(Died 27th June 1825 and buried in Crosbie Churchyard .. no
surviving headstone). He married Janet
HUNTER 13 Dec 1816 at Dundonald.
April 20th 1817
".......same day David Knox & Janet Hunter came before
the session and confessed themselves guilty of antenuptial fornication
they were appointed to be sessionally rebuked and absolved which
was done accordingly". they were fined ten shillings and
paid a further three shillings for a private baptism of their
son William,
their family consisted of :-
I. William, born, 17th March 1817,
married Margaret Crann on the 7th March 1853 at Monkton,
children :-
1. Margaret Knox, born 8th September, 1855, at Monkton.
2. John Crane Knox, born 29th December, 1857, at Monkton.
3. Janet Knox, born 24th October, 1859, at Monkton.
4. William Knox, born 15th June, 1861, at Monkton.
5. James Knox, born 20th July, 1863, at Monkton.
6. Thomas Knox, born 20th November, 1864,at Monkton.
7. Jane Knox, born 17th October, 1867, at Monkton.
William Knox (1817 - 1875) was a railway porter. Buried in Crosbie.
There
is a gravestone in Crosbie Cemetery :-
"Sacred to the memory of William Knox who died at Monkton
Station 10th August
1875 aged 58 years; also his wife Margaret Crann who died at
Powbank
Prestwick 2nd Sept 1894 aged 70 years; also his daughter Mary
who died at
Toronto Canada 7th Sept 1874 aged 23 years; also his son Tom
who died at
Brazil Indiana U.S.A. 28 August 1896 aged.........years; also
his son John
who was laid to rest at Lionsoala Transval on the 14th Jan 1886
aged 41
years; also Margaret his daughter who died........................."
1881 Census :-
Powbank Ho, Kilmarnock Rd....
Margaret Knox, Head, Widow, 57, Laundress born Monkton [nee Crann]
John Knox, Son, Unmarried, 23, Mason,born Monkton
Janet Knox, Daur., Unmarried, 21, Under Laundress, born Monkton
William Knox, Son, Unmarried, 19, Message Carrier, born Monkton
James Knox, Son, Unmarried, 17, Serv Footman (unemployed) born
Monkton
Thomas Knox, Son, 15, Scholar, born Monkton
Jane Knox, Daur., 12, Scholar, born Monkton
II. John, born, 26th January
1819, married Bridgit caoline Cornwall craig at Stewarton on
the 9th June 1843
John Knox (1819 - 1876) was a mason and is buried in Troon. There
is a gravestone :-
"Erected by
John Knox in memory of his son David died 24 May 1846 aged 2
years
also his daughter Martha died 26th October 1870 aged 21 years
the above John Knox died 18th Nov 1876 aged 57 years
Also his wife Bridget Caroline Cornwall Craig died 21st June
1880
also his daughter Janet died at Troon 1st Dec 1903 aged 63 years."
children :-
"Janet, natural daughter of John Knox shipcarpenter, Troon
and Bridget Craig born 29th December 1840" extract from
Dundonald O.P.R.. Martha Knox, born on the 27th of April 1849
in Irvine and David, born about 1844.
Janet Knox married Samuel Nisbet 25 March 1864 at Dundonald and
she died 1st December, 1903 and is buried in Troon Cemetery (see
above). The 1881 census has her living alone in Buchanan Cottage
Hospital St North Beach as a widow aged 40, occupation laundress.
The 1851 census for Dundonald shows :- (12 Portland Lane,
Troon)
Knox John Head Mason M 32 M Dundonald
Knox Bridget Wife F 32 M Muirkirk Knox Janet Daughter Scholar
F 10 U Dundonald
Knox Martha Daughter F 2 U Dundonald
III. David, born 26th January
1821 married Charlotte Guthrie 5 Aug 1844, and died 23 May 1894.
Presumably named after his father. David was a publican, and
in 1878 was in the Crown Inn, Monkton.
children :-
1. Thomas Knox born 28 Mar 1856 St. Quivox & Newton.
(was he living Smithy Row, Monkton & Prestwick 1881 as a
24 year old joiner with a wife Jeannie and son David aged 1
(born Patna)?
2. Christina Knox born 28 Mar 1856 St. Quivox & Newton.
3 Rebecca Knox born in 1847 and died on the 1st June 1924.
4 George Knox ? (born in 1851 see Kilmarnock Cemetery, below).
He married Jessie Tennant Wilkinson at Ayr on the 30th of December
1874. (see 1881 and 1891 Census for George Knox [below].
David Knox the publican lived in Govan at one time (his daughter
Rebecca married a William Howie there in 1869, info. from Walter
Clearie.) He was a ferryman when he lived in Govan.
