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Reverend Patrick Adair^[1]
1625 - 1694

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• Title	Reverend
  Birth	1625  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1694  [1]
  Person ID	I0058	J. Purifoy Adair8
  Last Modified	12 Aug 2012

  
  

  Father	John Adair,   b. 1598
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Unknown
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F09	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jean Adair
  Children	1. Alexander Adair,   b. 1657
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  He was a Presbyterian minister. Married his cousin, Jean Adair, daughter of Sir Robert Adair and his wif e, Jean Edmondstone. Patrick's father, John Adair, was half brother to Rob ert Adair, father of Jean. He was one of the negotiators in 1672 for the first "regium donum." grant ed by Presbyterians by Charles II. He wrote "A True Narrative of the Rise and Progress of the Presbyterian Go vernment in the North of Ireland." In the book "The Scotch-Irish or the Scots in N. Britain, N. Ireland a nd N. America" by Charles Hanna, New York, N.Y., G. P. Putnam 1902. In Chapter XXXVII (Church Rule in Ireland and and its' results), is writte n: "On the 7th of May, 1646, Mr. Patrick Adair was (need get book and f inish sentence). In Chapter XXXVIII (Londonderry and Ennis Killen), Presbytery of Antri m, is written: "Patrick Adair, Cairncastle."




• Sources

  [S22321] Adair: History and Genealogy by James Barnett Adair 1924.