Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-09-14
GRANTS ANCIENT LINEAGE.

We are apt to think that when an
American girl weds titled man that
she must necessarily be inferior in
birth to her husband. If Miss Julia
Dent Grant marries into one of the
princely houses of Russia she can feel
assured that in her own veins runs
the blood of a noble and worthy an
cestry, to trace which has
proved fascinating study. The line
age of the Grant family, briefly told
by Col Teetor, genealogist, Of the New
York Tribune, is as follows: A cell
ebrated manuscript in Scotland bears
the title, can 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 a certain prince
named Wodine. This prince came out
Of Asia about the year 900 and settled
in Norway, where he built great city
and where prayer and sacrifices we're
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. 1t is said that Heming, son
of Hacken, having become converted
to Christianity through the influence
Of his wife, a daughter of Adelstein,
the first Christian king of Denmark,
the Grants came from Norway to Scot
land by the way of the Hebrides or as
followers of Rolf the Ranger, ancestor
of the dukes of Normandy, they were
undoubtedly Normans. They did not
rise to the proportion of a clan until
century. Richard Lee Grant was
archbishop of Canterbury in 1928.
About the same time William Lee
Grant married Albreda Byset of the
baronial 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 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
Green has been the home of the chiefs
of the clan since the fourteenth cen
fury, and is cherished and venerated
accordingly by all who bear the name
Of Grant. Among the features of the
castle is the magnificent dining hall, At
feet in length and 27 feet in width and
OF prOpOrtiOnate height. The walls
are adorned with numerous and rare
works of art and SO ancestral portraits
The possessions of the Grants, as the
chief jewellers of Strathspey, wei, sit
uated between the Craig Elachies-
two great rocks on the river Spey. "a
mountain in flame" is the Gram crest,
taken from it. The name means crock
of alarm" and in the time of danger
huge fires were kindled on the craig
as a signal of alarm for the clan 70
assemble. STAND fast, Craig Elaiche,'
was the war cry, and is today the mot
to of the clan. The oldest, stateIiest
and most formidable dwelling place or
the old clan chiefs is Castle Urquhart
built upon rocky promontory on the
west side of Loeb Ness. 1t was found
ed in the Norman period 1t was be-
sieged and taken by Edward I. in 1903
and was chartered to Grant of Grant in
1909 by King James ". 1t is the
lordly seat of the Grants as earls of
Seafield, and is a Wondering ruin of
eight centuries of Scottish history and
400 years of the annals of the family
VI vi d1lI IIdIIu6W L., 4U wears
town clerk and surveyor of Windsor,
Conn, was lineal descendant of this
old Morse race, called in Scotland
Highland clan. He cd me to this coun-
try from Plymouth, England, landing
at Nantasket, Mass, on May 90, 1880.
Gen. II. S. Grant was the seventh in the
line of descent from Matthew Grant
Sir William Frazer of Edinborough
met Gen. Grant upon the occasion or
his being accorded the freedom OF
that city while making the tour of the
world and he said the resem blance be-
tween the distinguished descendant Of
Matthew Grant and Sir James Grant.
earl of Seafeld, was so striking as to
be generally noticed and commented
upon.
WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.