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Robert Knox 1719–1776 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1719

Birth Location: Canobie, Dumfries, Scotland

Death Date: 7 Jan 1776

Death Location: Canobie Parish, Scotland

Father: JOHN 6

Mother: Elizabeth Blacke

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The story of Robert Knox began in 1719 in Canobie, Dumfries, Scotland. Robert Knox passed away in 1776 in Canobie Parish, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Knox began in 1719 in Canobie, Dumfries, Scotland.
  • Robert Knox passed away in 1776 in Canobie Parish, Scotland.

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Robert Knox's Ancestors

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Robert Knox
1719–1776
Birth Place: Canobie, Dumfries, Scotland
Parents
JOHN F. KNOX 6
1687–1780
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Blacke
1681–1747
Barony, Glasgow, Scottland
Grandparents
Thomas (Lord Lyon King of Ranfurley, Vice Count of Northland Knox) ll*
1643–1725
Glasgow, Scotland
Susanna Walkinshau
1655–1690
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Ranfurlie
1611–1685
Elisabeth Spang
1615–1685
John Barrowfield
1617–1689
Agnes Faulls
1629–1663
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Silvieland
1559–1625
11 Dalmahoy
1581–1642
11 Spang
1593–1638
Marion Buchanan
1595–1654
James Walkingshaw
1591–1677
Margaret HAMILTON
1595–1619
Archibald Faulls
1596–1653
Agnes Crawford
1600–

Robert Knox's Timeline

2 Records

1719
1719
Birth of Robert Knox in Canobie, Dumfries, Scotland
Canobie, Dumfries, Scotland
1776
7 Jan 1776
Age 57
Death of Robert Knox in Canobie Parish, Scotland
Canobie Parish, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1719
    Event Place: Canobie, Dumfries, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Jan 1776
    Event Place: Canobie Parish, Scotland

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