Clan Ferguson Family History/2 lines, Alexander Ferguson,born 1789 and Joseph Ferguson,born abt 1730.

Clan Ferguson History

1165 to 1900's

The History of the Clan Ferguson

Gaelic Name: MacFhearghuis

Coat of Arms : Three boars heads between a clasp on a blue background

A Fergus who lived in Ireland about 300 B.C is credited by medieval historians as the founder of Scotland's monarchy. By 500 A.D. the Scots under King Fergus Mor had left Northern Ireland and became established in Dalriada, now Argyll. "The Fergusons or Fergussons, are a very ancient clan of Gaelic origin. They are believed to have descended from Fergus, a Dalriada Prince of Galloway who was married to a daughter of Henry I of England. Prince Fergus was the ruler of Galloway in 1165. They became the Lords of Galloway and Allan, Lord of Galloway witnessed King Alexander II's charter to the monks of Melrose. Alan was the last Prince of Galloway before it was annexed by Scotland 1234."

Different branches of Fergusons developed. The "Tract on the Men of Albyn", one of the oldest documents of ancient Scottish history lists Fergusson. "Some writers believe the Fergussons had their day as a powerful clan prior to the 13th century and became dispersed from Argyll (Dalriada) as the Scots spread into other parts of Scotland. Before the 18th century, at least five groups of Fergussons possessed lands and lived in the style of a clan under their respective chiefs in Argyll, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, Dumfriesshire, and Ayrshire. Today, the Kilkerran Fergussons in Ayreshire and the family of Fergusson of Baledmund and the Fergussons of Balquhidder, both in Perthshire, are still owners of extensive lands." (The Clan Ferguson website:http://www.tartans.com/clans/Fergusson/fergusson.html)

"The Craigdarroch branch in the oldest but branches were in Cowalm, Kintyre, Kilkerran, Atholl, Kimmundy,and Pitfour. Like many other Clans of the central Highlanders their territories were scattered and all though kinship existed between the various branches it was not until the 18th century that the Clan was brought together again under one leadership." (Barbara R Dorey)

"In 1489 the Dunfallandy branch were influencial over a wide stretch of the banks of the Tummel in Strathardleand Glenshee and they were in constant trouble with the Government as their lands gave shelter to bandit elements.Baron Ferguson, who ruled these lands from within an unofficial barony, had to rule with an iron hand to control the'broken men' who used the glen as a haven from their misdeeds." (Barbara R Dorey)

"In 1587 the Fergusons of Atholl and Strathardle were granted charters of land by King John Balliol so it may be assumed that any differences between the Fergusons and the crown were by that time settled. The Kilkerran Fergusons were active in affairs of State and Sir. James took the title Lord Kilkerran. His son was made Lord Hermand." (from: Barbara R Dorey)

The Fergusons were not generally sympathetic to the jacobite cause in the'rising of 1745', and fought on the side of the government against pretender, Prince Charles. It was Capt. John Ferguson of H.M.S. Furnace who pursued the Prince thoughout the Western Isles after his defeat at Culloden. When asked by a kins woman whether he would accept 30,000 pounds reward Ferguson replied, "No, by god, I would have preserved him as the apple in mine eye, for I wouldn't take any man's word, no, not even the Duke of Cumberlands, for 30,000 pounds sterling, though I knew many to be such a fool as to do it."(from: Barbara R Dorey)

"Sons of Fergus"- The word Ferguson is the word Fergus+son, in other words the son or sons plurel of Fergus, the daughters are unmentioned in this Scotish naming practice.

ARTS and LETTERS-"Sons of Fergus"the world over have gained distinction in nonmilitary activities, e.g. in the law, the church, government, the arts and sciences, medicine, education, agriculture and in business and industry. Mention can only be made of Adam Ferguson the philosopher (1724-1816) and Robert Fergusson (1750-1774) the poet and mentor of Robert Burns. And in the realm of romance, the heroine of the song "Annie Laurie" was married to Alexander Fergusson of Craigdarroch." (from: The Clan Ferguson website:http://www.tartans.com/clans/Fergusson/fergusson.html)

