Margaret Stewart

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John Grant, 4th of Freuchie, married, 1stly, before 19 February 1539/40, Margaret Stewart, daughter of John, 3rd Earl of Atholl. She died in 1555.

He married 2ndly, on or before 8 March 1557-58, Janet, daughter of George Leslie, 4th Earl of Rothes, and widow of David Crichton of Naughton. (She survived him and was married, 3rdly, before 10 June 1589, to James Elphinstone, 3rd son of Alexander, 2nd Lord Elphinstone. She died at Kirkcaldy 17 December 1591.)

Issue of John Grant

• A1 DUNCAN GRANT, his heir apparent.
• A2 Patrick Grant of Muckerach, afterwards of Rothiemurchus. In 1570 he received from his father a charter of the lands of Muckerach and others, and before 26 April 1572 he must have received the lands of Rothiemurchus, as in the charter by Colin Mackenzie of Kintail to his sister Barbara Grant of that date he is designated "of Rothiemurchus" and on 26 December 1580, upon his own resignation, he received another charter of the same lands, in which he is designated "of Rothiemurchus". In 1610 he obtained a grant of the lands of Hempriggs in the barony of Kinloss to him and his spouse Jean Gordon. He died after 20 August 1623, on which date he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the shires of Inverness and Cromarty. He married Jean Gordon, said to have been a daughter of the Laird of Gight, and was the progenitor of the Grants of Rothiemurchus. The second family of Grants of Ballindalloch, now Macpherson Grant, are cadets of Rothiemurchus.
• a1. Elizabeth, Elspet or Isobel, by the 1st marriage. On 19 January 1560/1, and again in November 1561, she was contracted to William Fraser of Strowie, but there is no evidence that the marriage was completed. She was ultimately married (contract 15 February 1564/5), as his 1st wife, to John Leslie, younger of Balquhain, and had issue. She obtained a divorce for adultery 30 July 1536 and married 2ndly William Cumming of Inverallochy.
• a2. Grissel, by the 1st marriage, married (contract 17 March1558) Patrick Grant, younger of Ballindalloch. She died before 1576.
• a3. Margaret. by the 1st marriage, married (contract 23 February 1560) Alexander Gordon, son and apparent heir of George Gordon of Beldornie.
• a4. Katherine, by the 1st marriage, named after Margaret in a document of 1559. Probably died before 1561.
• a5. Marjory, by the 1st marriage, named after Margaret in a document quoted as of date 20 January 1561.
• a6. Barbara, by the 1st marriage, named after Marjory on 20 January 1561, contracted in marriage on 16 November 1568 to Robert Munro, younger of Fowlis. This arrangement was not completed; on 26 July 1570, and again on 25 April 1572, she was contracted to Colin Mackenzie of Kintail.
• a7. Helen, by the 1st marriage, married (contract 17 November 1571) to Donald MacAngus VicAlister, younger of Glengarry. This marriage was probably a species of handfasting, as their son Angus had a precept of legitimation 5 April 1584. (She was suing for divorce in 1582.) He was killed at Kyleakin in Skye before 17 March 1607, when he is referred to as deceased and also as bastard.

John Grant, 4th of Freuchie, had also a natural son, John.