Alpin Grant (1740 - 1828)

Born 1740 in Meikle, Inverness, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret McDonald — married [date unknown] in Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 1828 at about age 88 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Alpin Grant is a member of Clan Grant.

Alpin Grant migrated from Scotland, UK to Canada.

Biography

Time Line: 1740, 15 March: his birth, at Meikle, Inverness, Scotland Chr. 16 Mar 1740.

1758, abt: son Donald born Glen Urquhart, Inverness.

1767, abt: son Peter born at Glen Urquhart, Inverness. Peter died 30 Oct 1852, Scotch Hill, Pictou, NS.

1773, 22 Sept., birth of son James at Glen Urquhart.

1775: came to the American Colonies...he followed his brother James there.

1780: birth of son John Alpin, Colchester, Nova Scotia

1783: Discharged from 84th Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, 2nd Battalion under Major Small, serving out the war in the Windsor area.

He received a 500 acre land grant in Pictou? "His brother John did also, in Springville."

1783: He moved on to East River, Pictou Co., NS.

1785: abt., birth of daughter. Mary, at East River, Pictou.

1788: abt., birth of daughter Katherine, at Pictou.

1788: abt., death of wife, Margaret.

1828, abt., Alpin's death at East River, Pictou.

Biography:

"Alpin Grant was born on 15 March 1740 in Meikle, Inverness, Scotland. He was christened on 16 Mar 1740. He appeared on the census in 1817 in Pictou, NS. He died in 1828 in East River, Pictou, NS. East River was called Duckland by the Indians.

Alpin Grant was born in Glen Urquhart, Scotland, in 1740. He was the son of John Iain Roy Grant and Margaret McKerres. In 1775 he followed his brother James to the American Colonies. It is unsure whether his original destination was N.S. It is thought that the destination might have been New York and they were diverted north to Boston, made to enlist in the army, 84th Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, 2nd Battalion under Major Small. Due to the surrender of Boston, the regiment was taken to Halifax. When they landed in Nova Scotia, Alpin left his son Peter to be schooled in Halifax and was forced to stay in the 84th Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, 2nd Battalion under Major Small. He served out the war in the Windsor area. It is assumed that his wife and son James accompanied him; two more sons were born before his discharge in 1783. At that time, Alpin and Margaret appear to have moved on to East River in Pictou County. Pictou County in 1775 was a wilderness waiting to be tamed into farms. Alpin with his background as a farmer on Drum Fadda Long Ridge in his homeland of Inverness Co. Scotland was ready for the challenge. Alpin lived until 1828. He presumably died in East River, but at this time his grave has not been located in Pictou.

Sources

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBSH-FYV : 16 September 2021), Alpin Grant, 1740.
• Nova Scotia Archives: "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZY6H-1HN2 : 22 July 2021), Alpin Grant in entry for Catherine MacDonald, 1873.
• Nova Scotia Archives: "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PP-HLF : 1 February 2020), Alpin Stant in entry for Catherine MacDonald, 1873.
• Nova Scotia Archives: "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7TDB-4RMM : 22 July 2021), Alpin Grant in entry for Cathern McDonald, 1873.