GRANT, David in Lethendry, Cromdale ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for David was GRANT, David of Lethendrie in Cromdale.⁶

  General Notes:

This family are "descended, according to family tradition, from younger branch of the Grants of Ballindalloch." ⁶

  Research Notes:

LETHENDRY

"Administrative Areas

Parish Cromdale, Inverallan And Advie
Former Region Highland
Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
Former County Morayshire


Archaeology Notes

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(NJ 0840 2740) Castle Lethendy (NR) (Ruins)
OS 6" map, (1938)
Lethendry Castle was occupied by the Jacobites at the time of the Battle of Cromdale, in 1690.
R Douglas 1936.
Known locally as Lethendry Castle, it is a small L-shaped tower probably 16th century, incorporated in the farm buildings of Wester Lethendry. It comprises a basement and at least two storeys, and is constructed of rubble masonry bonded with lime mortar and small stone pinnings."

from Canmore

Sometimes this place is referred to as Lethendy.

It should not be confused with the place called Lethendy in Forfarshire/Perthshire:
"Lethendy, a parish in Stormont district, Perthshire, whose church stands 4½ miles SW of the post-town and station, Blairgowrie. Since 1806 united ecclesiastically to kinloch, it is bounded E by Kinloch and Blairgowrie, and on all other sides by Caputh and detached sections of Clunie."

from Vision of Britain ^{7 8}

David married Margaret GRANT, daughter of Robert GRANT of Wester Lethendry and Anne GRANT, in 1749.¹ (Margaret GRANT was born on 4 November 1717 ⁵ and was baptised on 13 November 1717 in Cromdale and Inverallan parish, Moray, Scotland ⁵.)

  Marriage Notes:

"I have found a large Monument for Robert Grant of Kincorth (the estate he purchased upon his return from Canada), in the Cromdale church yard; which names his parents, David and Margaret Grant of Lethendry, his wife Ann Grant, daughter of the Rev. Lewis Grant of Cromdale (who wrote the account for Cromdale Parrish in the 1st Statistical account of Scotland (1799), and his twin sons, Robert and Lewis Grant. The monument states that Robert Grant was one of the Founding members of the Northwest Fur Company; so there can be little doubt that this is a collateral line of mine."
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