Fergusons of Ireland

Unknown County of Origin

Census

• American
• UK Census

Civil Registration

• Marriages
  • Index: 1845-1849
  • Index: 1859-1854
• Marine Register of Births Deaths - LDS Film 101765
  • Aboard the Himalaya, April 1846, William Ferguson, 44 , Surgeon Major Medical Staff, Irish, last abode: Singapore, died of cancer
  • Aboard the Nairnshire, born June 18 1878, James s/o Joseph Hood, Farmer Labourer and Eliza Ferguson, last abode of parents: Drumbreenagh
  • Aboard the Lumna, 13 May 1880, Kathleen Ferguson, 3 1/2, d/o Serg. Maj. Ferguson, Irish, last abode: Siolkoe, Punjab, India, died of convulsions
  • Aboard the Kangas, Jun 23 1881, Douglas Ferguson, about 33, Merchant, Irish, Mangalose, died of abisses of liver, passenger
  • Aboard the "Hereford", Apr 5 1882, Mary Ferguson, infant, died of debility, passenger

Directories

Emigration

• Ellis Island
• Canadian Immigrant Records
  • Alexander FERGUSON, 1878, Frontenac County, Ontario
  • Andrew FERGUSON, 1829, Ottawa Valley
  • Edward FERGUSON, 1875, Huron County, Ontario
  • Henry FERGUSON, 1875, Peterborough County, Ontario
  • James FERGUSON, 1877, Haldimand, Ontario
  • James FERGUSON, 1879, Huron County, Ontario
  • John FERGUSON, 1878, Frontenac County, Ontario
  • Rebecky FERGUSON, 1851, Quebec
  • Thomas FERGUSON, 1879, Perth County, Ontario
  • William FERGUSON, 1879, Huron County, Ontario
  • William FERGUSON, 1880, Essex County, Ontario
• Passenger Lists

Family Trees

Griffith's Valuation of Ireland

Land Records

• Registry of Deeds
  • Grantors
    • Fergusons, 1708 - 1832
  • Grantees
    • McAdam(s)
      • Isaac McAdam to Ferguson, 1768 -1776
      • Isaac McAdam to Ferguson, 1777-1785
      • Thomas McAdams to Ferguson 1777- 1785

Marriage Lists

• Marriages from Exshaw's magazine 1741-1800 and the Hibernian magazine 1771-1800 - LDS Film
  • Feb 1798 Col Donald Fergusson to Miss Munroe daur of Lt. General Sir Hector, K.B.
  • Dec 1797 James Ferguson of London to Miss Dalrymple daughter of Sir David, Bt., a lord of Sessions
• Walker's Hibernian Magazine-Irish Marriages-1771 to 1812
  • Ferguson, Jas.=Brownig, Miss May 1782 p. 280
  • Fergusson, Lt. col. Donald=Munroe, Miss, d. of Lt. General Sir Hector, K.B. Feb. 1798 p. 191
  • Fergusson, Wm.=Garstin, Miss, of Arran Quay 14 Aug 1775 p. 502
  • Thompson, Wm., Dame St.=Ferguson, Miss, Dawson St. Nov. 1791 p. 480
• Index to Prerogative Marriage Licenses - LDS Film 100,876
  • Ellinor Ferguson Peter Kilkenny, 1757
  • Mary Ann Fergusson George Houston, 1794
• Index to Admin Grants, NAI, Dublin LDS Films 100905-100910

  Marriage Licenses

  Name	Date
  Ferguson, John and French, Mary	1724
  Ferguson and Brownrigg	1782
  Ferguson, John and Beggs, Ellinor	1789

  
  
• Hastings Co., Ontario Canada [ferguson/1998-12]
  • FERGUSON, James, 23, of Elzevir, of Ireland, son of Matthew and Elizabeth, married 13 Feb 1860 Ellen Jane BALEY, 22, of Madoc, born Canada West, daughter of Claudias and Ellen
  • FERGUSON, Robert, 29, of Elzevir, born Ireland, son of Matthew and E, married 8 Dec 1865 Elizabeth LOVE, 21, of Madoc, born Madoc, daughter of John and Ann

