Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Ninian Adair, of Kinhilt

Male 1531 - Abt 1606  (75 years)

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  • Name Ninian Adair 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1531  [1
    Death Abt 1606  [2
    Last Modified 4 May 2020 

    Father Sir William Adair, of Kinhilt
              b. Abt 1500  
              d. 1593 (Age ~ 93 years) 
    Mother Lady Helen Kennedy
              b. Between 1471 and 1515 
    Marriage Bef 1549  [2

    Wife Elizabeth Gordon
              b. Between 1505 and 1549 
    Marriage 18 Jun 1566  [2
    Age at Marriage Ninian was ~ 35 years old - Elizabeth was ~ 61 years old. 
    Children 
     1. William Adair, of Kinhilt
              b. 1565  
              d. 4 Nov 1626 (Age 61 years)
    Last Modified 4 May 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Inherited the Kinhilt estate and the castles of St John and Dunskey from his father in 1593.

  • 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).