GRANT?, Margaret 1
- Born: About 1705
- Marriage (1): GRANT, Alexander West Indies Merchant, MP for Inverness, 5th (3rd) Baronet of Dalvey, Sir 1 2
Another name for Margaret was GRANT, Peggy.
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Margaret married Sir Alexander GRANT West Indies Merchant, MP for Inverness, 5th (3rd) Baronet of Dalvey, son of Sir Patrick GRANT of Inverlaidnan, 4th (2nd) Baronet of Dalvey and Lydia MACINTOSH.1 2 (Sir Alexander GRANT West Indies Merchant, MP for Inverness, 5th (3rd) Baronet of Dalvey was baptised on 6 July 1705 in Cromdale and Inverallan parish, Inverness-shire, Scotland 3 and died on 1 August 1772 in Great George Street, Westminster, London, England 1 2 4.)
Marriage Notes:
"Family and Education
1st s. of Sir Patrick Grant, 4th Bt., by Lydia, da. of William Mackintosh of Borlum. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Coote of Jamaica, s.p.; (2) 1764, Margaret, da. of Alexander Grant of Auchterblair, s.p. suc. fa. 10 Apr. 1755."
from History of Parliament
Note:
The 1772 will of Sir Alexander Grant named his wife Elizabeth as primary beneficiary, executrix and trustee. One website, https://www.spanglefish.com/scotsawafraestrathspeyandaround, dates the marriage of Alexander and Elizabeth to 1737 but gives no source for this.
If Alexander did marry Margaret Grant of Auchterblair then, from the above information, she was more likely to have been a first than a second wife. Some secondary sources name only Elizabeth as his wife. Those who name both make Margaret a second wife.
"Sir Alexander Grant of Dalvey, third Baronet,
Who was a merchant in London. In 1749 he purchased several lands from the Laird of Grant, and also the estate of Grangehill, near Forres, in the parish of Dyke and Moy, of which he obtained a Crown charter, 26th July 1749, and named them Dalvey. He obtained, on 24th February 1755, a charter of sale of the lands of Newton Park, etc., in Nairnshire. He obtained a royal warrant for supporters for his armorial bearings on 8th July 1761, and registered the amis and supporters on 15th April 1762. He died at London on 1st August 1772, and was survived by his widow, ------ Cooke [sic], who died, also at London, on 29th July 1792, in her 75th year. He left no issue, and was succeeded by his brother."
from Chiefs of Grant
Notes:
By 'no issue' is probably meant here 'no male issue'.
Elizabeth's surname appears to have been Coote or Cootes, not Cooke. She was the daughter of Robert Coote, a St Catherine planter. 1 2 4
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