Volume 2

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he had Uchter his Eldest Son an heir And Mr. Andrew Knox
who being a younger Brother was bred to the Church. He
was first Minister at Lochunnock then at Paisley After that
he was promoted to the Bishoprick of the Isles and from thence
he was translated to the Bishoprick of Rapho in Ireland where
he dyed very Aged on the 17 March 1632.¹ But so far as
I know his Male Posterity are Extinct. Tho' of his Daughters
many Honourable persons in Scotland are descended. He was
a wonderfull good Sort of Man and of great Moderation Piety
& Temper. But he having no direct Connection with the
Knoxes of Dungannon and his Male Issue worn out I need Say
no more of him Here.

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Uchter Knox the next in Succession of the House of Ran-
furlie was married to Margaret Maxwell daughter of George
Maxwell of New wark then a great and flourishing family in
Renfrew-Shyre.² Her mother was a Daughter of the House
of Craigends Cuninghame, by her he had Issue a Son his heir
Uchter. This Lady being a Widow Married a Second time a
near relation of her first Husbands William Knox of Silvieland
the Direct and Immediate Ancestor of the Knoxes of Dun-
gannan who are his heirs Male both of the Knoxes of Ranfurlie
and Silvieland.³ And Wears at least has Right to Wear
by Blood and Descent The Principall Armorial Bearing of the
Family.

Uchter Knox the next Successor of the Line of the Lairds of
Ranfurlie Married Elizabeth daughter to John Blair of That
Ilk in the County of Air And had a Son Uchter his fathers
heir and Isobell a Daughter who was Married to Robert Muir
of Caldwall one of the most Antient Barons in the County of
Renfrew. Uchter Knox of Ranfurly Married Joan Daughter
of Sir William Mure of Rowallan in Air Shyre. But having
no Issue Male only a daughter or two he Disposed of his

¹  Sir James Wares Account of the Succession of the Bishops in the Severall
Sees in Ireland. I have Composed a life of him my Self Among the Bishops of
the Isles.

²  I have Seen and perused Vouchers for this Alliance with the house of New
wark.

³ And for this Second Marriage Also.