Reverend John Knox

Rev. John Knox the Scottish Protestant Reformer was a close friend of Clan Cunningham, the Lords Kilmaurs in Ayrshire, and conducted the first Protestant Reformed Communion Service under the great yew tree at the Finlaystone Estate, which was once the Seat of the Earls of Glencairn, the Chiefs of Clan Cunningham. John's mother-in-law, Agnes Cunningham, was the daughter of the 4th Cunningham Lord of Caprington, a grandson of William Cunningham the Earl of Carrick (a title which now belongs exclusively to the Prince of Wales). John and his Cunningham allies launch an all-out assault against the blasphemy of idols, particularly the statues and images of papal-created "saints" contaminating the churches in Scotland and thwarted the armies of Mary of Guise which came out against them. Mary was already outraged because John married her close kin, Margaret Stewart of Ochiltree, without the monarch's required consent. The Presbyterian denomination of Protestant Christianity was formed as a result of the teachings of John Knox and Swiss Reformer John Calvin.

www.greatsite.com › English Bible History His father was William Knox, who [family tradition says] fought at the Battle of Flodden [but survived], and his mother was an educated woman named Sinclair.

Two sons by first wife (Marjorie/Margery Bowes): Eleazar and Nathaniel. Both died in young adulthood without offspring.

Three daughters by second wife (Margaret Stewart of Ochiltree): Margaret, Martha (possibly twins), and Elizabeth.

No other known children.

(His older brother William is not well documented, and there may have been other brothers and sisters.)

Genealogical Accounts

1. Reverend Charles Rogers, LL.D., Memoirs of John Knox and of the Knox Family (Grampian Club, London, 1879), 184 pp.

Biographical Account Published by Wikipedia

John Knox (c. 1510 – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish clergyman and leader of the Protestant Reformation who is considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination. He was educated at the University of St Andrews and worked as a notary-priest. Influenced by early church reformers such as George Wishart, he joined the movement to reform the Scottish church. He was caught up in the ecclesiastical and political events that involved the murder of Cardinal Beaton in 1546 and the intervention of the regent of Scotland, Mary of Guise. He was taken prisoner by French forces the following year and exiled to England on his release in 1549.

While in exile, Knox was licensed to work in the Church of England, where he quickly rose in the ranks to serve King Edward VI of England as a royal chaplain. In this position, he exerted a reforming influence on the text of the Book of Common Prayer. In England he met and married his first wife, Marjorie. When Mary Tudor ascended the throne and re-established Roman Catholicism, Knox was forced to resign his position and leave the country.

Knox first moved to Geneva and then to Frankfurt. In Geneva, he met John Calvin, from whom he gained experience and knowledge of Reformed theology and Presbyterian polity. He created a new order of service, which was eventually adopted by the reformed church in Scotland. He left Geneva to head the English refugee church in Frankfurt but he was forced to leave over differences concerning the liturgy, thus ending his association with the Church of England.

On his return to Scotland, he led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Protestant nobility. The movement may be seen as a revolution, since it led to the ousting of Mary of Guise, who governed the country in the name of her young daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. Knox helped write the new confession of faith and the ecclesiastical order for the newly created reformed church, the Kirk. He continued to serve as the religious leader of the Protestants throughout Mary's reign. In several interviews with the queen, Knox admonished her for supporting Catholic practices. Eventually, when she was imprisoned for her alleged role in the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley, and James VI enthroned in her stead, he openly called for her execution. He continued to preach until his final days.

John Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 in or near Haddington, the county town of East Lothian. His father, William Knox, was a farmer. All that is known of his mother is that her maiden name was Sinclair and that she died when John Knox was a child.

On 26 March 1564 Knox stirred controversy again, when he married Margaret Stewart, the daughter of an old friend, Andrew Stewart, a member of the Stuart family and a distant relative of the queen, Mary Stuart. The marriage was unusual because he was a widower of fifty, while the bride was only seventeen.] Very few details are known of their domestic life. They had three daughters, Martha, Margaret, and Elizabeth.

