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GRANT, James Minister of Laggan parish, Reverend Mr
(About 1750-1801)
MACVICAR, Anne
(1755-1838)
GRANT, John Peter WS
(1799-1870)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GRANT, Robina

GRANT, John Peter WS 2 3

  • Born: 1 June 1799 3
  • Marriage (1): GRANT, Robina on 22 October 1840 in Dyke parish, Moray, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 15 December 1870, 35 Melville Street, Edinburgh, Scotland 3 4

   Another name for John was GRANT, John P..1

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John married Robina GRANT, daughter of Robert GRANT 1st of Kincorth, founder of Northwest Fur Company and Anne GRANT, on 22 October 1840 in Dyke parish, Moray, Scotland.1 2 (Robina GRANT was baptised on 4 October 1798 in Dyke parish, Moray, Scotland.)


  Marriage Notes:

"GRANT
ROBINA ANNE
JOHN PETER/GRANT
22/10/1840
133
50 / 155
Dyke"

from Index of Marriages




"Robina (Grant), m. 1840 John P. Grant, Esq., son of the Rev. James Grant, of Laggan, co. Inverness, by his wife Anne, the distinguished Authoress ; she d. s. p. 1850."

from Landed Gentry




"In memory of Mrs. Robina Anne Grant, eldest daughter of the late Robert Grant, Esq', of Kincorth, and wife of John Peter Grant, Esqr., residing at Invererne House, near Forres, by whom this stone is erected to record his affection and esteem. He died upon 11th Septr., 1830 (See Note below), aged 52 years. Her only sister, Mrs. Davina Grant, wife of Frederic Grant, Esq. of Mount Cyrus, Kincardineshire, where her mortal remains are deposited in the burying-ground of St. Cyrus parish. She died on 8th March, 1828, aged 27 years."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions

Note:

This is an error. There was a John P. Grant, aged 40 years, who died on that date who was a Collector of the Edinburgh Gaslight Company.
1 2

Sources


1 e-books, A Genealogical and Heraldric History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland vol. 1 by Bernard Burke (1879).

2 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Marriages.

3 e-books, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae vol. 6 Aberdeen & Moray by Hew Scott.

4 GRO Scotland, St George district Edinburgh Deaths.

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