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PEDIGlti'K OF THE SECOND ClU/XTS 01- WEST..11 ELCHIES, ix the
Parish of Kxockaxdo,
CADETS OF THE Gl'.AXTS OF OltANT.
I.—PATRICK GlIAXT of Westets Klchies.
Younger snii of Jaiiit-s Grant, fcvcntli Lainl of Fivacliie. wlio, before liis (U:itli, jiroviileil that liis son's niaintr'nanoc iluriii^ liis
minority siioiilil lie olitainecl from the rents of rerlain lai.ils. In lu75, l,U'loviek Grant of I^'reutUie, llie el.hr -in anil
successor of James, calls Patriek Grant of Elehies his broi lier-:iernian. He lielil the rank of Lieulenant-Golonel in tlie
Laird of Grant's rejiment. He marrieil Janet, i.laUL'htei- of l''orbcs of Xuwtou, who survived liim. He died iu January
1G93, leaving one sou and three daughters, all in their minority.
II.—Captaix .JAME3 GRANT of Wkstkr Elciiif.s. Elizabktu.
Mentioned in his father's testament in 10'.i3 as eldest lawful son. iu IHl'S he obtained a precejit of chirp constat in
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his f.avour ujiou the lauds of Wester F.lchies, and on L'il June 171'3 received a crown charter of counrmation of ' ' ' '''
these hands. He married a daughter of Ogilvie of Kincairne. He died in October 17J0. Ji;an.
Ill—LEWIS GRANT of Westeu Ei.ciiies.
Who, on 17th March 1749, w.as retoured heir special to his father, Jaiiu's Grant of Wester Elehies, in tlie lauds of Wester Elehies. He
mauied Ann Ogilvie, who survived him. He died in January 1757.
IV.—JAMES Gi!.\NT OF Wi'STKR Lewis Grant, Tnentioned in his brotlier'.s Emzaueth, called in her Kathekine, called in
ElcllIKS. testament as firother to tlie delimit. In brother's testament sister to her brother's testa-
Who was a miiinr in ]7."j7 when his .a letter from .Magoby Estate, Hanover, the defunct. nient sister to the
father died. On tjth April 17tl7 Jamaica, l.'itli June 1774, to Sir James defunct, islie married,
he was retoured heir tu his father Grant, asking for the loan of money to start An"N'A Gf.ant, mcntioued iu her iu Novemiier 17iJ9,
in Wester Elehies. He died in in the plantation busiiies.s, he says lie had lather's testaujent as second Lieut. Grant in Green-
April 1783, leaving a ^on and been "sunk by the misfortunes of an uii- daughter. She married John burn,
only child, also iu his minority. lucky brother, who it seems has been the Grant, ministerolliundureos,
bane of our almost extinct family." and died ill April 17tj4.
v.—LEWIS GRANT of Westeu Er.CHiES.
Only child of James Grant of Wester Elehies. On his father's death the testament was given up by the factor loco tiUoris for Lewis.
He died iu September or October 17b3.
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