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Fergus(s)on DNA Project

Fergusons of Auchensoul, Ayrshire

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William Fergusson of Auchinsoul was engaged with his cheif, Barnard Fergusson of Kilkerran, in the attack on the Laird of Camlarg in the fenced Court of the Sheriff of Ayr in 1564. In 1689 Fergusson of Auchinsoul was excommunicated by the Church for contumaciousness, having paid no attention to the various sentences of the Presbytery for several years previously. Upon this he fled to Drummore (county Down), Ireland, with the object of his illict affection, Janet Martin; but he felt glad in 1711 - such was the influence of the Church - to make 'due repentance' and be relieved from his sentence. William Fergusson of Auchinsoul was a Commisioner of Supply 1758. In 1781 Lt. James Fergusson of Auchinsol was admitted a burgess of Ayr. James's successor, Fergusson of Littleton, sold the property to John M'Kie.
[History of the county of Ayr: with a genealogical account of the families of Ayrshire, James Paterson, published Ayr, 1847, p. 258-9]

Duncan Fergusson of Kilkerran

The William and Barnard refered to by Paterson are likely the sons of Duncan.

Lt. James Hamilton Fergusson

of the 57th Regiment of Foot

Heraldry

References

  1. Records of the Clan and Name of, Ferguson and Fergus, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies, Edinburgh, 1895
  2. O'Brien's Family History


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