I70871: James Robert ADAIR Sr. (1709

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"Marriage 1 Ester McBride b: 1710; Marriage 2 Anna McBride b: ABT. 1710.
Information about James Robert Adair, Sr is from J. O. Adair, 1721 S Ave C, Portales, NM 88130-7269."

JAMES ADAIR (1709?-1783), apparently born in Ireland but an emigrant to South Carolina, was a pioneer trader with American Indians and the author of The History of American Indians.

The Descendants of James Adair was compiled by Miriam Dabbs Adair and published in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1976.

From: Who's Who in American History, The Historical Volume (1607-1896):

ADAIR, JAMES: Indian trader; author. b. County Antrim, Ireland, circa 1709. Came to America 1735; traded with the Catawba and Cherokee Indians 1735-44, with Choctaw Indians 1744-51; moved to District 96, Laurens County SC 1751; commanded band of Chickasaws as Captain during Indian War 1760-61. Author: The History of the American Indians (maintaining Indians are descendants of ancient Jews), 1775. Died NC circ 1783.

From: Who Was Who in Native American History by Carl Waldman, 1990:

ADAIR, JAMES (d. 1783). Trader, anthropologist; reformer.

James Adair was an Irish trader out of South Carolina who lived among the Chickasaws for nearly 40 years in the mid-1700s. He took several Indian wives by whom he had many children. He used the Chickasaws, Cherokees, Catawbas, Creeks, and other tribes of the Southeast as informants for his book The History of the American Indians, published in 1775 after his return to England. Although he provided much ethnographic information plus valuable suggestions for Indian policy, Adair also made the erroneous case for the Native Americans as descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.

From The Dictionary of American Biography,

ADAIR, James (c1709-1783), pioneer Indian trader, author, is said to have been born in County Antrim, Ireland. The dates given above are merely conjectural. The known facts of his life are few, gathered in the main from the personal incidents narrated in his book, The History of the American Indians (1775) and occasional references in South Carolina chronicles. A recent book, Adair History and Genealogy (1924), by J.B. Adair, gives many biographical details purporting to be based on family tradition, but few of them are verifiable by any available records. It is certain that Adair was highly educated. By 1735 he had come to America, probably entering at the port of Charleston, SC. In that year he engaged in trade with the Catawbas and Cherokees, continuing with them until 1744. He then established himself among the Chickasaws, whose villages were on the headwaters of the Yazoo, in Mississippi, where he remained for about six years. During the latter part of this period he frequently visited the Choctaws, in an effort to counteract the influence of the French and to win them to an alliance with the English. The effort was successful, but it involved him in difficulties with other traders and with James Glen, royal governor of South Carolina from 1743 to 1756, which resulted, he asserts, in his financial ruin. In 1751 he moved to District Ninety-six (the present Laurens County), SC, and resumed trade with the Cherokees, remaining there until about the end of 1759. His activities during these years covered a wide range. He was several times called in council by Gov. Glen, with whom he could never agree and whom he heartily detested. Among the Indians he was a diplomat and a peace maker, but he was also a fighter--"a valiant warrior," says Logan; and when he could not compose their quarrels he not infrequently took sides in their wars. At various times he was engaged in conflicts with the French. In the Indian war of 1760-61 he commanded a band of Chickasaws, receiving his supplies by way of Mobile. In 1769 he visited New York City. Either then or a few years later he probably voyaged to London. Of his later life nothing authentic is recorded. He was, as the conclusion of his book amply shows, a vigorous defender of the rights of the colonies, but there appears to be no mention of him in Revolutionary annals. He is said to have been married and to have has several children and also to have died in North Carolina shortly after the close of the Revolution.

Adair is chiefly known through his history of the Indians. Primarily it is an argument that the Indians are the descendants of the ancient Jews. The theory was accepted by Elias Boudinot, on-time president of the Continental Congress, who gave it hearty support in his book, A Star in the West (1816) Adair's work has outlived its thesis. Its' account of the various tribes, their manners, customs, their manners, and vocabularies, its depiction of scenes and its narration of incidents in his own eventful career, give it a permanent value. It is a record of close and intelligent observation, and its' fidelity of fact has been generally acknowledged. The book must have required many years of toil. In his preface he says that it was written "among our old friendly Chickasaws" (doubtless during his second period of residence with them) and that the labor was attended by the greatest difficulties. Though some passages may subsequently have been added, it was probably finished by the end of 1768. In the Georgia Gazzette, of Savannah, October 11, 1769, appeared an item dated February 27th of that year, apparently copied from a New York newspaper, announcing the arrival of Adair in New York and saying that "he intends to print the Essays". The care with which the book is printed indicates that he gave it personal supervision through the press. From the dedication it is evident that he had the friendship of the noted Indian traders, Col. George Galphin and Col. George Croghan (with the former of whom he may for a time have been in partnership) and Sir William Johnson; and from various references it is certain that he was highly respected by those who knew him. Logan credits him with the quick penetration of the Indian audacity, cool self-possession, and great powers of endurance, and Volwiler says that he was one of the few men of ability who personally embarked in the Indian trade.

[J. H. Logan, A Hist. of the Upper Country of SC (1859); John Thos. Lee, letter in the Nation Aug 27, 1914; manuscript notes supplied by Robt. L. Meriwether; brief references in A.T. Volwriter, Geo. Croghan and the Westward Movement, 1741-1782 (1926) and Edward McCrady, Hist. of SC Under the Royal Government (1899).]

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shows dates as 880-aft 936. "Sources: RC 263; Coe, AF; Kraentzler 1459; A. Roots. RC: Willa de Tuscany. K: Gilla de Bourgogne." ^[S2379] ^[S2437]

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Item - I give and bequeath to my daughter Catherine Bragg one Schilling and noe more.
Catherine must have been disowned by her father as in his Will he made sure she only got 1 Shilling and nowe more. This must have been because of her having child out of wedlock and possibly trouble between families. Her grandfather Thomas Settle did remember her and son Tarpley in his will and gave them everything.

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Spouse: Mary Rebecca Sarah

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Spouse: Hannah UNKNOWN b: 1604 in England d. 1626.

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From Legacy Mag. of the Monroe Co. Heritage Museum. Rachel L. Muldrow was "Daughter of James Muldrow, son of the The elder, John Muldrough & Agnes Hamilton of Darlington Dist. SC.
James Muldrow m. Nancy Hinds, daughter of James Hinds of Darlington Dist. SC in 1786." Will prob. Wilcox Co. AL.

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B. Samuel Todd – b. (1696 - 1698) in Ireland – d. 1760 in Augusta County, Virginia. He married Ann Houston.

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Parents:
Father: William GASCOIGNE (AFN: 96TZ-6B) b Abt 1504 Of Canterbury, Kent, England
Mother: Margaret FITZWILLIAM (AFN: 96TZ-7H)

My Southern Family

James Robert ADAIR Sr.

1709 - 1783

ID Number: I70871

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Laurent AUBER

ABT 1557 - ____

ID Number: I20522

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Princess WILLA de BOURGOGNE of Burgundy

0906 - ____

ID Number: I33126

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Catherine BRAGG

ABT 1690 - ____

ID Number: I83475

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ISABEL CREAKE

____ - ____

ID Number: I74192

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Henry DETHICK

ABT 1540 - ____

ID Number: I35496

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Helen HICKERSON

Sarah Mary Rebecca JENKINS

ABT 1714 - ____

ID Number: I79559

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William S. KEENEY

1840 - ____

ID Number: I22892

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John Tyler MCCUTCHEN

28 Aug 1873 - 22 Nov 1936

ID Number: I89730

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Edward MOSBY "the Immigrant"

1600 - 1663

ID Number: I81105

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James MULDROW

ABT 1770 - ____

ID Number: I58271

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Lucy PULLIAM

ABT 1820 - ____

ID Number: I17205

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William SLAUGHTER

1632 - ____

ID Number: I42409

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Samuel TODD "the Immigrant"

ABT 1696 - 1760

ID Number: I102745

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BARBARA WEST

ABT 1507 - ____

ID Number: I96079

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