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Sir William II Adair 1500 – 1575 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland

Death Date: 1575

Death Location: Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland

Father: Sir Adair

Mother: Katherine Adair

Spouse(s): Helen Adair

Children(s): (Sir) Adair

Sir William II Adair was born in 1500 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland, the child of Sir Ninian Adair and Katherine (Agnew) Adair. Sir William II Adair married Helen (Kennedy) Adair, and had children including (Sir) Ninian Adair. Sir William II Adair passed away in 1575 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Sir William II Adair was born in 1500 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland, the child of Sir Ninian Adair and Katherine (Agnew) Adair.
  • Sir William II Adair married Helen (Kennedy) Adair, and had children including (Sir) Ninian Adair.
  • Sir William II Adair passed away in 1575 in Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Adair
1470 – 1525
Birth Location: Scotland
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Katherine Adair
1470 – 1550
Birth Location: Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Helen Adair
1507 – 1576
Birth Location: Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

(Sir) Adair
1531 – 1608
Birth Location: Wegland, Ireland
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Sir Adair's Ancestors

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Sir Adair
1500 – 1575
Birth Place: Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland
Parents
Sir Ninian Adair
1470 – 1525
Scotland
Katherine ((Agnew)) Adair
1470 – 1550
Scotland
Grandparents
Alexander Adair
1445 – 1513
Scotland
Euphemia (Stewart) (Adair)
– 1525
Scotland
Sir (Patrick) Agnew
1450 – 1513
Wigtownshire, Scotland
Katherine (Gordon) (Agnew)
1446 –
Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William Adair
1418 – 1485
Margaret (Adair)
1418 – 1516
Quentin Lochnaw)
1450 – 1498
Mariota (Agnew)
1454 –
Sir Gordon
1475 – 1520
Lady (Gordon)
1480 – 1538
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Niegello Adair
1392 –
Andrew Galloway
1425 – 1484
Robert Vaux
1420 – 1459
Euphemia (Vaux)
1419 – 1460
Sir Gordon
1445 – 1517
Elizabeth (Gordon)
1463 – 1519
John Accerson
1435 –

Sir Adair's Descendants

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Sir (William II) Adair (1500 – 1575) m. Helen ((Kennedy)) Adair (1507 – 19 Nov 1576)
  1. 1. (Sir) (Ninian) Adair (Abt. 1531 – Abt. 16 May 1608) m. Elizabeth ((Gordon)) Adair (Abt. 1535 – 22 May 1607)
    1. 1. (Sir) (William) Adair (1566 – 04 Dec 1626) m. Rosina (\ Rosenna \ Roseanne Reilly (McLelland) (Reilly)) Adair (Abt. 1565 – Abt. 1626) m. Janet ((Houston)) Adair (Abt. 1565 – Abt. 1625)
      1. 1. Sir (Robert) Adair (Abt. 1585 – 01 Mar 1655) m. Lady (Jean Edmonstone \ Turnble) (Adair) (1585 – )
        1. 1. Jean (\ Joan Margaret) Adair (1625 – 1675) m. Patrick (Cathcart) Adair (Abt. 1625 – Jul 1694)
      2. 2. Marianne Adair (Abt. 1593 – Abt. 1630)
      3. 3. [Rev] (John) Adair (1598 – 1675) m. Lady (Helen Cathcart) (Adair) (1585 – 1640)
        1. 1. Patrick (Cathcart) Adair (Abt. 1625 – Jul 1694) m. Jean (\ Joan Margaret) Adair (1625 – 1675)

Sir Adair's Timeline

3 Records

1500
1500
Birth of Sir William II Adair in Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland
Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland
1530
1530
Age 30
Death of Sir William II Adair in Antrim, Northern Ireland
Antrim, Northern Ireland
1575
1575
Age 75
Death of Sir William II Adair in Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland
Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1500
    Event Place: Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Antrim, Northern Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1575
    Event Place: Kinhilt, Galloway, Scotland
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