Elizabeth Gordon

Family

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Ninian Adair (d. c.1606) of Kinhilt. Elder son of Sir William Adair (d. 1593) and his wife Lady Helen, daughter of Gilbert Kennedy, 2nd Earl of Cassillis; probably born about 1545.

He married 18 June 1566 Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Gordon of Kirkpatrick (and Lochinvar?) and widow of John Grierson (d. 1558) of Lag, and had issue including:

• (1) William Adair (d. 1626) (q.v.);
• (2) Patrick Adair (fl. 1614);
• (2) James Adair of Maryport;
• (4) Rt. Rev. Archibald Adair (d. 1646), Dean of Rapho (1616), Bishop of Killaloe 1639-40 (deprived) and Bishop of Waterford & Lismore, 1641-46;
• (5) Gilbert Adair (b. c.1582?; fl. 1610);
• (6) Thomas Adair (d. before 1610), provost of Stranraer.

He inherited the Kinhilt estate, and the castles of St. John and Dunskey from his father in 1593. He died in about 1608.