Grant, John [Reference CC8/8/129 Edinburgh Commissary Court]

Margin of Original Document: “5 July 1794 Test. Dative John Grant”

1. 5 July 1794 The testament dative and Inventary of

2. Test. Dative the debt and sum of money which was

3. John Grant addebted and resting owing to Umg’le

4. John Grant late of Jamaica at the time

5. of his decease who died in the Island of

6. Jamaica upon the _____ day of March

7. seventeen hundred and ninety one years

8. Faithfully Made and Given up by a Lieutanant James Grant of Bellentomb

9. brother german of the said defunct &

10. only executor dative quo nearest in kin

11. decerned to him and that by decreet

12. of the Commissarie of Edinburgh as the

13. same dates the twenty fourth of April

14. seventeen hundred and ninety three years

15. in itself more fully bears

16. Follows the Inventary

17. In the First the said Ur_____’l John Grant had 18. addebted and resting owing to him at the time of his decease foresaid the sum of five

19. pounds Sterling part of the sum of ninety

20. five pounds nineteen shillings and one

21. penny half penny Sterling found due to

22. the defunct by Sir James Grant of Grant

23. Baronet on the death of Mary Grant re-

24. siding at Ellach liferenter of said sum

25. in a process of Multiplepoinding before

26. the Court of Session at the instance

27. of Sir James Grant against the said defunct

28. and others executors and legatees of Humphrey

29. Grant Esquire late of the Island of Jamaica

30. by decreed of preference before the Court of

31. Session dated the Seventh day of July seven-

32. teen hundred and ninety years Extend-

33. ing the said sum of five pounds Sterling

34. in Scots money to sixty pounds

35. Summ of the Inventary _____ ‘__

36. Masters Andrew Belfour _____ Cautiones Capt. 37. John Grant of Rippachy, dated the fifth day of February one thousand seven hundred

38. and ninety four years.

Notes

1. Online Request For Will: September, 2007

2. Spelling & grammar as in original

3. Lines as in original

4. Blue font = unintelligible & unknown words in original text.

Questions

1. Who was this John Grant? Parents? Wife? Children.

2. Where & when was this John Grant born?

3. Where was he in Jamaica? During what years? Occupation?

4. Who was Lieutenant James Grant of Bellentomb?

5. What does "brother german" mean?

6. Who was Sir James Grant of Grant Baronet on the death of Mary Grant residing at Ellach?

7. Who was Humphrey Grant Esquire late of t he Island of Jamaica?

8. How should the expression "late of" be interpreted?

9. Who is Masters Belfour?

10. Who is Capt. John Grant of Rippachy? A relation?