GRANT, John 6th of Glenmoriston 'Iain-a-Chraggain', Jacobite 1715 ^{1 2 3}

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John married Janet BAILLIE, daughter of Alexander BAILLIE 9th of Dunain and Jean MACKENZIE, 23 November 1693(contract).^{1 2} (Janet BAILLIE was born about 1673.)

  Marriage Notes:

"John Grant of Glenmoriston.

Designed 'Younger of Glenmoriston' in 1687, when he witnessed the agreement between his father and Mr. James Grant, advocate. On 21st December 1695, he and his brother, Alexander Grant in Blairy, entered into a bond to Murdoch M'Leod for 500 merks Scots. On 23d June 1703 he was charged to enter heir to his late father. On 9th March 1714 he was similarly charged, and to enter heir to other ancestors. He engaged actively in the Rebellion of 1715, in consequence of which his estates were forfeited, and remained in possession of the Crown until 1732, when they were sold to Mr. Ludovick Colquhoun of Luss, advocate, afterwards Sir Ludovick Grant of Grant. He is said to have married, as his first wife, a daughter of Baillie of Dunean, who only survived for a year."

from Chiefs of Grant




"William Baillie had a sister, Janet, who, upon 23rd November, 1693, enters into articles of marriage with John Grant, younger of Glenmoriston, with consent of John Grant, elder, his father, the witnesses being Donald Macdonell of Lundie, William Grant of Achmonie, Alexander Baillie of Dochfour, with others. Janet Baillie died shortly after her marriage, and the line of Glenmoriston was carried on through John Grant, the younger's, second marriage. Notwithstanding this connection, the Baillies suffered much from the depredations of the Grants, who regularly swept off their cattle when summering in the hills of Dochnacraig, removing them very expeditiously to the west by Gartallie, Clunemore, and Bunloit."

from electricscotland.com

Note:

A history and genealogy of the family of Baillie of Dunain names the daughter who married Grant of Glenmoriston as Anne, but a daughter of this Baillie family named Anne is said, by other sources, to have married a Jacobite, Allan Grant of the Tullochgorm family.
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John next married Janet CAMERON, daughter of Sir Ewen 'Dubh' CAMERON of Lochiel, 17th Chief of Clan Cameron, Jacobite 1689 and Unknown, about 1698.^{2 3} (Janet CAMERON was born about 1678 and died on 9 February 1759 ^{2 3}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Janet (Cameron), who, about 1698, married John Grant of Glenmoriston, as his second wife, with issue ten sons and five daughters. She died on the 9th of February, 1759, in the eightieth year of her age, when her descendants numbered over two hundred persons."

from History of the Camerons




"He (John Grant) is said to have married, as his first wife, a daughter of Baillie of Dunean, who only survived for a year. He afterwards married, about 1698, Janet, daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, and had issue, it is said ten sons and five daughters, who were all married, so that at the death of Janet Cameron on 9th February 1759, in her eightieth year, her descendants numbered about 200. [Scots Magazine.] John Grant died on 30th November 1736, at the age of 79."

from Chiefs of Grant ^{2 3}