<p>Grant, John [Reference CC8/8/129 Edinburgh Commissary Court]</p><p>Margin of Original Document: “5 July 1794 Test. Dative John Grant” </p><p>1. 5 July 1794 The testament dative and Inventary of</p><p>2. Test. Dative the debt and sum of money which was</p><p>3. John Grant addebted and resting owing to Umg’le</p><p>4. John Grant late of Jamaica at the time </p><p>5. of his decease who died in the Island of </p><p>6. Jamaica upon the _____ day of March</p><p>7. seventeen hundred and ninety one years</p><p>8. Faithfully Made and Given up by a Lieutanant James Grant of Bellentomb</p><p>9. brother german of the said defunct & </p><p>10. only executor dative quo nearest in kin</p><p>11. decerned to him and that by decreet</p><p>12. of the Commissarie of Edinburgh as the</p><p>13. same dates the twenty fourth of April</p><p>14. seventeen hundred and ninety three years</p><p>15. in itself more fully bears</p><p>16. Follows the Inventary</p><p>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</p><p>19. pounds Sterling part of the sum of ninety</p><p>20. five pounds nineteen shillings and one</p><p>21. penny half penny Sterling found due to</p><p>22. the defunct by Sir James Grant of Grant</p><p>23. Baronet on the death of Mary Grant re-</p><p>24. siding at Ellach liferenter of said sum</p><p>25. in a process of Multiplepoinding before</p><p>26. the Court of Session at the instance</p><p>27. of Sir James Grant against the said defunct</p><p>28. and others executors and legatees of Humphrey</p><p>29. Grant Esquire late of the Island of Jamaica</p><p>30. by decreed of preference before the Court of </p><p>31. Session dated the Seventh day of July seven-</p><p>32. teen hundred and ninety years Extend-</p><p>33. ing the said sum of five pounds Sterling</p><p>34. in Scots money to sixty pounds</p><p>35. Summ of the Inventary _____ ‘__ </p><p>36. Masters Andrew Belfour _____ Cautiones Capt. 37. John Grant of Rippachy, dated the fifth day of February one thousand seven hundred</p><p>38. and ninety four years.</p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Online Request For Will: September, 2007</p><p>2. Spelling & grammar as in original</p><p>3. Lines as in original </p><p>4. Blue font = unintelligible & unknown words in original text.</p><p>Questions</p><p>1. Who was this John Grant? Parents? Wife? Children.</p><p>2. Where & when was this John Grant born?</p><p>3. Where was he in Jamaica? During what years? Occupation? </p><p>4. Who was Lieutenant James Grant of Bellentomb? </p><p>5. What does "brother german" mean?</p><p>6. Who was Sir James Grant of Grant Baronet on the death of Mary Grant residing at Ellach?</p><p>7. Who was Humphrey Grant Esquire late of t he Island of Jamaica?</p><p>8. How should the expression "late of" be interpreted?</p><p>9. Who is Masters Belfour?</p><p>10. Who is Capt. John Grant of Rippachy? A relation?</p>