The Knox Family from Belleek Co Fermanagh 1790-1935

	The Knox Family of Belleek Co Fermanagh 1790-1935	Ulster Flag

James Knox was born Abt. 1730 in Scotland. He married Mary Anderson. He moved to Ireland as a boy - lived first in Belfast. Later he became a farmer at Belleek the property was named "The Thrushes Nest"
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Belleek village

Knox grave Teetunny

There were 5 known children:-

1. James b abt 1770 2. Matthew b 17** 3. John b 17** 4. a daughter

1 James farmed at Druminillar Belleek and married Ms Freeborn

They had 5 children - a) William1800-90 b) Frances c) Matthew d) Jane e) Robert.

a) William 1800-90 became Postmaster & Petty Sessions Clerk & agent for Lough Erne Steam Boat Co - he is buried in Teetunny or Tightunny graveyard Belleek. He married Isabella Knox in 1831 in Belleek - they had 11 children including

James, born 1832 who married Elizabeth Earls, a teacher born 30/11/1837 and they went to Australia where he became a JP in Victoria. They had 2 known sons - one was Robert Stephen who married Lucy Cogle. Their daughter Dorothy Elizabeth married Thomas Jeffrey and their son John Raymond "Ray" Jeffrey married Betty Watts.

Mary Anne who married Samuel Donaldson, from Stranorlar in 1861

Edward. b 1849 d 1935 married Mary Elizabeth Lyons, sister of my great grandmother, in 1858
He was the Postmaster in Belleek. Their daughter Jane 1878-1969 married Christopher Ross Police Clerk in 1919.He died in 1962

Will of Edward Knox - probate to son - in - law Christopher Ross. Effects Ł3539. 2s. 10d.

Elizabeth b 1835 and Sara Jane b 1842 Robert b 1844 who died fairly young and David b 1850 who died 1917 and Frances b 1847 d 1932. Ulster Covenant Signatures 1912

John b 1837, William b 1838 & Henry Matthew b 1845 - all in Australia - William married Emily Elizabeth Fuller in Donegal first His great grandson Robert was killed in the 1st World War

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b) Frances & c) Matthew - nothing known

d ) Jane and e) brother Robert went to Canada in 1834

Jane married Mr Green of Newberg, New York - they had 3 daughters:-

Louisa, Emma Knox & Adele Green.

Robert settled at Collingwood Ontario, Canada and married Isabella Rogerson - owned a Cooper's shop - had a daughter Isabella Jane

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Both 2 Matthew & 3 John farmed at Cloghore. (John's daughter married a John Donaldson who in turn went to Australia)
4 The daughter married Frank Elliott, another Cloghore farmer.

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