Sir Robert Adair, of Kinhilt & Ballymena

1583 - 1655  (72 years)

• Name	Robert Adair
  Relationship	with Marion Murdoch Johnson
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1583  [1]
  Death	1 Mar 1655  [1, 2, 3]
  Probate	1656	Ireland   [4]
  Half-siblings	1 half brother (family of William Adair and Unknown Houston)
  > 1. Rev. John Adair, of Genoch           b. 1585, Genoch, Wigtownshire, Scotland
  Half-siblings	1 half brother (family of William Adair and Helen Cathcart)
  1. Rev. William Adair, of Ayr           b. Between 1581 and 1627             d. 1684  (Age ~ 103 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	William Adair, of Kinhilt           b. 1565             d. 4 Nov 1626 (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Rosena McLelland           b. Between 1523 and 1567

  
  

  Wife	Jean Edmonstone           b. Abt 1585
  Children	1. William Adair           b. Abt 1615             d. 30 Nov 1661 (Age ~ 46 years)   2. Jean Adair           b. Abt 1630             d. 1675 (Age ~ 45 years)   3. Robert Adair           b. Between 1599 and 1655
  Last Modified	4 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Note that Burkes Peerage1 gives Robert Adair's mother as Elizabeth Gordon, daughter of Sir James Gordon, Bt. of Lochinvar. This is in disagreement with all other sources I've found, which give his mother as Rosena McLelland, daughter of Sir Thomas McLelland of Bomby. Served heir to his father and grandfather, in the Scottish estates, 19 Feb 1629. Knighted by King Charles I. Built Ballymena Castle as a centre for the family's Irish estates as the family became increasingly more focused on permanent residence in northern Island. The original castle was burnt down in 1740. Footnotes [1] e.g. 101st edition, page 20 [2] See also Adair of Ballymena Castle & Flixton Hall

  
  

• Event Map

  Probate - 1656 - Ireland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S0390] James Barnett Adair, Adair History and Genealogy, (Los Angeles, 1924), 1924, British Adairs; Chapter VI; Pages 18-27 (Reliability: 1). [S0388] Nick Kingsley, Adair of Ballymena Castle & Flixton Hall, (https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/04/23-adair-of-ballymena-castle-and.html), Main web page (Reliability: 1). [S0391] John Burke & Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's Peerage (101st Edition), (1956, London), 1956, Adair; pages 20-21. [S0389] FamilySearch, Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Wills & Administrations Indexes, 1595-1858, (familysearch.org), 1656, Sir Robert Adair; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WGH3-3P3Z : 19 December 2019), Sir. Robt Adair, 1656; records extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; citing extracted by FindMyPast. Images digitized by FamilySearch; Na.