Naomi (Knox) McGill (abt. 1757 - abt. 1830)

Born about 1757 in Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1830 at about age 73 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Naomi was born about 1757. She passed away about 1830.

Notes - DNA

Thomas McGill and Naomi Knox would be my 5th great grandparents.

Her name is also shown as Sarah or Margaret, possibly a middle name. There is already another Sarah Knox who married James Barkley from this family. I believe that despite the lack of primary sources and documentation Naomi Knox is from the family of Capt. William Knox and Margaret Allen. I believe this for several reasons. Knox families were very large with 10 children or more, and not all children were accounted for in records, especially the females. Thomas McGill was from Lincoln, North Carolina, very close to Rowan, North Carolina. Thomas' wife would be a Knox because they chose 'Knox' as their son's middle name, John Knox McGill, husband of Elizabeth McGuire, a naming convention taking the mother's maiden name, in use at that time. Most importantly, I have a DNA match through Ancestry DNA with a cousin from the Jean Knox - John Barclay(Barkley) family line which is a well sourced and documented line descending directly from Capt. William Knox and Margaret Allen. I can find no other names I have in common on this cousin's tree other than William Knox and Margaret Allen. I share 12 cM across 2 DNA segments. Confidence: Moderate.

Note: This is simply a Confident level and not DNA Confirmation level which would require triangulation.

UPDATE: I also have a new DNA match for Joseph Knox and his wife, Magdalen Allison. He is the son of John Knox and Jean Sinclair Gracy. I share 7.3 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment Confidence: Moderate.

UPDATE: This is the third time I have a cousin match to William Knox and Margaret Allen with a 12.3 cM on 1 Segment with my LivingDNA Genesis using GEDmatch.

- James Stratman

Sources

• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Chowan, North Carolina; Page: 105; NARA Roll: M33_81; Image: 69.

See Also:

• Genealogy.com McGill - Knox

• The Knox family; a genealogical and biographical sketch of the descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and other Knoxes by Goodman, Hattie S., 1847-1927] (Naomi Knox is not mentioned in this book but it does give a background on the Knox family from Rowan, North Carolina. Under William Knox the chapter does state that he had three daughters but names unknown. One of those daughters is most likely Naomi Knox)