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Fergus(s)on DNA ProjectMaryland Branch of the Ferguson of InveruieThe Three Brothers Robert, John and George according to Martin Luther Ferguson1 |
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The following eight traditional stories have been handed down from generation to generation in certain related but widely separated families by the name of Ferguson in America.
These traditions have been collected and have been traced back to their proper source in Scotland. They have been found to agree in substance with facts found in the foregoing history of the family and descendants of William Ferguson, Laird of Badifurrow.
1st. That the family was descended from the Royal House of Scotland, from Fergus, first King of the Scots (this is the only one my mother shared)
2nd That some of the ancestors of the family were among the landed aristocracy of Scotland
3rd That one of the ancestors was a member of the Scottish Parliament
4th That the family descended from a family in Scotland in which there was a noted general, who lived in the days of Oliver Cromwell.
5th That there was an ancestor who saved a portion of the people of Scotland from starving during a famine
6th That there was a noted sea captain in the family who died in Scotland without heirs
7th That three brothers, Robert, John and George, came to America at an early date, one settling in New England, one in Maryland and one in Georgia.
8th That the head of the Maryland branch of the family was Robert Ferguson, an English army officer, who settled where the city of Washington, d.~ is now located, and whose residence at that time was opposite to where the White House now stands, and just back of Jackson's monument.
Referring these traditions to the foregoing history of the family and descendants of William Ferguson, Laird of Badifurrow, it is found that they are substantiated by the following facts: --
1st That the family was descended from Fergus, First king of Scots
2nd That some of the representatives of the family possessed titled estates
3rd That William Ferguson, Laird of Badifurrow, represented Inverurie in the Scottish Parliament in 1661 and 1663
4th That General James Ferguson lived during the latter part of the 17th century, and the forepart of the 18th century, he being the only one of the name who attained to that distinction.
5th That George Ferguson, the Factor of the Duke of Perth, saved many people from starving during a famine in Scotland in 1696.
6th That Captain John Ferguson, a noted sea captain, died in Scotland without any heirs.
In 1875 an agent visited America to look for the heirs of this captain. The records of the family in America having been destroyed by a disastrous conflagration, the claim could not be established, and the estate reverted to the Crown.
7 th That George Ferguson, the Factor of Duke of Perth, had three sons, Robert, John and George. These brothers entered the military service and no record of them is found after 1706. They are supposed to have been killed in battle.
When the above traditions in the American family are thus referred to the corresponding facts in the history of the Scottish family, no doubt can exist but that these two families are from one and the same line.
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