CHISHOLM, Margaret 1
Another name for Margaret was CHISSOLM, Margaret.2 3 User ID: G538. General Notes: "CHISSOLM Margaret married Alexander GRANT 4th of Sheuglie, Jacobite 1715 and 1745, son of James GRANT 3rd of Sheuglie and Hannah FRASER.1 (Alexander GRANT 4th of Sheuglie, Jacobite 1715 and 1745 was born about 1687 1 and died on 29 July 1746 in Tilbury, London, England 4.). The cause of his death was fever. Marriage Notes: "Alexander Grant of Sheuglie, who, on 12th March 1700, is designed eldest lawful son and representative of the deceased James Grant of Sheuglie. On 19th [ .... text unclear] he was served heir to his father. On 27th July 1713 he obtained a charter of adjudication of the lands of Inverchannish, in Inverness. He disponed Lochletter to Lewis Grant of Auchterblair in 1724. For taking part in the Rebellion of 1745, he, with his eldest son, was for a time imprisoned in Tilbury Fort, from which they petitioned the Duke of Newcastle. Alexander Grant died there, and was then about seventy years old. He was twice married, first, to Margaret, daughter of John Chisholm of Comar and Strathglass, by whom he had issue .... He was an accomplished musician on the violin and pipes, and composed many well-known airs." |
1 e-books, The Chiefs of Grant vol. 1 by William Fraser (1883).
2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.
3 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Kilmorack parish Inverness-shire Baptisms.
4 e-books, The Sheuglie Grants involved in the 1745 by Chris Grant.
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