SMITH, Anne ¹

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Anne married Brigadier General Alexander GRANT of Grant, son of Ludovick GRANT 8th of Freuchie and 1st of Grant and Janet BRODIE, by 7 April 1709(contract).¹ (Brigadier General Alexander GRANT of Grant was born about 1679 and died on 2 March 1719 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Colonel Grant, however, either did not accompany his regiment abroad, or received leave of absence, as on 7th April 1709 he signed at London a contract of marriage between himself and his second wife, Anne Smith, daughter of John Smith, Esquire, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, and formerly Speaker of the House of Commons. The exact date of the marriage ceremony does not appear, but it was celebrated previous to 31st May 1709 ; for in a letter to his brother-in-law, Hugh Rose of Kilravock, bearing that date, and written from London, the Colonel speaks of his having altered his condition by marriage. From this letter the fact is gleaned that his father had declined to subscribe his marriage contract, apparently until he received an account of how certain 'particular sums' of money had been applied. This proved no small disappointment to Colonel Grant, who protests with some warmth of feeling his ability to satisfy his father when he had his papers before him, and his willingness to pay what he could not account for. He adds with reference to his marriage, 'Now I thank God it is done, for I am very hapily married, and the longer I try it I find it the better, both as to my wife and her relations, for I can swear my own father and mother, were they both alive, could not be fonder of me nor kinder to me than they are. "

from Chiefs of Grant ¹