PEDIGREE OF THE GRANTS OF CARRON IN THE PARISH OF KNOCKANDO, STRATHSPEY, CADETS OF THE GRANTS OF GLENMORISTON
[524][524.01] JOHN ROY GRANT of Carron, natural son of John Grant of Glenmoriston and Culcabock. On 7th May 1541 he obtained from Patrick, Bishop of Moray, a charter of feu-farm of the lands of Carron, the grant being to his father in liferent, and to himself in fee, with remainder to his two natural brothers, and in default of heirs-male to him or them, to James Grant of Freuchie and his heirs. John Grant was one of the jury of inquest for the retour of John Grant of Freuchie in 1553. He was an arbiter on the part of his brother, Wester Elchies, in a dispute between hint and James Grant of Freuchie, respecting the marches of Kinchirdie, in 1568; and on 6th March 1568-9 he obtained, along with Alexander Grant his brother, and others of the name of Grant, a respite for fifteen years, for being concerned in the slaughter of John Grant of Ballindalloch on 11th September 1559. On 12th January 1573-4, he sold the half of the lands of Auchlichny to John Grant in Inverlochy and his son Robert, previous to which he appears to have sold his lands of Carron, and also Riemore, in 1568, as the Bishop of Moray, on 26th April 1571, granted confirmation of a charter of sale of these lands to Elizabeth Matwell, relict of John Reid of Straloch. He died on 28th February 1597-8.
[524.02] JOHN GRANT of Carron, only son and heir of John Roy Grant, made sole executor in his father's testament. He frequently appears as a witness during his father's lifetime, when he is designed "apparent of Carron;" and as such he, on 18th November 1587, entered into a bond with John Grant of Freuchie, as his kinsman and chief, to possess the lands of Culquhoich, in Strathavon, and not dispose of them without his chief's consent, and also to serve his chief faithfully. He is said to have married a sister of Sir Thomas Gordon of Cluny. He appears to have died before 221 August 1607.
[524.03] A daughter, no married James Fythie. He is mentioned in the testament of his father-in-law as a creditor to the extent of £200 of his tocher-guid.
[524.04] PATRICK GRANT of Carron, who, on 22d August 1607, obtained a precept of clare constat at from Alexander, Bishop of Moray, as heir to his father, John Grant of Carron, in the lands of Carron. He was twice summoned in 1610, for molesting Alexander Lord Elphinstone in his possession of Kildrummy and Corgarf woods, but appears to have neglected the summonses, for he was decerned a rebel and put to the horn, and his escheat bestowed, on 24th January 1611, upon Alexander Lord Elphinstone. On 8th September the same year, he signed a bond of manrent to his chief, John Grant of Freuchie, in return for a lease of the teind-sheaves and vicarage of his own lands of Inverchebett and Culquhoich. On 8th January 1613, he entered into a mutual contract with Patrick Grant of Ballindalloch for friendship between the families, in which reference is made to a previous contract of similar import between Patrick Grant of Ballindalloch and the deceased John Grant of Carron, and the late John Grant, his son, "guidschir and father" to Patrick Grant, dated 24th March 1585. On 12th August 1615, he received a charter of novodamus of the lands of Carron from Alexander, Bishop of Moray, and was, in 1623, a juror on the inquest for the retour of Sir John Grant of Freuchie. Patrick Grant appears to have died before 3d July 1625.
[524.05] THOMAS GRANT, tutor of Carron, mentioned as brother-german to Patrick Grant of Carron in a wadset of Thomdow by John Grant of Freuchie to William Hay of Mayne, 21st May 1617, in which he is said to have been last occupier of Thomdow. He had a tack from Thomas Innes, parson of Bona, of the lands of Rhynaballiche. On the murder of his nephew by John Grant of Ballindalloch in 1623, he became tutor of Carron. being retoured, on 3d May 1631, nearer agnate, or kinsman on the father's side, to John Grant. lawful son to the deceased John Grant of Carron. He is mentioned, in 1637, as tutor to his grand nephew in the proceedings respecting the lands of Wester Elchies. He obtained a par don on 29th March 1634, for his share in the slaughter of Patrick, son of Thomas Grant of Cardells. as it was without premeditation or quarrel, and as he had given security for satisfying the parties injured by the slaughter. He was alive on 28th May 1650.
[524.06] JAMES GRANT, the famous Strathspey freebooter, commonly called James an Tuim. In a decreet obtained against him by John Grant of Ballindalloch, on 4th August 1632, be is designed brother to the deceased Patrick Grant of Carron. Ballindalloch complained that James Grant and others were harrying his lands, and committing slaughter. He was for some time the terror of Strathspey, but, being taken, was conveyed to Edinburgh, and imprisoned in the castle. He escaped from thence, and fled to Ireland; but in a letter from John Hay to the Laird of Grant in 1635, he is said to have returned from Ireland. He committed several depredations and murders, and a new summons was issued for his capture on 14th April 1636, in which the fact of his escape from Edinburgh Castle, and his supposed concealment in the house of the Tutor of Carron, are stated. A commission was granted by George Marquis of Huntly, on 9th November 1639, to James Grant of Carron, for the apprehension of John Due Garre and his complices, and he afterwards assisted the Marquis against the Covenanters. James Grant had an illegitimate son, George, who engaged in the desperate undertakings of his father, and, being taken, was executed in Edinburgh in June 1636.