And more on Adam Ferguson, 1724-1816;Robert Ferguson, the poet, and Sir William Ferguson, F.R.S.:
The Fergusons were not only famous for their military leadership and acts of valour. They also made many contributions to the Arts and Sciences.Professor Adam Ferguson was known as the father of modern sociology and in his 'Essay on the history of Civil Society' he insisted that mankind be studied in groups as they have always subsided. One can be reasonably certain that he was referring to the Scottish Clan system and more particularly to his own Clan. Professor Ferguson was a confrere of the world famed philosopher David Hume.Adam Ferguson was of the Pertshire branch of the Clan. Robert Ferguson, the poet, and Sir WilliamFerguson, F.R.S were other examples of cultural contributions made by the Clan. 'Annie Laurie' heroine of the song, was the wife of Ferguson of Craigdarroch. (from: Barbara R Dorey)

MILITARY- It was a member of the Fergusons of Raith, Col. Sir Ronald C Ferguson who commanded the Cameron Highlanders and for whom a special medal was struck and presented by King George II and was thanked by a special act of Parliament for his courageous services in Portugal.

EXODUS and EXPULSION BY BRITISH;

sheep in the Highlands, poverty and gathering seaweed---

Driven off their lands by landlords. "The Fergusons were affected by the Highland Clearances as,were most of the Highland Clans."

"From 1790 to 1850 they joined most of the Highlanders in their exodous caused by the introduction of sheep into the Highlands. Many lost their Clan territories and migrated to the cities, south to England and to Ireland. Those left in the Highlands were generally reduced to poverty and many earned their livelihood by collecting Kelp (seaweed) from the coastline or from other menial tasks foreign to theHighlanders. Understandably many of the migrant sailing ships that left such as the Asia, The Hector, Dove, Hercules, John Gray, Rambler, Sarah, and soon, contained many Fergusons who chose Canada and North America as a place where the customs of Scotland, the tartan and the pipes, and the heritage of their forebears could be exercised freely. They arrived on great numbers in the early nineteenth century and settled in Cape Breton, (Canada) Glengarry, Pictou, North and South Carolina, (USA) Red River and Hailfax (Nova Scotia, Canada). (from: Barbara R Dorey)

"Meanwhile in Scotland the chiefship of the Clan passed to J.K.S. Ferguson of Dunfallandy in 1900. About the time Brigadier General Ferguson commanded the Highland Brigade winning many battle honors in taking the Cape of Good Hope.In 1906 the distinguished statesman Sir James Ferguson was killed in the Jamaica earthquake. He was the 6th Baronet. The senior house of Kilkerran is now the chief and the Clan Seat is at Kilkerran Tower."(text from: Barbara R Dorey)

Clan Chief : Ferguson of Kilkerran

Clan Seats :      Killkerran Tower

                         Ayrshire Glanshellich

                         Strachur

                         Arcyll

Tryst : Dunfallandy(The Bloody Stone)

Coat of Arms : Three boars heads between a clasp on a blue background--see above.

Mottos : Virtute /   Arte et marte   /    Dulcius ex asperis (Sweeter after difficulties)-Notice this motto is on the badge.

Badges : (Although Clansmans Badge has changed from time to time it is now properly the bee on the thistle rather than the hand grasping the sword. )Pine Popular:sunflower and foxglove

The Ferguson Tartan is below on this page, in a square and if you want to save it select save as from your menu.

TEXT CREDITS: From: Text from Barbara R Dorey , email=dorey@bconnex.net and from the The Gathering of the Clans at http://www.tartans.com/ , some text is original by Carol Sutton.

IMAGE CREDITS: tartan gif is from the The Gathering of the Clans at http://www.tartans.com/ at http://www.fergus.org/;which I made into a background gif in my Photoshop program.

LINKS:

Clan Ferguson Society of North America at http://www.fergus.org/

Bill Ferguson, email=wbfergus@geocities.com
Bill Ferguson WEBSITE at http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/6314
Thomas Ferguson Descendant's by Bill Ferguson at:http://mbr-gene.neotown.com/wbfergus/

The Highlander Web Magazine at http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/index_98.html

The Gathering of the Clans at http://www.tartans.com/
Yahoo Regional Genealogy of The United Kingdom

at http://www.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/United_Kingdom/Arts_and_Humanities/
Humanities/History/Genealogy/

My Canadian Ferguson line on my husband's side: descendents of Alexander Ferguson.

