Alexander Fergusson and Annie Laurie

Descendants

Alexander FERGUSSON, b. Nov 3 1685; d. March 8, 1749
+ m. Aug 29 1710 Annie (Anna) LAURIE, b. Dec 16, 1682; d. 5 May 1764 at Friar's Curse
- Jean b. May 29, 1711
- James b. Jan 10, 1713; d. Dec 19, 1771, Stenhouse
  m 1st. Jan 17 1743 Euphemia NISBET she d. Sep 13, 1746
  - Alexander FERGUSSON b. Sep 6, 1746, Drumlanrig
    + m. Aug 1769 Deborah CUTLAR
    - Robert Cutlar FERGUSSON b. 1770; d. 16 Nov 1838, Paris, France; m. 17 May 1832 Marie Josephine AUGER (per obituary aka DE BEAUCHAMP);
      - Robert Cutlar FERGUSSON b. 03 Dec 1836; chr. 13 Dec 1836, Paris, France; d. 06 Oct 1859; m. 17 Sep 1854, West Linton, Peebles, Ella Frances Catherine ALISON
        
        Robert Cutlar FERGUSSON b. 26 Jul 1855, Glencairn; d. 1904; m. 05 Feb 1859 Rose HODGSON
        
        Ella Cutlar FERGUSSON b. 12 Oct 1889; bur: 1963, Municipal Cemetery Surbiton Surrey England
        
        Esme Cutler FERGUSSON b. 12 Oct 1889.
        
        Archibald William Cutlar FERGUSSON b. 03 Aug 1856, Glencairn; d. 1909, Paris, France dsp
        
        Alexander Edward Cutlar FERGUSSON b. 28 Nov 1857; d. 20 Jun 1859
  m. 2nd Jan 8 1751 Elenora DALRYMPLE
- George b. Jun 1, 1752, Dumfries; d. Jul 16, 1752, Drumlanrig
- Charles b. Aug 28, 1753, Dumfries; d. Mar 29, 1754, Drumlanrig
- John b. 16 Feb 1755, Drumlanrig (see:John FERGUSSON of Dumfries St Michael)
- Euphemia b. Jan 14, 1757, Drumlanrig
- Ann b. Oct 23, 1759, Drumlanrig
- Robert b. Jul 31, 1762, Craigdarroch
- Elizabeth b. Apr 12, 1765, Craigdarroch
- Margaret b. Feb 27, 1768, Craigdarroch
- Jean b. Jul 28, 1771, Craigdarroch
Elizabeth b. 14 Apr ~1714; d. young
Robert FERGUSSON, Merchant b.~1715; d. between 1791-1798;
May have resided in parish of Glencairn, 1758 [Window tax]
May have resided in Bristol, see 1791 Registry of Deeds

His will written 04 Jun 1785 was proved in London 14 Jun 1798, mentions son Charles, daughters Ann PHILLIPS, Philadelphia LOUGHNAN, Clementina FERGUSSON. These children are said to have already been provided for and he thus leaves them only five shillings each, everything else goes to wife Mary CUTHBERT and any children he has by her. A note in the margin dated 24 Jul 1882 mentions daughters Mary FRANKS wife of Matthew FRANKS and Elinor FERGUSSON, spinster.
[National Archives]

