Knox (Strokestown)
In 1760 George Knox of Prehen, county Derry married Jane, sister of Maurice Mahon Lord Hartland and this Knox family had landed interests in county Roscommon for at least two succeeding generations. A grandson George Knox of Clonfree married Caroline Hawkes of Briarfield in 1827 and their daughter married John Theobald Dillon of Mount Dillon.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloonfree | Cloonfree | Cloonfinlough | Strokestown | Annaghmore 106 | Roscommon | Roscommon |
OSI Ref: M913 801
OS Sheet: 29 Discovery map: 33 |
Archival sources
- Knox of Co Roscommon. Ms 3178; National Library of Ireland
Modern printed sources
- ''The Irish Genealogist'': DILLON, Gerald. Cnoc Diolun. A genealogical survey of the Dillon family in Ireland. II No.12 (July 1955), 363-367
- BURKE, Sir Bernard. ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the Landed Gentry of Ireland''. London: Harrison & Sons, 1904: 310-311