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- MARRIAGE:
1. Jett Hanna mentions that the marriage of Joseph Adair (Eldare) and Sarah Lafferty (Luffirty)seemed to be recorded in Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church in Wilmington, DE which were published in 1890 by the Historical Society of Delaware. Their first son, James was born in 1747 according to his tombstone in Indiana. Jett Hanna also notes that there was also a marriage April 1746, Jane Adare to Hugh Romage and that there may be other Adair marriages in the book, a reprint of which can be ordered from the church at www.oldswedes.org
Old Swedes Church, 606 Church Street, Wilmington, DE 19801; Constructed in 1698-1699. This is a place of history. Trinity Parish Web site <http://www.trinityparishde.com> Church was established as a Swedish Lutheran Church. The church building was constructed in 1698-1699. The church was placed under the jurisdiction of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1791. It flourishes today as the nation's oldest church building still standing as originally built. It is still in regular use for worship. In recognition of its unique role for worship by numerous communities of immigrants: the Swedes at Fort Christina and the colony of New Sweden; the Dutch in the area centered at New Amstel (now New Castle, DE); the English in New Castle county of the colony of Pennsylvania; and finally Americans from many nations in the state of Delaware. Old Swedes was designated a Registered National Historic Landmark on March 29, 1963. The church and churchyard has sustained 15,000 burials and is active to this day.
2. "The Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697 to 1773 and Catalogue and Errata of the Records of Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, Wilmington, Del., from 1697-1773, translated from the Original Swedish by Horace Burr, with an Abstract of the English Records from 1773 to 1810." Reprinted, two volumes in one, for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1999.
3. On file is a photo of the following marriage record. The record is significant since it is the oldest record we have of our Adair family in America. It is the marriage record of Joseph Adare (Adair) and Sarah Lafferty in Sep 1747 in the Old Swede's Church in Wilmington, Delaware. It is strongly presumed (in my case: certain) that Joseph was the brother of James Adair who married Eleanor. Together they are in the early records of Laurens Co., SC in the 1760s. James is the father to Joseph who marries Sarah ___ who in turn have Thomas Adair who marries Rebecca Brown. Joseph in the marriage record is shortly thereafter in Pennsylvania in the early 1850's then to South Carolina. The Adair family may have come to America then through Delaware. There is no provable link thus far overseas.
The name Lafferty is interesting because using LDS temple records from the St. George Temple in Utah, James above probably had a son named Lafferty Adair in honor evidently of his sister-in-law. The records show Samuel Jefferson Adair, grandson to Joseph (son of James above), doing a baptism by proxy for the dead 14 Feb 1877. Samuel lists himself as a grand nephew in the baptismal record making Lafferty the son of the original James and ties the two original Laurens Co. brothers Joseph and James by the use of the name Lafferty both as surname and prename.
If you also look at the top middle of the page, you will find a Jane Adair marrying Hugh Ramage. The surname Ramage also occurs in Laurens Co., SC in colonial times associated with the Adairs; however, I have not yet researched a Hugh Ramage specifically but so far find no information on him. We cannot yet connect Jane Adair, but there is a chance she could be a sister - but that is speculation thus far.
The church has website at http://www.oldswedes.org/ It has a very interesting story and is still in service since colonial days.
Cousin Jett Hanna reports: "The church was one of the few in the area that serviced new immigrants-mostly "Scotch Irish" at the time-because it's members were technically dissenters like the Presbyterians since they were Swedish protestants. They got along just fine with Presbyterians who were mostly passing through to somewhere else."
The source is at LDS FHL SLC was "Robert Adair 1770-1845 (An Adair Family History); In Memory of Oscar Lee Adair (1899-1975)," compiled by Shirley Brown Adair, 309 Dartbrook, Rockwall, Texas, 75087, (214) 771-2662. Copyright March 1995. FHL 929.273 Ad11as.
Rebecca Garrett Patterson is the researcher who found the record but date not stated nor her address or email.
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