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Exploring the early history of the Adair Family in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England, Italy and its many royal ancestry links.

Early Family History[]

The earliest ancestors of the Adair Family line are rich in Norman, Irish, Scottish, English, Danish and European Royal Ancestry.

Norman Heritage[]

Conquest of British Isles[]


# Name Birth Death occupation ancestry
A-01 Otho of Gheraldini 1020, Italy 1080, France from Italy to France. Unverified parentage See below. Most likely an invented person.
02 Walter fitz Otho 1045, Normandy, France 1102, Berkshire, England Likely participant in the Norman conquest of England.
Castellan of Windsor Castle
Keeper of the Forests in Berkshire.
03 Gerald of Windsor 1070, England 1136 Wales Key participant in the Norman conquest of Wales. md Nest ferch Rhys (c1085-1136), princess, daughter of the King of South Wales. Welch royal ancestry.
04 Maurice FitzGerald
Lord of Maynooth, Naas, and Llanstephan		 1105, Wales 1176, Ireland Key participant in the 1169 Norman Invasion of Ireland.
05 Thomas FitzGerald
Lord of O'Connelloe		 1175, Ireland 1213, Ireland Active participant in ongoing Norman conquest of Ireland, securing more lands.
06 John FitzGerald
1st Baron Desmond		 1200, Ireland 1261, County, Kerry, Ireland Died in Battle at Callan.
07 Maurice FitzGerald 1225, Ireland 1261, County, Kerry, Ireland Died in Battle at Callan, alongside father.
08 Thomas FitzGerald
2nd Baron Desmond		 1250, Ireland 1296, Ireland md Margaret de Berkeley (c1272-1320)
ggd of King John of England (1167-1216) and William de Warenne, - Norman Nobles and William IX of Aquitaine (1071-1126) and of Fulk I of Jerusalem (c1090-1143), Crusader Knights.
09 Maurice FitzGerald
1st Earl Desmond		 1292, Ireland 1356, Ireland Captain of Desmond Castle in Kinsale, so-called ruler of Munster, and for a short time Lord Justice of Ireland. Called "Maurice the Great", he led a rebellion against the Crown, but he was ultimately restored to favour.
10 Gerald FitzGerald
3rd Earl Desmond
"Gerald the Poet"		 1335, Ireland 1398, Ireland Briefly Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, disappeared mysteriously in 1398. Md Elinor Butler, Ormond/Hereford nobility)
11 Robert FitzGerald of Adare
Very First Adair		 1366, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland 1445, Dunskey Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland fled from Castle Adare to Scotland after the killing of the White Knight. Changed surname to Adair. Captured Dunskey Castle from the local governor for the Scottish king. Arabella Campbell (1370-1450), daughter of the Lord of Argyll.
See line 1 of Adair below.

False story of Italian priest[]

In the 11th century, the name fitz Other meant simply son of a man named Other. Alfred Webb suggested that Walter was the son of "Lord Otho, an honorary Baron of England, said to have been descended from the Gherardini of Florence";[1][2] However, J. Horace Round considers this to be a fabrication of the fifteenth century.[3]

The story of the FitzGerald link to the Gherardini dynasty of early Florence, Italy is substantially unproven. It claims that Otho, who did not stand to inherit the Dukedom in Italy, traveled with King Edward of England after he completed his pilgrimage to Rome. The English kings would frequently recruit continental mercenaries to help with the conquest of Wales and Ireland.

Unfortunately, Other's descent from the Gherardini was claimed a fantasy, debunked by a Victorian writer [specifically, by J. Horace Round, one of the earliest of the "just the facts, ma'am" genealogists]. In one version of the story, he was a son of Otho di Gherardini, grandson of Gerald Dias Lopez, and great grandson of Lopez of Florence. His supposed wife Sancha de la Cerda is also a fantasy. "The story given above is traced to an Irish priest 'called Maurice, who was of the family of the Gherardini settled in that is island,' and who, passing through Florence in1413, claimed the local Gherardini as his kinsmen.[4]

  1. Otho of Geraldini (c1020-1080) - from Italy to England ???

Welch Heritage[]

Scottish Heritage[]

Stewarts of Garlies[]

Adair / Kennedy Line[]

  1. Robert III of Scotland (1337-1406) - King of Scots
  2. Mary Stewart (c1383-) - Princess of Scotland
  3. Gilbert Kennedy, 1st Lord Kennedy of Dunure (1405-1489)
  4. John Kennedy, 2nd Lord Kennedy of Dunure (bef1454-c1508)
  5. David Kennedy, 1st Earl of Cassilis (1463-1513)
  6. Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (1485-1527)
  7. Helen Kennedy (1507-1572)
  8. Ninian Adair (1531-1608) (#07 Wigtownshire Adairs below)

Campbell Nobility (Scotland)[]

See notes about wife of Robert FitzGerald of Adare.

