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John Ferguson

John Ferguson emigrated from Scotland to this country, in 1725, and settled in Pelham, N. H. He was one of the early settlers of the town, by occupation a farmer, and was a large land-holder. Had three sons, - William, David and John. The two first settled in New York. John, son of the above, settled in Pelham, on the estate of his father; married Jane Moore, of Londonderry (Rockingham Co. NH), and had seven children. [History of Bedford ]

• John Ferguson b. ~1682, Scotland; arrived 1725 US; d. 11 May 1753; m. Anna
  • William Ferguson settled in NY
  • John Forguson b.~1730; d. 19 Mar 1769, Pelham, NH; m. Jane Moore
    • John Forguson b. 11 August 1757 Pelham, NH; d. 1846 Bedford, NH; m. Ann Gage
      • Jain Ferguson b. 12 November 1783 Pelham, NH
    • John Ferguson b. 30 August 1785 Pelham, NH; m. Peggy Mills
      • Thomas Mills Ferguson
      • Anna Ferguson b. 21 November 1787 Pelham, NH
      • Nathaniel Ferguson b. 10 April 1790 Pelham, NH
      • Jonathan Ferguson b. 3 April 1792 Pelham, NH
      • Sarah Ferguson b. 4 June 1794 Pelham, NH
      • Daniel H Ferguson b. 18 January 1797 Pelham, NH m. Susan Morse
        • Susan Jane b. 7 February 1835 Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,
        • Nancy C b. 19 March 1838 Bedford, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,
        • Mary A Ferguson b.~1841, NH; m. 2nd James S. Mitchell 7 August 1873 Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
        • John Chase Ferguson b.~1847, NH; d. 26 March 1920 Pembroke, Merrimack, NH; m. Idella J. Baker 21 November 1881, Manchester, NH
      • George Washington Ferguson b. 27 January 1799 Pelham, NH
      • Franklin Ferguson
      • James Ferguson
    • James Forguson b. 28 July 1759 Pelham, NH; m. Hannah
      • Salla Forguson b. 12 February 1787 Pelham, NH
      • David Forguson b. 16 October 1788 Pelham, NH ; d. Jun. 20, 1792, Pelham, NH
      • James Forguson b. 6 March 1791 Pelham, NH
      • David Forguson b. 22 July 1793 Pelham, NH; m. Joanna Emerson 24 Jun 1819, Pelham, NH; 1850, 1870 census: Gilford, Belknap, NH
        • David Ferguson b. 20 April 1822, Pelham, NH; m. Clara
          • Georgi A Furgerson b.~1848, MA
        • Joanna Ferguson b. 14 Mar 1825, Pelham, NH
        • Aaron Ferguson b. 16 September 1830, Pelham, NH; d. 27 July 1880, Concord, NH
      • Solomon Forguson b. 22 July 1795 Pelham, NH
      • Aaron Forguson b. 31 July 1797 Pelham, NH
      • John Forguson b. 1 May 1799 Pelham, NH
    • David Ferguson chr. Nov. 3, 1761, Pelham, NH; d. 29 May 1773, age 12 Pelham, NH
    • Sarah Forguson b. 21 January 1764 Pelham, NH
    • George Forguson b. 13 October 1765 Pelham, NH; d. 13 Aug 1829 Durham, ME; m. Thankful Rich 9 Sep 1788 Truro, MA [Stackpole]
      • Gene aka Jane Ferguson b. 26 June 1789 Durham, Maine m. Allen H Cobb; d. 13 Feb 1815
      • Anna aka Nancy Ferguson b. 12 Nov 1790 Durham, ME m. Allen H Cobb
      • David Ferguson b. 29 January 1793; d. 30 December 1793 Durham, ME
      • Jonathan Ferguson b. 04 Mar 1797 d. 26 March 1815 Durham, ME
      • Ammi Ferguson b. 5 July 1799 Durham, Maine; d. 8 March 1818 Durham, Maine
      • David Ferguson b. 1809; d. 12 Jun 1816 Durham, ME
      • Betsy Ferguson b. 29 May 1802 Durham, Maine; m. m. 3 April 1821 Zebulon Tyler
    • Betty Forguson b. 19 May 1767 Pelham, NH
    • Jonathan Forguson b. 19 March 1769 Pelham, NH; m. Jean Wason

      1874 Dec. 24. Mrs. Jean Wason Ferguson, the oldest person here, aged 98 years and 6 months. She was born in Nottingham West, now Hudson, N. H., June 5, 1776, and was married to Jonathan Ferguson of Pelham, N. H., and came to Belfast in 1800. They settled at the Upper Bridge, lived there five years, and then removed to the house in which she lived until her death. Her husband died in May, 1810, leaving her with four children, the eldest seven years old, and the youngest eight months. [Williamson ]

      • Moses Wason Ferguson, 7 January, 1803 Belfast, ME; d. 18 Aug 1881 Belfast, ME; m. Lydia Brooks
        • Albert Barnnett, chr Sept. 2, 1829, Belfast. ME
          • Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson b. May 31, 1871 Searsport ME d. 1939 NY City married Mabel Estella Currier b.1866 d. 1894
            • Frank Currier Ferguson b. 1898 NY City married Margaret Marie Furey b 1899 NY City
              • Howard Sweetser Ferguson b. April 15 1926 d. April 16 1991
        • George Brooks Ferguson b. 27 April, 1832, Belfast. ME; m. Evelina C
          • Ada Evelina, chr 1861, Belfast. ME
          • Lena Brooks, chr 1874, Belfast. ME
        • Hannah Elizabeth, chr Apr. 15, 1833, Belfast. ME
        • Jane Wason chr Jan. 27, 1835, Belfast. ME
        • Jonas Brooks b. Nov. 5, 1838, Belfast. ME
        • John Warren Ferguson m. Lucelia Avesta Monroe b. Nov. 12, 1843, Belfast. ME
          • Alfred Monroe Ferguson, chr Feb. 4, 1872, Belfast. ME d. 17 APR 1956 Belfast, Waldo, ME; m. Edith May Stoddard
            • Alfred Stoddard Ferguson b. 9 JUL 1912 Belfast, Waldo, ME d. 15 MAY 1982 Norwood, Norfolk, MA; m. Ruth Doris Peck
          • Gertrude, chr Nov. 3, 1873, Belfast. ME
          • Louisa Hemenway, chr Sept. 22, 1876, Belfast. ME
        • Lydia Sophia, chr Sept. 24, 1846, Belfast. ME
        • Charles Franklin Furgerson, chr Dec. 2, 1849, Belfast. ME
  • James Ferguson b.~1733, d. Apr. 23, 1753, Pelham, NH
  • David Ferguson b.~1735, d. 01 May 1753, Pelham, NH

Burials

• City Point Cemetery Belfast Waldo County [Find A Grave]
  • Ferguson, Jonathan b. 1769 d. May 8, 1810
  • Ferguson, Jean Wason b. 1776 d. Dec. 24, 1874
  • Ferguson, Moses Wason b. Jan. 7, 1803 d. Aug. 18, 1881
  • Ferguson, Lydia Brooks b. Feb. 6, 1806 d. Apr. 11, 1900
• Bedford Center Cemetery Bedford Hillsborough County New Hampshire [Find A Grave]
  • Anna Gage Ferguson AE 74 yrs | Wife of Cap. John Ferguson
  • Ferguson, Capt John b. Aug. 11, 1757 d. Nov. 20, 1845
• Gumpus Cemetery Pelham Hillsborough County [Find A Grave]
  • Ferguson, John b. unknown d. May 11, 1753
  • Ferguson, John b. unknown d. May 19, 1769
  • Ferguson, Jane b. unknown d. Jan. 24, 1774

Probate

• Rockingham Probate record (Probate Estate Files) index 1660-1894 Image 232-233
  • 1753 Ferguson, Jno - Will and Inventory, Case 1757
  • 1769 Ferguson, John - Inv, will...., Case 3603
  • 1774 Ferguson, James - Gdn Bond, Case 4084
  • 1778 Ferguson, Sarah - Gdn Bond, 4194
• Probate Estate File Rockingham Case no 3989-4128 1773-1774 image 1175

  Appointment of Guardians as a result of the death in 1774 of Jane (More) widow of John Ferguson

  • Robert Niven appointed Guardian of Jonathan, George, Sarah and Betty, all children of John Ferguson late of Pelham testate leaving minors under 14 years of age 01 Feb 1774. Joseph Wright guardian of John and James Ferguson under age of twenty and upwards of 14 and son of John Ferguson, dec'd
• Probate records 1774-1778 vol 23-24 image 318
  • John Ferguson estate, account by James Gibson 28 Oct 1778 p.401
  • John Ferguson guardian of Sarah Ferguson upwards of 14 years of age daughter of late John Ferguson of Pelham p.402
• Waldo Docket index 1826-1892 image 41
  • Ferguson, Jane M v. 7 p. 102
  • Ferguson, Jonathan v. 8 p. 85
  • Ferguson, Moses W v. 8 p. 97

References

• History of Bedford - History of Bedford, New-Hampshire : being statistics, compiled on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, May 19th, 1850
• Hobbs - Pelham, New Hampshire, Gravestones from 1720-1906 by Frances Hobbs
• Stackpole - Genealogical Notes Of Durham, Maine. By Everett S. Stackpole. Published By Vote Of Town. Lewiston: Press Of Lewiston Journal Company. 1899.
• Williamson - History of the City of Belfast in the State of Maine: From Its First Settlement in 1770 to 1875 by Joseph Williamson, 1913
• Find A Grave
• Johnson et al - Belfast Maine Vital Records, 1917
• Pelham, New Hampshire, Gravestones from 1720-1906