Dulcius Ex Asperis

'The Rev. Thos. Ferguson, D.D.' writes Rev. H. Sandford, rector of St. Peter's, 'apparently was curate of St. Peter's till 1763, and was rector of St. Mary's, Drogheda, from then till his death in 1773.'

Rev. William Fergusson

Communicated by John Coleman Fergusson, Esq., Vancouver
[Records of the Clan, Supplement, 1899

  1. The Rev. William Fergusson, who had been an army chaplain Scotland (it is said in the army of Prince Charles Edward in 1745), subsequently went to Ireland with Bishop Boulter, and became Rector of Drogheda. He was father of --
  2. Rev. William Fergusson, second Rector of Drogheda, who was father of--
    • John
    • Another son, who became third Rector of Drogheda
  3. John Fergusson, merchant, Calcutta, who married Miss Garstin, and had issue:
    • Benjamin
    • George, M.D. (near Dublin).
    • Edward, colonel Madras Army
    • John, I.C.S. judge
    • Thomas, married Miss Dobbin
    • Delia, married Major Jones
  4. Benjamin Fergusson, captain R.N., born 1777, married in 1805 [Banns: 26 Sep 1803, St Katherine Cree, London] , Elizabeth Tierney, a beauty whose portrait was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. After leaving the Navy he succeeded his father as a merchant in Calcutta, where he died. He had seven sons and three daughters:
    • Edward Francis Tierney
    • George

      The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) 10 September 1902 DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST. - The following paragraph is taken from a New Zealand paper, of recent date:-"One more of the fast-diminishing numbers of old colonists, Mr. George Tierney Fergusson, Totara, passed quietly away on July 22, in his 82nd year. He was the sixth son of Benjamin Fergusson, captain the East India Company's service, cousin of Sir James Fergusson, formerly Governor of New Zealand, and of the late Joshua Fergusson, Tinder Box Bay, D'Entreeasteaux Channel, Tasmania, and one of the Fergussons of Craigdarroch, and was educated at Oxford, where he took his degree of B.A. He arrived at Christchurch by the ship Lady Nugent, in 1850. Among his fellow passengers were Messrs. Godley, Wakefield, Olocklan, and Spencer. After a time he visited Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Auckland, and finally arrived in Whangaroa in 1855, where he resided until his death. He was well known, and respected throughout the North, and by his kindlv disposition and good advice to young and old he gidned innumerable friends, that being testified by the numerous attendance at the grave to pay their last respects."

    • John, captain and A.D.C., killed in India
    • William
    • Thomas Tierney, married a daughter of Sir John Slade, and had issue:

      Thomas Tierney Fergusson (1818-91), a convert, was ordained in 1844 after education at the College of Propaganda Fide in Rome and served in the western district in England for a time. A relation of Elizabeth Bowden, donor of the church which Pugin designed for Fulham, London, he was appointed priest there when the church opened in 1848; he left England in 1856. [The Collected Letters of A. W. N. Pugin: Volume 3: 1846-1848 By Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

      Printed advice against the solemnisation of clandestine marriages PAR492/2/3/1 5 Dec 1854 - cites the conviction of Thomas Tierney Fergusson, DD, a Roman Catholic priest, at the Old Bailey on 29 Nov 1854 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

      Resides in Australia 1837

      Thomas Tierney Fergusson Probate Date: 30 Jan 1891 Death Date: 22 Nov 1890 Death Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England Registry: Principal Registry; Anna Fergusson, widow, sole executrix

      • Maria Maddene, married Captain Charles Coke, R.N.
    • Josias (Indian army)

      Lieutenant Josias Du Pre Fergusson - 36th Bengal Native Infantry - died 27th December 1844. Son of Benjamin Fergusson. Born 1815. Cadet 1828. Served in Rajputana 1834-5. Assistant Revenue Surveyor in Cawnpore 1838-40. Adjutant Bhopal Contingent 1840. Action against rebels in Saugor district 1842. Commanded 2nd Bn. Military Police at Damoh 1843. Grave at Subathu - "In memory of Lt Josias Du Pre Fergusson 36th Regt N. Infy who departed this life on the 27th December 1844, aged 29 years. This tomb is erected by his brother officers as a tribute of esteem."

    • Benjamin, a clergyman, who married his cousin Katie Fergusson, and had one daughter, Katie
    • Margaret, married Major Prole
    • Ann Maria, married, 1st, Colonel J.L. Mowatt, R.A., and 2nd, Admiral Lyon, brother to Lord Lyons, Ambassador to France
    • Ellen, married Colonel Hugh Boscawen
  5. Edward Francis Tierney Fergusson, born at Calcutta in 1823, became a captain H.M. Indian Navy, and married Susanah Sully [1850: Susanna Clara Sully, Kensington], grandaughter and heiress of John Coleman, who entered the Royal Navy and was wounded in an engagement with the French when serving under Lord Rodney. Edward F.T. Fergusson when a lieutenant took up Astronomy at greenwich and distinguished himself under the Astronomer-Royal. He was appointed in charge of the observatory at Bombay, where he was Judge Advocate for court-martials. He died in 1868, and had issue:

    Edward Francis Tierney Fergusson Probate Date: 17 Aug 1868 Death Date: 31 Jul 1868 Death Place: Surrey, England Registry: Principal Registry; Celia Anne Fergusson, widow, sole executrix

    • Mary Frances, married Dr. Annette, deceased
    • Susanna, married Dr. Andrews of Torquay
    • John Coleman
    • Winifred, at the covenant Norte Dame, Norwich, England
    • Agnes Dorthea, married Captain Vere Olebar
  6. John Coleman Fergusson (J.P., M. Inst. C.E.), son of Captain Edward F.T. Fergusson, was born in Bombay in 1854, is resident in Vancouver, B.C., and is a civil engineer. He married in 1881 Emily Kennett, and has issue:
    1. Dorthoe Emily, born in New Zealand
    2. Hugh Boscawen, born in Shanghai, March 1884
      [1946: Hugh Boscawen FERGUSSON, a British Subject, of Sund 3,5 ridge Park Hotel, Bromley, Kent]

      Hugh Boscawen Fergusson died on 21st. February 1953 in his sixty-ninth year. He was senior director of G. A. Harvey and. Company (London), Ltd., Greenwich..

      Charles Boscawen Fergusson (1915-1989)

    3. Cicely Mary, born in England

The family tradition is that this family was descended from the House of Kilkerran

St. Peter's Church of Ireland, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Armagh Clergy and Parishes

By the Rev. James B. Leslie, 1911

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