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Sir Alexander de Adair 1444–1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1444

Birth Location: Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1513

Death Location: Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: William Kinhilt

Mother: Miss Vaux

Spouse(s): Lady Stewart

Children(s): Ninian Adair

Sir Alexander de Adair was born in 1444 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Adair Of Kinhilt And Miss Vaux. Sir Alexander de Adair married Lady Euphemia Stewart, and had children including Ninian Adair. Sir Alexander de Adair passed away in 1513 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Sir Alexander de Adair was born in 1444 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Adair Of Kinhilt And Miss Vaux.
  • Sir Alexander de Adair married Lady Euphemia Stewart, and had children including Ninian Adair.
  • Sir Alexander de Adair passed away in 1513 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Kinhilt
1418–1483
Birth Location: Kimhilt, Galloway, Scotland
WK
Miss Vaux
1440–
Birth Location: Barony Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Co. Galloway, Scotland
MV

Spouses(s)

Lady Stewart
1449–1525
Birth Location: Kinhilt, Wigtown, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
LS

Children(s)

Ninian Adair
1470–1525
Birth Location: Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
NA

Sir Adair's Ancestors

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Sir Adair
1444–1513
Birth Place: Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Adair of Kinhilt
1418–1483
Kimhilt, Galloway, Scotland
Miss Vaux
1440–
Barony Lochinvar, Kirkcudbrightshire, Co. Galloway, Scotland
Grandparents
Niegello (Robert Adair of) Kinhilt
1392–1475
Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
Marrietta Vans
1395–1476
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Adair's Descendants

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Sir (Alexander de) Adair (1444–1513) m. Lady (Euphemia) Stewart (1449–1525)
  1. 1. Ninian Adair 1470–1525 m. Katherine Agnew 1470–1550
    1. 1. Sir (William Adair of Kihilt and Dunskey) Castle 1500–1575 m. Helen Kennedy 1492–1572
      1. 1. Ninian (Adair-ScotlandII, Sir Knight, Chief of Adair Clan Adair of Kihilt and Dunskey) Castle 1531–1608 m. Elizabeth (Gordon) Lady 1535–1608
        1. 1. William Adair 1565–1626 m. Houston Adair 1565–1625

Sir Adair's Timeline

2 Records

1444
1444
Birth of Sir Alexander de Adair in Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
1513
1513
Age 69
Death of Sir Alexander de Adair in Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1444
    Event Place: Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1513
    Event Place: Kinhilt, Galloway, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
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