Cant was tutor to the Pitsligo family around 1630. His insignia still adorns the pulpit to remind us of his charge as first Parish minister. The parishoners, who had no likiing for him, nick-named him "Canting Andrew" because of his whining and drawling delivery of sermons; he was a severe disciplinarian.

Leaving the parish in 1639 to become closer to the core of the Covenanting movement, Andrew Cant forged his name into the history of this troublesome period. A likeness of Andrew Cant;s face carved in sandstone and once adorned the South wall, with initials C.A. below.