The Fergusons in Co. Antrim were originally Presbyterians; and Sir
Samuel, in his ballad of 'Willy Gilliland,' included in Lays of the Western
Gael, tells the story of a Covenanting ancestor who came to Ireland at the
time of the persecutions in Scotland. Ellen GILLILAND, who married John
FERGUSON, father of Samuel of Standingstone, and was great-grandmother of Sir
Samuel, was descended from this hunted Covenanter. The burying place of the
family is at Donegore in Antrim; and the arms used by Sir Samuel FERGUSON were
the three boars' heads, and the buckle, the crest, a thistle with a bee, and
the motto Dulcius ex asperis.
Samuel Ferguson and Hester Owens
see 1st Fergusons of
Fourmileburn
- Samuel FERGUSON d. 1793; m. Hester OWENS
- William FERGUSON of Thrushfield, co. Antrim, who died unm.
- John FERGUSON of Ballinderry d. 1845; m. Agnes KNOX
- William Owens
FERGUSON, b. 1800; d. unm 28 Sep 1829
- John FERGUSON b. bet. 1800-1810; d. 1868; m. 1st Matilda
O'DONNELL; m. 2nd Carmen PERRIN
- William Owens FERGUSON, d. unm. 1891 aged 53.
- Conway Grimshaw FERGUSON b. May 8, 1854, Dublin; d.
d. Aug 1907, Brooklyn, NY; m. 1st, Johanna LYNNOTT; m. 2d Florence HERBERT
- Ethel b.~1881
- Herbert W FERGUSON, b. 15 Nov 1887
- Eileen
- Mary Alice FERGUSON, m. W.
HAUGHTON, and has issue.
- Matilda Georgina FERGUSON; m.
Warham BOSTON; d. 1892 and had issue.
- Margaret Alice FERGUSON, m.
1871, Thomas PATERSON, and has issue.
- Robert Charles FERGUSON; d. Buenos Ayres, April 1894;
m. Ellen BRUNNER;
- Wilfred John FERGUSON; d. unm. 1885
- Rosita, b.~ 1862 Egremont,
Cheshire; d. 1885 ; m. J. OWEN, C.E.
- Francis (Frank) Samuel b.~ 1865 Liverpool,
Lancashire,
- Samuel, Knight, Q.C., LL.D. of Trinity College, Dublin
and of Edinburgh, and at his death President of the Royal Irish Academy; b. 10
Mar 1810; m. Mary Catherine GUINESS; d. s.p. 1886
- Hester, m. Archibald MACELKERAN,
and had issue.
- Mary Eliza, m. John COWAN, and had
issue
- Ellen (d. 1841), m. William
HAUGHTON, Moorefield, co. Dublin, and had issue.
- Robert FERGUSON, died unm., leaving Pebble Cottage to his
nephew John, son of John, his brother.
- Thomas FERGUSON of Tildarg, co. Antrim, m. Rachel OWENS
- William John FERGUSON b.~1822, Antrim, d. 1879, Belfast;
m. Rachel FERGUSON
- Thomas FERGUSON b.~1853, Antrim; unmarried, resident
in Italy.
- Bessie FERGUSON b.~1856 Bangor,
Cardigan, Wales
- William John FERGUSON; b.~ 1859 Bangor, Cardigan,
Wales; ; m. Annie AGNEW
- George Chichester Smyth FERGUSON b. 26 Aug 1885,
Devon; d. 8 Mar 1958, Antrim
- Elizabeth "Bessie" Rachel
FERGUSON b. 1887 Barnstaple Devon; d. 1 Aug 1943,
Belfast
- Theus Annie FERGUSON b.
1891
Barnstaple, Devon; d. 6 Oct 1951, Belfast
- James FERGUSON; m. Mary GRAHAM, and had one daughter, Mary,
m. James ORR, and had issue.
- Samuel FERGUSON M.D., died unm.
- Ellen, m. Thomas GUNNING, and had
issue.
