Children with Jean GRACY
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Capt. William KNOX
| Born: 1736
Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
| Died: 19 JUL 1776
Iredell, On Third Creek, Rowan Co, NC
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Dr. Absalom KNOX
| Born: 1738
Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
| Died: 1808
OH
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John KNOX
| Born: 1739
Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
| Died: 1802
Rowan Co, NC
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Mary KNOX
| Born: 31 JUL 1742
Hanover, PA, (Rich Square, Northampton, NC?)
| Died: 1823
Rowan Co, NC?
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Lt. Samuel KNOX
| Born: 1 JAN 1747
Hanover, PA
| Died: NOV 1836
Jackson Co, GA
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Joseph KNOX
| Born: DEC 1747
Hanover, PA
| Died: 31 AUG 1835
Rutherford Co, TN
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Capt. James KNOX
| Born: 1752
Rowan Co, NC
| Died: 10 OCT 1794
Huntersville, Mecklenburg Co, NC
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Benjamin KNOX
| Born: 10 APR 1759
Rowan Co, NC
| Died: 27 FEB 1842
Rowan Co, NC
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Notes:
Good article on the probable route my ancestors took from Scotland to Ireland to PA to NC: https://digitalheritage.org/2011/12/the-migration-of-the-scotch-irish-from-ulster-to-western-north-carolina/#:~:text=Although%20Scotch%2DIrish%20immigrants%20arrived,of%20Philadelphia%20with%20Ulster%20ports.
From "My Forebears" by Linda Cunningham Ewing
He went from Scotland to Ireland with other Scotch emigrants by invitation of the King of England, to constitute a balance of power against the insurgent Irish Catholics. He married an Irish Presbyterian, Miss Jean Gracy, whose mother`s name was Jean Sinclair. They emigrated to America from Coleriane, Ireland, about 1740 in company with his brother-in-law, Patrick Gracy and others. Patrick Gracy was born in Ireland in 1700. It is thought that he married in this country. They came over in a sail vessel. The winds being unfavorable, they were three months on the ocean and ran short of water and provisions. Patrick died Jan. 9, 1810 leaving a large family.
From a genealogy report written by Hattie S. Goodman, Woodleaf 11, Carolina, Rowan Co, NC, ca 1950:
Renfrew, Refrewshire is on the River Clyde, 7 mi from Glasgow and 3 mi from Paisley. Renfrew was a royal burgh. At Renfrew the Lord High Steward of Scotland had a castle, the chief manor of this fair barony.
This was erected into a royalty by King Robert III in the 14th year of his reign. King Robert himself resided at the castle.
The ancient estate of the family of Knox lies between Renfrew and Paisley, 1 1/2 mi from each, and is the property of Archibald Campbell, Esdq., of Blytheswood, and has been in his family a considerable time. The Campbells came in possession of it by intermarriage with the Knoxes.
The Murrd intermarried with the noble houses of Eglintoun, Temple, Valyfield, Ronallan, Knox of Ranfurly, and many others.
He was one of the early settlers of Rowan Co, NC. He bought 600 acres of land on the south side of Third Creek for 37 pounds, 10 shillings, which land had been granted by Earl Granville to James Stuart.
Some have it that for some service rendered the English governor, he obtained a land warrant for 600 acres and located it in Rowan Co There are old land deeds and other papers, one conveying land from Earl Granville to James Stuart, with Earl Granville`s seal affixed and signed by his agents, Francis Corbin and Joshua Bodley, and another from Stuart to John Knox, yoeman.
Very little is known of the life and charater of this ancestor. And old paper gotten up and signed by several of his neighbors or friends as a certificate of recommendation "to show he traveled southerly, selling some of his horses", certifies that he was a man of worth and integrity. It is concluded, almost without a doubt, that he was a Presbyterian from the name he bore, and having married a Presbyterian wife, and also that he was laid to rest in a Presbyterian burial ground. It may be possible that persecution drove them from the mother country. The clerk of session of Thyatira Chursh, says "the old records of the Thyatira Church were destroyed by fire about 1826". He thinks it very likely that they were both members of Thyatira Church, says "those old Scotch people were noted for their Christianity. They brought their religion with them, and it is not likely they would forsake it when they came to this country." Indeed, it may be possible that persecution drove them from the mother country.
It is known that there are old letters and papers which show that the Knox family from Glasgow and Edinburough, and from the north of Ireland, are of one family and were persecuted on account of their religion, some of them having to leave their homes in the night. Coleraine is in the far north of Ireland.
Toward the end of the 17th century the disputes between the Presbyterians, or Covenanters, and the representatives of the Church of England were marked with great intolerance, to which was added the Stuart uprising. Many a peace loving Scotsman grew weary of such continual strife, and began to seek freedom of conscience and other blessings in the American colonies of the new world.
It is concluded that he is not a descendant of John Knox, the reformer as his two sons died without issue. It is by tradition that this KNOX is descended from William KNOX, the brother of the Reformer, though this has not been proved.
All sons participated in the revolution.
THE SCOTCH-IRISH OR THE SCOT IN NORTH BRITAIN, NORTH IRELAND, AND NORTH AMERICA
CHAPTER VII AMERICAN IDEALS MORE SCOTTISH THAN ENGLISH:
So, in the days of John Knox, the blood of the early Scottish martyrs was the seed not only of the British Protestant Church, but of the greater tree of human liberty, which grew up and flourished under his fostering care; yielding its fruits in abundant measure when the time came for Scotland to take the lead against tyranny and to preserve for herself, for England, and for all mankind the threatened heritage of granted liberties.
Thyatira Cem. 9/3/02:
Memorial stone tells us that seven of their sons were soldiers in the American Revolution, and that they were great grandparents of James Knox Polk, President of the United States.
Original stone was inscribed:
"Here the body lys of John Knox who deceased October 12 1758 Aged 50 years--Also here lys the body of Jean Knox his wife who deceased Sept. 18 1772 Aged 64 years"
New stone inscribed:
"In memory of
John Knox
1708-1758
and his wife
Jean Gracy
1708-1772
Natives of Scotland
and their seven sons
soldiers of the American Revolution
William Samuel
James
(grandfather of President James Knox Polk)
Absalom John
Joseph Benjamin
and their daughter
Mary
Erected by their descendants
May 20th, 1911
Possible other spouse-Jean WITHERSPOON, b. ca 1712-1717 Scotland, m. ca 1733 Ireland, d. 1737 Coleraine, Ireland. Wm possibly of this union. No verification.
Migrated Scotland to Ireland to US (1740), PA, VA, Rowan Co, NC
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