Grant, James (1)

Battle:Battle of Dunbar in Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Ship/Arrival:Unity, Dec 1650
Prisoner and List:
Name Variations:Grant, Graunt
Residences:Kittery, Maine; Dover/Oyster River, New Hampshire
Other SPOW Associations:
Every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy; please independently verify all data.

Published: 21 Aug 2018, Updated: 03 Apr 2019
Page contributors: Dr. Andrew Millard, Teresa Rust


IMPORTANT UPDATE! (July 2018)
According to, Christopher Gerrard, Pam Graves, Andrew Millard, Richard Annis, and Anwen Caffell, Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the Stories of the Scottish Soldiers at the Battle of Dunbar 1650, (England: Oxbow Books, 2018), on page 249, James (1) is categorized as:

Probable [that he is a Dunbar prisoner transported on the Unity]

Appears: 1662?. D.1683. Left bequests to the children of Peter Grant and James (2) Grant. [Ch.7 & 8]

For explanations of the category, abbreviations and references see List of Dunbar prisoners from Lost Lives, New Voices.


First Generation in the New World

1. JAMES¹ GRANT, was born presumably in Scotland and died at Kittery, York County, Maine in 1683.