Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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William Adair, of Kinhilt

Male 1565 - 1626  (61 years)

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  • Name William Adair 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1565  [1] 
    Death 4 Nov 1626  [2, 3, 4] 
    Last Modified 11 Apr 2021 

    Father Ninian Adair, of Kinhilt
              b. 1531  
              d. Abt 1606 (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Gordon
              b. Between 1505 and 1549 
    Marriage 18 Jun 1566  [2] 

    Wife 1 Rosena McLelland
              b. Between 1523 and 1567 
    Children 
     1. Sir Robert Adair, of Kinhilt & Ballymena
              b. 1583  
              d. 1 Mar 1655 (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 4 May 2020 

    Wife 2 Unknown Houston
              b. Between 1525 and 1569 
    Children 
     1. Rev. John Adair, of Genoch
              b. 1585, Genoch, Wigtownshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 4 May 2020 

    Wife 3 Helen Cathcart
              b. Bef 1610  
              d. Bef 1720 (Age < 110 years) 
    Children 
     1. Rev. William Adair, of Ayr
              b. Between 1581 and 1627  
              d. 1684 (Age ~ 103 years)
    Last Modified 4 May 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Inherited the Kinhilt estate and the castles of St John and Dunskey from his father in 1608, but got heavily in debt and exchanged part of the property, including Dunskey, with Hugh, 1st Viscount Montgomery, one of the leaders of the Plantation of Ulster, for lands at Ballymena in 16201.

      Family Life
      Beware that Burke's Peerage has William marrying Elizabeth Gordon, when that was in fact his mother. In fact, William married three times; firstly, to Rosena McLelland,by whom he had Sir Robert Adair; secondly, to ___ Houston, by whom he had John Adair of Genoch and lastly to Helen Cathcart, by whom he had William Adair of Ayr. Both Sir Robert and John of Genoch are direct ancestors through different lines.

      Death
      William Adair died on the 4th of November 1626, aged 62.

      Footnotes
      [1] Adair of Ballymena Castle & Flixton Hall

  • Sources 
    1. [S0390] James Barnett Adair, Adair History and Genealogy, (Los Angeles, 1924), 1924, British Adairs; Chapter VI; Pages 18-27 (Reliability: 1).

    2. [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).

    3. [S0391] John Burke & Sir Bernard Burke, Burke's Peerage (101st Edition), (1956, London), 1956, Adair; pages 20-21.

    4. [S0393] Alfred Inigo Suckling, History & Antiquities of Suffolk, The, (1846-1878), 1846, Adair Pedigree; Page 201.