GRANT, John of Nevie ^{1 3}

   Another name for John was GRANT, John of Navie.

   User ID: G666.

  Research Notes:

NEVIE

"Moray HER - NJ22NW0007 - NEVIE FARM
Primary Reference: NJ22NW0007
Name: NEVIE FARM
NRHE Card No.: NJ22NW7
NRHE Numlink: 88588
Site Form: Crop Mark (Includes Soil Mark)
Site Condition: AP visible Only
Details: Cropmark of a possible homestead moat, found while checking aerial photographs.
Last Update: 17/08/2020"

from Aberdeenshire Council website




"From the (Glenlivet) distillery it is possible to follow the unclassified road further up the glen to reach Tomnavoulin. Known locally as 'Gallowhill road' this is a delightful twisting, by-road which offers some magnificent views onto the surrounding hills, dominated by the conical summit and tors of Ben Rinnes in the east, which at 840m (or nearly 2,800 ft) is the highest of the hills in these parts.......

If you follow the Gallowhill road it is worth pausing a few minutes on the highest point of the road to look across Glenlivet onto the farms of Nevie and Auchorachan. With keen eyesight you should be able to pick out a large upright stone in one of the fields. This is the standing stone of Auchorachan and it stands about 200 yards from the main road through the glen about 2 metres out of the ground.......If you wish to get a closer view of the stone it can be easily seen from the side of the main road which runs through Glenlivet, between Nevie and Auchorachan farms, and it is perhaps is no coincidence that one of the oldest place names in Glenlivet is the farm of Nevie - a name thought to be derived from a Greek word which means sacred place or grove - indicating a sacred site for the pre-Christian peoples of the area, who are known to have used standing stones like that at Auchorachan for the burial sites of chiefs or warriors."

""Sure enough as tradition has it ... none have ever meddled with the Standing stone of Auchorachan, and there it stands in the field to this day, despite the inconvenience it may cause modern farm machinery.
If you wish to get a closer view of the stone it can be easily seen from the side of the main road which runs through Glenlivet, between Nevie and Auchorachan farms, and it is perhaps is no coincidence that one of the oldest place names in Glenlivet is the farm of Nevie - a name thought to be derived from a Greek word which means sacred place or grove - indicating a sacred site for the pre-Christian peoples of the area, who are known to have used standing stones like that at Auchorachan for the burial sites of chiefs or warriors."

from glenlivetestate website

Note:

The name 'Nevie' derives may derive immediattely from the Gaelic word 'neimheis' meaning terrible or strking awe and fear. The letters 'mh' in the middle of the word are pronounced as 'v'. This word does actually look like the Greek word 'nemesis' - the goddess who took revenge on human beings who acted with hubris




"Chapel of Christ and Burial Ground
Site type BURIAL GROUND, CHAPEL
Canmore ID 16297
Site Number NJ22NW 2
NGR NJ 2069 2765
Council MORAY
Parish INVERAVON
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District MORAY
Former County BANFFSHIRE
A late eighteenth-century source (1794) describes the remains of a chapel, probably medieval in date, which formerly stood near the eastern bank of the River Livet, about 200m west of Bridge of Nevie.
At the time the account was written, only slight remains were visible of the site, known as 'Chapel Christ', and it was noted that the river had washed away the associated burial ground. By 1869, no trace of any building could be found at the site."

from Canmore ^{4 5 6}

John married Helen LESLIE, daughter of John LESLIE 6th of Kininvie and Helen GRANT.^{1 2} (Helen LESLIE was born about 1646 and was buried in Mortlach Churchyard, Banffshire, Scotland ².)

  Marriage Notes:

"Helen (Leslie), married to Mr. Grant of Nevie."

from Family of Leslie




"Another slab bears the name of a brother-in- law of the eighth laird : -

Here lyeth the pious and vorthie gentleman, John Grant of Navie, who was maried to Helen Leslie, daughter to John Leslie of Kininvie, who departed the last of August -7- J.G : H.L."

from Epitaphs and Inscriptions ^{1 2}