GRANT, John 5th (and last) of Carron, Colonel 1
- Born: About 1668
- Marriage (1): OGILVY, Anne on 10 September 1700 in Keith parish, Banffshire, Scotland
- Died: April 1741, Fort Lazaro, Cartagena, West Indies
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General Notes:
"Colonel John Grant of Carron, evidently a minor at the date of his father's death, as on 27th August 1692, Charles Grant of Ringorme is named as tutor of Carron. Between 1694 and 1706 John Grant of Carron was engaged in transactions with the Grants of Ballindalloch. He entered the army, rose to the rank of colonel, and was killed in the attack on Fort Lazaro at Cartagena, in the West Indies, in April 1741. He left two daughters."
from Chiefs of Grant
"John Grant of Carron, had Carron, and so did his son's descendants in the male line till Captain Lewis Grant of Auchterblair, who married Elizabeth Grant, elder daughter of Colonel John Grant, sixth of Carron, purchased the estate of Carron from the heir male, Charles Grant of Ringorme, about the year 1750. Captain Lewis's son. Captain James Grant of Carron, however, sold Carron about 1786 or 1787 to Robert Grant of Wester Elchies."
from Rulers of Strathspey 2
John married Anne OGILVY, daughter of John OGILVY 2nd of Kempcairn, Commissioner of Supply for Banffshire and Mary FORBES, on 10 September 1700 in Keith parish, Banffshire, Scotland. (Anne OGILVY was born about 1673.)
Marriage Notes:
"GRANT
JOHN
ANNE OGILVIE/
10/09/1700
159
40 / 3
Keith"
from Index of Marriages
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