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Note: N37652 His existence as a son of James G of Hillockhead only comes from the references to his daughter, the wife of Benjamin Frobisher, being a nephew of Sir William Grant.
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John Craigie married in 1792, Susannah Coffin, dau of John Coffin, homme d'affaires, and Isabella Child, and widow of merchant James Grant. (translated from French).
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Supposedly brought up by his uncle when his father died early.
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Is this him:
In 1767 Quebec: James Grant establishes the Brasserie et Distillerie de Quebec in Beauport, which remains in operation until his death in 1789.
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in 1791 Thomas Grant opened La Distillerie de Beauport on the site of the former Brasserie et Distillerie de Quebec at Quebec.
(Brewed in Canada: The Untold Story of Canada's 350-year-old Brewing ... Allen Winn Sneath. 2001.)
Allen Winn Sneath says that Thomas was no relation to James Grant, but: Thomas Grant, distiller in Quebec” is mentioned in the 1801 entail of Robert Grant of Elchies, soon after “my nephew James Grant, merchant in Quebec, deceased”.
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