Francis Grant (1746 - 1818)

Born 9 Apr 1746 in Banffshire, Scotland

Husband of Anne (Oliphant) Grant — married 27 Feb 1796 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1818 at age 72 in Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Francis Grant was born on April 9, 1746 in Perthshire (maybe Banffshire) Scotland to parents Beatrix Grant and Patrick Grant. He was Christened at Abernethy and Kincardine, Moray, Scotland on April 13, 1746. ^[1]

Francis married Ann Oliphant on February 27, 1796^[2] in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

The couple had several children including:

1. Mary Ann (1797 - 1820) ^[3]
2. John (1798 - 1873) ^[4]
3. Robert (1799 -1820)^[5]
4. Henry Dundas (1801 - ) ^[6]
5. Francis (1803 - 1878 ) ^[7]
6. Catherine Ann (1804 - 1871) ^[8]
7. James Hope (1808 - 1875 ) ^[9]

Francis Grant passed away on July 26, 1818. ^[10] His will (Francis Grant of Kilgraston Perthshire) was proven on November 21, 1818. The will being made in 1815 named his trustees (wife and children) wherein he granted Ann his properties "including Blackness Estate in Westmoreland, Jamaica which would secure an annuity of £500 (in addition to the ongoing annual £500 established prior for her) as well as securing £10,000 for his children."

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Notes

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Facts

Parents

• Mother- Beatrix:

Peerage person ID=F, 656287 Wikidata ID: Q76275901

• Father- Patrick Grant

Peerage person ID= M, 656286 WikiData ID: 76275900

Baptism

* Fact: Christening (13 April 1746) Banffshire, Scotland

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database

FamilySearch Record: X1D1-VVW (accessed 17 October 2021)
Francis Grant baptism on 13 Apr 1746 (born 9 Apr 1746), son of Peter Grant & Beatrix Grant, in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland.

Marriage

:: (...of daughter Ann Oliphant)

• "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database
  

FamilySearch Record: XY99-GHC (accessed 8 February 2023)
Robert Oliphant's daughter Ann Oliphant marriage to Francis Grant on 27 Feb 1796 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

Pedigree

* "PEDIGREE OF THE GRANTS OF KILGRASTON IN THE PARISH OF DUNBARNEY, PERTHSHIRE

(formerly of GLENLOCHY) in Parish of Abernethy."

* "Francis Grant of Kilgraston, who succeeded his elder brother John in Kilgraston as heir of entail. He possessed large estates in Jamaica, and was there with his brother, being also appointed aide-de-camp to Commander-in-Chief Clarke, but he returned to Scotland about the same time. He added to the estate of Kilgraston the contiguous lands of Pitkeathly. He was appointed a deputy-lieutenant of Perthshire on 2d October 1798. He married Anne, eldest daughter of Robert Oliphant of Rossie, postmaster-general of Scotland, who survived him, dying on 6th November 1837 (aged 72). Mr. Grant died on 26th July I818, aged seventy-two, leaving issue. Margaret Grant, who married Patrick Johnstone, farmer at Whitehonse and Westfield. She is mentioned in the will of her elder brother as legatee of an annuity of £50, while her two sons, John and James, were legatees of £500 each, and with their issue male or female were heirs of entail after the descendants of Francis Grant. Another daughter, who married Grant of Delmore."^[11]

* From Scottish Families Archive (cited below)

• Fact: Residence (1841) St Andrews (Fife), Fife, Scotland

• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1317639698

Francis Grant of Kilgraston, whose brother John had been Chief Justice of Jamaica 1783-1790 and whom Francis Grant succeeded in 1793. Francis Grant's grand-daughter Annie Grant, the daughter of John Grant of Kilgraston, married John Brooke Johnson-Brooke, the heir apparent, later disinherited, of the first White Rajah of Sarawak. Possibly the Francis Grant who was active as a slave-factor at Montego Bay 1789-1792.

Francis Grant of Kilgraston m. Anne Oliphant.

Will of Francis Grant of Kilgraston Perthshire proved 21/11/1818. In the will [made in 1815] he placed in trust (his trustees included his wife Ann formerly Oliphant) his property including Blackness estate in Westmoreland to secure an annuity of £500 p.a. to his wife over and above the annuity of £500 p.a. already settled on her, and to secure £10,000 for his children.

Sources

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10. ↑ the peerage.com: Francis Grant
11. ↑ [10]

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 September 2023, 04:59), entry for Francis Grant of Kilgraston (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:97H3-QLH ); contributed by various users.

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1D1-VVW : 16 September 2021), Francis Grant, 1746.

Link to Christening Data: [12]

• "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY99-GHC : 11 February 2020), Robert Oliphant in entry for Francis Grant, 1796.

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F317-8ZP : 12 February 2020), Francis Grant in entry for Mary Ann Grant, 1797.

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F31H-LNB : 12 February 2020), Francis Grant in entry for John Grant, 1798.

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F31C-W91 : 12 February 2020), Francis Grant in entry for Robert Grant, 1799.

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F31H-VJR : 12 February 2020), Francis Grant in entry for Henry Dundas Grant, 1801.

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F31H-8JZ : 12 February 2020), Francis Grant in entry for Francis Grant, 1803.

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1JZ-T6V : 16 September 2021), Francis Grant in entry for James Hope Grant, 1808.

• "1820 Jamaica Almanac" - Returns of Givings-In for the March Quarter, 1819. County of Cornwall, Parish of Westmoreland. Grant is listed in possession of 298 slaves on this document: [13]

• "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D1-B6FY : 26 October 2019), Francis Grant in entry for Sir Francis Grant, 05 Oct 1878; citing Obituary, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 101,918,317.

• Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Vol. 1, page 952.

Peerage Page Link: [14]

• Fraser, William. “Histories of Scottish Families.” Chiefs of Grant > Memoirs - Histories of Scottish families - National Library of Scotland, 2020. https://digital.nls.uk/96597292.

• Comprehensive family history: [15]

* See also:

* The Peerage: (entry M, #20557) online here: [16]

* 'Jamaica Westmoreland 82 (Blackness Estate)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/13159 [accessed 24th December 2022].

Website here: [17]

* 'Blackness Estate [ Jamaica | Westmoreland ]', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/estate/view/1669 [accessed 24th December 2022].

Link to Study: [18]

* For a look at possible castles and estates of the family "Clan Grant" : [19]

Acknowledgments

• Becky Elizabeth