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GRANT, John 2nd of Freuchie, 'Am Bard Ruadh', 'The Red Bard'
(About 1460-1528)
OGILVY, Margaret
(About 1466-)
FORBES, John 6th Lord Forbes
(About 1471-1547)
STEWART, Catherine
(About 1477-)
GRANT, James 3rd of Freuchie 'the Bold'
(About 1487-1553)
FORBES, Elizabeth
(About 1492-)
GRANT, Janet
(About 1530-1600)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. SUTHERLAND, Alexander 8th of Duffus

2. DEMPSTER, James of Auchterless, 11th Chief of that Ilk

GRANT, Janet 1 3

  • Born: About 1530
  • Marriage (1): SUTHERLAND, Alexander 8th of Duffus 26 January 1552(1553) 1 2
  • Marriage (2): DEMPSTER, James of Auchterless, 11th Chief of that Ilk on 26 September 1577 1 3
  • Died: by 31 October 1600 1 2 3

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Janet married Alexander SUTHERLAND 8th of Duffus, son of William SUTHERLAND 7th of Duffus and Elizabeth STEWART, 26 January 1552(1553).1 2 (Alexander SUTHERLAND 8th of Duffus was born about 1529 1 and died after 25 March 1570 1.)


  Marriage Notes:

"He (Alexander Sutherland) married, in terms of a contract dated 26 January 1552-53, and while still under age, Janet, third daughter of James Grant of Freuchie. The latter undertook to compensate Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of Sir John Campbell of Calder, for the loss of the value of Alexander's marriage, gifted in 1543, as already stated. She survived him, and was married, secondly, to James Dempster of Auchterless (contract dated at Elgin 26 September 1577) ."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3)




"Janet (Grant), married (contract dated 26th January 1552) Alexander Sutherland of Duffus. She survived him, and married, secondly, before 10th January 1578, James Dempster of Auchterless. She died between 17th and 31st October 1600."

from Chiefs of Grant 1 2

Janet next married James DEMPSTER of Auchterless, 11th Chief of that Ilk, son of John DEMPSTER of Auchterless, Burgess of Aberdeen and Margaret STEWART, on 26 September 1577.1 3 (James DEMPSTER of Auchterless, 11th Chief of that Ilk was born about 1530 and died before 7 January 1592 3.)


  Marriage Notes:

She (Janet Grant) survived him (Alexander Sutherland), and was married, secondly, to James Dempster of Auchterless (contract dated at Elgin 26 September 1577) ."

from Scots Peerage (vol 3) 1 2

Sources


1 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 3 (1906).

2 e-books, The Chiefs of Grant vol. 1 by William Fraser (1883).

3 e-books, The Rulers of Strathspey: A History of the Lairds of Grant and Earls of Seafield by the Earl of Cassillis (1911).

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