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Alexander FERGUSSON (1685-1749)

Writing 01 Dec 1749, son James says Alexander FERGUSSON died "the eighth day of March last, in the sixty-fourth year of his age", i.e. March 8, 1749. No place of death is stated.1.i.

Annie LAURIE (1682-1764)

Annie is sometimes said to have a husband named James FERGUSSON and a son named Alexander. [ e.g Pedigree Resource File, FamilySearch]

James FERGUSSON (1713-1771)

The LDS Ancestral File shows James as having a third wife, Jane HUTCHESON (AFN: 18GT-SLB).

Robert "Robin" Ferguson (1764-1826)

References

  1. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1895
    1. Excerpt from Book of Accounts and States as to Craigdarroch kept by James Fergusson, beginning 1st December 1749; pp.399-400
    2. p. 419
    3. p. 387
  2. Compendium of American Genealogy of the First Families of America, edited by Frederick A. Virkus, by the Institute of American genealogy, 1925-1942, vol 5, p. 510-511.
  3. Old Kittery and Her Families By Everett Schermerhorn Stackpole, p. 373
  4. Jacobites in Prison in Lancashire, Winter 1715/1716
  5. The Ferguson Family History by Jim G Ferguson, Nov 1959, p. 88
  6. I.O.G. Gladstone, The Lauries of Maxwelton and other Laurie Families, London: The Research Publishing Co. 1972, pp. 97-98