Author: Knox, Patrick
Biography:
KNOX, Patrick (1804-54: ancestry.co.uk)
He was baptised on 27 Mar. 1804 at Methlick, Aberdeenshire, the son of Robert Knox, a crofter, and his wife Anna Simson; they had married at Methlick on 12 Mar. 1793. Knox married Sarah Garden (b 1807), daughter of Peter and Julia Garden, in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, on 26 Dec. 1826. They had one child, Ann Elspet, who was baptised on 19 Oct. 1827 at St. Nicholas, Aberdeen. The family is listed in the 1841 Census as living at 24 Gilbert Street, Inverness. From 1846 to 1852 Knox worked as a travelling agent for Blackie and Son, the publishers, and was based in Dundee. The 1851 Census shows him living with his daughter at 9 Crichton Street. Sarah had probably died by then but no record has been located. Knox died in Edinburgh on 13 Mar. 1854 of "internal" causes and was buried on 14 Mar.; the cemetery register gives his home address at the time of death as 33 White Field Place. Ann, the daughter, never married and in later life (1891) was admitted to the Old Machar poorhouse. Knox's book is dedicated to Alexander Crombie of Phesdo, and was republished, with alterations, in 1846 as The Twa’ Hares and Other Poems. (ancestry.co.uk 26 Sept 2019, 5 Dec. 2025; findmypast.co.uk 5 Dec. 2025; BBA; SBTI) SR