GRANT family in IVERK

[corisande]

The GRANT family arrived in Iverk (that is a barony in southern Kilkenny) in Norman times, and many of them have stayed there ever since.

I am currently trying to untangle the various branches that have emerged, and if anyone is researching the Grants in Kilkenny, can they say which branches they are researching.

[Pangur Ban]

Does your research indicate that the GRANT family of Iverk were descended from Milo fitz David?  I have seen one source that says Yes and another that says No.

[corisande]

So what is your connection to the Grants of Iverk ?

[Pangur Ban]

My great-great-grandfather Andrew Grant emigrated from Kilkenny to New York in 1849, along with his brother James.  They had probably lived at Killahy, based on Griffith's Valuation.  I haven't been able to trace them any further back, but have been reading about the origin of the Grant family in Kilkenny in Norman times, associated with the Geraldines.  I am interested in any source that confirms that the Grants descended from Milo fitz David fitz Gerald of Wales.

[corisande]

I am interested in any source that confirms that the Grants descended from Milo fitz David fitz Gerald of Wales. 

You are talking about events around 1200, so "confirmation" is difficult, in as much as a letter signed William Grant saying that Milo was his grandfather (or whatever) does not exist .

 However you can work with "the balance of probability" and on going through all the sources I reach the conclusion that the Grants are descended from Milo. You have presumably read my web site

However the purpose of this thread is about trying to untangle the Grants who came from Iverk and who are both scattered and still in Kilkenny/Waterford. For example in your own case you need to look at the period 1650 to 1850 - whatever happened in 1200 is not going to help

I would suggest that you start a new thread of your own to discus the origins of the Grants at and before 1200 if you want to go into that. Otherwise the purpose of this thread will get watered down

My own view is that at the moment the only way to untangle the Grants today is by DNA, have you had a DNA test done by a male Grant from your line?

[Pangur Ban]

I would like to try the DNA approach but my grandmother, Marie Grant, died in 1910 and so far I have been unable to locate living male descendants of her two brothers.  However, that does seem the best approach and I'll keep trying.

[Holden Kilkenny Ireland]

From Hearth Roll (tax records) 1665, Edmund Grant lived at Crobally, and Geffery Grant lived at Kilkeasy (both near Killahy townlands) hope this helps you out!

[mtlass]

Hello.  I have researching my husband's family and have traced the family back to William Francis Grant, who came to the US in the mid-1800's. The information I have states that he was from Rathpatrick, Kilkenny.  Somewhere over the past 15 years, I also came across info that his father was David Grant.  Would be interested to connect the dots (so to speak) with more family in Iverk.

[hallmark]

Pedigree of the Grant family of counties Kilkenny and Waterford, 12th-18th cents,
1972.

GO MS 824/21    Manuscripts Reading Room, National Library of Ireland.