Hector Grant [1766-30/1/1840]
married
Janet Duff [c1770-8/5/1852]
Hector was born in Golspie around 1766.
In 1792 Hector, a shoemaker, from the parish of Golspie, and Janet at Skibo, Dornoch, married on 30 March in Dornoch (OPR).
In 1793 Hector and Janet’s first child was born in Golspie. They then seem to have been away from Sutherland for a time.
Hector may have been in the army. It does not seem that there were any children born in Scotland between 1793 and early 1800. The Sutherland Fencibles were raised in 1793 for service anywhere in Scotland. In June 1794 they were in Glasgow following a winter in Ayrshire. They then spent time at Musselburgh, near Edinburgh before returning to Glasgow where they spent some considerable time. They were also in Ireland for a time. Could this be where the missing children were born?
The 1822 list of all male persons residing within the Parish of Dornoch includes Hector Grant, in Dornoch town, a shoemaker.
In 1840 Hector Grant died in Dornoch aged 74 years (OPR).
In 1852 Janet also died in Dornoch (OPR).
They had the following children:
ABIGAIL GRANT born 29 April 1793 Golspie (IGI) – in 1816 married William Mackenzie (SCR)
CATHERINE GRANT (Kate), born 28 February 1800 Glasgow – married William Murray (DC)
JANET GRANT born 30 November 1802 Dornoch (IGI)
ANN GRANT born 29 April 1805 Dornoch (IGI) – in 1827 married firstly Alexander Calder – see Calder
ALEXANDER GRANT born 18 December 1807 Dornoch (IGI)
ISABELLA GRANT born 28 September 1810 Dornoch (IGI)
DONALD GRANT born 9 February 1813 Dornoch (IGI)
updated 16/3/2016
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