Headstone :-
Erected by Rebecca Knox in memory of her husband William Howie
who died at Troon 12 May 1914 aged 74 years
The above Rebecca Knox Died 1st June 1924 aged 77 years
John Brough, Husband of Charlotte Howie, Died 10th Feb 1938 aged
62
The above Charlotte Howie Died 27 August 1964 aged 85
From Troon Cemetery? or Monkton Cemetery?
The 1851 census for Dundonald shows :- (292 Brassie, Troon)
Knox David Head Engine Man M 28 M Troon
Knox Charlotte Wife F 31 M Ayr
Knox Rebecca Daughter F 4 U Troon
Knox David Son M 2 U Troon
Knox Robert Son M 1 U Troon
The 1881 census for Dundonald shows :- Black Temple Hill
David KNOX Head Retired Publican M 60 M Troon
Charlotte KNOX Wife F 62 M Ayr
Robert HOWIE Grandson Scholar M 10 U Troon
William HOWIE Grandson M 4 U Troon
The 1891 census for Kilmarnock shows :- (132 Fultons Lane)
Knox David Head Labourer M 70 M Troon Knox Charlotte Wife
F 72 M Ayr
Knox Robert Son Blacksmith M 40 M Troon
Knox Christina Dau. in Law Blacksmith's Wife F 43 M Lanark
Also 1881 Census for his son George Knox :- 18 Park Street,
Kilmarnock,
George Knox, Head, Married, 29, Blacksmith at works, born Troon
Jessie Knox, Wife, Married, 27, born Ayr
Jessie Knox, Daur, 5, born Ayr St Quivox
George Knox, Son, 3, born Kilmarnock
Also 1891 Census for his son George Knox :- 9 Waterside, Kilmarnock
Knox George Head Blacksmith M 39 M Troon
Knox Jessie Wife F 32 M Ayr
Knox Jessie P. Daughter Scholar F 15 U Ayr
Knox George G. Son Steam Hammer Boy M 13 U Kilmarnock
Knox James W. Son Scholar M 9 U Kilmarnock
Knox Robert C. Son Scholar M 8 U Kilmarnock
Knox Martha M. Daughter Scholar F 5 U Kilmarnock
Knox Jane V. Daughter F 3 U Kilmarnock
Also 1881 Census for his son Robert Knox :- No. 7 Kadichor,
Kilmarnock, Robert KNOX Head Ship Blacksmith RW M 31 M Troon
Christina KNOX Wife F 33 M Linlithgow George KNOX Son Scholar
M M Kilmarnock
Buried at Kilmarnock Cemetery :-
Jane Victoria Knox age 8 1895
Charlotte Guthrie Knox infant 1895
James Wilkinson Knox age 16 in 1897
John Boyd Knox age 9.5 (date not readable)
George Knox, husband of Jessie Tennant Wilkinson, age 81 in 1932
Jessie Knox age 88 died 1940
IV. Thomas Knox, born about
1823, birth/baptism not traced, married Elizabeth Alexander and
died in Glasgow on 17 August 1895 aged 72. He was a ship's carpenter.
1881 Census :-
3 Orchard Street, East Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland
Thomas Knox, Head, Married, 58, Shipwright, born Troon
Elizabeth A. Knox, Wife, Married, 58, born Port Glasgow
John Knox, Son, Unmarried, 22, Apprentice Coppersmith, born Greenock
Janet Hunter Knox, Daur., Unmarried, 19, born Greenock
William A. Knox, Son, 15, Apprentice ship wright, born Greenock
Susannah E. Knox, Grand-Daur, 3, born Greenock
Davidina Knox, Grand-daur, 1, born Greenock
Camelia Alexander, Aunt, Unmarried, 74, retired French Polisher,
born Port Glasgow.
V. Jean or Jane Knox born about
1825 in Troon, no birth or baptism traced, married Robert Gibson,
a ship-wright, on 31 Dec 1846 (Dundonald?).
She died 6 Jan 1864 at 31 Albert Street, Govan.
Therefore Jean Knox would have lost both her mother and father
by the time she was about one year old. It appears that she was
brought up by the Hunter family, her grandparents and her aunts:-
Ann Hunter married to Charles Andrew,
Margaret Hunter married to David Cleary, and
Jean Hunter married to Thomas Stevenson.
(Incidently, Thomas Stevenson killed Charles Andrew on 16 July
1844 in Troon, and was put on trial for culpable homicide. See
page 26 of "Memories of Old Troon" by Ian M. Mackintosh,
n.d.). In the 1841 census Jean Knox is with her grandparents
in Wyllies Land, Portland Street, Troon, described as a female
servant aged 15. (Book 4, parish 590).
Her brother David was in St. Midans (Meddans), aged 15, labourer,
living with Charles and Ann Andrew.
