Editing Cuthbert Grant (section)

== Family and descendants ==

Cuthbert Grant was known to have been married three times, he had at least three sons and six daughters.

His first wife was Elizabeth "Bethsy" McKay, the sister of John Richards McKay and daughter of John McKay and Mary Favell. Grant and Bethsy courted through correspondence; the pair were married on May 22, 1814, at Fort Gibraltar. Their marriage produced one son, James (b. circa 1815). However, while Cuthbert was on trial for his part in Seven Oaks, both Bethsy and their son James disappeared. Their fate is unknown.

In 1820, Cuthbert was involved in a [[Marriage à la façon du pays|''mariage du pays'']] with Marie Desmaris. From this union, a daughter Maria was born (b. July 15, 1820). (Maria would later marry [[Pascal Breland]], a magistrate at St. François Xavier.)

Around 1823, Cuthbert married Marie McGillis, the daughter of Angus McGillis and an aboriginal woman named Marguerite. Cuthbert and Marie-Marguerite were the parents of 11 children: Elise, Charles, Pierre, Elizabeth, Marguerite, Cuthbert Louis Marie, Cuthbert, James, Sophia, Caroline, Jessie, and Julie Rose Marie Grant.

Marie survived her husband's death by 18 months. She was buried on April 30, 1856, in St.-Francois-Xavier.

[[Baron Strathspey|Lord Strathspey]], the head of [[Clan Grant]], officially declared Cuthbert Grant a member of his clan at a ceremony held in Winnipeg in July 2012. This created a new [[sept]] of his descendants in Canada.<ref>[http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/scottish-clan-chiefs-visit-unites-grant-descendants-162502666.html "Scottish clan chief's visit unites Grant descendants"]. ''Winnipeg Free Press'', July 15, 2012. Accessed July 16, 2012.</ref>