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James "The, Bold" Grant 1483 – 1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1483

Birth Location: Freuchie, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 26 Aug 1553

Death Location: Grant Castle, Freuchie, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Grant

Mother: Elizabeth Ogilvie

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Forbes, Christian Barclay

Children(s):

James "The Bold" Grant was born in 1483 in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland, the child of John James Grant and Elizabeth Margaret Ogilvie. James "The Bold" Grant later married Elizabeth Jane Forbes and Christian Barclay. In 1553, James "The Bold" Grant passed away in Grant Castle, Freuchie, Fife, Scotland.

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Parents

John Grant
1468 – 1528
Birth Location: Freuchie, Fife, Scotland
JG
Elizabeth Ogilvie
1465 – 1585
Birth Location: Findlater Castle, Deskford, Banffshire, Aberdeen, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Forbes
1485 – 1554
Birth Location: Traquair, Peebles-shire, Scotland
EF
Christian Barclay
1519 – 1553
Birth Location: Scotland
CB

Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1483
    Event Place: Freuchie, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Aug 1553
    Event Place: Grant Castle, Freuchie, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 1553
    Event Place: Highlands, Scotland
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