Adam Norrie

Adam Norrie (February 13, 1796 – June 6, 1882)

Early life Norrie was born on February 13, 1796, in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. He was a son of John Norrie and the former Margaret Smith. He received his education in Montrose.

Personal life On May 16, 1827, Norrie was married to Mary Johanna Van Horne (1799–1873) at Trinity Church in Manhattan. Mary was a daughter of Garett Van Horne and Ann Margaret (née Clarkson) Van Horn. Together, Mary and Adam were the parents of:

Ann Margaret Norrie (d. 1905), who married George Lewis Augustus Moke (1814–1875), a son of Dr. Charles Alexander Moke and Martha (née Masterston) Moke. who married Emily Frances Lanfear, a daughter of Ambrose Lanfear. Mary Van Horn Norrie (1832–1888), who married David Plenderleath Sellar (1833–1901), son of Patrick Sellar. Julia Nickel Norrie (1839–1921), who married Warren Carpenter Beach (1844–1922) in 1883.

Descendants Through his daughter Margaret, he was a grandfather of George Edward Moke Norrie (1858–1920) and great-grandfather of Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie (1893–1977), who served as Governor of South Australia and Governor-General of New Zealand.

Through his son Gordon, he was a grandfather of Ambrose Lanfear Norrie (who married Ethel Lynde Barbey, a daughter of Mary Lorillard Barbey and granddaughter of tobacco magnate Pierre Lorillard III), Mary Lanfear Norrie, Dr. Van Horne Norrie, Sara Goodhue Norrie, Adam Gordon Norrie (who married Margaret Lewis Morgan, sister of Geraldine Livingston Morgan ), Emily Lanfear Norrie, who died unmarried in 1936.

Through his daughter Mary, he was a grandfather of Norrie Sellar, a prominent cotton broker who married Sybil Katherine Sherman (the daughter of William Watts Sherman).