COOTE, Elizabeth 'of Jamaica' ²

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Elizabeth 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:

"Grant, Sir Alexander, 5th Bt. (1772), of Dalvey, Elgin

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 website above notes Alexander Grant's wives in reverse order from that of the source below. 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.




"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, 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

Note:

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 5}