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Robert Adair 1625–1694 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1625

Birth Location: Genich, Scotland

Death Date: 1694

Death Location: Genich, Scotland

Father: John I

Mother: Helen Cathcart

Spouse(s): Jean Adair

Children(s): Mary Adair, Alexander Adair

Robert Adair was born in 1625 in Genich, Scotland, the child of John Adair I And Helen Cathcart. Robert Adair married Jean Adair, and had children including Alexander Adair, Mary Joan Adair. Robert Adair passed away in 1694 in Genich, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Robert Adair was born in 1625 in Genich, Scotland, the child of John Adair I And Helen Cathcart.
  • Robert Adair married Jean Adair, and had children including Alexander Adair, Mary Joan Adair.
  • Robert Adair passed away in 1694 in Genich, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John I
1598–1675
Birth Location: Scotland
JI
Helen Cathcart
1590–1640
Birth Location: Ireland
HC

Spouses(s)

Jean Adair
1625–1675
Birth Location: Kimhilt, Galloway, Scotland
JA

Children(s)

Mary Adair
1753–1819
Birth Location: Ireland
MA
Alexander Adair
1658–1715
Birth Location: Genoch, Amtrim, Ireland
AA

Robert Adair's Ancestors

Self
Robert Adair
1625–1694
Birth Place: Genich, Scotland
Parents
John Adair I
1598–1675
Scotland
Helen Cathcart
1590–1640
Ireland
Grandparents
Sir (William) Adair
1566–1626
Kinkilt, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Rosena (Rielly) McLelland
1565–
Elias (Carlton) Cathcart
1559–1598
Carleton, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Ninian Castle
1531–1608
Elizabeth Gordon
1535–1608
Grissel Maxwell
1550–1597
Jane Carleton
1539–1575
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Adair
1500–1575
Lady Kennedy-Adair
1518–1576
John Terregales
1515–1583
Lady Terregles)
1518–1594

Robert Adair's Descendants

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Robert Adair (1625–1694) m. Jean Adair (1625–1675)
  1. 1. Mary (Joan) Adair 1753–1819
  2. 2. Alexander Adair 1658–1715 m. Margaret Adair 1657–1715
    1. 1. Thomas Adair 1685–1755 m. Margaret Henart 1680–1750
      1. 1. James (Robert Henart Adair) Sr 1709–1783 m. Elizabeth (Clark) Hobson 1710–1763 m. Ann McCarty 1720–1785 m. Esther (Ann "Cherokee") McBride 1710–1785
        1. 1. Sarah (Anna "Cherokee") Adair 1745–1794
        2. 2. James (Emigrant) Adair 1734–1820
        3. 3. Nancy ("Cherokee") Adair 1754–1835 m. Harris Tyner 1740–1778
        4. 4. Samuel Adair 1754–1826
        5. 5. Agnes Adair 1751–1809 m. John Gibson 1728–1791
        6. 6. Edd Adair 1755–1820 m. Klizabeth 1769–1825
        7. 7. Elizabeth (Hobson) Adair 1745–1798 m. John (Cade DAR#) A018033 1737–1793 m. John (Kennedy 0001) Cade 1788–1839 m. John Huston 1717–
        8. 8. John (Lightfoot "Cherokee") Adair 1759–1840 m. Catherine Adair 1768–1854
        9. 9. William Adair 1740–1804
        10. 10. Jane Adair 1742–1790
        11. 11. Edward Adair 1740–1800
        12. 12. Agnes Adair 1744–1818
      2. 2. Joseph (Alexander Adair) Sr 1711–1801 m. Sarah Laferty 1715–1770
        1. 1. Jean Adair 1738–1805
        2. 2. Sarah (Elizabeth) Adair 1740–1823 m. John Huston 1717–
        3. 3. James (Adair) Decd 1752–1818
        4. 4. Benjamin Adair 1752–1823
        5. 5. Joseph (Alexander Adair) Jr 1733–1812 m. Sarah (E.) Adair 1736–1844
      3. 3. John (Adair) II 1706–1785
      4. 4. William Adair 1704–1813 m. Mary Moore 1729–1819
        1. 1. William (Adair) Jr 1881–
        2. 2. Mary (Nixon) Adair 1755–1807 m. David McCalla 1754–1826
      5. 5. William Adair 1704–1813 m. Mary Moore 1729–1824
        1. 1. John Adair 1759–1840
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Anne) Moore 1756–1830
        3. 3. James Adair 1750–1835
      6. 6. Margaret Anderson 1716–1801 m. Thomas McCracken 1750–
        1. 1. Elizabeth (A.) Mccracken 1891–
      7. 7. Thomas Adair 1705–1783
      8. 8. Mary Adair 1716–1786 m. Henry (Garner) III 1716–1786
        1. 1. Henry (Garner) IV 1773–1843

Robert Adair's Timeline

2 Records

1625
1625
Birth of Robert Adair in Genich, Scotland
Genich, Scotland
1694
1694
Age 69
Death of Robert Adair in Genich, Scotland
Genich, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1625
    Event Place: Genich, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 01; Page: 72
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 18101
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Adair family genealogy : an accounting of our South Carolina-Indiana-Idaho Adair ancestry

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1694
    Event Place: Genich, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 01; Page: 72
    [2] Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 18101
    [3] Millennium File
    [4] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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