The Grant Clan Badge
Our Heritage
It is easy to forget all those who lived before us
Those who lived, worked and built long before we were born.
We sometimes think that everything begins with us.
We enjoy freedoms we have not earned.
Be grateful for our heritage and appreciate those who lived in another time and under different circumstances, so that we can live a better life today.
Those who lived, worked and built long before we were born.
We sometimes think that everything begins with us.
We enjoy freedoms we have not earned.
Be grateful for our heritage and appreciate those who lived in another time and under different circumstances, so that we can live a better life today.
Angus "Ballaguachaidh" Grant I (ca.1747-1817) of Glenmoriston, Scotland was a resident of the Mohawk Valley, near Johnstown, in New York State at the outbreak of the Britsh-American War of 1776-1783. In spite of the mistreatment he had received at the hands of the Duke of Cumberland in 1750, when he was exiled, along with his father John Grant to the Barbados as a slave, Angus along with his Scottish neighbours, sided with the Crown and became outcasts in their new country. He fled overland to Quebec and joined the Royal Regiment of New York ("The Yorkers"). They fought in many skirmishes and battles during the war against American rebels. When the British were defeated in 1783, his property in New York was confiscated by the victors, and his wife, Nelly MacDonell, and family joined him in the refugee camps in Quebec on the south side of the St. Lawrence River, near St. Johns on the Richelieu River. When the government of Great Britain finally decided to settle their loyal American citizens in the wilderness of Canada, in what is now Eastern Ontario, most of these Scottish-American refugees were offered land in Glengarry the 1st Township west of the Ottawa River. Thus Angus Grant and his son Peter Grant (1770-1843) became one of the founders of the future village of Martintown on the River aux Raisin. This is where my father Angus Cameron Grant III (1902-1987) was born and grew up.
Genealogy, the Past will always Matter to the Future
The computer program that I use to organize and record my family history is:
RootsMagic
This program can be uploaded and installed on a free trial basis
Sarah & John P. Mann, their family and friends
John Mann, sitting in the rocking chair,was the great-grandfather of Doug Grant, on his mother's side. John's wife, Sarah (Fisher) Mann is standing to his side. His son, Ivan Mann (my grandfather) is standing directly behind him.
This photograph was taken outside their home in Orchard Beach, Ont. on the shores of Lake Simcoe.
John Mann, sitting in the rocking chair,was the great-grandfather of Doug Grant, on his mother's side. John's wife, Sarah (Fisher) Mann is standing to his side. His son, Ivan Mann (my grandfather) is standing directly behind him.
This photograph was taken outside their home in Orchard Beach, Ont. on the shores of Lake Simcoe.