  1. Robert FitzGerald (1366-1445) of Adare = fled from Adare, Ireland to Scotland. Changed surname to Adair. Captured Dunskey Castle from the local governor for the king. Md Arabella Campbell, daughter of the Lord of Argyll.
  2. Niegel Adair (1392-1475)= (Scotland)

French Royal Ancestry: Adair /Butler /Ormond[]

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  1. Pepin of Herstal (635-714)
  2. Charles Martel (686-741)
  3. Pepin the Short (714-768)
  4. Charlemagne (747-814)
  5. Louis the Pious (778-840)
  6. Charles the Bald (823-877)
  7. Rothilde (871-929)
  8. Richilde du Maine (892-922)
  9. Gerlotte de Blois (910-c957)
  10. Anslech de Bricquebec (927-974)
  11. Eremburge de Bricquebec (945-c992)
  12. Thorold de Pont-Audemer (970-1042)
  13. Josceline Torfulus de Pont-Audemer (1000-1068)
  14. Roger I de Montgommery (1020-1094) = Battle of Hastings ??
  15. Arnulf of Montgomery (c1068-c1120)
  16. Alice of Montgomery (c1120-aft1175)
  17. Gerald FitzMaurice (c1150-bef1204)
  18. Maurice FitzGerald (1194-1257)
  19. Thomas FitzGerald (c1242-1271)
  20. John FitzGerald (c1250-1316)
  21. Joan FitzGerald (c1282-c1320)
  22. James Butler, 1st Earl of Ormonde (c1305-1337)
  23. James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (1331-1382)
  24. Elinor Butler, Ormond/Hereford nobility) (Ireland) (See #10 of FitzGerald)
  25. Robert FitzGerald (1366-1445) of Adare = fled from Adare, Ireland to Scotland. Changed surname to Adair.


Irish Heritage[]

English Heritage[]

Danish Heritage[]

Other Early European Heritage[]

Adair of Wigtownshire: First Generations[]

Cherokee Adairs of Kilhilt Tower[]

In about 1642, the Adairs were part of a colony transplant from Scotland to County Antrim in Ireland and the establishment of the Greater Presbyterian Church, in rebellion to the authority of the official Anglican Church. Bold equals full profile completed.

