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Baledmund

The original Feu-charter of Baledmund is dated 17th December 1611.
  1. Finlay FERGUSSON, 1607, 1611; married Grizell BRUCE in 1619
  2. Fergus FERGUSSON, his son, retoured 1632
  3. Finlay FERGUSSON, his son, entered 1681, died 1711.
  4. Janet FERGUSSON, his niece, married James FERGUSSON of Pitfourie, and disposed to her son.
  5. Finlay, their son tried at Liverpool 1716; m. Helen BALNEAVIS (BALNAVES)
    1. Elizabeth chr. 20 Feb 1722, Logierait
    2. Margaret chr. 21 Apr 1724, Logierait
    3. Edmund chr. 29 Jul 1738, Moulin
  6. Edmund FERGUSSON, his son, entered 1758.
    Margaret FERGUSSON, his sister, married, 1747, Thomas FERGUSSON of Ballyoukan.
  7. Alexander FERGUSSON, their son, born 1748; sold Ballyoukan and succeeded his uncle in Baledmund. He married Isabella WATSON Aug 27 1796. Children baptized to them:
    1. Isabella Oct 1 1797; d. 27/9/65
    2. Margaret Mar 6 1799
    3. Thomas May 29 1800; d. 11/6/24
    4. Alex. Nov 5 1801; d. 6/31
    5. Edmund May 21 1803
    6. Jean Jan 27 1805
    7. James Aug 4 1806; m. 12/3/38; d. 21/12/87
    8. Mary-Jane May 1 1808
    9. Helen Feb 24 1810; d. 9/34
    10. Henrietta Feb 22 1812; d. 25/12/52
    11. Elisabeth Joanna Mar 21 1813
    12. Catherine 2 Jul 1814; d. 11/11/40
    13. Augusta Aug 28 1817; d. 25/1/56
    14. Georgina Mar 8 1819
  8. James FERGUSSON, his son, born 1806, died 1887. He married Jane ROBERTSON 12 Mar 1838. Children baptized to them:
    1. Jane
    2. Isabella Henrietta m. 1/2/65
    3. Augusta Margaret
    4. Edmund Alexander Jun 12 1843
    5. Elizabeth Joanna m. 27/10/69
    6. Jemima Catherine
    7. James Grant Jun 1 1850
    8. Thomas Feb 15 1853
      Utah Death Cert: b.Feb 15 1853, Edinburgh; d. Oct 18, 1924, Salt Lake, UT; m. Charlotte; bur. Mt Olive Cemetery; parents: James FERGUSSON & Jane ROBERTSON
    9. Flora Georgina m. R.A. MOSSMAN
    10. Alex. Dawson, Jas. Ed. April 5 1857
  9. James Grant FERGUSSON, his son, now of Baledmund (1895) d. 8 Nov. 1918 [The Scotsman, 9 Nov 1918,]; m. Mary DAVIDSON 18 Jun 1884 and has issue:
    1. Mary Grizel Jean
    2. Henrietta Margaret
    3. Edmund James b. 13 Dec 1891; m. 10 Jul 1915 Marjory Dorthea WISLEY at Dunkeld [The Scotsman, 12 July 1915]

Thomas Fergusson b. Feb 15 1853, Edinburgh

Ballyoukan

The Minister of Moulin's MS states that either the Rev. Alexander Ferguson, minister of Crathie and Braemar or the Rev. John Ferguson, minister of Glenmuick and Glengairn was the father of the Aberdeenshire (Alexander) Ferguson who married the heiress (Elspeth) of Ballyoukan in Athole [Records of the Clan, p. 618]. Subsquent research indicates it was the former. [Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae Vol. VI by Hew Scott 1926 ]
  1. Thomas FERGUSSON, 1612 feu-charter
  2. William FERGUSSON, his son, 1613.
  3. Elspeth his daughter and Alexander FERGUSSON his son-in-law, 1641.
  4. Alexander, son of the said Alexander, entered 1705.
  5. Thomas, his son, entered 1747; married Margaret FERGUSSON of Baledmund. Children baptized to them:
    1. Alexander, Aug 23 1748
    2. Finlay, Mar 6 1750
    3. Finlay, May 20 1751
    4. Thomas, Jan 2 1753
    5. James, Aug 30 1754
    6. Edmund, Apr 22 1756
    7. Helen Apr 30 1758
    8. Henry, Nov 30 1759
    9. Archibald Nov 10 1761
    10. Patrick Jun 25 1766
  6. Alexander, his son, entered 1782. He sold Ballyoukan in 1802, and succeeded to Baledmund.

The new house of Baledmund has been called the Star of Athole. Most recently it served as a hotel. The Glen-brerachan portion of the estate was in Strathardle and in the Valuation of 1835 Fergusson of Baledmund is also entered as the owner of Pitfourie.

Baledmund House
Photo courtesy Jenny Catran, 2010

References

  1. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus Supplement, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1899, p. 14
  2. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus , by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1895, p. 112