Lennoch Lennochs Lennox genealogy

16 August 2006

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Dr G.M.W.Mann.      Baytrees

Burnhams Rd,    Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K.           KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

6 John LENNOX c1710-1779?

 

 

1m Elizabeth MORIS 1729  2m Catherine CLOW 1739

 

 

 

 

 

John may have been born in Dunblane, but all the known events of his life were recorded in the parish of Trinity Gask between Dunblane (12miles west) and Perth (9m east). 

 

At Trinity Gask he married twice and baptised four daughters.  At this time he worked at two nearby farms, Kirkhill and Lawhill.  The latter is in sight of the Trinity Gask churchyard where he was buried along with his two wives and two of his daughters, probably in 1779

 

 

EVENTS

                                                              C=Christened

 

           age

   DATE   JL CC

 

EVENT

???? 1706     

24Aug1729 23  

30Dec1729 23  

18Sep1730 24  

29Apr1733 27  

 2Mar1739 33  

25Nov1745 39  

 3Apr1749 43  

 4Nov1770 64  

28Nov1779 73  

     1807     

John born in Dunblane?

?natural son David C at Trinity Gask dau of Margaret_ALLEN

John LENOCH & Elizabeth MORIS m at Trinity Gask

dau Janet C at Trinity Gask; John at Kirkhill

dau Margret C at Trinity Gask; John at Kirkhill

John LENOCH & Catherine CLOW m at Trinity Gask

dau Jean C at Trinity Gask; John at Lawhill

dau Mary C at Trinity Gask; John at Lawhill

dau Mary m James JUSTICE a blacksmith at Tibbermore

John buried in Trinity Gask churchyard

tombstone erected at Trinity Gask

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened       B=Buried

 

BIRTH

 

John's 1st m was in 1729, so he was born before 1710 and probably after 1690. There are no LENOX in the Trinity Gask registers before 1729 but there are 6 possible baptisms in the Perth OPR:

 

C 10Aug1678 s Walter LENNOCH                 Kilmadock

C 20Mch1692 s Walter LENNOX  & Catharin_BURN Logie

C 29Dec1695 s Gilbert LENNOX                 Dunblane

C 15May1698 s John LENNOX                    Dunblane

C  6Oct1706 s Jon. LENNOX                    Dunblane

C 18Jne1710 s John LENNOX                    Dron

 

If John died in 1779 (see below) then the most likely baptisms are the three at Dunblane.  LENOX is a very common name at Dunblane, and a close link with Trinity Gask is suggested by the occurrence of uncommon names Gilbert, Beatrice and Walter in these two parishes but hardly anywhere else.

 

John's mother's name should be Margaret or possibly Janet; however sorting out the above baptisms may be impossible because of the absence of the mother's name, particularly at Dunblane where there are no less than 27 C to a father named John LENNOX between 1693 and 1720 including the two above (at least 2 or 3 different John's?).  However, there are only 2 suitable John m in the OPR:

 

Dunblane  m 29Mar1684 John LENOCH & Jonet_BRYCE

Dunning   m  5Feb1703 John LENNOX & Margaret_GOTHRIE

 

the m at Dunning looks interesting as it is just 5 miles across the valley from Trinity Gask, and has the correct bride's name; in the Perth OPR (on CD) there are C to John after 1703 only at Dunblane and Dron.  Dron is nearer, but the C series there starts too soon in 1699.  C to John at Dunblane 1703-1724 are:

 

C~~2Sep1705 Helen LENNOX            d John LENNOX

C~~6Oct1706 Jon. LENNOX             s Jon. LENNOX

C~~7Oct1707 Margt. LENNOX           d John LENNOX

C~21Mar1708 Gilbert LENNOX          s Jon. LENNOX

C~14Jne1710 Isabell LENNOX          d Jon. LENNOX

C~14Jne1710 Thomas LENNOX           s Jon. LENNOX

C~13Nov1711 Isabell LENNOX          d Jon. LENNOX

B~15Jul1711 Matthew LENNOX          s Jon. LENNOX

C~13May1711 Euphan LENNOX           d Jon. LENNOX

C~24Aug1712 Margaret LENNOX         d Jon. LENNOX

C~~5Sep1714 Janet LENNOX            d John LENNOX

C~~5Jan1715 John LENNOX             s John LENNOX

C~18Sep1715 Coline LENNOX           s John LENNOX

C~~4Oct1717 Margaret LENNOX         d Jo. LENNOX

C~10Mar1717 Ann LENNOX              d Jo. LENNOX

C~~9Oct1718 Janet LENNOX            d John LENNOX

C~18Oct1719 John LENNOX             s John LENNOX

C~~3Feb1720 Thomas LENNOX           s John LENNOX

C~10Jne1724 William LENNOX          s John LENNOX

C~19Apl1724 Walter LENNOX           s John LENNOX

 

Since John is so common at Dunblane, it may be helpful that there were 6 Lenox families m and baptising at Trinity Gask at the same time as John with less common names:

 

                                                                 1st son  2nd son    1st da    2nd da

m 30Dec1729 John LENOCH & Elizabeth_MORIS                                            Janet      Margaret

m 19Jul1734 Walter LENOCH & Elizabeth_MCEUING           both otp Gilbert? Alexander? Elizabeth? Margaret?

