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Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn 1503–1570 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1503

Birth Location: Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1570

Death Location: Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: William Knox

Mother: Margaret Sinclair

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Elizabeth Bingley

Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn was born in 1503 in Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Knox And Margaret Sinclair. Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn had children including Elizabeth Bingley. Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn passed away in 1570 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn was born in 1503 in Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, the child of William Knox And Margaret Sinclair.
  • Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn had children including Elizabeth Bingley.
  • Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn passed away in 1570 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Knox
1486–1513
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Sinclair
1490–1534
Birth Location: Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elizabeth Bingley
1569–1619
Birth Location: Rosquil, County Donegal, Ireland
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Reverend Cockburn's Ancestors

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Reverend Cockburn
1503–1570
Birth Place: Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Knox
1486–1513
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Margaret Sinclair
1490–1534
Aberdeenshire, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Reverend Cockburn's Descendants

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Reverend (William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of) Cockburn (1503–1570)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Bingley 1569–1619
    1. 1. Major (Andrew Knox , of) Rathmullen 1593–1643
      1. 1. Andrew (Knox of) Rathmullen 1644–1672
        1. 1. George Knox 1671–1741

Reverend Cockburn's Timeline

2 Records

1503
1503
Birth of Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn in Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
1570
1570
Age 67
Death of Reverend William Sinclair Or George Knox, Minister of Cockburn in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1503
    Event Place: Progenitor of the Knox of Silvieland, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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