A cousin recently applied to the UEL Association to prove her (and mine) descent from John "Duldraeggan" Grant & Mary McIntyre through a son, John Grant (born c.1798 and died 1869) and her application was accepted!
This basically "proves" that the ancestor that her and I share, John Grant (c.1798-1869, husband of Mary ____) is a son of John "Duldraeggan" Grant and Mary McIntyre!
This was a brickwall of mine for so long!
If this is true, and supposedly the UEL Association has VERY strict rules for accepting evidence of lineage (they need all kinds of official documents), then the dates of marriages and some of the birthdates of children that have been posted all the internet must be incorrect. For example, if Mary McIntyre was born in the 1740's then she couldn't really be the mother of a child born in 1798. So many records online and stories published in books claim that John Grant's first wife was Mary McIntyre and that they came to America together and that they were the parents of Angus "Balagooey" Grant. This cousins accepted claim included information that the first wife of John Grant was actually Catherine Grant of Corrimony (that Angus was a son of Catherine Grant not Mary McIntyre). She has found the marriage for John Grant & Mary McIntyre in Canada and taking place at Christ Anglican Church in Montreal.
John Grant (Jr.), son of John "Duldraeggan" Grant, and husband of Mary _______ as far as I can see only had one child (Sarah JANE/JEAN Grant, wife of James Alexander Dow), so that could explain why there aren't too many people researching him.
If I'm wrong though, feel free to contact me. This cousin was informed by the UEL Association that she has been the only one who has applied with the John Grant lineage....
To add to this, I'm wondering whether John "Duldreaggan" Grant and John "Big John the Robber" Grant were the same man or two different men?
rothycat@hotmail.comMaggie Barron