Grant, William ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Lieutenant in the 1st Royal Carron Regiment, Carron Parish, Aberlour. ¹
Scotland. He fought under General Wolfe at the Battle of the Plains of
Abraham in 1759 during the Seven Years War. As a soldier he earned the
right to draw land and settle in Canada but he chose to return to
Scotland. William gave his eldest son Lewis "Power of Attorney" to draw
land to which he, William, was entitled and never claimed. Two of
William's sons went to the USA about the same time that Lewis came to
Canada.

• Occupation: a half-pay lieutenant, First Royals, Aberdeen, Scotland. ³

William married Catherine Grant, daughter of Lewis Grant and Unknown, about 1765 in Scotland.¹ (Catherine Grant was born in Wester Elchies, Scotland.)