adair 1795–1870
  7. 7. James (S) Adair 1781–1862
  8. 8. William Adair 1785–1850
  9. 9. Eleanor Adair 1774–1845
  10. 10. Nancy Adair 1791–1869
  11. 11. Hannah Adair 1784–1866
  12. 12. Ruth Adair 1796–1875
  13. 13. John (G) Adair 1787–1831
  14. 14. Jane Adair 1789–1855
  15. 15. Charity Adair 1776–1826
  16. 16. Isabella Adair 1778–1841
  17. 17. Joseph Adair* 1806–1858
  18. 18. James Adair 1772–1811
  19. 19. Benjamin Adair 1818–1839
  20. 20. Martha Adair 1772–1820
  21. 21. Cassandra Adair 1782–1860
  22. 22. John Adair –1782
  23. 23. Sarah Adair 1775–1855
  24. 24. Rebecca Adair 1787–1873
  25. 25. James Remy 1784–1827
  26. 26. Susannah Adair 1787–
  27. 27. Eliza Adair 1789–1886
  28. 28. Rebecca Adair 1786–1873
  29. 29. Lucretia Wildridge 1795–1870
  30. 30. Jane Adair 1789–1855
  31. 31. Isabell Adair 1777–
  32. 32. Benjamin Adair 1796–1875

James Adair's Timeline

2 Records

1747
1747
Birth of James William Adair in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
1831
23 March 1831
Age 84
Death of James William Adair in Franklin County, Indiana, USA
Franklin County, Indiana, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1747
    Event Place: Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 March 1831
    Event Place: Franklin County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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