Fergus(s)on DNA Project

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.
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.
Fergussons, Rectors of Drogheda
Craigdarroch tradition