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Alexander of Silvieland Knox 1561–1625 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1561

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1625

Death Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: William Knox

Mother: Margaret Maxwell

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Alexander of Silvieland Knox was born in 1561 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of William Knox And Margaret Maxwell. Alexander of Silvieland Knox passed away in 1625 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Alexander of Silvieland Knox was born in 1561 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, the child of William Knox And Margaret Maxwell.
  • Alexander of Silvieland Knox passed away in 1625 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Alexander Knox's Ancestors

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Alexander Knox
1561–1625
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
William Knox
1539–1592
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Margaret Maxwell
1539–1622
Newark, Ayrshire, Scotland
Grandparents
William Knox
1510–1538
Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire
MARGARET FLEMING
1510–1550
Barrochan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
George (Hamilton) Maxwell
1510–1583
Newark, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Marion Cuninghame
1512–1534
Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Uchter Knox
1468–1553
Jannet Semple
1481–1579
Patrick Fleming
1490–1570
Margaret Mure
1502–1576
John Maxwell
1472–1513
Agnes Stewart
1475–1557
Cuthbert Cunningham
1476–1541
Marion Douglas
1469–1542
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Uchter Knox
1440–1513
Agnes LYLE
1440–1507
John Semple
1465–1513
Lady Colvill
1468–1504
William Fleming
1474–1556
Elizabeth Brisbane
1478–1557
John Mure
1471–1513
Lady Boyd
1477–1559
Sir Maxwell
1403–1485
Lady Borthwick
1408–1473
John Stewart
1440–1512
Margaret Douglas
1433–1475
Robert Glencairn
1451–1520
Lady Lindsay
1435–1496
Archibald Angus
1449–1513
Elizabeth Boyd
1458–1497

Alexander Knox's Timeline

2 Records

1561
abt 1561
Birth of Alexander of Silvieland Knox in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1625
1625
Age 64
Death of Alexander of Silvieland Knox in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1561
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1625
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

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