GRANT, Alexander in Mulben ¹

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  General Notes:

"He (Alexander Grant) carried on a litigation with his eldest brother with regard to the distribution of their father's effects. He had been placed by his brother, the Laird, in the Mains of Mulben, and other lands. On the 8th January, 1662, at Forres, he became bound to remove before the 24th of that month. A Notarial Instrument, 25th January, 1662, narrates the fulfilment of the agreement. Alexander, however, immediately reinstated himself by taking forcible possession of the lands, and preventing the Laird's chamberlain sowing them.

from Rulers of Strathspey




"The only brother of the Laird who seems to have felt dissatisfied with the provision assigned to him was Alexander. He had been placed by the Laird in the Mains of Mulben and other lands, but notwithstanding strong opposition by the other members of the family, who, in a testificate to the liberality shown in their settlements, called their brother Alexander's conduct unnatural and unkind, he instituted legal proceedings before Cromwell's Commissioners against the Laird. (There follows a detailed description of the conflict between Alexander Grant and his siblings over this portion of his brother's estate, which see.)" (pages 270-271)

from Chiefs of Grant ²

Alexander married Isabel NAIRN of Morenge. (Isabel NAIRN of Morenge was born about 1620.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander (Grant), who carried on a litigation with his eldest brother about the distribution of their father's effects. He is said to have married Isabel, daughter of Nairn of Morenge, by whom he left issue two daughters. He was alive in 1665."

from Chiefs of Grant