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Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant 1679–1747 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1679

Birth Location: Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1747

Death Location: London, England

Father: Grant Freuchie

Mother: Janet Lethen

Spouse(s): Anne Luss

Children(s):

Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant was born in 1679 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Grant The Highland King 8Th Laird Of Freuchie And Janet Brodie Of Lethen. Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant married Anne Colquhoun Of Luss, and had children including James Chief Of The Clan Colquhoun And Was Recreated Baronet Of Nova Scotia Grant. Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant passed away in 1747 in London, England.

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Biography

  • Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant was born in 1679 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, the child of Grant The Highland King 8Th Laird Of Freuchie And Janet Brodie Of Lethen.
  • Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant married Anne Colquhoun Of Luss, and had children including James Chief Of The Clan Colquhoun And Was Recreated Baronet Of Nova Scotia Grant.
  • Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant passed away in 1747 in London, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Grant's Ancestors

Self
Sir Grant
1679–1747
Birth Place: Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Parents
Grant The Highland King, 8th Laird of Freuchie
1641–1717
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland
Janet (Brodie of) Lethen
1656–1697
Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
Grandparents
James (Grant, Sir, 7th Laird of) Freuchie
1616–1663
Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
Lady (Mary of Moray Stuart Stewart) Grant
1608–1662
Dyke, Moray, Grampian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alexander (Brodie, 2nd of) Lethen
1620–1688
Lethen, Aludeann, Nairshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Craig
1624–1688
Holms Glengavel, Avondale, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Grant
1596–1639
Lady Rose
1605–1632
Lady Moray*
1589–1673
Alexander Lethen\Letham
1587–1672
Margaret Brodie
1591–1639
Sir Lands
1569–1624
Margrat Dalgleish
1579–1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Laird
1568–1622
Lady Murray
1577–1643
Alexander Rose
1586–1622
Agnes Chisholm
1590–1619
David Brodie
1580–1612
Janet Lochloy
1557–1607
James Clerck
1571–1640
Catharine Chirnesyd
1575–1640
Sir Edinburgh
1538–1608
Helen Trabroun
1540–1620

Sir Grant's Timeline

7 Records

1679
28 July 1679
Birth of Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant in Irvine, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Irvine, Ayrshire, , Scotland
1679
28 Jul 1679
Birth of Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
1679
1679
Birth of Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant
None
1696
11 Jun 1696
Age 17
Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant was married
None
1746
16 Jan 1746
Age 67
Death of Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant in London, England
London, England
1747
1747
Age 68
Death of Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant
None
1755
1755
Age 76
Death of Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet Grant in Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 July 1679
    Event Place: Irvine, Ayrshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jul 1679
    Event Place: Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1679

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 11 Jun 1696

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Mullochard Moringe, Nairn, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Nairn, Moray, Inverness, & Banff: - Commissariot Record of Moray, Register of Testaments, 1684-1800

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1700
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1700; Page Number: 39

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The rulers of Strathspey : a history of the lairds of Grant and earls of Seafield

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1755
    Event Place: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1746
    Event Place: London, England

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1747

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