Relatives of André Joseph Lucien Fauteux,

occupation: artist, sculptor and computer software development manager.

1.Alexander Ferguson, born 1789, died Jan 2, 1856, at age 67, occupation: master boot and shoemaker, married in 1821 to:

..........................+ Annie S. Wyllie, born 1800, died March 20, 1878 at age 78.

2.Archibald Ferguson, born 5 Sep 1825, died 25 Mar, 1887,at age 61, married on 29 Dec, 1848, to

.....................+Marion Black,born 5 Sep , 1828, died 15 Nov, 1884, age 56, in Stewarton, Ayrshire, Scotland, occupation: Bonnet Dresser

3.Alexander Ferguson,born 29 Apr 1850, in Galt (now Cambridge) Ontario, Canada, died 17 Aug , 1930, age 80, in St Catherines, Ontario, occupation: Boot and Shoemaker. married on 7 Dec 1877 in Cameron Bridge, Fife, Scotland to :

.....................+Margaret Selkirk Clark, born 12 August, 1851, and died on 15 July, 1947, age 95, (NOTES: The Selkirk family character was the basis of the novel "Robinson Crusoe" written by Daniel Defoe in the year 1719. A novel about a shipwreaked merchant man who lived alone and survived by his own resourfulness, wit and the remains of the wreakagae learned to survive alone on a deserted tropical island. The natives to the island were cannibal tribes. So it is that André Fauteux's great great grandmother was a Selkirk and thus André is related to the man the novel is based on. C.L.Sutton 1998)

4. Andrew Clark Ferguson, Jan 16, 1885 in Galt (now Cambridge) , Ontario, Canada, died March 23, 1988, in St Catherines, Ontario, Canada, occupation: Accountant for CN Railroad, married twice:

.......................+Etta Lyle Secord, born 11 August , 1884, in St. Catherines, Ontario, died in 24 August, 1933, in Port Delhousie, Ontario, Canada, married AC Ferguson on 17 Sept , 1908, St Catherines , Ontario, Canada

.......................+Edna Henrietta Madill, born 29 March 1892, and died Nov 16, 1984 in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, married AC Ferguson on 9 Oct, 1937, Ontario, Canada

5.Hervey Camille Fauteux,born December 19,1910, in Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada died March 27, 1971 in British Columbia, Canada married

....................+ Lyle Secord Ferguson, born July 2,1913, in St Catherines, Ontario, Canada

6. Carol Lorraine Sutton, born September 3, 1945, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, moved to Canada in 1970. occupation: artist, painter, and photographer.

............................................................+ Dennis Stillwell Martin, b:12-12-1945, Panama Canal Zone, Panama,Married 23 Jan 1965, no children, occupation: artist, illustrator, painter. Divorce: 1977

.............................................................+André Joseph Lucien Fauteux, B: 3-15-1946, in Dunville, Ontario, Canada, married 12 June 1978, Toronto, Ontario, share two children with Carol,

....................................................................7. Viva-Laura Claire Sutton-Fauteux, b: 6-12-1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

...................................................................7. Yale Quentin Sutton-Fauteux, b: 3-9-1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

My American Ferguson line on my mother's side:

descendents of Joseph Ferguson.

Relatives of Carol Lorraine Sutton,

occupation: artist, painter, and photographer.

1.Joseph Ferguson, born about 1730?, died ?, where? marrried when? to ?:

.....................+ ?

2. James Frances Ferguson Sr. , born about 1753, died ?, married when? to:

...................+ Elizabeth Hunley, born about 1750, died ?

3. James Francis (or Frances) Ferguson Jr., born 1773, in Lancaster County, South Carolina, USA, died about 1847 at age 74, in Flat Creek, Lancaster County, South Carolina, occupation: The first preacher at the Taxahaw Baptist Church in Lancaster Co, SC, married:

......................+Abigail ________?, born about 1773, in South Carolina?, died when in South Carolina?

