The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-09-01
GEEEALoeY OF THE GRANTS.
j ala Dent rant Can Trace Her De-
HE scent Back to the
Year GOO, 8 w.

Yenrs 600. W.
The lineage of the Grant family,
briefly told, is as follows: "A cele-
brated 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 q certain prince named
Wodine. This prince came out OF Asia
about the year coo and settled in Nor
way, where he built a great city and
where prayer and sacrifices were made
by the Norsemen.'
Coming down to the ninth century,
history records the name OF Hacken,
third of that name from Wodine and
earl of Trondelagen, one of the most
renowned men for courage and
strength in the kingdom of Norway.
Because of an unusual feat accom-
plished over his enemies he was called
Hacken Grant, the latter word being
used in the sense of great, and all de-
scended from this Hacken were called
Grants.
at is said that Heming, son of Hack
en-, having become converted to Chris
tianity through the influence of his
wife, daughter of AdeIstein, the first
Christian king of Denmark, was ban
ished from Norway.
Whether the Grants came from Nor
way to Scotland by way of the Hebrides
or as followers of Rolf the Ranger, an
cestor of the dukes of Normandy, they
were undoubtedly Normans. They did
not rise to the proportion of clan until
about the beginning of the fourteenth
century. Richard LIE Grant was arch
bishop of Canterbury in 1928. About
the same time William, LIE Grant mar
ried Albreda Byset. of the baronial fam
lily of that name, and he went as a cru
sader to the Holy Land in 1870.
''Sir Lawrence LIE Grant. was high
sheriff of Invernesshire in 1858. Sir
Duncan 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
Ludovic Grant is fifteenth in descent
from Sir Lawrence, and was the first to
be called Grant of Grant. He was the
son of Sir James Grant by Lady Mary
Stewart, niece of Mary Queen of Scots,
and was called the Highland King.
He was succeeded by his son, Sir James
| Grant of Grant, baronet, member of
parliament for many years, who died
in 1747.
"Castle Grant has been the home of the
chiefs of the clan since the fourteenth
century, and is cherished and veneer
ated accordingly by all who bear the
name of Grant. Among the features of
the castle is the magnificent dining
hall A. feet in length, q feet in width
and of proportionate height. The walls
are adorned with numerous and rare
works of art, and 80 ancestral portraits.
1.-The possessions of the Grants, as
the chief jewellers of Strathspey. Were
situated between the two Craig Ella
chies-two great rocks on the river
Spey. y 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
tllC VI as a. q Lei I'LL me. SIdh "
assemble. Stand Fast, Craig Elachie,
was the war cry, and is to-day the motto
of the clan.
"The Oldest, stateliest and most for
midable dwelling place of the clan
chiefs is Castle Urquhart, built upon a
rocky promontory on the west side of
Loeb Ness. It was founded in the Nor
man period. 1t was besieged and taken
by Edward 1. in 1303'and was chartered
to Grant of Grant in 1909 by King James
". 1t is the lordiy seat of the Grants as
earls of Seafeld, and is "a smoldering
ruin of eight centuries ofsScottish his
tory and 4oO years of the annals of the
family of Grant.
Matthew Grant, 40 years town clerk
and surveyor of Windsor, Conn.,, was a
lineal descendant of this old Morse race,
calledin Scotland a Highland clan. He
came to this country from Plymouth,
England, landing at Nantasket, Mass,
on May 80, 1880. Gen. L.. S. Grant was
the seventh in the line of descent from
Matthew Grant, aur
Sir William Frazer, of Edinburgh,
met Gen. Grant upon the occasion of his
being accorded the freedom of that city,
while making the tour. of the world, and
he said the resemblance, between the
distinguished descendant OF Matthew
Grant and Sir James Grant, earl Of Sea-
field, was so striking as to be generally
noticed and commented, upon Y.
Tribune. qs UEf e
Narrowest Street in the World.
The seaport town of Great Yarmouth,
Enoland.- contains a street that we'll