Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Rev. William Mitchell was born in 1670 (son of Rev. William Mitchell and Margaret Cant); died on 8 Sep 1727 in York, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Notes:
CHURCH: Licensed by Presbytery of Aberdeen.
CHURCH: Ordained to Second Charge, Canongate, 1695.
CHURCH: Translated to Old Kirk Parish, 1708.
CHURCH: Called, 1718.
CHURCH: Minister of St. Giles, and the High Kirk, Second Charge, 1721; translated and admitted, 1721.
CHURCH: Chaplain in ordinary to George 8th.
CHURCH: Moderator of Assembly 1710, 1714, 1717, 1722, 1726.
MARRIAGE: Date> 2nd marriage listed as "7 July 1723? in ?Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae?, vol. 1 p. 67; amended to ?26 July 1723? in ?Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae?, vol. 8 p. 11.
William married Margaret Cunningham on 29 Oct 1705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Margaret Cunningham Notes:
Died:
Y
Notes:
Married:
STATUS: 1st marriage for husband; 2nd marriage for wife.
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Generation: 3
4. | Rev. William Mitchell died in Jul 1712. Notes:
EDUCATION: Marischal College, Aberdeen.
CHURCH: Elected to Footdee, Aberdeen, 1776.
CHURCH: Probably deprived on account of the Test, 1681.
CHURCH: Minister at Leslie, Fife, 1688.
CHURCH: Minister of St. Paul's, formerly Third Charge, 1691; translated and admitted, 1691.
CHURCH: Member of Assembly, 1692.
CHURCH: Minister of Dundee.
Birth:
Y
William married Margaret Cant on 22 Nov 1666. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
10. | Rev. Alexander Cant, MA died on 30 Mar 1665 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 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.
Birth:
Y
Alexander married Isobel Douglas on 8 Sep 1648. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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