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Descendants of McNair

Generation No. 2

2. CALVIN² MCNAIR (MCNAIR¹) was born Abt. 1690 in Paisley Scotland ¹, and died in Maryland. He married UNKNOWN.

Notes for CALVIN MCNAIR:
1. Calvin McNair is reputed to have been Earl of Aberdeen. This has not been verified. He is said to have been deposed, and later exiled by King George I, 1715-1716 for hostility to the crown. He, his wife,
three sons and two brothers, (1) James and (2) Nathan, came to America from Paisley, Scotland, and settled presumably near Oxford, Maryland, later near Annapolis, Maryland. He died in Maryland.

Source: McNairs, McNear & McNeir by James B. McNair

Children of CALVIN MCNAIR and UNKNOWN are:

3.	i.		WILLIAM³ MCNAIR, b. Abt. 1718, Paisley Scotland.
	ii.		OCTAVIUS MCNAIR, b. Paisley Scotland; d. Robinson Co North Carolina.

Notes for OCTAVIUS MCNAIR:
Octavius McNair who went with his Uncle Nathan McNair to the tidewater section of North Carolina. He later settled in Robeson County, North Carolina where he died.

Source:McNairs, McNears & McNiers by James B. McNair.

There is a listing of a Calvin McNair in Robeson County, NC in the 1870 Census. Named for the 1st Calvin?

iii.

JOHN MCNAIR, b. Paisley Scotland; d. Virginia.

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