Knox was survived by his five children and his second wife. Nathaniel and Eleazar, his two sons by his first wife, attended Cambridge University, and died at a young age without issue. His second wife, Margaret, remarried to Andrew Ker, one of those involved in the murder of David Rizzio. Knox's three daughters also married: Martha to Alexander Fairlie; Margaret to Zachary Pont, son of Robert Pont and brother of Timothy Pont; and Elizabeth to John Welsh, a minister of the Kirk.

links

• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/kk/knox01.php#reform (membership required to view without interruption)
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knoxweb/Gedcom/gp713.htm
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~knoxweb/Gedcom/gp714.htm
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d004...
• FamilySearch AFNs: PPDM-F8, TJP3-FR

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www.greatsite.com › English Bible History His father was William Knox, who [family tradition says] fought at the Battle of Flodden [but survived], and his mother was an educated woman named Sinclair.

Two sons by first wife (Marjorie/Margery Bowes): Eleazar and Nathaniel. Both died in young adulthood without offspring.

Three daughters by second wife (Margaret Stewart of Ochiltree): Margaret, Martha (possibly twins), and Elizabeth.

No other known children.

(His older brother William is not well documented, and there may have been other brothers and sisters.)

Genealogical Accounts Reverend Charles Rogers, LL.D., Memoirs of John Knox and of the Knox Family (Grampian Club, London, 1879), 184 pp. Biographical Account Published by Wikipedia

John Knox (c. 1510 – 24 November 1572) was a Scottish clergyman and leader of the Protestant Reformation who is considered the founder of the Presbyterian denomination. He was educated at the University of St Andrews and worked as a notary-priest. Influenced by early church reformers such as George Wishart, he joined the movement to reform the Scottish church. He was caught up in the ecclesiastical and political events that involved the murder of Cardinal Beaton in 1546 and the intervention of the regent of Scotland, Mary of Guise. He was taken prisoner by French forces the following year and exiled to England on his release in 1549.

While in exile, Knox was licensed to work in the Church of England, where he quickly rose in the ranks to serve King Edward VI of England as a royal chaplain. In this position, he exerted a reforming influence on the text of the Book of Common Prayer. In England he met and married his first wife, Marjorie. When Mary Tudor ascended the throne and re-established Roman Catholicism, Knox was forced to resign his position and leave the country.

Knox first moved to Geneva and then to Frankfurt. In Geneva, he met John Calvin, from whom he gained experience and knowledge of Reformed theology and Presbyterian polity. He created a new order of service, which was eventually adopted by the reformed church in Scotland. He left Geneva to head the English refugee church in Frankfurt but he was forced to leave over differences concerning the liturgy, thus ending his association with the Church of England.

On his return to Scotland, he led the Protestant Reformation in Scotland, in partnership with the Scottish Protestant nobility. The movement may be seen as a revolution, since it led to the ousting of Mary of Guise, who governed the country in the name of her young daughter, Mary, Queen of Scots. Knox helped write the new confession of faith and the ecclesiastical order for the newly created reformed church, the Kirk. He continued to serve as the religious leader of the Protestants throughout Mary's reign. In several interviews with the queen, Knox admonished her for supporting Catholic practices. Eventually, when she was imprisoned for her alleged role in the murder of her husband, Lord Darnley, and James VI enthroned in her stead, he openly called for her execution. He continued to preach until his final days.

John Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 in or near Haddington, the county town of East Lothian. His father, William Knox, was a farmer. All that is known of his mother is that her maiden name was Sinclair and that she died when John Knox was a child.

On 26 March 1564 Knox stirred controversy again, when he married Margaret Stewart, the daughter of an old friend, Andrew Stewart, a member of the Stuart family and a distant relative of the queen, Mary Stuart. The marriage was unusual because he was a widower of fifty, while the bride was only seventeen.] Very few details are known of their domestic life. They had three daughters, Martha, Margaret, and Elizabeth.

Knox was survived by his five children and his second wife. Nathaniel and Eleazar, his two sons by his first wife, attended Cambridge University, and died at a young age without issue. His second wife, Margaret, remarried to Andrew Ker, one of those involved in the murder of David Rizzio. Knox's three daughters also married: Martha to Alexander Fairlie; Margaret to Zachary Pont, son of Robert Pont and brother of Timothy Pont; and Elizabeth to John Welsh, a minister of the Kirk.

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