Bishop
Andrew
Knox
DD
Born about in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Uchtred Knox
Husband of
Elizabeth (Bingley) Knox
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 74
in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland
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Biography
Andrew Knox, Bishop Andrew Knox
Abt. 1559 Birth and Parentage
Andrew Knox DD was born in Scotland.
Andrew b. abt. 1559 Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
Some sources indicate a father of John Knox, other indicate a father of Uchtred Knox. This confusion seems to be an error in Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family Knox where in one paragraph Uchtred is cited as the father and the next paragraph John is cited as the father. Other sources indicate just Uchtred as the father.[1]
1579 University of Glasgow Graduate
Andrew was educated at the University of Glasgow, where he graduated M.A. in 1579.[2]
1581-1607 Scottish Minister
In 1581, Andrew was minister of the Gospel at Lochwinnoch Church in Renfrewshire, Scotland which belonged to the Abbey of Paisley. The church was dedicated to St. Gwinoch, built 1504 by Lord Sempill and rebuilt in 1806. Andrew translated to the Abbey Church at Paisley in abt. 1584. He was minister at Paisley from 1584 until 1607.[3]
1605-1607 Bishop of the Isles Scotland
On 12 Feb 1605, Andrew became Bishop of the Isles. After visiting his See, he wished to continue to be minister of Paisley and proposed the appointment of a colleague which was rejected by the Presbytery, the magistrates and inhabitants. He didn't quit this charge until 12 Nov 1607. (Metcalfe's History of Paisley, 212; Scottish Review, xx.; Hatfield MSS., vii., 246)[3]
1611-1619 Bishop of Raphoe Ireland
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On 26 Jun 1611, Andrew became Bishop of Raphoe in Ireland and remained in that position until 08 Jan 1619.[4]
He rebuilt a former monastery in Rathmullan, County Donegal, as his own private residence in Ulster. [5]
Marriages
- Andrew married his cousin Elizabeth Knox daughter of Sir William Knox and Heiress of Sylvieland.[6]
- Andrew married Elizabeth Bingley daughter of Sir Ralph Bingley, Knight of Rosguill, County Donegal.[7]
Death
Andrew d. 17 Mar 1633 Rapho, Donegal, Ireland
Children
Andrews children were:
- Right Reverend Thomas Knox D.D., Bishop of the Isles 1622, married Dec. 1625, Prudence Benson, dau. of Peter Benson, of Shragmore, co. Derry, and had issue. The heiress of his line, Katherine, dau. of Andrew Knox, of Rathmacnee, co. Wexford, m. 1735, John Grogan, of Johnstown, same co.
- James Knox Administrator to his father, 1633.
- George Knox
- Margaret Knox
- Mary Knox
- John (Rev.), of Ballygonnah, co. Donegal, married Jane Downham, daughter of George Downham, D.D., Bishop of Derry, and d. 31 March, 1643
- Claud (Rev.), Administrator to his father, 1638.
- Andrew Knox Andrew's mother is unclear; one report says Elizabeth Bingley d/o Sir Ralph Bingley, Knight of Rosguill, County Donegal[7] and another says Elizabeth Knox d/o Sir William Knox and Heiress of Sylvieland (Andrew's cousin).[2]Andrew married Rebecca Galbraith, daughter of Lieut.-Col Robert Galbraith, of Dowish, co. Londonderry.
Sources
- ↑ Sir John Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1 (London: Harrison, Pall Mall, 1871), p. 743, digital images, https://books.google.com/books?id=161CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA743 (https://books.google.com : accessed 30 September 2017).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rev. Charles Rogers, Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family Knox (London: Grampian Club, 1879), p. 11, digital images at https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalmemo00byuroge#page/11/mode/1up (http://www.archive.org : accessed 20 September 2016).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hew Scott 1791-1872; Donald Farquhar Macdonald, 1906- , Fasti ecclesiæ scoticanæ; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. III Synod of Glascow and Ayr, (Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd 1915- ) p. 152, 160-162 : accessed 27 Dec 2017 at https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiasco03scotuoft#page/n160/mode/1up
- ↑ Hew Scott 1791-1872; Fasti ecclesiæ scoticanæ; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation, Vol. IV Synods of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness Glenelg, Orkney and of Shetland The Church in England, Ireland and Overseas, (Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd 1928) p. 348 : accessed 27 Dec 2017 at https://archive.org/stream/fastiecclesiu07scotuoft#page/n364/mode/1up
- ↑ Ancestry Ireland: Scots in Ulster
- ↑ Rev. Charles Rogers, Genealogical Memoirs of John Knox and of the Family Knox (London: Grampian Club, 1879), p. 14, digital images, https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalmemo00byuroge#page/14/mode/1up (http://www.archive.org : accessed 27 Dec 2017 )
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Bernard Burke, Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, Burke's Irish Family Records, 5th Edition, Burke's Peerage, 1976, p. 675 : accessed 24 Dec 2017 on FamilySearch.org at[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE10138194
See also:
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 31, Knox, Andrew by Robert Dunlop, https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Knox,_Andrew_(DNB00)
- C. Rogers's Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Knox (Grampian Club), 1879; Collectanea de rebus Albanicis (Iona Club), 1830; Laing's Original Letters (Bannatyne Club), 1851; Book of the Thanes of Cawdor (Spalding Club), 1849; Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vols. v-ix.; Donald Gregory's Hist. of the Western Highlands; Collections upon the lives of the Reformers {Maitland Club), 1834; Calderwood's Hist, of the Kirk; Spotiswood's Hist. of the Church; George Crawford's Hist. of Renfrewshire; Bishop Keith's Cat. of Scottish Bishops; Cotton's Fasti Eccl. Hib.; Reid's Hist. of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; Russell and Prendergast's Cal. of State Papers, Ireland
- Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922. London, England: Oxf Note:
- DICTIONARY OF IRISH BIOGRAPHY:Knox, Andrew
Contributed by Ford, Alan: https://www.dib.ie/biography/knox-andrew-a4605
- Wikipedia - Andrew Knox]
- A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland by Sir Bernard Burke and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Publication date 1912
- Fasti ecclesiae Hibernicae: the succession of the prelates and members of the Cathedral bodies of Ireland by Henry Cotton, 1789-1879
- Vol 3. - The Province of Ulster, Pg 350
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I have seen Uchtred shown as 'Uchtred John Knox' in a few documents but I don't have access to those. I won't say this *is* his name and it would be foolish of me to say this is *the* Uchtred so-named as there are several Uchtreds. All I aim to do here is put this in as a possibility, nothing more.