knox01

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Families covered: Knox of Ranfurlie (Ranfurly)

Uchtred

Adam de Knocks (a temp Alexander II who r. 1214-1249)

Joannis de Knox (a temp Alexander II who r. 1214-1249)

The connection between this Johannis and the Uchtred who was alive in the time of King James II has so far been found only in BIFR1976. At least one of the other sources suggests that this connection has not been fully proved.

Uchtred de Knox

Alangus de Knox (a temp Robert Bruce who r. 1306-1329)

(1)

Sir John de Knox of Ranfurly

m. (1371) ?? Fleming (dau of Sir David Fleming of Biggar)

(A)

Robert de Knox

(i)

Uchtred Knox de Ranfurlie (a temp James II who r. 1430-1437)

(a)

John Knox of Ranfurlie

m. ?? Maxwell (dau of Sir Robert Maxwell of Calderwood by Elizabeth Dennistoun)

((1))

Uchtred Knox of Ranfurlie (a 1473)

m. Agnes Lyle (dau of Lord Lyle)

MacFarlane inserts here another generation, an Uchtred Knox who married Janet Fleming of the family of Barrochar. BIFR1976 shows such a Janet as wife of the following Uchtred's brother George rather than his mother. We follow BIFR1976 not least because Crawfurd confirms that Janet Fleming's husband was George.

((A))

Uchtred Knox of Ranfurlie

m. Janet Semple (dau of Lord Semple)

((i))

Uchtred Knox of Ranfurlie

m. Isabel Cunningham (dau of William Cuninghame, 2nd of Craigends)

((ii))

William Knox of Silvyland

m. heiress of Silvyland

((iii))

Janet Knox

m1. Alexander Cunningham (of Craigends family)

m2. John Rutherford of that ilk

((iv))

Hewisse Knox probably the Hewissa who married ...

m. John Bontein, 6th of Ardoch (d 1570)

((B))

George Knox (a 1503)

m. Janet Fleming of Barrochar family

((i))

John Knox

BIFR1976 confirms that, although some sources have suggested that this John was the famous Reformer, he was not.

((ii))

William Knox (minister of Cockpen) had issue

It is not known exactly how John Knox, the famous preacher and church reformer, fitted into this family. Crawfurd reports that he was "a grandnephew of this family" by which is assumed that his grandfather was a younger brother of one of the lairds. If so, he may fit in here (his grandfather may even have been the above George). This connection has not been confirmed.

((C))

?? Knox

((i))

William Knox (b 1486, d 1513)

m. _ Sinclair

((a))

John Knox (b after 1504, d 24.11.1572, the Reformer)

§G

m1. (c1553) Marjorie Bowes (d c1560, dau of Richard Bowes, Captain of Norham Castle)

(((1)))

Nathaniel Knox (d 1580)

(((2)))

Eleazar Knox (d 1591, vicar of Clacton Magna)

m2. (03.1564) Margaret Stewart (dau of Andrew Stewart, Lord Ochiltree)

(((3)))

Elizabeth Knox (b 1570, d 1625)

m. (1594) John Welch (b 1569, d 1622, minister)

(((A)))

Lucy Welch (b 20.05.1613, d after 1650)

m. (1635) James Alexander Witherspoon (b 1610, d 1649, minister)

Main sources: BIFR1976 (Knox), MacFarlane's Genealogical Collection (vol 2, Knox) with some support from Crawfurd's Renfrewshire and, regarding the family of the reformer John Knox, input from various web sites.
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