Joseph Alexander Adair Sr. (abt. 1711 - abt. 1789)

Born about 1711 in Antrim, County Antrim, Ulster,Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Susannah (Laferty) Adair — married about 1732 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Husband of Susanna (Long) Adair — married 1771 in Laurens, South Carolina

Descendants

Died about 1789 at about age 78 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States

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Joseph Adair Sr. was born in Ireland.

Biography

Joseph Adair Sr. performed Patriotic Service in the American Revolution.

Joseph Adair Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A000364.

Joseph Adair Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 101138
Rank: Patriotic Service

Joseph was born in County Antrim, Ireland about 1711. ^[1][2]

He emigrated to the colonies about 1730 with his father Thomas Adair and settled in Chester County, Pennsylvania. About 1732 he married his first wife, Sarah Laferty, while living in this area.

Sometime around 1755 he moved with his family and brothers to the colony of South Carolina and settled on Duncan's Creek in the Ninety-Six District near the waters of the Enoree River.

The first known European in the area was John Duncan, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, who came from Pennsylvania in 1753 and settled near the modern Newberry-Laurens County line. Duncan brought the first African-American slave and the first horse-drawn wagon to the area.

Duncan's settlement grew and by the mid 1760s a church was established that became known as Duncan's Creek Presbyterian Church, the oldest church in Laurens County. Joseph Adair Sr. served as an elder in this church from its inception until his death in 1789.[1]

In 1768, South Carolina eliminated all of the original counties and established seven new "overarching Districts," with governmental seats in each district. The Act creating these new districts was nullified by the British Parliament, but the re-introduction of the Act in 1769 was approved. From 1769 to 1785, these districts remained intact, however, the district seats did change some during that time-frame.^[3]

Ninety-Six District was one of those created in 1769. James and his family lived in that district and he was still living there before the Revolutionary War began.

Revolutionary War

The area where the Adair families lived in Ninety-Six District would later become Laurens when it was created in 1785.

War came to the colonies in 1775 with news of the fighting at Lexington and Concord in the Massachusetts Colony. The colonies declared their independence in Philadelphia on the 4th of July in 1776. But war then came quickly to the people of South Carolina.

Joseph Adair Sr., his sons and other family members served the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary War.

Military Service

Military Service: American Revolution

Date: BET 1776 AND 1782

Note: #N27^[4]

Joseph provided Patriotic Service: Commissary, 1781, and furnished supplies^[5]

Life after the Revolutionary War

After the war ended the people of South Carolina and Ninety-Six District returned to their lives before the war and rebuilt what was lost during the war. A new district was created in 1785 from part of the old Ninety-Six District.

The area where the Adair families lived became part of Laurens District.

Family

Joseph and his wife Sarah Laferty had the following known children:

1. Joseph Jr. b. 1732
2. James b. 1734

Leah Jean Mary James Benjamin Sarah

Name

Name: Joseph Sr. /Adair/^[6]

Name: JOSEPH SR /ADAIR/^[7]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using Joseph Sr. /Adair/.

Event

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: ABT 1730

Place: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA^[8]

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: BET 1750 AND 1755

Place: Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Note N27Served as Commissary of Co. D, Col. Levi Casey's Regiment, at age of 70.

Last Will and Testament

Joseph made his last will and testament in Laurens District, South Carolina on 9 January 1788. ^[9] He named his sons, Joseph Jr. and James, his executors. His wife, Susanna, is named in the will. Other heirs named in his will include: Son James Adair Son Benjamin Adair Son Joseph Adair Daughter, Jean Rammage Daughter, Sarah Adair Daughter, Mary Owins Son in law Robert Long Son in law John Owins

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1790

Place: Laurens, South Carolina, USA^[10][11][12]

Marriage

Husband: Joseph Sr. Adair

Wife: Sarah Laferty

Child: Benjamin Sr. Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1732

Place: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States^[13]

Husband: Thomas Adair

Wife: Margaret Henart

Child: Joseph Sr. Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Reference: 167^[14]

Marriage:

Date: 1703

Place: Wigtown, Wigtownshire, , Scotland^[15]

Husband: Joseph Adair

Wife: Sarah Laferty

Child: Joseph Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Benjamin Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Leah Jean Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1732

Place: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA(Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Joseph Adair)(Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Susanna Long)(Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Susanna Long)

Husband: Thomas Adair

Wife: Margaret Henart

Child: William Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Robert Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joseph Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William Adair

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 1703

Place: Portpatrick, Wigtownshire, Scotland (Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Adair)(Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Henart)

Marriage:

Date: 1709

Place: Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland(Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Adair)

Marriage:

Date: 1703

Place: Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland(Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Henart)

Death

Death:

Date: 1789

Place: Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Burial

Burial: Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Date: 1789

Place: Duncans Creek, Laurens, South Carolina, USA

Notes

Joseph Alexander Adair, Sr Birth 1711 Ireland Death 1789 (aged 77–78) Laurens County, South Carolina, USA Burial Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery Clinton, Laurens County, South Carolina, USA Show Map Memorial ID 9768725 Joseph Adair, Sr. Born in Ireland immigrated to South Carolina where he fought in the American Revolution alongside William Berry and George Washington.

He was one of the oldest soldiers in that war. His son and grandson also fought along side him as well as his grand daughter's husband, Capt. James Dillard.

Joseph Adair and Sarah Laferty were the grandparents of Mary Ramage Dillard, American Revolution heroine. Her mother was their daughter, Jean Ramage.

This marker is erected at Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church where he was a charter member and an elder.

The Adair family is one of the oldest in Ireland. The Adare Castle sits on the Shannon River still today.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Benjamin Sr. Adair
2. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for JOSEPH SR ADAIR
3. ↑ https://www.carolana.com/SC/Counties/ninety_six_district_sc.html
4. ↑ Source: #S48 Page: pages 147-149
5. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 1 March 2024), "Record of Joseph Adair Sr", Ancestor # A000364.
6. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Benjamin Sr. Adair
7. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for JOSEPH SR ADAIR
8. ↑ Source: #S48 Page: page 146
9. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9080/images/007649567_00038?usePUB=true&_phsrc=ZEN3&usePUBJs=true&pId=539435
10. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Adair
11. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Margaret Henart
12. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Susanna Long
13. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for JOSEPH SR ADAIR
14. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Adair
15. ↑ Source: #S84 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Thomas Adair

• http://boards.ancestry.ie/thread.aspx?m=1335&p=surnames.adair&dc=
• Source: S48 Title: Adairs: History and Genealogy by James Barnett Adair
• Source: S51 Title: Duncan Creek Memorial Marker[2]
• WikiTree profile Adair-230 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.

Acknowledgements

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