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J. Proctor Knott
Marion County KyArchives Biography

Author: Scotch-Irish Society of America

KNOTT, J. PROCTOR, Lebanon, Ky. His paternal ancestors were of Danish origin and lived in Northumberland, England, whence his grandfather's grandfather, Rev.
Thomas Knott, emigrated at a very early day; his only son, Rev. Thomas Knott, emigrated at a very early day; his only son, Rev. Thomas Percy Knott, married Jane Hart, and his only son, Thomas Percy Knott, married Fanny Ray; on his mother's side is of pure Scotch-Irish extraction; his father, Joseph Percy Knott, married Maria Irvine McElroy; her grandfather's father, James McElroy, and her grandmother's father, Rev. John Irvine, both of whose ancestors were from Scotland, emigrated with their families from Ulster Province on the ship "George and Anne" in 1729 or 1730; her grandfather, Samuel McElroy (son of James), came over with his father, and on reaching man's estate married Mary Irvine (daughter of John) who had been his playmate on the passage over; her father, William E. McElroy (son of Samuel and Mary) married Keturah Cleland; Keturah Cleland's father, Philip Cleland, married a Richards, of Scotch-Irish extraction, and his father, Dr. Thomas Cleland, and his mother were Scotch Irish emigrants, who settled in Virginia in 1732.

Submitted by: Alice Warner
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Additional Comments:
Bio of then living member of Scotch-Irish Society of America, in the Membership list of The Scotch Irish Society of America, Proceedings and Addresses of the Third Congress, Louisville, KY, May 14-17, 1891. Copyright 1891.

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