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ROSS, Alexander 9th of Balnagowan
(About 1515-)
CAMPBELL, John of Cawdor(Calder), jure uxoris, Sir
(About 1495-)
CALDER, Muriel 9th Thane and heiress of Cawdor
(About 1494-About 1575)
ROSS, George 10th of Balnagowan
(About 1537-1615)
CAMPBELL, Marion
(About 1539-)
ROSS, Muriel
(About 1580-Before 1623)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. GRANT, Duncan of Rothiemurchus

2. GRANT, Duncan of Clury

ROSS, Muriel 1 2

  • Born: About 1580
  • Marriage (1): GRANT, Duncan of Rothiemurchus 1 October 1606(contract) 1
  • Marriage (2): GRANT, Duncan of Clury 4 July 1615(contract) 1 2
  • Died: Before 11 February 1623 1

   Another name for Muriel was ROSS, Muriella.3

   User ID: C152.


Muriel married Duncan GRANT of Rothiemurchus, son of Patrick GRANT of Muckerach, then of Rothiemurchus and Isobell GORDON, 1 October 1606(contract).1 (Duncan GRANT of Rothiemurchus was born about 1575 and died Before January 1615(dvp).)


  Marriage Notes:

"Duncan Grant, designed 'eldest lawful son, apparent of Rothiemurchus,' who predeceased his father. He appears in 1606 as a witness to a discharge granted by the Laird of Glengarry to the Laird of Freuchie. In 1613 he was fined 2000 merks Scots for resetting, supplying, and intercommuning with the Clan Gregor. He died before January 1615. He married (contract dated 1st October 1606) Muriel, daughter of George Ross of Balnagown... Duncan Grant, younger of Rothiemurchus left four daughters."

from Chiefs of Grant




"Muriella. married Duncan Grant. Sas. 26th November 1606 on charter of the church lands of Rothemurchus by Patrick Grant to his son and apparent heir Duncan and Muriella Ross."

from Rossiana 1 3

Muriel next married Duncan GRANT of Clury, son of John GRANT 5th of Freuchie and Unknown, 4 July 1615(contract).1 2 (Duncan GRANT of Clury was born about 1580.)


  Marriage Notes:

He (Duncan Grant of Rothiemurchus) died before January 1615. He married (contract dated 1st October 1606) Muriel, daughter of George Ross of Balnagown. She survived him, and married Duncan Grant of Clurie, son of John Grant, fifth of Freuchie, and died before 11th February 1623."

from Chiefs of Grant




"Muriel Ross, after bearing four daughters to Duncan, yr. of Rothiemurchus, married secondly Duncan Grant of Clunie, a natural son of John Grant, 5th of Freuchie, but legitimated the same year that his marriage took place, 1615. (Chiefs of Grant, I. pp. 196 and 509.)"

from Gordons of Beldorney 4

Sources


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

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

3 e-books, Rossiana; papers and documents relating to the history and genealogy of the ancient and noble house of Ross by Harmon P Read (1908).

4 e-books, A Short Family History of the Later Gordons of Beldorney by Douglas Wimberley (1904).

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