Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Sir William Adair, of Kinhilt

Male Abt 1500 - 1593  (~ 93 years)

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  • Name William Adair 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth Abt 1500  [1] 
    Death 1593  [2] 
    Last Modified 4 May 2020 

    Father Ninian Adair, of Kinhilt
              b. Abt 1470  
              d. 1525 (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Katherine Agnew
              b. Between 1439 and 1484 

    Wife Lady Helen Kennedy
              b. Between 1471 and 1515 
    Marriage Bef 1549  [2] 
    Age at Marriage William was ~ 49 years old - Helen was ~ 78 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Ninian Adair, of Kinhilt
              b. 1531  
              d. Abt 1606 (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 4 May 2020 

  • Notes 
    • He inherited the Kinhilt estate and the Castle of St. John from his father in 1525, and rebuilt Dunskey Castle on the coast near Portpatrick.

  • 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).