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	First tree
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2020

  
  

• 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

  [S3473] vol. 6 p. 288 (Reliability: 3). [S3473] vol. 6 p. 37 (Reliability: 3). [S3473] vol. 6 p. 80; vol. 8 p. 545 (Reliability: 3). [S3473] vol. 5 p. 331 (Reliability: 3). [S3473] vol. 1 p. 127 (Reliability: 3). [S3473] vol. 6 p. 80 (Reliability: 3).