Matthew Grant's Ancestry IS SCOTTISH XIV
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Matthew Grant's Ancestry IS SCOTTISH XIV
Genevieve Erwin 1/01/12
BIOGRAPHY: [Borderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #2235, Dat e of Import: Nov9, 1997]
BY BERYL N GRANT CLAN GRANT GENEALOGIST
THE ENGLISH GRANTS
Research on two early lines of Grants who came to America in theearly 1600's, trace them to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, England. I refer to the Matthew Grant born 1601 in Dorset and who with his wife Priscilla emigrated from Plymouth to Dorchester, MA on the ship Mary and John, and who was one of the founders of Windsor, CT. His father, John Grant, b. 1574(wife Alice Turberville of Woolbridge, Dorset) was the son of George Grant,son of John Grant and Jane Belford who married in Roxby in 1570. This information was reported at the 6th reunion of the Grant Family Association in NY City in 1914. This family traces back in Roxby, Yorkshire to one William Graunt living in the middle of the 15th century. there is question as to the location of Roxby, whether in Yorkshire or Lincolnshire. There is a Roxby, Lincolnshire located nine miles SW of Barton-on-Humber,Yorkshire.
Lord Strathspey's book on the History of Clan Grant traces the Chiefs of the Clan back to Sir Laurence Le Grant(1258-1266), son of William and Aldreda (Alfreda), who was sheriff of Inverness in 1263. A history of the Grants by Archie McKerrac her traces the surname of Grant to a Norman knight,Le Grant who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066.His descendent, William Le Grant, held lands in Nottinghamshire(near Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, England) through his wife Aldreda (Alfreda) who was a member of the Bissett family who had been granted land around Stratherickand Beauly in the Moray Firth area of Scotland. An article by Maran McCormick also states the Anglo-Norman origin and that William and Alfreda (Aldreda) Bissett Grant held manor of East Bridgeford in Nottinghamshire,England. This account also states that there is a claim to descent from Kenneth MacAlpine, King of Scotland in the 9th century.
Many of our clan members who trace their families back to England are wondering about their ties to Scotland. In many cases Scots moved down to England, particularly Yorkshire, for economic reasons as this was one of the centers of the woolen trade. It might, also, be that this family might be descended from the Le Grants who settled in this corner of the Midlands of England and would be related very distantly to the Grants in Scotland. In either case if one were able to trace far enough on the Yorkshire Grants(which has already been done to the best of anyone's ability) they would find that either of the above reasons would be valid.
The fact that parts of Watertown were given to Weston in 1713, Waltham in 1738, Cambridge in the part where Christopher Grant lived in 1754 and Belmont in 1859, presented a few problems. Whether the ship bringing the Grants and others here in 1630 was named the "John and Mary" or "the Mary and John" is not important. Records show that it was called both. In Dawes and Families, "a history of some of the passengers on the "John and Mary, " "Early Settlers of Watertown" by Bond, and an article in the Boston Globe in 1927 the ship ws referred to as the "John and Mary", Grants in Scotland and England. This ancient Scottish clan name is of Norman and French Origin. It is derived from LeGrand, meaning the great, distinguished person. When Richard Grant became archbishop of Canterbury, they latinized to Richardus Magnus, thus Richard the Great. It has been learned from Robert Baine that Clan Grant is one of the Clans claiming to belong to Siol Alpine and to be descended from Kenneth MacAlpine, King of Scotland in the 9th Century. In the 13th century the Grants appear as Sheriffs of Inverness, and they exerted considerable influence in the north-east of Scotland, and supported Wallace in his struggle. John (Grant) chief of the clan, married the daughter of Gilbert of Glencairnie, and from his elder son sprung the Grants of Freuchie. His younger son was progenitor of the Tullochgorm branch of the Clan. From John Grant of Freuchie are descended the Earls of Seafield, the Grants of Corrimony and the Grants of Glenmoriston. The Grants were consistenly Royalists and took part in the notable battle on the haughs of Cromdale which gave its name to the pipe tune made famous by being played by Piper Findlater of the Gordon Highlanders at the balltle of Dargai in 1897. In the Jacobie Risings the Clan supported the Hanoverian side, but the Grants of Glenmoriston supported the Jacobite cause. Ludovic Grant, of Grant, the then Chief, married for his second wife Lady Margaret Ogilvie, daughter of the Earl of Findlater and Seafield, and his grandson succeeded to the Seafield peerage. The 8th Earl died without issue and the titles passed to his Uncle James, 9th Earl of Seafield. The 11th Earl of seafield was killed in World War I (1914-1918) and the Ogilvie honours passed to his only child, Nina, Countess of Seafield. The Chiefship of Clan Grant remains in Lords Strathspey." Pipe Music; Stand fast Craigillachie Crest Badge: A Mountain inflamed, Proper War Cry; Stand Fast Gaelic Name; Grannd, orgin of name, French Grand Plant Badge: Pine the 42nd or Black Watch Tartan is Worn......Howard Alexander
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