Rev. Alexander Cant, MA

- 1665

• Name	Alexander Cant  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Suffix	MA
  Birth	Y  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  	Y
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Mar 1665	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [6]
  Person ID	I75670	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family	Isobel Douglas
  Marriage	8 Sep 1648  [7]
  	STATUS: 1st marriage for wife.
  Children	1. Bishop Andrew Cant,   b. Cal 1649   d. 21 Apr 1730 (Age 81 years)   2. Isobel Cant   d. Aft 11 Jul 1684   3. Margaret Cant   4. William Cant,   c. 16 Feb 1665
  Family ID	F27418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2013

  
  

• Notes

  EDUCATION: King's College, Aberdeen; Master of Arts, 1636. EDUCATION: Principal of University of Edinburgh CHURCH: Licensed by Presbytery of Dalkeith, 1639. CHURCH: Minister of Banchory-Ternan, 1646; admitted, 1646. CHURCH: Member of the Commission of Assembly, 1648. CHURCH: Joined the Protesters, 1651. CHURCH: Deposed on the establishment of Episcopacy at the Restoration. CHURCH: Ordered to appear before the Privy Council to answer for his seditious carriage, 1662. OFFICE: Named by Parliament one of the Commissioners for visiting the College of Aberdeen, 1649. (Research):One of the earliest records of the family was William Cant and Sithow Cant who were tenants under the Douglases in Telny in the barony of Aberdoure, Fife, 1376.

  
  

• Sources

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