[1] It is likely that Adam's mother was from the Comyn family:[2] his brother William was called 'Comyn' in his papal letter of appointment as bishop of Brechin.
[4] Adam appears to have enjoyed the favour of the Scottish king Alexander III, and married Marjorie, daughter and heiress of Neil, Earl of Carrick.
[6] He had been one of a small Scottish contingent that attacked Tunis in 1270, where fellow-Scot and fellow-MacDuff David, Earl of Atholl died.
[9] The following spring the contingent joined with the army of Lord Edward and proceeded to Acre, where Adam was taken by disease.
[9] Adam's widow Marjorie went on to marry her husband's companion-in-arms Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale