Fergus(s)on DNA Project

Ferguson of Artrea, County Tyrone

"Our branch of the family," writes the Rev. Samuel Ferguson, "was settled at Ardtrea (a parish) near Stewartstown co. Tyrone, I think about the time of the Plantation of Ulster (1610-13). I have heard of an old map of the Ardtrea estate, made in the seventeenth century, in which the name of an Alexander Ferguson is entered as a tenant of the farm in the centre of the estate. My father, now ninety years of age, Rev. Wm. Staveley Ferguson, minister at Grange, Co. Tyrone, told me years ago that three brothers Ferguson came from Scotland to Carrickfergus centuries ago; one of them settled at Ballyreagh above Cookstown, Tyrone; another his progenitor at Ardtrea, and a third somehow drifted to Cork. When I was at the University I met a descendent of the latter James R. A. Ferguson. He was a rather brilliant student in Civil Engineering.
[Rev. Samuel Ferguson quoted in Records Supplement, p. 101]

Rev. William Staveley Ferguson (1811-1894)

Andrew Ferguson
- William Staveley Ferguson b. ~1811; d.1894, Tievenagh, Co. Tyrone; m. Sarah Jane Ferguson 23 Dec 1845
  - William A Ferguson b.~1851, Co. Tyrone; m. Mary
  - Samuel Ferguson b.~1854, Co. Tyrone; m. Ella
- Alexander Ferguson b.~1827; d. 22 Aug 1890, Kilkinamurry, Co Down; bur: Acton Graveyard, Armagh; m. Mary

Ferguson of Cumberland, Nova Scotia

"My uncle was Rev. Alexander Ferguson, minister at Corboy, co. Longford, but before his death at Kilkinamany, co. Down. There is a family connection of Fergusons - David Ferguson - settled at Amherst, Goose River, Nova Scotia...
[Rev. Samuel Ferguson quoted in Records Supplement, p. 101]

Alexander Ferguson b.~1806, Ireland; m. Pheobe
- James Ferguson b.~ 1842 New Brunswick, Canada
- Stavely A C Ferguson b.~ 1846, Nova Scotia, Canada
- David P Ferguson b.~ 1848, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. Rachel Burns
  - Stavely Alexander Ferguson b.~1878, Nova Scotia, Canada; m. Carolyn Irving
    - Stavely Davenport Ferguson b. 13 Jan 1905 Northport, Canada; d. d. 8 Feb 1978 Springfield, Windsor, VT; m. 1st Dorothy Grace Searles; m. 2nd Sarah E. Bragg
    - Ralph Ferguson b. 1901, Nova Scotia; d. 1968 Stoneham, MA
  - Annie M. Ferguson b.~1880, Nova Scotia, Canada
  - John Furgeson 1882, Nova Scotia, Canada
  - Eleneor Furgeson 1884, Nova Scotia, Canada
  - Beatrice Furgeson 1887, Nova Scotia, Canada
  - Ray Furgeson 1891, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Margaret A Ferguson b.~ 1851, Nova Scotia, Canada
  - Janet C Ferguson b.~ 1852, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Eleanor Ferguson b.~1854, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Sarah G Ferguson b.~ 1857, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Robert D Ferguson b.~ 1858, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Lucy L Ferguson b.~1860, Nova Scotia, Canada

Vital Records

Irish Census

1901 Tievenagh (Coagh, Tyrone)

Ferguson	William S	90	Male	Head of Family	Reformed Presbyterian	Tyrone	Clergyman	Read and write	-	Widower	-
Ferguson	William A	50	Male	Son	Reformed Presbyterian	Tyrone	Farmer	Read and write	-	Married	-
Ferguson	Mary S	45	Female	Daughter in Law	Reformed Presbyterian	Tyrone	-	Read and write	-	Married	-
Ferguson	Muds S	11	Female	Grand Daughter	Reformed Presbyterian	Tyrone	Scholar	Read and write	-	Not Married	-
Mallon	Daniel	22	Male	Farm Servant	Roman Catholic	Tyrone	Farm Servant	Read and write	-	Not Married	-
Stewart	Sarah	40	Female	Servant	Church of Ireland	Tyrone	General Servant	Read and write	-	Not Married	-

1901 Clooney Road (Waterside, Londonderry)

Ferguson	Samuel	47	Male	Head of Family	Reformed Presbyterian	Co Tyrone, Ireland	Reformed Presbyterian Clergyman B.A., Royal University	Read and write	-	Married	-
Ferguson	Ella M	39	Female	Wife	Reformed Presbyterian	Co Down, Ireland	-	Read and write	-	Married	-
Ferguson	William S	6	Male	Son	Reformed Presbyterian	Londonderry City	Scholar	Read	-	Not Married	-
Ferguson	John M	4	Male	Son	Reformed Presbyterian	Londonderry City	Scholar	Cannot read	-	Not Married	-
Young	Jane	23	Female	Servant	Presbyterian	Co Antrim	Domestic Servant	Read and write	-	Not Married	-

Canadian Census

1871 Head of Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Alexander Furgeson 65 Ireland
- Phobe Furgeson 53 New Brunswick
- James Furgeson 29 New Brunswick
- Stavely A C Furgeson 25 Nova Scotia
- David P Furgeson 23
- Margret A Furgeson 20
- Janet C Furgeson 19
- Eleanor Furgeson 17
- Sarah G Furgeson 14
- Robert D Furgeson 13
- Lucy L Furgeson 11

References

Ferguson, James and Ferguson, Robert Menzies (eds)., Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson, and Fergus, Edinburgh: 1895. Supplement to above published 1899.
Pedigrees compiled by W. S. Ferguson of the Staveley, Ferguson and Agnew families of Co. Antrim, c. 1700 - 1920. Belfast: Belfast Public Record Office, T. 630 (2)
Ministers in County Tyrone
C.H. (Clarke Huston) 1858-1934 Irwin. A history of Presbyterianism in Dublin and the south and west of Ireland .

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