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Lieut William Knox

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Lieut William Knox

Birth
Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Death
30 Apr 1787 (aged 54–55)
Burial
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.7650753, Longitude: -72.6747908
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He married Jennet Morrison, daughter of Dr. Normand Morison & Anna (Allwood) Smith, on March 28, 1762 in Hartford, Conn. She married second, John Calder.
Their children:
1. Jennett m. Jonathan Atwater
2. James bpt. March 6, 1763, m. Sally Bradley
3. William bpt. Sept. 16, 1764, m. Amelia Ledlie
4. Rosanna Montgomery bpt. Sept. &, 1766, m. James Pitkin
5. George bpt. Oct. 13, 1770
6. Infant d. Sept. 20, 1777 bur Center Church Graveyard
7. Norman d. Jan. 21, 1821 ae 48, m. Huldah Sage

"Capt. William Knox came from Strabane Co. Tyrone Ireland. Kept a tavern near the ferry and some of the English officers who were prisoners were lodged with him."
Families of Early Hartford, Conn., p. 360-361
He married Jennet Morrison, daughter of Dr. Normand Morison & Anna (Allwood) Smith, on March 28, 1762 in Hartford, Conn. She married second, John Calder.
Their children:
1. Jennett m. Jonathan Atwater
2. James bpt. March 6, 1763, m. Sally Bradley
3. William bpt. Sept. 16, 1764, m. Amelia Ledlie
4. Rosanna Montgomery bpt. Sept. &, 1766, m. James Pitkin
5. George bpt. Oct. 13, 1770
6. Infant d. Sept. 20, 1777 bur Center Church Graveyard
7. Norman d. Jan. 21, 1821 ae 48, m. Huldah Sage

"Capt. William Knox came from Strabane Co. Tyrone Ireland. Kept a tavern near the ferry and some of the English officers who were prisoners were lodged with him."
Families of Early Hartford, Conn., p. 360-361

Inscription

In Memory of
Lieu't. WILLIAM KNOX
who died 30th April
1787 in the 55th
year of his Age.
Born in Strabane
in the County of
Tyrone in Ireland.

Behold my Friend
As you Pass By
As You are Now
So once was I
As I am Now
You must be
Prepare for Death
& Follow Me



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