m 10Feb1738 Alexander LENOCH & Margret_SHARP            both otp John     ---        Jean       Janet

m 17Aug1740 Matthew LENOCH otp & Janet_LITTLEJOHN of Ochterarder John     ---        ---        ---

m 26Nov1742 Gilbard LENOCH & Margret_CRAWFOORD          both otp John?    David?     Jean       Janet

m 26Dec1746 David LENOCH & Helen_MURRAY                 both otp James    Matthew    Ann        ---

 

                              (?  against 1st son etc is because of gaps in the record, which may mean earlier baptisms unrecorded)

 

Walter and Alexander were at Lawhill farm at the same time as John, and the repetition of names in their children makes it is probable that they, and possibly all at Trinity Gask, were John's brothers;.   No suitable Alexander baptism was found in the OPR index but there are 2 possible Gilbert’s, 3 Walter’s and 4 possible Matthew’s

 

Dunblane    C 21Mch1708 Gilbert LENNOX          s Jon. LENNOX

Dunblane    C 28Fby1714 Gilbert LENNOX          s Gilbert LENNOX

 

Dunblane    C  1Jan1693 Walter LENNOX           s John LENNOX

Dunblane    C 30Jan1706 Walter LENNOX           s Walter LENNOX

Callander   C 20Jan1712 Walter LENNOX           s Gilbert LENNOX & Betrice_MCVURICH

 

Dunblane    C  3Dzc1696 Matthew LENNOX          s John LENNOX

Dunbarney   C  3Jan1697 Mathew LENOX            s John LENOX

Dunblane    C 13Mch1698 Matthew LENNOX          s Walter LENNOX

Dunblane    C 20Oxt1702 Mattheu LENOX           s John LENOX

 

Callander is about 10 miles west of Dunblane.  One of the 2 Gilberts m Isobel MOIR and baptised children from 1741 to 1761 at Dunblane and Kilmadock (between Dunblane and Callander), including Beatrice and Gilbert.  On balance, I believe this to be the son of Gilbert & Beatrice, leaving the son of John to be the one at Trinity Gask.

 

Speculatively therefore, John may come from the following family:

 

Dunblane C  1Jan1693 Walter LENNOX           s John LENNOX

Dunblane C  6Oct1706 Jon. LENNOX             s Jon. LENNOX

Dunblane C 21Mch1708 Gilbert LENNOX          s Jon. LENNOX

Dunblane C 15Jul1711 Matthew LENNOX          s Jon. LENNOX

 

there is a long gap between Walter & John, and Walter is before the Dunning marriage.  However, neither Gilbert nor Matthew named their 1st or 2nd da Margaret.  Further examination of Dunblane and Dunning records may help; also much information came from the OPR on CD which needs to be checked against the OPR index on fiche as I have found the CD version omits some records.

 

At present however it is a working assumption that John was the son of John & Margaret and had brothers Gilbert and Matthew all C at Dunblane.  Wills may provide a way forward.  The Dunblane Commissariat has

 

Gilbert LENNOX 1May1740  and  7Feb1741

Anna d Walter LENNOX 22Jan1747

James in Kinkell, Trinity Gask, 7Apr1737

 

MARRIAGE

 

The baptism of Mary-5 to John and Catherine is preceded by the following m in the Trinity Gask register:

 

m 2Mar1739 John LENOCH & Catherine CLOW both otp

 

However, the tombstone of John and Catherine also records the burial of Elisabeth MORIS, and there is an earlier m of John to Elizabeth:

 

m 30Dec1729 John LENOCH & Elizabeth MORIS

 

It seems almost certain that this is a first m of John as it is unlikely Elisabeth would share the same burial plot if she were not a first wife.  It is conceivable that John married 3 times, as there is another m after Elizabeth and before Catharine, but there is no evidence that this is the same John:

 

m 20Dec1733 John LENOCH & Margret_FENTON  both otp

 

DESCENDANTS

from the Trinity Gask session book and register:

 

    May1729 John LENNOCH accused of fornication with Margaret_ALLEN

C 24Aug1729 David natural s John LENOCH  & Margaret_ALLEN

 

this is the first LENOX entry in the register, but it is not known whether this is the same John as the following, though it seems likely

 

C 18Sep1730 Janet   d John LENNOCH & Elizabeth_MORIS  in Kirkhill

C 29Apr1733 Margret d John LENNOCH & Elizabeth_MORIS  in Kirkhill

 

C 25Nov1745 Jean    d John LENOCH  & Catherine_CLOW   in Lawhill

C  3Apr1749 Mary    d John LENNOCH & Cathrine_CLOW    in Lawhill

 

DEATH

from the Trinity Gask session book, register of mortcloth dues:

 

d 28Nov1779 John LENNOX

d  9Nov1783 Margaret LENNOCH

 

a tombstone in the graveyard has the following inscription:

 

                                     1807

                           THIS IS THE BOURING PLACE

                           OF  JOHN LENOX  ELISABETH

                           MORIS AND  KATHARINE CLOW

                           AND TWO OF THERE CHILDREN

 

It might be assumed that John died in 1807, but since he was first married in 1730, he would have been at least 97 in 1807.  The tombstone however does not specifically state that John died in 1807, and this may be the date when the stone was erected, (perhaps when Katharine died, though she would have been at least 87).  There is an earlier burial of John in 1779, which seems a more likely date of death aged about 70

 

 

 

 

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