Grant Name Study

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Welcome to the Grant "One Name Study". Our hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying all things Grant. Discussion is welcome and encouraged!

Origin of the name Grant and its meaning in Scotland

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Gaelic Name: Grannd Motto: Stand Fast Badge: Pine Origin of Name: French, grand (great) Lands: Strathspey, Glen Urquhart, Glen Moriston, and Loch Ness Pipe Music: Stand fast Craigellachie Clan Chief: The Rt. Hon. The Lord Strathspey The surname Grant was first found in Inverness-shire divided between the present-day Scottish Council Areas of Highland and Western Isles and consisting of a large northern mainland area and various island areas off the west coast, the shire was anciently both a Pictish and Norwegian stronghold. Earliest settlers in North America were in America 1651and Nova Scotia, Canada in 1760.

In England, the name occurs earlier in records than it does in Scotland, which would suggest the surname originated there and moved north later. Sometime before 1194, Robert de Brus le Meschin "grants to the monks of Holmcoltran that house in the vill of Herterpol which formerly was the capital mansion of Peter le Grant; rent 5d. a year." (https://www.british-history.ac.uk/n-westmorland-records/vol7/pp43-44) de Brus died in 1194, so we know at the very latest the Grants in the Hertlepol area before 1194. The name also shows up in Norwich early in the 13th century when Adam le Graunt was named a bailiff of Norwich in 1235 and John le Graunt in 1252 (most likely father and son, as that position was often hereditary in those times). The name first appears in Scotland in 1263 when Laurence le Graunt appears as Sheriff of Inverness. The name continued on throughout history in both locations, and therefore it makes sense to separate the Grants of England from the Grants of Scotland's history unless a proven link between families exists. And there was also a Grant family in Ireland from very early times which appears to have Norman origins (see: http://www.grantonline.com/grant-family-genealogy/Normans-in-Ireland/3-barons-of-iverk.htm). Making a list of earliest Grant/le Graunt/Graunte occurrences/origins is an ongoing project, for which the results will be posted here as they develop.

Further more, the Grand DNA Project (https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/grant/about/results) has shown that there are many different genetic sources for the Grant surname.

How to Join

Please contact the Project Coordinator, Geoff Grant, add categories to your profiles, add your questions to the bulletin board, add details of your name research, etc. As this is a work in progress, we ask that you exercise patience as you visit this page. We plan to heavily link this page with the Grant DNA Project at Family Tree DNA as well as other relevant Grant internet sites. All Grants hailing from all backgrounds are welcome here! We hope that one day this page becomes an international headquarters for all things Grant.

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Surname Variants

• Evidence of the Grant surname in England exists as far back as the 12th century, where a Grant family lived in Hartlepol as "sergeants" of the de Brus family. In the early 13th century, Richard le Grant, said to have been born in Nazeing in Essex, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_le_Grant) was briefly the Archbishop of Canterbury. Other early Grants in England include Adam le Graunt who was a Bailiff of Norwich in 1235 and William le Graunt who held Holcutt Manor in Buckinhamshire in 1254.
• (Grant, Graunt, Grand)

Immigration & Migration

England

• Matthew Grant immigrated to America as part of the Puritan Migration and is most-likely the first Grant in the Americas. He came over as part of a congregation of Puritans who were last gathered in Exeter, Devon, England, before sailing across the Atlantic. Settling first in Dorchester, MA, and soon after in Windsor, CT, where he was one of the town's founders, he has numerous descendants spread over the U.S. and Canada. A great source of info on Matthew (and link to his diary) can be found here . Matthew is also known as Civil War General and U.S. President Ulysses Grant's earliest known ancestor.
• Peter Grant was another early immigrant to the U.S. after being exiled by Cromwell during the English Civil War. He settled in Maine and has several surviving descendants today. Info on him can be found at the following link.

Scotland

• William Grant of Inverness, Scotland and his wife Elizabeth, son William immigrated to King George Virginia about 1690.
• John Grant of Midlothian, Scotland and his wife Flora Currie built a family in Southland, New Zealand.

Task List

• Add your own family to the group using the category tag. (Please limit this to birth name only and adopted children. No married names or spouses.)
• Help improve the profiles and sources of others in your family cluster.
• Work cooperatively together with other Grant profile managers to create the best tree possible.
• Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies for Grant profiles.
• Check for duplicates and request merges.

Membership

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Links

Quick links:

• NYHISTORICNEWSPAPERS: has many options for searching for your New York ancestor.
• https://www.familytreedna.com/public/GRANT
• http://www.clangrant.org/
• http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dtog/grant2.html
• https://www.scotclans.com/pages/clans_g
• http://clangrant-us.org/
• https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=33091

Sources