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Joseph Alexander Adair 1711 – 1801 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1711

Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland

Death Date: 1801

Death Location: Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Father: Thomas Adair

Mother: Margaret Henart

Spouse(s): Sarah Laferty

Children(s): Joseph Adair, Jean Adair, Sarah Adair, Benjamin Adair, James Adair

Joseph Alexander Adair Sr was born in 1711 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland, the child of Thomas Benjamin Adair and Margaret Henart. Joseph Alexander Adair Sr married Sarah Laferty, and had children including Joseph Alexander Adair, Jean Adair, Sarah Elizabeth Adair, Benjamin Adair, James Adair. Joseph Alexander Adair Sr passed away in 1801 in Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Alexander Adair Sr was born in 1711 in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland, the child of Thomas Benjamin Adair and Margaret Henart.
  • Joseph Alexander Adair Sr married Sarah Laferty, and had children including Joseph Alexander Adair, Jean Adair, Sarah Elizabeth Adair, Benjamin Adair, James Adair.
  • Joseph Alexander Adair Sr passed away in 1801 in Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Joseph Adair's Ancestors

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Joseph Adair
1711 – 1801
Birth Place: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
Parents
Thomas Benjamin Adair
1685 – 1755
Antrim, Ireland
Margaret Henart
1680 – 1750
Antrim, Dublin, Ireland
Grandparents
Alexander Adair
1658 – 1715
Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
Margaret Weer
1657 – 1715
Antrim, Ireland
Giles Henart
1650 – 1700
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Adair
Jean Turnble
Patrick Agnew
1624 – 1674
Jean Kennedy
1625 – 1700
Pierre Enard
1605 – 1656
Hilaire Guirout
1610 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Cassillis
1593 – 1627
Isabel Campbell
1603 – 1663
Noelle Ballieul
1565 – 1614

Joseph Adair's Descendants

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Joseph (Alexander) Adair (1711 – 1801) m. Sarah Laferty (1715 – 1770)
  1. 1. Joseph (Alexander) Adair (12 May 1733 – 17 October 1812) m. Sarah Dillard m. Sarah (E.) Adair (1736 – 12 October 1844)
    1. 1. Charity Adair (1770 – 1826) m. David Little (11 November 1767 – 17 November 1812)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Copeland (27 August 1799 – 29 November 1844)
      2. 2. David Little (25 September 1802 – 7 March 1852)
      3. 3. Jane Park (12 July 1803 – 6 April 1886)
      4. 4. James Little (12 July 1803 – 11 October 1854)
      5. 5. John Little (23 February 1806 – 11 January 1844)
      6. 6. Thomas Little (1 August 1809 – 5 September 1872)
  2. 2. Jean Adair (1738 – 1805)
  3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth) Adair (1740 – 1823) m. John Huston (1717 – )
  4. 4. Benjamin Adair (1752 – 3 September 1823) m. Nancy George
  5. 5. James Adair (15 May 1752 – 18 August 1818)

Joseph Adair's Timeline

2 Records

1711
1711
Birth of Joseph Alexander Adair Sr in Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
1801
1801
Age 90
Death of Joseph Alexander Adair Sr in Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1711
    Event Place: Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1809.017; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
    [3] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Minnesota, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Navy Casualties Books, 1776-1941

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Kinfolks : a genealogical and biographical record of Thomas and ELizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, Andrew and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore
    [2] Adair : history and genealogy
    [3] Adair family genealogy : an accounting of our South Carolina-Indiana-Idaho Adair ancestry

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: United States
    Record Source: U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes, 1794-1995, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Alphabetical Index to Petitions for Naturalization of the U.S. District Court and Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, 1824-1941; Microfilm Serial: M1676; Microfilm Roll

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1801
    Event Place: Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
    [2] South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, Author: Brimelow, Judith M.; Probate Place: Laurens, South Carolina
    [3] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA
    Record Source: South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980, Author: Brimelow, Judith M.; Probate Place: Laurens, South Carolina

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