Glimpses of the Past - William GRANT, quartermaster sgt. 71st Regt. of foot, received his discharge in Brooklyn, L.I. in October 1783. He was born at Keith, Scotland in 1759 and was therefore 27 years old when he came to Schoodic. He had been educated for the ministry. He drew the farm lot now occupied by his grandson, John A. GRANT, Old Ridge. In 1787 he received a commission as ensign in the militia and was made a lieutenant in 1795. He married Catherine PATTON a d/o William PATTON, who lived in the adjoining farm and who is supposed also to have been an officer in the 71st. Lt. Grant died in 1831 and was buried in the old church yrad on King Street. Thomas MITCHELL, whose farm was a little farther east, was also a son-in-law of William PATTON. He was noted in his day as a skilful penman. It was he who gave the land on which St. Thomas Church is built. William CALENDAR of the grant was probably William KENNEDY, better known as Capt. Kennedy, who as a school master for many years left his mark upon the rising generation in the new settlement. He was a small man who spoke English with a broad Scotch accent.