Cant Family Tree research resources
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Cant records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"CANT. William Cant and Sithow Cant were tenants under the Douglases in Telny in the barony of Aberdoure, Fife, 1376 (RHM., I, ?. l,\iv). A writer in the Scottish antiquary rv) says that the name occurs in the Exchequer Rolls in the fifteenth century, and that the family, by trade dealers in cloth, supplied the kings household. They were evidently, he says, Flemings, and are mentioned in connection with Flanders. They obtained land at Masterton near Dunfermline, which their descendants of the name still possess. A family of the name early attained prominence in Edinburgh, where the name was common in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Adam Cant was bailie there, 1403 (EBR., 2), and James Cant was chosen dean of guild, 1413 (CDE., 21). Alexander Cant was provost of Montrose, 1430 (REB., n, 33), and Patrick Kant or Cant and Thomas Cant, Scottish merchants, had safe conducts into England, 1426-50 075 (Bain, rv, 990, 1230, 1433). Alan Cant was rector of the Hospital of Soltre and chancellor of St. Andrews, 1461 (Soltre, p. 58). Henry Cant represented Edinburgh in the Scottish Parliament from 1473 to 1493 (Sc. Anf., vn, p. 79). A family of this name were tenants on lands of the Abbey of Cupar-Angus (Cupar-Angus, i, p. 147, 167). Lands were leased to Richard Cante in 1485, and two years later Alexander Cant appears as burgess of Montrose (RAA., n, 260, 311). Dauyd Kautt, 'chamurlane in the Kyngis owmuth (commission) is in record in Orkney, 1509 (REO., p. 82), and Robert Cant was tenant under the bishop of Moray, 1565 (REM., p. 438). Mr. Andrew Kant was minister at Pitsligo, 1634 (SCM., m, p. 120). Richard Kant, the grandfather of Immanuel Kant the philosopher, an inn-keeper in Russ and Werden at Heydekrug, was a native of Scotland (Heintze-Cascorbi, Die deutschen Familien Namen, 1925, p. 237). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cant Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cant Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Cant family tree.
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Cant Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Cant Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cant family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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