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| Father |
James Adair, b. Abt 1714, of, County Antrim, Ireland  d. From 25 Feb 1784 to 12 Feb 1796, of, Laurens, South Carolina, United States (Age ~ 70 years) |
| Mother |
Eleanor, b. Abt 1726, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States d. Aft 7 Jan 1803, of Duncan Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, United States (Age ~ 77 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1744 |
Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States |
| Family ID |
F1142 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. 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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