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Adam (Adamus) Knox (Of Dunbar)

Male Abt 1390 -


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  • Name Adam (Adamus) Knox (Of Dunbar) 
    Born Abt 1390  Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3798  MyTree
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2009 

    Father Uchtred (Knox) Of Dunbar 
    Family ID F5281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sybella Of Stewart,   b. Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John (Johanne) Knox (Of Cnok),   b. Abt 1415, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F2418  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Adam, the son of Uchtred, who lived in the reign of K. Alexander II of Scotland; he obtained from Walter, son of Allen, Lord of the barony of Renfrew, and progenitor (says the pedigree) to the Stewarts, Kings of Scotland, the lands of Knox, in the said barony, and according to the prevailing practice of those times, assumed from thence the Surname or hereditary deflagration of Knox. The great Stewarts of Scotland, also granted to the common ancestors of this family, the lands of Ranfurley, Upper Craigends, and Grieff-Castle all in fee; of which estate this family continued possessed until the last century, when they were sold to the Lord of Dundonald.
      (Source: Ivan Knox, Corcam Ballybofey, Lifford, Co Donegal, Ireland Sept 2009. Taken from The Gentleman's and London Magazine Monthly Chronologer 1714-1794

      Adamus from Uchtred, the second son of Walter, Earl of Dunbar, the son
      of Cospatrick, Earl of Northumberland, and afterward Earl of Dunbar,
      in Scotland, who died 1069. He was a descendant of Maldred, Prince of
      the Isles, and brother of Duncan II, King of Scotland, by Algitha
      daughter of Ucter, Earl of Northumberland.
      (Source: Unknown)