[524.07] ROBERT GRANT, who is included with his brother James, and nephew George. in the testiticate by Mr. John Chalmers, minister of Inveraven, in 1633, to the diligence of the Laird of Freuchie in searching for them. He is said to have possessed the Nether Glen of Rothes, and to have been the grandfather of the claimant to the Carron estates on the death of Colonel John Grant at Cartagena. Robert Grant of Ringorme, on 2d May 1620, obtained from James Grant of Freuchie a lease of the portion of Wester Elchies, then possessed by him.
[524.08] JOHN GRANT of Carron: As eldest son and apparent of Carron, he joined his father in another contract entered into by the latter with Patrick Grant of Ballindalloch, on 20th May 1623 respecting their marches. He obtained on 3d July 1625, from the Bishop of Moray, a precept of clare constat as heir to his father Patrick, in Carron, and on 29th July 1626 was infeft in the lands. He purchased, on 28th June and 4th July 1627, from John Earl of Rothes, the mains and mill of Rothes for £10,180 Scots, and he and his heirs were constituted constables and heritable keepers of the tower, fortalice, and castle of Rothes. He was slain in August or September 1628 by John Grant of Ballindalloch. He married Margaret Sinclair, who survived him.
[524.09] ROBERT GRANT of Ringorme, who, on 11th January 1665, received from Lieut.-Col. Patrick Grant, as tutor for Patrick Grant of Wester Elchies, a lease for five years of Wester Elchies, then held by him.
[524.10] JOHN GRANT of Carron, who was a minor at the death of his father, and was placed under the tutory of his granduncle Thomas: He was retoured heir general to his father on 9th March 1632. On 4th December 1637 he obtained from John, Bishop of Moray, a charter of the lands of Wester Elchies, which had been adjudged to him by the Lords of Council on 18th February of the same year, but he afterwards disponed them to the Laird of Freuchie. He married Margaret Farquharson, daughter of Yyy Farquharson of Wardes, and widow of William Macpherson of Invereshie. He died in January 1689.
[524.11] ALEXANDER GRANT, who is mentioned as brother of John Grant of Carron, 6th May 1636.
[524.12] ROBERT GRANT of Ringorme, grandson of Robert Grant of Nether Glen of Rothes, the brother of Patrick Grant of Carron. He is mentioned as a witness to documents in 1710 and 1711. He was alive at the date of the death of Colonel John Grant of Carron at Cartagena, and claimed the estate as his heir-male, but died in January 1743, before he could make out his title.
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[525.01] PATRICK GRANT, younger of Carron. He predeceased his father, in whose testament he is mentioned as eldest lawful son, and deceased.
[525.02] COLONEL JOHN GRANT of Carron, evidently a minor at the date of his father's death, as on 27th August 1692, Charles Grant of Ringorme is named as tutor of Carron. Between 1694 and 1706 John Grant of Carron was engaged in transactions with the Grants of Ballindalloch. He entered the army, rose to the rank of colonel, and was killed in the attack on Fort Lazaro at Cartagena, in the West Indies, in April 1741. He left two daughters.
[525.03] ANNA GRANT, who married Patrick Nairn, fiar of Morinch. He gave up the testament of his father-in-law, John Grant, elder of Carron on 14th February 1689 as executor-dative and creditor to the extent of 1000 merks, which, as additional tocher, had been promised to him by the defunct and his spouse, Margaret Farquharson.
[525.04] CHARLES GRANT of Ringorme, eldest son of Robert Grant, is mentioned in 1724. He pursued the claim to the estate of Carron instituted by his father, but owing to the debts which encumbered the property, he disponed it to Captain Lewis Grant of Auchterblair, who had married Colonel John Grant's elder daughter.
[525.05] ELIZABETH GRANT, elder daughter of Colonel John Grant. She married Captain Lewis Grant of Auchterblair, who, on 24th November 1741, as executor qua creditor, gave up the testament of her father. Captain Lewis Grant purchased the estate of Carron from the heir-male, Charles Grant of Ringorme, about the year 1750. He was afterwards known as CAPTAIN LEWIS GRANT OF CARRON. He died on 12th June 1756. in the 62d year of his age.
[525.06] ANNE GRANT, who married John Grant of Lurg She died on 15th April 1771.
[525.07] CAPTAIN JAMES GRANT of Carron, succeeded his father in Carron. He served a considerable time in the army as ensign and lieutenant. and was present at the battle of Fontenoy in 1745, when only eighteen years of age. He was baron of Mulderie in Moray in 1167, and in 1774 a commissioner of supply for Elgin and Forres. He inherited the estate of his uncle, Dr. Patrick Grant of Antigua, who died in 1770; but in 1783 his failure is referred to in the testament of Lewis Grant of Wester Elchies, to whom he was a debtor. He sold Carron in 1786 or 1787 to Robert Grant of Wester Elchies. James Grant married "Mrs. Grant of Carron," known as the authoress of "Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch." She survived him, and married, secondly, Dr. Murray, a physician in Bath. He died in the Abbey of Holyrood House on 14th March 1790, and at the giving up of his testament his estate was valued at £5, 4s. He had five sons.
[525.08] JOSEPH GRANT, eldest son of James Grant of Carron. He was ordained to deacon's orders in January 1787, and made a priest in the following March, before sailing for Jamaica. He died at Edinburgh on 17th June 1801.
[525.09] EFFINGHAM GRANT who resided with his father in the Abbey of Holyrood House in 1790, and gave up his testament
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