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Adam Knox 1682–1768 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Oct 1682

Birth Location: Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: 25 Oct 1768

Death Location: Eistar Kilpatrick Ayr, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: William Covenanter)

Mother: Lady Sinclair

Spouse(s): Margaret Brock

Children(s): John Knox, Helen Knox

In 1682, Adam Knox entered the world in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to William Knox Scottish Covenanter And Lady Jeane Anna Sinclair. Adam Knox married Margaret Brock, Margaret Neilson, and had children including Helen Knox, John Knox. Adam Knox passed away in 1768 in Eistar Kilpatrick Ayr, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1682, Adam Knox entered the world in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, born to William Knox Scottish Covenanter And Lady Jeane Anna Sinclair.
  • Adam Knox married Margaret Brock, Margaret Neilson, and had children including Helen Knox, John Knox.
  • Adam Knox passed away in 1768 in Eistar Kilpatrick Ayr, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Covenanter)
1640–1721
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
WC
Lady Sinclair
1627–1711
Birth Location: Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
LS

Spouses(s)

Margaret Brock
1686–
Birth Location: Torphichen, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
MB

Children(s)

John Knox
1708–1758
Birth Location: Scotland
JK
Helen Knox
1699–
Birth Location: Kelso, Scottish Borders, Scotland
HK

Adam Knox's Ancestors

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Adam Knox
1682–1768
Birth Place: Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
William Knox (Scottish Covenanter)
1640–1721
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lady (Jeane Anna) Sinclair
1627–1711
Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Knox) IV
1603–1705
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Henry (John Sinclair (1st of Rattan &) Greenland)
1605–1701
Girnigo Castle, Caithness, Scotland
Janet Sutherland
1605–1642
Duffus, Moray, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
James Kelso)
1569–1633
Martha Knox
1565–1592
Bessie Stemster)
1570–1642
Matthew Sutherland
1575–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev. Silvieland)
1539–1592
Margaret Maxwell
1539–1622
Rev. Gifford
1505–1572
Margaret Stewart
1547–1616
Henderson Gunn
1520–

Adam Knox's Descendants

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Adam Knox (15 Oct 1682–25 Oct 1768) m. Margaret Brock (1686–)
  1. 1. John Knox 1708–1758 m. Jean (Sinclair) Gracey 1708–1772
    1. 1. Captain (James) Knox 1752–1794 m. Lydia Gillespie 1753–1828
      1. 1. Jannette ("Jane") Gracey-Knox 1776–1852 m. Maj (Samuel) Wilson-Polk 1772–1827
        1. 1. Lydia Polk 1804–1847 m. Benjamin (B.) McCoy 1794–1870 m. Silas (William) Caldwell 1794–1846 m. Edmund Richmond 1795–1854
        2. 2. Jane (Maria) Polk 1798–1876
        3. 3. Ezekiel (Franklin) Polk 1802–1831
        4. 4. John (Lee) Polk 1807–1831
        5. 5. Samuel (Washington) Polk 1803–1839
        6. 6. Marshall (Tate) Polk 1805–1831
        7. 7. Naomi (Tate) Polk 1809–1836
        8. 8. Clarissa (Ophelia) Polk 1812–1856
        9. 9. William (Hawkins) Polk 1815–1862
        10. 10. President (James Knox) Polk 1795–1849
        11. 11. Ann Polk 1807–1884
        12. 12. Joseph (Lee) Polk 1788–1868
        13. 13. John (S) Polk 1805–1831
        14. 14. Margaret Polk 1788–1819
  2. 2. Helen Knox 1699–

Adam Knox's Timeline

2 Records

1682
15 Oct 1682
Birth of Adam Knox in Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1768
25 Oct 1768
Age 86
Death of Adam Knox in Eistar Kilpatrick Ayr, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Eistar Kilpatrick Ayr, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Oct 1682
    Event Place: Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 Oct 1768
    Event Place: Eistar Kilpatrick Ayr, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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