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Fergussons, Rectors of Drogheda

'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]

The Rev. William Fergusson, who had been an army chaplain in 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 --
Rev. William Fergusson, second Rector of Drogheda, who was father of--
- John
- Another son, who became third Rector of Drogheda
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
Benjamin Fergusson, captain R.N., born 1777, married in 1805, 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
- John, captain and A.D.C., killed in India
- William
- Thomas Tierney, married a daughter of Sir John Slade, and had issue:
  - Maria Maddene, married Captain Charles Coke, R.N.
- Josias (Indian army)
- 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
Edward Francis Tierney Ferusson, born at Calcutta in 1823, became a captain in H.M. Indian Navy, and married Susanah Sully, grandaughter and heiress of John Coleman, who enetered the Royal Navy and was wounded in an engagement with the French when serving under Lord Rodney. Edrard 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:
- 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
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]
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

Church Records LDS Film 0962930 Item 3, C700611 and data courtesy Revd Michael Graham
- Baptisms
  - Patience d/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 6 Nov 1750
  - William s/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 20 Jan 1752
    [married Anne-Monica GARSTIN, 7 Aug 1775 per A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain ... By Bernard Burke]
  - Robert s/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 10 Dec 1753
  - Henry s/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 21 Jan 1755
  - Edward s/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 5 Feb 1756
  - Sarah d/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 3 Oct 1758
  - George s/o Rev. Thos FERGUSON c 13 May 1760
  - Isabella d/o Rev. Thos FERGUSON c 7 Feb 1763
  - John s/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 24 Jun 1764
  - Margaret d/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON c 11 Nov 1765
  - Mary Anne d/o Rev. Thos FERGUSON c 16 Oct 1766
  - Mary Dorothy d/o Rev. Thos FERGUSON c 7 May 1771
  - George s/o George FERGUSON 100th Regiment & Jane c. 26 May 1811 b. 25 May 1811
  - James s/o Edward FERGUSON 28th Regiment Foot & Sarah c. 26 Mar 1812 b. 10 Mar 1812
  - John s/o John FERGUSSON, Trinity Street, Musician, & Anne c. 28 April 1826 b. 27 April 1826
- Marriages
  - William FERGUSON and Mary MCCARTHY 05 January 1751
- Burials
  - Henry s/o Rev. Thos. FERGUSON Jun 1755
  - Rev. William FERGUSON, 11 Dec 1755
  - Mrs. Isabella FERGUSON 13 May 1766
  - The Rev. Dr. FERGUSON, by falling of his horse. Mar 24 1773
  - Robert FERGUSON 27 Jul 1804
  - Isabella FERGUSSON of Church Alleys, 11 June 1832, age 82
Marriages from Exshaw's magazine 1741-1800 and the Hibernian magazine 1771-1800 - LDS Film 100166
- Rev Mr Ferguson of Drogheda to Miss Forde of that town, Mar 20 1750.
Tombstones
- Hic Jacent Reliquiae | Rev. Thomas Ferguson, D.D. | Qui vitae benedictae officiis, | Dulce morum comitate | Et Fidelitate peractis, | Repentina abreptus morte | Diuternani in Jesi domum | Animam Reliquit | Obiit xii. (?) kal. April 1773 | Anno eetatis quinquagesimo | Hunc lapidem, | In memoriam dilectissimi marti | Uxor maerens posuit.| Margaret FERGUSON, widow of the above-named Dr. Thomas Ferguson, departed this life on the 23rd November 1802, in the 74th year of her age, and is also here interred. Her life was a constant exercise of maternal and social virtue, and her death made tranquil by firm confidence in the mercies of her God.|
- Underneath are deposited the remains of | ISABELLA FERGUSON, | Widow of the Rev. John Ferguson of Ballymore, | She died June 11th, 1833 | Aged 80. | Being renewed in the spirt of her mind she set her | affections on things above, and was willing to depart | and be with Christ. || This stone is erected by her affectionate son | JOSHUA FERGUSON, Esq. | of Van Diemen's Land. |
Succession of Rectors, Vicars &c of St. Mary, Drogheda, Diocese of Meath LDS Film 1279252
- Thomas Ferguson, 25 Apr 1763
Vicars, Sir Arthur, Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD., 1997
- Margt. Ferguson, formerly of Drogheda but late of Dublin, widow, 1803

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