Fergus(s)on DNA Project

Ancestors of Joshua Fergusson

Joshua FERGUSSON immigrated in his own ship the Jupiter from Calcutta to Van Diemen's land in 1816.

Descendant Register by Kaye Soulsby
Photograph: State Library of Tasmania.
Painting: View of Tinder Box Bay, the northern part of D'Entrecasteaux Channel Residence of Joshua Fergusson Esq
A Joshua FERGUSSON owned land in Inchinashingane, Macloneigh, County Cork, Ireland circa 1853.
Will of Joshua FERGUSSON 1868
- William George FERGUSSON, son, has four daughters, executor
- Joshua John FERGUSON, eldest son
- Frances TRAPPES of Oyster Cove, farmer, James, of Tinder Box Bay - Trustees
- Vincent Dundas FERGUSSON, grandson, son of Joshua John FERGUSON by his wife Isabella
- Francis FERGUSSON, wife
- Isabella FERGUSSON, sister
- Elizabeth FERGUSSON, sister resident in Ireland
- Joshua FERGUSSON son of William George FERGUSSON
Records of the Clan...Supplement, p. 130 (Appears to be a stone at St. Peter's Church, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland)
- Underneath are deposited the remains of | ISABELLA FERGUSON, | Widow of the Rev. John Ferguson of Ballymore, | She died June 11th, 1833 | Aged 80. | Being renewed in the spirt of her mind she set her | affections on things above, and was willing to depart | and be with Christ. | This stone is erected by her affectionate son | JOSHUA FERGUSON, Esq. | of Van Diemen's Land. |
The Londonderry Sentinel (contributed by Stanley Nesbitt) Deaths
- 23 Jun 1832 - In Drogheda, on Monday evening, of cholera, in her 89th year, Mrs. Ferguson, relict of the Rev. J. Ferguson, Rector of Ballymoyer, county Armagh.
Letter from Rev. Joshua Fergusson, Dungannon, to Fitzwilliam WWM/F/27/185 9 Feb 1795 2 Pages Contents: Plea for assistance for his son; writer is a curate in Armagh on £50 p.a.
Log of the Brig Jupiter 1816-1817
The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.) Dec 20 1867
DEATHS. Fergusson - At Tinderbox Bay, on the 16th December instant, after a lingering illness, Joshua Fergusson, JP aged 77, a very old colonist, who arrived here in 1815, universally respected. The funeral will take place from his town residence. Campbell-street, Hobart Town, on Friday next, at half-past 2 o'clock p.m.
Fergussons, Rectors of Drogheda
Craigdarroch tradition
The Hobart Town Courier (Tas. : 1827-1839) Saturday 1 August 1829
Died.-At Bombay in October last,-the night he dropped anchor,- Captain George Fergusson of the ship Bengal, youngest son of the late Rev. Joshua Fergusson of Ballymore, in the county of Armagh Ireland; and only brother to Mr. Joshua Fergusson of this place, after a few days illness, he was in the prime of life, and is much regretted by his friends;
Examiner (Launceston, Tas.) Saturday 28 October 1905
WILLIAM GEORGE FERGUSSON. An old colonist, in the person of William George Fergusson, passed away on Thursday morning, at his late residence, Sandy Bay, at the advanced age of 80 years. Deceased was the youngest son of the late Captain Joshua Fergusson, who arrived here in the year 1813, and settled at Tinderbox Bay, and grandson of the late Rev. Joshua Fergusson of Bally Moyer, County Armagh, Ireland, who was originally from Craigdarroch, Scotland. Deceased was for many years a justice of the peace of the state, and was universally respected. For some years past, owing to failing health, he led a retired life (records the "Mercury"), but always took the deepest interest in the welfare of the state in which he was for so long a resident. He leaves a widow and large family of grown-up sons and daughters

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