FERGUSON, JAMES FREDERIC (1807-1855), Irish antiquary, was born at
Charleston, South Carolina, in 1807. He was of French descent, his father
having been one Jacques Frederic Jaquemain, a native of Cambrai. During the
time of the revolution Jaquemain left France and settled in London, assuming
the name of Ferguson in 1793. Six years later he went to America, and in 1800
became deputy-postmaster of Beaufort in South Carolina, where he resided till
1812. After the death of his wife, an English lady, Jaquemain went to London,
where he became a teacher of languages. Subsequently he established a school in
St. Stephen's Green, Dublin. In 1823 he published a volume of Italian
translations from the classic poets. James Frederic Ferguson the younger
accompanied his father to Dublin 1820, and some years later was engaged on
behalf of Lord Kingsland in endeavouring to recover for that nobleman the
Kingsland estates.
[Dictionary of national biography, Volume 19
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