Memorial Inscriptions

• List of Interments in All the Cemeteries of New Orleans from 1 May to 1 Nov 1853
  • Name Age Birthplace Cause Date of Cemetery
  • Ferguson Margaret 9 yrs Ireland fever 8-Aug St. Patrick's Cemetery
  • Ferguson Thomas 29 yrs Ireland fever 14-Aug Charity Hospital
  • Ferguson Winfield 35 yrs Ireland fever 3-Aug St. Patrick's Cemetery

Military Records

• Muster Roll of Captain John CAMPBELL'S Company, Lord RAWDONs Regiment, Volunteers of Ireland- April 1779. National Archives of Canada, RG 8, C Series, Volume 1886, page 29.
  • William FERGUSON
• Capture of Martaban, April 5, 1852 - "Private Fergusson received three in his left arm, and died of his wounds". Royal Irish Regiment, by Lt-Col. G. Le M. Gretton, William Blackworth Sons, London, 1911, p149.
• Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldier by Andrew B. Booth
  • Ferguson, Robert, Pvt. Co. D, 1st La. Inf. Appears on a List dated Hdqrs. Dept. of the South, Office Provost Marshal, Gen. Hilton Head. S. C., April 7, 1865, came into lines Feb. 18, 186-, at Charleston. Born Ireland. Res. Charleston.
  • Furgeson, Michael, Pvt. Co. G, 14th La. Inf. En. June 19, 1861, New Orleans, La. Present on all Rolls to June, 1862. Rolls from July, 1862, to April, 1863, Absent, wounded In Hospl. Roll for May and June, 1863, Absent, wounded at Manassas. Rolls from July, 1863, to Dec., 1863, Absent, wounded, at Manassas, since missing, without leave. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1864, Deserted from _, Dec. 1, 1862. Born Ireland, occupation laborer. Res. Pointe Coupee Par., La., age when enlisted 28, single.
• Reports of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, National Archives of Ireland
  • 1951-53 Fergus(s)on
    • Maj., 21st Regiment and Gen. of Militia, America. Chesney Diary. 1755-1800
  • 1966-1972
    • Miss J. Canning, Bangor, Co. Down. Letters of Captain Andrew Ferguson of the Dragoon Gurads to his relatives in Scotland 1798-1821. Concerned with his service in Ireland during the 1798 rebellion. T.2660.

Miscellaneous

Obituaries

• Belfast Newsletter - Irish Emigration Database
  • 17 June, 1834 - DIED On the 23d April last, at Peterboro [Peterborough?] Upper Canada, James B. Ferguson, Esq. sincerely regretted by a numerous circle of friends and connections.
• Brooklyn Eagle, Aug 16 1900
  • PAUPERS' GRAVEDIGGER DEAD
    George Ferguson, aged 60 years, died August 5 at the Kings County Hospital of heart disease. He had been an inmate of the Almshouse for several years and his duty who to bury paupers in potter's field. Ferguson was of this class, and he, too, was laid to rest in the ground where he had helped to bury so many. Nothing was known of him, save that he was born in Ireland and was a carpenter by trade.
• Pre-1905 CA Death Index Project
  • Los Angeles County
    • 1903 Jun 1, FERGUSON, William, 62
  • San Francisco County
    • 1870 Apr 8, FERGUSON, Patrick, 38, Soldier
    • 1894 Dec 5, FERGUSON, Alice, 60
    • 1896 Mar 8, FERGUSON, William, 65
  • Yuba County
    • 1893 Nov 29, FERGUSON, Mary J., 42

