GRANT, Archibald of Moneymusk, 3rd Baronet, Sir 1 2
- Born: 17 February 1731 1
- Marriage (1): CALLANDER, Mary (11 May 1755 banns) 27 May 1755 in Monymusk parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2
- Marriage (2): MACLEOD, Jessie on 8 August 1794 1
- Died: 30 September 1796 1
- Buried: 1796, Monymusk Church, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1
Another name for Archibald was G|RANT, Archbald.3
User ID: A756.
Research Notes:
Archibald married Mary CALLANDER, daughter of Dr James CALLANDER of Jamaica and Elizabeth CLARK, (11 May 1755 banns) 27 May 1755 in Monymusk parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 (Mary CALLANDER was born about 1735 and died on 15 February 1787 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1.)
Marriage Notes:
"GRANT
ARCHIBALD
M. /CALANDER
11/05/1755
224/ 20 243
Monymusk"
from Index of Marriages
"Sir Archibald Grant, third Baronet of Monymusk
Born 17th February 1731 ; entered the service of the East India Company, and in the year 1748, having raised a company of a hundred men, he went with them to St. David's. He was then known as Captain Archibald Grant. On 3d July 1782 he received a Crown charter of resignation of the lands and baronies of Monymusk, and in the following year, on the resignation of Alexander, Duke of Gordon, he acquired the lands of Coullie. On 27th May 1755, at Monymusk, he married Mary, only child of the deceased Dr. James Callander of Jamaica, and daughter to the then Lady Grant. By this lady, who died at Edinburgh on 15th February 1787, he had issue."
from Chiefs of Grant (vol 1) 1 2
Archibald next married Jessie MACLEOD on 8 August 1794.1 (Jessie MACLEOD was born about 1750.)
Marriage Notes:
"Sir Archibald Grant, third Baronet of Monymusk .... married, secondly, on 8th August 1794, Jessie, daughter of Macleod of Coldbecks, by whom he had no issue. Sir Archibald died 30th September 1796, and was buried in the church of Monymusk. He was succeeded by his eldest son."
from Chiefs of Grant (vol 1) 1
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