Knox (Prehen)
In the 1870s George Knox was the owner of over 3600 acres in County Donegal as well as over 800 acres in County Derry. At the time of Griffith’s Valuation, his Donegal property included townlands in the parish of Drumhome in the barony of Tirhugh. Burke traces the descent of this family from Reverend Andrew Knox, Bishop of Raphoe in 1620. Te Prehen property was acquired through the marriage, in 1738, of Andrew Knox of Rathmullan, MP for Donegal, who married Honoria Tomkins, heiress of Andrew Tomkins of Prehen.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prehen | Prehen | Clondermot | Londonderry | Glendermot | Tirkeeran | Derry |
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Archival sources
- Copy of 2 typescript pages of genealogical notes on the Scheffler-Knox family of Prehen, Co. Londonderry. T2451/4.; Public Record Office, Northern Ireland
- Pakenham-Mahon additional papers: Letters of Jane Knox (née Mahon) and other members of the family of Knox of Prehen, Co. Derry, 1767-1768. Ms.10,111-10,112. ; National Library of Ireland
Contemporary printed sources
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : p.255
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.227.
Modern printed sources
- ''Donegal Annual'': Ballyshannon gentry families. 71 (2019), pp.48-52.