# Name Birth Death occupation ancestry
01 Robert FitzGerald of Adare
Very First Adair		 1366, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland 1445, Dunskey Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland fled from Castle Adare to Scotland after the killing of the White Knight. Changed surname to Adair. Captured Dunskey Castle from the local governor for the Scottish king. Arabella Campbell (1370-1450), daughter of the Lord of Argyll.
See Royal Ancestry above.
02 Niegel Adair
AKA: Neil of Portrie		 1392, Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1475, Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland
03 William Adair 1418, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1485, Wigtownshire, Scotland
04 Alexander Adair 1445, Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1513, Northumberland, England Killed in the catastrophic Battle of Flodden (1513), Scottish invasion of Northern England. Md Euphemia Stewart (1454-1525), a descendant of the royal Stewart Family.
05 Ninian Adair 1470, Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1525, , Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland
06 William Adair 1500, , Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1575, , Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland md Helen Kennedy, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (1485-1527) of Scottish Peerage and ggg-son of King Robert III of Scotland (1337-1406) and Scottish Royalty. (See below)
07 Ninian Adair 1531, Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1608, Castle of St John, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland Sold off Dunskey Castle to purchase lands of Ballymena Estate in Ireland
Builder of Castle of St John c. 1510.
08 William Adair 1565, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1626, Ballymena Castle, County Antrim, Ireland Circa. 1580, William sails from Scotland to Northern Ireland. Traded Dunskey Estate for Ballymena Estate to settle debts.
1626 Receives Ballymena from King Charles I of England (1600-1649) for his patrimony.		 md Helen Kennedy (1507-1572) of Kennedy Family and Campbell Family of Scottish nobility.
09 Rev. John Adair of Genoch House 1598, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1675 While father migrated to Ireland, John stayed as a Episcopalian minister in Scotland where his young son Patrick went to school. John's older brother inherits Ballymena and begins building castle there.
See Below: Ballymena Family Line		 Married to Helen Cathcart (1590-1640) of the Cathcart Family of Scottish Nobility.
10 Rev. Patrick Cathcart Adair 1625, Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1604, Belfast, Ireland was Episcopalian until a religious revolution caused him to change to one of the founding fathers of the Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland. His service covered some 28 years at Cairncastle, County Antrim before he was removed to Belfast where he led the church there for another 20 years to his death. Ulster Plantation.
11 Alexander Adiar 1652, County Antrim, Ireland 1715, County Antrim, Ireland
12 Thomas Adair 1680, County Antrim, Ireland c1740, Pennsylvania Immigrant to America with 3 sons; James, Joseph and William
13 James Adair 1714, County Antrim, Ireland 1796, South Carolina Great Indian historian Forefather of Cherokee Adairs
Md into Choctow Tribe.
See Also James Adair in the Ninety-Six District
14A John Adair (1754-1815) 1754, Chickasaw Nation 1815, Oconee County, South Carolina Cherokee chieftan, founder of Adairsville, Georgia, originally a Cherokee village. md. Nancy Ga-Ho-Ga Lightfoot (1760-1789) of the Cherokee Nation.
15A Walter Washington Adair (1783-1835)
AKA: "Black Watt"		 1783, Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia 1835, Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia
16A George Washington Adair (1806-1862) 1806, DeKalb County, Georgia 1862, Cherokee Nation Cherokee Tribal Chieftan
Signatory of 1835 New Echota Treaty
17A William Penn Adair (1830-1880) 1830, Gordon County, Georgia 1880, Washington, D.C. Cherokee tribal leader and Confederate Cavalry office in the American Civil War, namesake of Will Rogers.

More Adair Family Lines[]

Adairs of the Mississippi Saints[]

This is my personal connection (User:MainTour) to the Adair Family and the Mississippi Saints 1846 Pioneer Company who joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

# Name Birth Death occupation ancestry
13 James Adair 1714, County Antrim, Ireland 1796, South Carolina Great Indian historian Forefather of Cherokee Adairs
Md into Choctow Tribe. All children are 50% Native American.
See Also James Adair in the Ninety-Six District
See Line 13 of the Wigtownshire Adairs.
14B Joseph Adair 1745, Chickasaw Nation 1820, Laurens County, South Carolina
15B Thomas Adair 1774, 1858 His wife and many children joined they original branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in upstate Mississippi and they followed Brigham Young (1801-1877) and the Mormon pioneers west to Utah, while Thomas stayed behind by himself.
16B Margaret Ann Adair Richey 1804, Laurens County, South Carolina 1852, Sanpete County, Utah Early Mormon Pioneer to Utah Md William Richey (1796-1879) - missionary to the Cherokee Indians
Brother John Wesley Adair (1820-1903), veteran of Mormon Battalion,
17B James Richey 1821, Pickens County, Alabama 1890, McKinley County, New Mexico Listed on Adair Spring Monument in Washington County, Utah alongside several Adair Family cousins. Md Lucinda Mangum
18B James Moroni Richey (1848-1930) md Mary Ann Chapman (1872-1973), centenarian.
19B Leigh Montrose Richey (1902-1989)
20B Ramona Bethene Richey (1930-2012)
21B Bryce Hall (1962) (aka: User:MainTour)


Adairs of Dunskey Castle[]

In about 1642, the Adairs were part of a colony transplant from Scotland to County Antrim in Ireland and the establishment of the Greater Presbyterian Church, in rebellion to the authority of the official Anglican Church. Bold equals full profile completed.

# Name Birth Death occupation ancestry
01 Robert FitzGerald of Adare
Very First Adair		 1366, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland 1445, Dunskey Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland fled from Castle Adare to Scotland after the killing of the White Knight. Changed surname to Adair. Captured Dunskey Castle from the local governor for the Scottish king. Arabella Campbell (1370-1450), daughter of the Lord of Argyll.
See Royal Ancestry above.
02 Robert Adair of Kilhilt ???, Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland ???, Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Adairs of Ballymena Castle[]

This family line descent includes the Adair Baronets whose family owned Ballymena Castle in County Antrim for many years.