4 Lewis B. Ferguson, b: 8-19-1799SC d: 5-22-1883 Mecklenburg Co., NC

. . +Dollie Ogburn, b:8-23-1799 SC, d" 1886 Mecklenburg Co., NC

.......5 James Ranson Ferguson, b: 5-24-1831, Lancaster County, SC, d: 12-4-1909 Matthews, Mecklenburg Co. NC

............+ Martha Ellen Williams, b. 1844, NC or SC?, d: 1929, Matthews, Mecklenburg Co., NC

..................6.Sarah Amanda Ferguson, b: 1867 ?, d: 1962, Matthews, Mecklenburg Co., NC

........................+Barnum Alexander Sustare, b: 1-10-1862, Lancaster County, SC, d: 3-13-1951, NC

..............................7Beverly Townsend Sustare, 3-3-1890, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co.NC,

d: 8-1-1965, Indian Trail, Union, NC, 28105, Lawyer, Wake Forest College, L.L. B. Degree

....................................+ Clara Nannie "Nancy" Williams, b. 11-29-1891, d: 7-21-1940, in Norfolk, Virginia, of cancer (cervix, (maybe ovarian) and colon cancer) at age 49

...........................................8.Nancy Chester Sustare, b: 11-17-1920, Greensboro, Guilford Co., NC, died Monday, May 12, 1997, in Norfolk, Virginia of congestive heart failure; burial in Forest Lawn Cemetary, Norfolk, VA: Maury High School, Norfolk, Virginia, And Sullins College, Bristol, Virginia.

.................................................+ Robert William Sutton,"Red" or "Bob", 3-8-1918, Norfolk, VA, USA; d: 2-13 1995 of panceaus, Pancreaus and Liver Cancer; founder and CEO of Sutton Manufacturing Corporation, maker of fans, blowers, marine and other pumps, Norfolk, Virginia, Engineer, Designer Of Products, Business Man, Photographer,

9. Carol Lorraine Sutton, born September 3, 1945, in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, moved to Canada in 1970. occupation: artist, painter, and photographer.

............................................................+ Dennis Stillwell Martin, b:12-12-1945, Panama Canal Zone, Panama,Married 23 Jan 1965, no children, occupation: artist, illustrator, painter. Divorce: 1977

.............................................................+André Joseph Lucien Fauteux, B: 3-15-1946, in Dunville, Ontario, Canada, married 12 June 1978, Toronto, Ontario, share two children with Carol,

....................................................................10. Viva-Laura Claire Sutton-Fauteux, b: 6-12-1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

..................................................................10.. Yale Quentin Sutton-Fauteux, b: 3-9-1983, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Decendents of Lewis B. Ferguson

of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA + earlier Ferguson's from South Carolina, USA

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Williams Family from Hot Springs, Arkansas and North Carolina

Nannie Clair Williams as young woman & unknown lady

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Sgt. Chester Clay Willimas, died World War I in France

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Nannie Clair Williams Sustare & daughter Chester Sustare

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WILLIAMS & SUSTARE family of North Carolina, group family portrait

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Delilah Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line -Delilah Gibbs -married twice: first to: James G3 Mason CLEM Sr.,-second to: David Andrew Williams; mother of ten children

Delilah Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/delilah_gibbs_clem.html

**Williams Family from Hot Springs, Arkansas and North Carolina**
Nannie Clair Williams as young woman & unknown lady http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/williams_clara_unknown.html
Sgt. Chester Clay Willimas, died World War I in France http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/chester_clay_williams.html
Nannie Clair Williams Sustare & daughter Chester Sustare http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/williams_clara_nannie.html
WILLIAMS & SUSTARE family of North Carolina, group family portrait http://www.carolsutton.net/williams/williams_NC.html

Delilah Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line -*Delilah Gibbs* -married twice: first to: James G3 Mason CLEM Sr.,-second to: David Andrew Williams; mother of ten children Delilah Gibbs Clem, or Arkansas and GIBBS/ WILLIAMS/ CLEM line http://www.geocities.com/clsutton45/delilah_gibbs_clem.html

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Nannie Clara Williams Sustare

Sustare Maternal Line:

made with Macintosh G4

Clan Ferguson History

The History of the Clan Ferguson

Gaelic Name: MacFhearghuis

Relatives of André Joseph Lucien Fauteux,

Relatives of Carol Lorraine Sutton,

Decendents of Lewis B. Ferguson of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA + earlier Ferguson's from South Carolina, USA Return The Ferguson Tartan

Decendents of Lewis B. Ferguson

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