GRANT, Elizabeth 1 2
Other names for Elizabeth were GRANT, Bella 1 and GRANT, Bettie.1 User ID: X602. Elizabeth married John INNES 8th of Edingight, Provost of Banff, son of John INNES 7th of Edingight, Provost of Banff and Jean DUFF, in 1753. (John INNES 8th of Edingight, Provost of Banff was baptised on 22 February 1721 in Grange parish, Banffshire, Scotland 1.) Marriage Notes: "John Innes VIII. of Edingight .... married 1753, Elizabeth, daughter of James Grant of Carron. She is said to have been one of three children at a birth, the others were sons who left no issue. The marriage contract is lost, but it is referred to in a deed of Provision 1789. In 1771, he makes provision of ,£2400 for his children excepting the eldest son John, namely, three sons, Thomas, James and Alexander, and five daughters, Jean, Elizabeth, Anne, Margaret, and Helen ; and appoints, as their tutors and curators, his spouse Elizabeth Grant, John Innes of Muiryfold, James Grant of Carron, Alexander Innes of Breda, and James Innes, Maisley (his brothers.)" |