John Grant (1751 - 1826)

Born 1751 in Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland

Husband of Anne (Welchwalsh) Grant — married 23 Apr 1784 in Anglican Church, Quebec City, Quebec

Descendants

Died 31 May 1826 at about age 75 in Petit Rocher, Gloucester, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Grant Name Study.

John Grant is a member of Clan Grant.

John Grant was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1751. He married Anne Welche or Walsh (Christie in marriage record), widow, in 1784 at the Anglican Church in Quebec. ^[1]They had 2 children. He later married Anne Thébault. They had 12 children. John passed away in 1826. ^[2]

Arrive à Belledune vers 1789 (requête pour des lots de terre au NB) John Grant, originaire d'Écosse, émigre en Amérique durant 1775. Passe par New York. Grenadier sous le général Burgogne et dans les troupes de Rangers. Après la guerre de l'ndépendance, décide de rester au Canada. Arrive en Gaspésie sur le bateau Brig Polly le 9 juin 1784. Le 16 janvier 1789 il est installé à Belledune. Reçoit des terres mais très mécontent, croyant que les français était mieux servi en Gaspésie.^[3]

Name

Name: John /Grant/^[4]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1751

Place: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland^[5]

Event

Event:

Type: Arrival

Date: 1782^[6]

Residence

Residence:

Place: Canada^[7]

Object

Object:

File: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b89fb288-32c3-43b5-a858-5dfae888e9ee&tid=36728149&pid=369

Format: jpg

Title: map of scotland

Sources

• Source: S-1368686007 Repository: #R-1575910734 Title: Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One Author: Anonymous Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Records of Immigrants to Canada.Original data: Records of Immigrants to Canada. Note: APID: 1,3795::0
• Repository: R-1575910734 Name: Ancestry.ca Address: http://www.Ancestry.ca Note:
• Source: S-1414018948 Repository: #R-1576298642 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=36728149&pid=369
• Repository: R-1576298642 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

1. ↑ Photo of marriage record in Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.ca/mediaui-viewer/tree/49818841/person/20258237597/media/0e67b2e5-d204-4233-b74f-57bd50311c1f?destTreeId=156344218&destPersonId=222062076255&_phsrc=eAU751&_phstart=default
2. ↑ Death and Burial Record. (Name: Jean Grant). Ancestry.com. Acadia, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
3. ↑ http://www.genealogie-acadienne.net/?action=indiDetails&I=244032
4. ↑ Source: #S-1368686007 Note: http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ingeneas&h=143064&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1751 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Canada Arrival date: 1782 Arrival place: APID: 1,3795::143064
5. ↑ Source: #S-1368686007 Note: http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ingeneas&h=143064&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1751 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Canada Arrival date: 1782 Arrival place: APID: 1,3795::143064
6. ↑ Source: #S-1368686007 Note: http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ingeneas&h=143064&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1751 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Canada Arrival date: 1782 Arrival place: APID: 1,3795::143064
7. ↑ Source: #S-1368686007 Note: http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ingeneas&h=143064&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1751 Birth place: Residence date: Residence place: Canada Arrival date: 1782 Arrival place: APID: 1,3795::143064

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sandra Gifford for creating WikiTree profile Grant-4156 through the import of Boudreau Family Tree.ged on Aug 19, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandra and others.