Parish Records

Poll Books

Spinning Wheel List, 1796

Tithe Applotment Books

Wills

• Extract of Wills from the Groves Manuscripts T808/4543
  • Pre grant 7 Feb 1738 of administration of Daniel Ferguson Lt in Wentworth's foot Regt deceased intestate made to his brother John Ferguson
  • Pre Grant 1 Dec 1738 of Commission to swear John Ferguson gent brother next of kin of Daniel Ferguson Lt in Wentworth's ft regt deceased intestate directed to Peter Murdoch Jn Murdoch Jn Clarke Andrew Buchannan gents.
  • Pre Grant 14 Nov 1795 of administration of Archibald Ferguson of Bengal in East Indies surgeon a bachelor deceased intestate made to his brother one of his next of kin James Ferguson
• Vicars, Sir Arthur, Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1536-1810, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Md., 1997
  • Margaret Ferguson, spinster, 1775
  • Mary Ferguson alias Ellis alias Jackson, widow, 1736
  • Wm Ferguson, capt in col. Anstruther's regt. of foot, 1734
• Index to Prerogative Wills, NAI Dublin, 1811-1858, LDS Film 100895

  Surname	Forename	Locale	County	Year
  Fergusson	John			1821
  Ferguson	Archibald	Liverpool	Lancaster	1842
  Ferguson	Janet	Inverness	Scotland	1840

• Index to Admin Grants, NAI, Dublin LDS Films 100905-100910

  Name	Location	Occupation	Date	Type
  Fergus, Mary		Widow	1769	Will
  Ferguson, Margaret		Spinster	1775	Will
  Fergus, Martina			1799	Will
  Ferguson, Margaret			1803	Will
  Fergus, Hugh			1803	Intestate
  Ferguson, John			1804	NPF
  Ferguson, John			1821	W
  Ferguson, Archbold	East Indies, Bengal		1796	Intestate
  Ferguson, Isabella	East Indies		1830	Intestate
  Ferguson, Robert	East Indies, The Punjaub	Lieut Bengal Native Infantry	1854	Intestate
  Ferguson, Mary	Kingston, Jamacia	Widow	1822	Will
  Ferguson, Janet	Inverness, Scotland	Widow	1840	Probate
  Ferguson, als Ellis Als Jackson Maria	London	Widow	1735	Will
  Farguson, William	Woolseley's Regiment		1703	Intestate

• Great Britain. Commissioners for Inland Revenue, Registers of Prerogative and Diocesan wills of Ireland, with indexes, 1828-1839, LDS 101028-32
  • Ferguson, James, 1839, Executor: Fisher, J. of Ballyworthy
  • Ferguson, Jane, 1837, Executor: Disney, Town of Rocklodge
  • Ferguson, John, 1832, Executor: Ferguson, George of Ballylough
  • Kenny, Anne, 1834, Executor: Ferguson, M. of Vavasour Hill
  • O'Farrell, Roger, 1834, Executor: Ferguson, Mary of Vavasour's Hill
  • Ogilby, Robert, 1839, Executor: Ferguson, S.R.A. of The Farm
• Great Britain. Commissioners for Inland Revenue, 1828-1839: Administration Grant Registers, Irish Records Index Vol.1
  • Ferguson, William, 1839, Administrator: Ferguson, R. of Bohis
• Index of Irish Wills 1484-1858
  • Ferguson, George, 1842, NAI T8542
• Wills: Abstracts, Book 3: 1809 - 1811: Philadelphia Co, PA
  • BAIRD, William. Southwark. Phila. Co. Mariner.
  • 
    February 17, 1810. October 24, 1810. 3.274.
    Provides for wife Sarah.
    To sister Martha, wife of Christopher Cunningham of this state.
    At decease of sd. wife execs. to sell property, money from such sale
    to his bros. and sisters namely: Mark Baird, Ann wife of William Ferguson,
    Susannah wife of Patrick Rankin all of Ireland and
    Martha wife of Christopher Cunningham of PA.
    Execs: Sd. wife Sarah Baird and friends Joseph Snowden and James Sawer of Phila., merchants.
    Wit: Samuel S. Veacock, H. H. Kennedy.