Bold equals full profile completed.

# Name Birth Death occupation ancestry
01 Robert FitzGerald of Adare
Very First Adair		 1366, Adare, County Limerick, Ireland 1445, Dunskey Castle, Wigtownshire, Scotland fled from Castle Adare to Scotland after the killing of the White Knight. Changed surname to Adair. Captured Dunskey Castle from the local governor for the Scottish king. Arabella Campbell (1370-1450), daughter of the Lord of Argyll.
See Royal Ancestry above.
02 Niegel Adair
AKA: Neil of Portrie		 1392, Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1475, Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland
03 William Adair 1418, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1485, Wigtownshire, Scotland
04 Alexander Adair 1445, Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1513, Northumberland, England Killed in the catastrophic Battle of Flodden (1513), Scottish invasion of Northern England. Md Euphemia Stewart (1454-1525), a descendant of the royal Stewart Family.
05 Ninian Adair 1470, Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1525, , Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland
06 William Adair 1500, , Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1575, , Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland md Helen Kennedy, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassilis (1485-1527) of Scottish Peerage and ggg-son of King Robert III of Scotland (1337-1406) and Scottish Royalty. (See below)
07 Ninian Adair 1531, Kilhilt Tower, Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1608, Castle of St John, Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland Sold off Dunskey Castle to purchase lands of Ballymena Estate in Ireland
Builder of Castle of St John c. 1510.
08 William Adair 1565, Wigtownshire, Scotland 1626, Ballymena Castle, County Antrim, Ireland Circa. 1580, William sails from Scotland to Northern Ireland. Traded Dunskey Estate for Ballymena Estate to settle debts.
1626 Receives Ballymena from King Charles I of England (1600-1649) for his patrimony.		 md Helen Kennedy (1507-1572) of Kennedy Family and Campbell Family of Scottish nobility.
09 Robert Beatty Adair 1583 1655 1st Granted major landholdings at Ballymena in 1626 by King Charles I of England. Robert begins construction of Ballymena Castle.
10 William Adair 1624 1661
11 Robert Adair 1659 1745
12 William Robert Adair 1690 1762
13 William Robert Adair 1728 1798, Ballymena, County Antrim
14 William "Hugh" Adair 1754 1844
Add to Ballymena estates with purchase of Heatherton Park and Colehayes Park.
15 Robert Shafto Adair
1st Baronet Adair		 1786, Ballymena, County Antrim 1869, Inherits Ballymena Castle and Flixton Hall from his father
16 Hugh Edward Adair
3rd Baronet Adair		 1815, Suffolk, England 1902, Kent, England Deputy Lieutenant for County Antrim
1865 his older brother, 2nd Baronet, makes extensive improvements to Ballymena Castle.
Hugh's family primary residence is Flixton Hall.
17 Robert Shafto Adair
5th Baronet Adair		 1862, England 1949, England Deputy Lieutenant for County Antrim
18 Maj. Gen. Allan Adair
6th Baronet Adair		 1897, London, England 1988, England Officer in British Army in World War II Last of the Adair Baronets.
His son died in the same war.
1957 Sold and demolished Ballymena Castle.


African-American Adairs[]

The Adair Family lines of African-American ancestry can probably trace their genealogy to the slave holder Adair Families of The Cherokee Ancestry as well as the American South in general. In many cases slaves adopted those family surnames.

Prominent individuals include:

  • Benjamin Frank Adair (1852-1902) - African American politician from Arkansas
  • Christia V. Daniels Adair (1893–1989) = African-American suffragist and civil rights worker


References[]

  1. ^ Webb, Alfred. "FitzGerald,Maurice", A Compendium of Irish Biography, Dublin, M.H. Gill & Son, 1878
  2. ^ Fitzgibbon, A. "Appendix to the Unpublished Geraldine Documents: The Gherardini of Tuscany", The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, Fourth Series, Vol. 4, No. 29, 1877
  3. ^ "The Origin of the FitzGeralds," The Ancestor, 1 (April 1902), pp. 119 - 125. [1]
  4. ^ Other - Geni.com

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