Fergus(s)on DNA Project

Fergussons of Spitalhaugh, Peeblesshire

"James Fergusson was the representative of a family that held property in Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, for many generations - traditionally, from the days of Robert the Bruce: and the family are supposed to have been connected with the Craigdarroch Fergussons in the same county" [Records of the Clan

Fergussons of Spitalhaugh, Peeblesshire

Edward FERGUSSON, b.~ 1677; resident in Lochmaben, m.~ 1702 Janet KERR, and had a brother, James FERGUSON, m. Agnes KERR and died s.p.
James FERGUSSON, son of Edward m. Mary BELL,
his son John FERGUSSON b. 1729; d. 27 Aug 1785; m. 18 Dec 1762 Janet BELL and had issue:
- John FERGUSSON b. 9 Mar 1764, Lochmaben
  [1841 Census, High Street, Lochmaben: John Fergusson, 75, Independent Means, Y
- James FERGUSSON b. 7 Jan 1766, Lochmaben ; d. 17 Jun 1834; resident in Prestonpans; m. 6 Jul 1793 Elizabeth HODGE and had issue:
  - Janet FERGUSSON, b.. 28 Jul 1794, St. Cuthbert's Edinburgh
  - John FERGUSSON, b. 25 Nov 1795, St. Cuthbert's Edinburgh
  - James FERGUSSON b. 3 Mar 1797, Prestonkirk
  - Jean Bell FERGUSSON b. 23 Jul 1805, Prestonpans; m. Thomas MELVILLE
  - Elisabeth FERGUSSON b. 17 Nov 1807, Prestonpans
  - William FERGUSSON afterwards Sir William Fergusson, Bart., b. 8 May 1808, Prestonpans; d. 1877; m. 1833 Helen Hamilton RANKEN
    - James Ranken FERGUSSON b. 10 Aug 1835
      d. 1924; pallbearers included sons Louis FERGUSSON and Charles Hamilton FERGUSSON and grandson Max Colyer FERGUSSON [The Scotsman, 01 Nov 1924
      m. 1st 1862 Mary Ann Somes COLYER
      - William Hamilton Colyer FERGUSSON b. 25 Feb 1864; d. 1873
      - Thomas Colyer FERGUSSON later COLYER-FERGUSSON (added 1890) b. 11 Jul 1865; d. 1951; resident Wombwell Hall, Gravesend, Kent; m. Beatrice STANLEY (m. 2^nd 28 July 1914 Mary Freda COHEN); headstone
        
        Max Christian Hamilton COLYER-FERGUSSON b. 1890; m. Edith Jane White MILLER
        
        James Herbert Hamilton COLYER-FERGUSSON b. 1917-2004
        
        Mary Adelaide Somes COLYER-FERGUSSON m. Walter MONCKTON
        
        William Porteous FERGUSSON b. Oct 18, 1893 [
        
        Thomas Riversdale COLYER-FERGUSSON; b.~ 1896; d. 31 July 1917 at Bellewaarde, Belgium at age 21; awarded Victoria Cross
      m. 2d 1877 Louisa FORBES
      - Louis Forbes FERGUSSON b. 1878 Edinburgh, resident at Harrow; Royal Victorian Order - Knight Comander 1945 [The Scotsman 14 Jun 1945]; d. Jan 10, 1962; m. 1922 Elizabeth Frances Ethel LEWIS and has a daughter. [The Times Jan 11, 1962
      m 3d 1886 Alice Fanny SIMPSON
      - Margaret Alice Hamilton FERGUSSON
      - Helen Hamilton FERGUSSON
      - James Adam Hamilton FERGUSSON b. 1892; d. Sep 1914 battle of Aisne; 2d Lt. Highland Light Infantry [The Scotsman 1 Oct 1914
      - Charles Hamilton FERGUSSON b. 1894; Lt Northants Regt; murdered by natives on his farm in Kenya 1 Jan 1953
    - William Ranken FERGUSSON b. 1837; d. 1864; East India Civil Service
    - Jane Porteous FERGUSSON b. 09 Oct 1838, Edinburgh d. 1900
    - Katherine Hamilton FERGUSSON b. 1840; d. 1932
    - Helen Seymour FERGUSSON b. 1842; d. Aug 1938 [The Scotsman 23 Aug 1938
    - Charles Hamilton FERGUSSON b. 1849; d. 1913
- Robert FERGUSSON b. 4 Jul 1768, Lochmaben
- George FERGUSSON b. 8 May 1770, Lochmaben
- Thomas FERGUSSON b. 15 Apr 1773, Lochmaben; m. 22 Sep 1798 Jane Francis WAYLETT
  - Samuel Frederick FERGUSSON
- Alexander FERGUSSON b. 22 Mar 1776, Lochmaben
- William FERGUSSON b. 8 Feb 1778, Lochmaben ; d. 26 Dec 1861 London; Lieut-General and Knight of the Order of St. John
  - 1861 Census, 19 Princes St., St George Hanover Square
  - William FERGUSSON, Lodger, Unmarried, 79, Lieut-General, Scotland
- Charles FERGUSSON b. 24 Feb 1781, Lochmaben
- Jean FERGUSSON b. 24 Jun 1783, Lochmaben

References

Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1895.
A history of Peeblesshire by William Chambers
Lochmaben Old Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions, Dumfires and Galloway Family History Research Centre, May 2007

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