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Descendants of Ludovic Grant

Generation No. 1
1.LUDOVIC² GRANT(JOHN¹GRAUNT) was born Abt. 1698 in Scotland, and died 1755 in Charleston, SC.He married (1) ELIZABETH I-DU-I TASSEL in CNE [TN], daughter of KAHYUN TECHEA.She was born Abt. 1706 in CNE [TN], and died in CNE [TN].He married (2) UNKNOWN 1726.She was born Abt. 1700.
Notes for LUDOVIC GRANT:
On page 466, Starr states that Ludovic Grant married a woman of the Long Hair Clan; however, on page 561and 563 it states that he married a member of the Wolf Clan.(Two wives, or a typo?)
He was the Clan Chief of the Grant holdings in Scotland and they lost the war in the Jacobite Rebellion. They were captured by the British at Preston and banished to the New World.Ludovic arrived on the Susannah and moved in with the Cherokee, his cousins all went to Boston and the Caribbian area.
Sir Alexander Cuming, in his brief Journal which appeared in the Historical Register of London for 1731, described his adventures in the Cherokee Nation in 1730 when, with the aid of Ludovic Grant, he convinced seven young Cherokees (including future chief, Attakullakulla, the "Little Carpenter") to visit England and King George II.
In a statement recorded on page 301 of the Charlestown, South Carolina probate court in the book of "1754-1758" in a sworn statement of January 12, 1756, says, "It is about thirty years since I went into the Cherokee Country where I have resided ever since" "I speak their language".
More About LUDOVIC GRANT:
Blood: Scottish
Christened: April 12, 1702, Irvine, Scotland
Emigration 1: May 07, 1716, from Scottland to the "New World"
Emigration 2: Abt. 1726, To Cherokee Nation as Indian Trader
Note: "Indian Countryman" of Cheoah
Occupation: Fur Trader
Starr's Notes: B657 "married a full blood Cherokee of the Long Hair Clan"
More About ELIZABETH I-DU-I TASSEL:
Blood: Full Blood Cherokee
More About UNKNOWN:
Blood: Full Blood Cherokee
Clan: Ani'-Gilâ'hi = Twisters, Braids, or Long Hair Clan (Mary Grant)

Child of LUDOVIC GRANT and UNKNOWN is:

MARY³ GRANT, b. Abt. 1727, CNE [TN]; d. Abt. 1765, CNE [TN].