m. 1st Clementina DOUGLAS 04 Mar 1743, St. Mugno, Dornock [irregular marriage, CH2/537/3 ] Dumfries St Michaels Minutes]; she. d. 16 Oct 1777, Evergreen near City of Cork (Hibernian Chronicle)
- Alexander FERGUSON chr.14 Feb 1745 Dumfries s/o Robert FERGUSON, merchant
- James FERGUSON chr..17 Jan 1746 Dumfries; d. 01 Apr 1747, Dumfries s/o Robert FERGUSON, merchant [see also irregular marriage, CH2/537/3 Dumfries St Michaels Minutes]
- Philadelphia FERGUSSON chr. 06 Mar 1747 Dumfries, Dumfries; m. Thomas LOUGHNAN, mcht. of Madeira
- Anne FERGUSSON chr. 012 May 1748 Dumfries m. William PHILLIPS of Cork
- Charles FERGUSSON, Sheriff of Cork, chr.29 Mar 1752 Dumfries; d. bef. 1808; m. Nov 1779 Anne FERGUSON of Edinburg (Hibernian Chronicle, Walker's), his first cousin, dau of James FERGUSSON 15th Laird of Craigdarroch. [Anne died 5 Nov 1821 in England. In an Edinburgh Sheriff Court inventory dated 25 April 1826, the surviving children are listed as Eliza Cath FERGUSSON or JENKINS, James FERGUSSON and Clementina FERGUSSON]; 9 children baptised Cork Unitarian Church
  1. Eleanora FERGUSSON chr. 23 Oct 1780, Cork; d. 1803 (Henchion); m. 15 May 1800, Cathedral Church of St. Finn Barry's, Rev. William THOMPSON (Hibernian Chronicle)
    - Edward THOMPSON; Rector of Myross
    - Charles THOMPSON chr. St. Peter's, Cork on 20 Mar 1802
  2. Clementina FERGUSSON chr. 22 Feb 1782, Cork; m. Rev. Edward NASH 3 Aug. 1808 (Cork Mercantile Chronicle, Walker's)
    - Charles Ferguson NASH b.~1811; d. 13 Jan 1878, Ballycarty, Tralee, county Kerry (Cork Examiner)
    - Sarah m. William MAUNSELL (Burkes, 1899).
  3. Elizabeth FERGUSSON chr. 22 Mar 1783, Cork; m. Mr. JENKINS
  4. Robert FERGUSSON chr. 12 Jan 1785, Cork; d. before 5 Nov 1821
  5. Sir James FERGUSSON, chr. 24 Mar 1787, Cork; Governor of Gibraltar 1855-59. Penisular War Veteran, 43rd Regt. b. 1786 Ireland; d. 1865; 1851 Census, Clifton, Gloustershire; 1861 Census, Bath, Somerset, Unmarried [Residing in his household 1851 and 1861 is the family of John George JARVIS and wife Philadelphia, nephew/niece
  6. Charles FERGUSSON, chr. 10 Jul 1788, Cork; d. before 5 Nov 1821
  7. Lieut John FERGUSSON, chr. 18 Sep 1789, Cork; killed Java 1811. Served in East India Company
  8. William FERGUSSON chr. 20 Sep 1791, Cork; d. before 5 Nov 1821
  9. Alexander FERGUSSON chr. 08 Feb 1793, Cork; d. before 5 Nov 1821
- Clementina FERGUSSON chr. 28 Apr 1753 Dumfries; m. Robt. HARDING, M.D. at Cork Dec 1786 (Diocese of Cork and Ross, Walker's)
m. 2nd Mary CUTHBERT 30 Nov 1778, Cork ( Hibernian Journal ) 3 children baptised Cork Unitarian Church; she d. 11 Apr 1832 in Dublin, mother of Mrs. M Franks, at residence of son-in-law, Relict of Robert Fergusson of Craigdarroch [Waterford Mail, 1832]
Alexander FERGUSON chr. 23 Dec 1779, Cork
Mary FERGUSON chr. 09 Dec 1780; m. Mathew FRANKS 31 Oct 1803 (Cork Mercantile Chronicle, Diocese of Cork and Ross, Walker's)
Ellinor FERGUSON chr. 19 Feb 1782

References

I.O.G. Gladstone, The Lauries of Maxwelton and other Laurie Families, London: The Research Publishing Co. 1972.
Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1895.
Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus Supplement, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1899, p. 79
GD77 Papers of the Fergusson family of Craigdarroch, Dumfriesshire, 391 Volumes,National Archives of Scotland
Hadden, Cuthbert J., Bonnie Annie Laurie, The Century Illustated Monthly Magazine, Vol. 87, No. 5, Mar 1914
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