Fergus(s)on DNA Project FERGUSSON of Drumachoir, Perthshire "The Minister of Logierait, was a younger son of the Laird of Dunfallandy (styled Baron Ferguson) also in Athole" [Professor Adam Ferguson, 1848 as quoted in Records p. 118]

DNA

• The DNA of this family falls within Haplogroup R1b Clade: Northwest Irish based on the Haplotype of Christopher Ferguson.

Adam FERGUSSON, Minister of Logierait

1. Adam FERGUSSON (1672-1754), minister of Logierait, married, in 1705, Mary GORDON of Hallhead, and had issue -
   1. Mary b. 1706. She married Duncan STEWART in 1726.
   2. Charles b. 1708; d. 1743, at Port Royal, Jamaica.
   3. Anna b.; d. 1710.
   4. Alexander b. 1711; left two daughters, who lived at Coupar-Angus.
   5. John b. 1713; d. 1724.
   6. Janet b. 1715; married Thos. WILKIE
      [Janet WATSON g-grand-daughter married S.R. FERGUSSON of Middlehaugh]
   7. Patrick b. 1717, d. 1747, at Port Royal, Jamaica.
   8. Robert, 1719-1797, resident in America, and latterly at Perth, left a son.
      1. Robert FERGUSON ('Bob') who d. in 1830 having had three children.
         1. Robert FERGUSON, M.D. b. 1799, d. in 1865, married, first Cecilia LABALMONDIÈRE, by whom he had no issue, who d. in 1842; and second, Mary MACLEOD who d. in 1884. Their children:
            1. Mary Roma. Married Col. Henry C. B. Farrant, Loyal North Lnacashire (81st) Regiment and has issue.
            2. Robert Norman Ronald FERGUSON b. 1848, married Rose Geraldine CUMBERBATCH and has issue:
               1. Ronald Torquil, age 8 in 1891 census
                  [Not found in 1901 census or in the death index 1891-1901, England]
               2. Roma, age 5 in 1891 census
               3. Rachel, age 8 in 1901 census
            3. Marion Cecil, unmarried (1895); a sculptor.
            4. Harold Stuart FERGUSON b. 1850 married Isabel Julia MAXWELL and has issue (LDS Ancestral File):
               1. Robert Hamilton FERGUSON b. 1888, Travancore, India
                  1. Michael FERGUSON
                     1. Christopher FERGUSON
                        1. Robert FERGUSON
               2. Stuart Frederick Maxwell FERGUSON, b. 14 Aug 1889, Travancore, India, d. 26 Nov 1975 Surrey, England; m. Mharie M. PARRY Oct 16 1935 at St. Ethelburga's, Bishopgate
                  [Resides Broadmead Copse, Christmas Pie, Wanborough, Surrey, England in 1938; also Mharie Margaret FERGUSON - ref.]
                  1. Step daughter Mhari Elisabeth Forbes PARRY, informant on death certificate.
                     [She advises that her step father had no children 28 Feb 2005]
               3. Adam FERGUSON b. 1891, Travancore, India
            5. Robert Henry Bruce b. 1854 unmarried (1895)
         2. Mary Anne, married first Mr. EDGE, and second Rev. Alex. N. C. DALLAS leaving issue by both marriages.
         3. Catherine, married James CARY, D.D., son of the translator of Dante, and left issue.
   9. Adam Ferguson, 1723-1816. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, married in 1766 Katy (Catherine) BURNET of Aberdeenshire, who d. 1795, and had issue-
      1. Sir Adam Ferguson, b. 1770; d. 1854, Depute-Keeper of the Regalia of Scotland, married Margaret STUART and left no issue.
      2. Joseph, d. in 1799 unmarried.
      3. Col. James FERGUSON, d. in 1859 unmarried.
      4. Admiral John FERGUSON, R.N., b. 1784; d. 1855, married Elizabeth Lauder GUILD who d. in 1894. They had one son.
         1. Captain Adam FERGUSON (42nd Royal Highlanders, the Black Watch) b. 1836, and d. unmarried 1865.
      5. Margaret, d. unmarried.
      6. Isabel, d. unmarried, 24th Dec. 1830
      7. Mary, d. unmarried, January 1829.

Rev. John Ferguson

The grandfather of Rev. Mr. Ferguson was a native of the Highlands of Scotland. He belonged to the Scotch Greys - an was under the Duke of Marlborough in all his wars. He was a brother to Rev . - Ferguson, minister of Logierat, in Perthshire who was the father of Doct. Adam Ferguson, the historian, and predecessor to Dugal Stewart in the chair of Philosophy, at Edinburgh. He died in 1742. Mr. F. above is the only male representative of his family excepting his own children.
[A Centurial History of the Mendon Association of Congregational Ministers, by Mortimer Blake, 1853]

• Rev. Adam FERGUSSON's brother
  • John FERGUSON b. 1739; m. Anne BRIGGS; d. Newport, Rhode Island age 85
    • John FERGUSON b. or c. 28/12/1788, Duns, Berwickshire; m. 1st Mary V. HAMMETT; m. Margaret Snow EDDY; ordained East Atteboro 1822
      1. John
      2. Mary m. Mr. STOCKBRIDGE
      3. Whately
      4. Peter
      5. William E.
      6. George R.; graduate Amherst 1849
      7. Margaret E., teacher at Pittsfield
      8. James A.
      9. Abby Park

Henry Hugh Ferguson

• Married Elizabeth GRAEME Apr 21, 1772
• Said to be a relative of Professor Adam Ferguson

References

1. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1895.
2. Supplement to above published in 1899.

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