The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-08-11
THE GRANTS GENEALOGY.
Julia Dent Grant Traces Her Descent
lack to the Year 600.

I'VE are apt to think" said Col. Tee
tor, the genealogiSt, that when an
American girl webs titled man that she
her husband. Ii Miss Julia Dent Grant
nlarries into one of the princely houses
of Russia she can feel assured that in
her own veins runs the blood of noble
and worthy ancestry, to trace which mas
proved fascinating study.
The lineage of the Grant family,
briefly told, is as follows: \ celebrated
manuscript in Scotland bears the title,
An account of the Rise and Offspring OF
Grant and the author shows great
deal of ancestral pride in his attempt to
trace the origin of the clan OF Grant to
certain prince named Wodlne. ms
prince came out or ASIA ABOUT the seaa
GOO and settled i'll Norway, where he
built ii great city and where prayer ana
sacrifices were made by the Norsemen.
Coming down to the Ninth century.
history records the name OF 1acken.
third of that name from Wodlne ana
Earl of Trondelagen, one of the most
renowned men for courage ana strength
in the kingdo::: of Norway: Because OF
an unusual feat accomplished over his
enemies he was called Hacken Grant,
the latter word being used in the sense
Of great. and all descended from TINS
Iacksn were called Grants.
1T is said that Heming. son Of Hack
en-, having become converted to Chrlsllan'
ity through the influence Of his WIFE:
daughter IF AdelStein, the first Christian
king of Denmark, was ban'shed from
Norway.
"Whether the Grants came from Nor
WAY TO Scotland by the way Of the Heb
rides or as followers of Rolf the Hanger
ancestor CT the dukes Of Normandy. the!
were undoubtedly Normans. Ihry dli
not rise to the proportion OF clan untli
about the beginning of the Fourteenth
century,, Richard LIE Grant was arch-
bishop of Canterbury i'll 122S. About the
same time William lie Grant married Al.
hrnda Ryset, of the haronial family of
that name, and he went as crusader
to the Holy Land in 1910.
"Sir Lawrence lie Grant was high
sheriff of Invernesshire in l2oo. Sir
Dnncan Grant was the first owner OF
what is now the castle and barony OF
Grant. chartered to him as heir of his
mother, Matilda of Glencairne. Sir Lu-
dovic Grant is fifteenth in descent from
Sir Lawrence, and was the first to De
called Grant of Grant. He was the son
of Sir James Grant by Lady Mary Stew;
art. niece of Mary Queen of Scots, and
was called the ''Highland King. lie
was succeeded by his son, Sir James
Grant of Grant, baronet, member OF Far
| Lament for many years, VINO dled III
1741.
"Castle Grant has been the home of the
chiefs of the clan since the Fourteenth
century, and is cherished and venerateo
accordingly by all who bear the name OF
Grant. Among the features of the castle
| is the magnificent dining hall Al feet IL
! length. q feet in width and of proper
tionate height. The walls are adorned
| with numerous and rare works of art
and ninety nine ancestral portraits.
The possessions OF the Grants, as the
| chief dwellers Of StrathSpey, were stu
| ated between the two Craig Ella chies-
two great rocks on the River Spey. "A
mountain in fame is the Grant crest
taken from it. The name means rock OF
Alarm and in the time Of danger huge
fires were kindled on the craig as sig
nal for the clan to assemble. 'Stan(
fast. Craig Elachie,' was the war cry
and is today the motto of the clan.
"The oldest, statclicst and most formid
able dwelling place Of the clan chiefs i!
! Castle Urauhart, built upon a rocky
promontory on the west side of Loci
Ness. 1t was founded in the Norman
period 1t was bcsieged and taken by
Edward l. in 1903 and was chartered t
Grant of Grant in 1909 by King Jane:
| ". It is the lordly seat of the Grant!
DIS TLdilS VI Ceduelu, anu Is Il ulOulUcilue
ruin Of eight centuries Of Scottish his
tory and 400 years of the annals of thu
family of Grant
"Matthew Grant, forty years tow1
clerk and surveyor of Windsor, Conn.
was Il lineal descendant of this old Nors,
race, called in Scotland Highland clan
| He came to this country from Plymouth
Eng, landing at Nantasket, Mass, OF
| May 80, 1880. Gen. U. S. Grant wa.
the seventh in the line of descent from
| Matthew Grant.
| Sir William Frazer of Edinburgh me,
! Gen. Grant upon the occasion of his be
ing accorded the freedom of that city
while making the tour of the world, ant
ne said the resemblance between thu
distinguished descendant of Matthew
Grant and Sir James Grant Earl of Sea
field, was so striking as to be general,
noticed and commented upon.-NeW
York Tribune.