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James The Bold Grant 1483–1543 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1483

Birth Location: Freuchie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 26 August 1543

Death Location: Duthil, Highland, Scotland

Father: John Grant

Mother:

Spouse(s): Lady Forbes

Children(s): Isabella Grant, John Freuchie, William Grant, Margaret Freuchie, Agnes Grant, Duncan Grant, Archibald Ballintomb

In 1483, James The Bold Grant entered the world in Freuchie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John Grant And Margaret Ogilvie. James The Bold Grant married Lady Elizabeth Jane Forbes, and had children including Agnes Grant, Archibald Grant Of Ballintomb, Duncan Grant, Isabella Grant, John The Gentle Grant Of Mulben 4Th Of Freuchie, Margaret Grant Of Freuchie, William Grant. James The Bold Grant passed away in 1543 in Duthil, Highland, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1483, James The Bold Grant entered the world in Freuchie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, born to John Grant And Margaret Ogilvie.
  • James The Bold Grant married Lady Elizabeth Jane Forbes, and had children including Agnes Grant, Archibald Grant Of Ballintomb, Duncan Grant, Isabella Grant, John The Gentle Grant Of Mulben 4Th Of Freuchie, Margaret Grant Of Freuchie, William Grant.
  • James The Bold Grant passed away in 1543 in Duthil, Highland, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Grant
1450–
Birth Location: Grant Castle, Freuchie, Perthshire, Schotland
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Spouses(s)

Lady Forbes
1500–1554
Birth Location: Kinross, Perthshire, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Isabella Grant
1514–1552
Birth Location: Freuchie, Fife, Scotland
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John Freuchie
1507–1585
Birth Location: Freuchie, Fifeshire, Schotland
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William Grant
1511–1560
Birth Location: Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Freuchie
1519–1549
Birth Location: Altyre, Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe
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Agnes Grant
1523–
Birth Location: Freuchie, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
AG
Duncan Grant
1527–1580
Birth Location: Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
DG
Archibald Ballintomb
1533–1619
Birth Location: Freuchie, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
AB

James Grant's Ancestors

Self
James Grant
1483–1543
Birth Place: Freuchie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
John Grant
1450–
Grant Castle, Freuchie, Perthshire, Schotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Grant's Descendants

1.
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James (The Bold) Grant (1483–26 August 1543) m. Lady (Elizabeth Jane) Forbes (7 August 1500–1554)
  1. 1. Isabella Grant 1514–1552 m. Sir (Archibald) Campbell 1510–1551 m. Donald Campbell 1510–1551
    1. 1. Sir (Earl Archibald Doun-Campbell-van Lochnell-van Argyll, Lord of Lochnell, 5th Earl of) Argyll 1530–1618 m. Jean (Lady Illegitimate) Stewart 1538–1588
      1. 1. Margaret (Mariot) Campbell 1552–1609 m. Hector Maclean 1575–1614
        1. 1. Mary (Maclean (became) Campbell) 1600–1630 m. Duncan (LORD of Sanaig) Campbell 1596–1695
        2. 2. Hector (Odhar IX) MacLean 1595–1628
        3. 3. Allan MacLean 1582–1649
        4. 4. Anna MacLean 1583–
        5. 5. Ewen MacLean 1579–
        6. 6. 8TH (EARL, 1ST MARQUESS ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL OF ARGYLL AND DUNSTAFFNAGE (CAPT)) * 1589–1652
        7. 7. CHARLES (MACLAINE) * 1575–1628
        8. 8. Katherine Campbell 1586–1655
        9. 9. Donald (of Auchanard) Campbell 1591–1661
        10. 10. Colin Campbell 1603–1655
        11. 11. Margaret Campbell 1595–
        12. 12. Dougald Campbell 1597–1618
        13. 13. Anna (MacLaine) m2cousin14x 1611–
        14. 14. John (Iain Keir) Mcdougall 1586–1669
        15. 15. Myra O'Cahan 1588–1649
      2. 2. Lady (Anne Douglas) (Campbell) 1564–1618
      3. 3. Sir (Colin) Campbell 1558–1598
      4. 4. Eleanor Carroll 1560–1660
      5. 5. Sir (Alexander) Campell 1554–1608
      6. 6. Mary Campbell 1617–1693
      7. 7. Lady (Jean de) Campbell 1562–
      8. 8. Sir (John) Campbell 1562–
      9. 9. Duncan Campbell 1596–
      10. 10. Mary Campbell 1551–
      11. 11. Margaret (Marriot) Campbell 1550–1610
      12. 12. James Campbell 1555–
      13. 13. Margaret (Elizabeth Campbell) \Parkinson 1528–1577
      14. 14. Robert Graham 1543–1575
      15. 15. Anna Campbell 1565–1589
      16. 16. Janet (MacEvir) Campbell 1563–1633
      17. 17. Patrick Campbell 1556–1622
      18. 18. Archibald (Gillespick dow) Campbell 1545–1640
      19. 19. Katherine Campbell 1563–
      20. 20. Beatrice Campbell 1557–
      21. 21. Duncan, (Campbell, 1st Baronet of) Glenorchy 1550–1631
      22. 22. Sir (John) Campbell 1618–
      23. 23. Alexander (Campbell, Laird Van) Lochnell 1560–1640
      24. 24. Alexander Campbell 1554–1608
      25. 25. Elizabeth (Nicole Lady of Myreton) Campbell 1562–1621
      26. 26. Sir (John) Campbell 1560–1660
      27. 27. Laird (Alexander CAMPBELL- VAN LOCHNELL, Lord of) Lochnell 1560–1635
    2. 2. Unknown Campbell 1538–
    3. 3. Beatrix Campbell 1532–1575
    4. 4. Janet Campbell 1536–
    5. 5. John Campbell 1540–1592
    6. 6. Marion Cambell 1534–
    7. 7. Neil (Campbell Bishop of) Argyll 1551–1627
  2. 2. John (The Gentle Grant of Mulben, 4th of) Freuchie 1507–1585
  3. 3. William Grant 1511–1560
  4. 4. Margaret (Grant of) Freuchie 1519–1549
  5. 5. Agnes Grant 1523–
  6. 6. Duncan Grant 1527–1580
  7. 7. Archibald (Grant of) Ballintomb 1533–1619

James Grant's Timeline

2 Records

1483
1483
Birth of James The Bold Grant in Freuchie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Freuchie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1543
26 August 1543
Age 60
Death of James The Bold Grant in Grant Castle, Freuchie, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grant Castle, Freuchie, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1483
    Event Place: Freuchie, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 08; Page: 387
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 August 1543
    Event Place: Grant Castle, Freuchie, Perthshire, Schotland, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 08; Page: 387
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Duthil, Highland, Scotland
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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