Sir William Adair, of Kilhilt

Ballymena Castle, Antrim

In 1626 William Adair acquired newly-settled lands at Ballymena in exchange for part of his patrimony in Wigtownshire, and his son, Sir Robert, built the castle as a centre for the new estate. The original building burned down in 1740 and was at best patched up afterwards.

Biography

https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/04/23-adair-of-ballymena-c...

William Adair (d. 1661) of Ballymena and Kinhilt. Eldest son of Sir Robert Adair (d. 1655) and his wife Jane, daughter of William Edmondstone of Duntreath (Stirlingshire). He married c.1658 Anne Helena (who married second, Archibald Edmondstone of Braid Island (Antrim) and d. c.1710), daughter of Col. Walter Scott of Hartwoodburn, and had issue:

(1) Col. Sir Robert Adair (1659-1745), kt. (q.v.).

He inherited the Ballymena and Kinhilt estates from his father in 1655. He died 30 November 1661.

Family

Sir Andrew Agnew, The Agnews of Lochnaw: A History of the Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1864), p. 617, digital images, GoogleBooks

10. William Adair, succeeded 1655, married, first, Jean, daughter of Sir William Cunningham of Cunninghamhead; married, second, Anne, daughter of Colonel Walter Scott; by her he had
11. Sir Robert Adair of Kilhilt and Ballymena, a knight banneret, sold the baronies of Kilhilt and Drumore to the Earl of Stair; married, 1st, Penelope, daughter of Sir Robert Colvile; married, 2d, Martha—died August 1705; married, 3d, October 1705, Ann M'Aulay; married, 4th, Arabella Rickets; left by his third wife ...

References

• “Genealogical account of the family of Edmonstone of Duntreath”. Author: Edmonstone, Archibald, Sir, 1795-1871. cn. Page 52. Archive.Org: “Archibald Edmonstone of Duntreath married Anna Helena Scott, daughter of Col. Walter Scott of Harwood, and widow of Sir William Adair of Kilshilt, by whom he had four sons and five daughters ...”
• “Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage.” (1914) Page 68. GoogleBooks “Adair.”
• https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2013/04/23-adair-of-ballymena-c...
• https://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getpe...
• https://www.ancestry.com/boards/surnames.adair/723.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx CALENDAR OF STATE PAPERS relating to Ireland AD1660-1662. page 482. “30 December 1661. at Whitehall, London, England. The King to the (Master of the Wards) for Francis GODOLPHIN. Directing that he have wardship of Robert Adare (Adair), son and heir of the late William Adare of Ballymanagh (Ballymena), county Antrim, Ireland. P.1/4. State Papers, Domestic. Signet Office V. p.102.”