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GRANT, John in Uppertown of Easter Elchies
(About 1702-1788)
PROCTOR, Alexander in New Land, Rothes
(1702-)
DOW?, Daughter
(About 1720-)
GRANT, George in Overtown of Easter Elchies
(1740-1803)
PROCTOR, Isobel
(1751-)
GRANT, James In Auchairn
(1779-1876)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. CRAIGON, Margaret

GRANT, James In Auchairn 1 3 4 5

  • Baptised: 14 December 1779, Rothes parish, Moray, Scotland 3 5
  • Marriage (1): CRAIGON, Margaret on 1 August 1809 in Cairnie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 22 March 1876, Wester Auchairn, Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 4

   Cause of his death was debility of old age.4

   User ID: G659.

  General Notes:

"GRANT
JAMES
GEORGE GRANT/
M
14/12/1779
141 30 / 73
ROTHES AND DUNDURCAS"

from Births and Baptisms


Old Parish Registers
Rothes and Dundurcas parish Moray
Baptisms

"(top of page 1779 1780)
December 1.4.th
Grant
James lawful Son to George Grant in the Nethertown was Baptized Witnesses Mr. James Grant Miss Biny Grant and James Brandor all in the Nethertown and James Davidson Merchant in the Greens"

Note:

No mother's name was noted for James Grant in his baptism record. That he belongs in this family relies on the names of his parents in his 1876 death certificate, though even there his mother is named as Ann, not Isobel, Procter.




"GRANT
JAMES
90
PROCTER
M
1876
178 / 6
CAIRNIE"

from Deaths and Burials

In his death certificate of 1876 James Grant is recorded as 90 years old, and a "Farmer - retired Widower of Margaret Craigen". Both of his parents were then deceased. 3 4 5 6

  Medical Notes:

James had no immediate medical attendant at the time of his death.

The informant of his death was Alexr. Grant, his son, who was present where the death occurred. 4


James married Margaret CRAIGON on 1 August 1809 in Cairnie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.1 2 (Margaret CRAIGON was baptised on 12 April 1781 in Cairnie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 5 and died on 19 April 1858 in Auchairn, Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GRANT
JAMES
MARGARET CRAIGAN/
01/08/1809
178 20 / 197
CAIRNIE"

from Index of Marriages

Old Parish Registers
Cairnie parish Moray
Marriages

"30th July 1809
Grant and Craigan
James Grant in the Parish of Rothes & Margaret Craigan in this Parish having contracted bonds of Matrimony & consigned Pleadges were duly proclaimed & married August 1st 1809"
1 2

Sources


1 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Cairnie parish Aberdeenshire Marriages.

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, Rothes parish Moray Baptisms.

4 GRO Scotland, Cairnie parish Aberdeenshire Deaths.

5 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

6 GRO Scotland, Index of Deaths.

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