Chalkley, Lyman, Scotch-Irish Settlment in Virginia, volume 1
(Records of Augusta County, Virginia, 1745-1800), Baltimore, MD 1912.
Ancestory.Com
Augusta County Court Records. Order Book No. XXIV.
Samuel Ferguson vs. Adam Jordan and Sarah.
page 320 - Part of the charge was that Ferguson was a
runaway from Pennsylvania and from Ireland.
page 325 - Sarah said Samuel was a thief and a wizard
(meaning he had a secret, sinful, wicked and unlawful communication and
correspondence with the devil.
Thomas Ferguson, son of Walter Ferguson and Rebecca (nee Paul)
Ferguson, is a native of Westmoreland Co., PA born June 7, 1825. His father was
a native of Ireland, born in 1786, and his mother was a native of
Pennsylvania.
David
H. FERGUSON of the firm of Daniel Shaw & Co., Eau Claire, came to
Wisconsin in 1856; became one of the firm not long since. Married Mary
Kershiner, in 1875, in Eau Claire. She was born in Ireland. Mr. F. was also
born in Ireland.
Source: History Northern WI, Vol I, Western Historical, 1881, p
321.
E. Kean, P.B. Phair & T.U. Sadleir (eds), Kings Inn Admission
Papers 1607-1867, Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1982, p161
Ferguson, Francis, ap. to Lowther Brien, H 1811, m.s. (attorney
Exchequer, E 1818 r).
Ferguson, James Frederick, 1st s. of James Frederick,
Chancery Lane, London, and Dinah Macklin; over 16; ed. p.t.; afft. George
Checketts. H 1835.
Ferguson, John, attorney Exchequer, E 1805 r.
Ferguson, John, ap. to Wm. Crozier, T 1816, ms.
Ferguson, John C., attorney Exchequer, E 1796 r.
Ferguson, Robert, attorney Exchequer, E 1774.
Ferguson, Thomas, attorney Exchequer, M 1799 r.
Ferguson, William, attorney Exchequer, May 1789, from King's
Bench, ms.
Lacy, Bridget of York, Upper Canada, Letter to Mary Thompson,
Ireland, Aug. 1832. Dublin University Magazine, Volume 1, May 1833,
pages 600-611. [Irish Emigration
Database]
In the course of describing her voyage to Canada she writes:
"There are mighty good people among them, and mighty pretty girls, that when
they aren't sick, sing psalms in the evening very beautiful; and there's one
Jenny Ferguson, from the north, that I am very thick with, and she has a voice
like an angel. In truth there are none of them bad, and its mighty sweet upon
the sea."
Leeson, Francis, "Irish Nominees in the State Tontines of 1773, 1775
and 1777". The Irish Ancestor, Vol II, No 1 1970, p 43-46
Source: The Epidemic Summer, A Review of the Yellow Fever, Its
Causes, etc., and An Interesting and Useful Abstract of Mortuary Statistics,
Published by the Proprietor of the True Delta, 1853 Louisiana Section, Main
Branch, New Orleans Public Library
Ferguson, Margaret, 9 yrs, 8-Aug, St. Patrick's
Cemetery
D/1918: This collection of 58 documents includes, for example:
The correspondence and papers of Doctor John Ferguson, which
make numerous references to female family members and friends, 1818-1863. For
example, a letter to his sister, Jane in London, 1829 and a letter to his
sister, Anna in Whitehaven, 1833.
A letter to Mrs J C Ferguson, 1877.
D/2013: This collection of the papers of W S Ferguson
include:
A letter from Jane Agnew, New York, United States, to her
uncle, Revd. William Stavely, Kellswater, County Antrim, 1821.
A letter from David Robinson, Kentucky, United States, to
his mother, Mary in Londonderry, 1817.
Montgomery of Benvarden Papers:
T/1638/5/9 Copy of a letter from Lady Sarah Napier,
Celbridge, to Doctor John Ferguson, refering to Lord Fitzwilliam's recall, 20
March 1795.
T/1638/6/5 Copy of a letter from Lady Charlemont,
Dublin, to Sir Andrew Ferguson at the instance of Lord Charlemont for
alterations in the wording of an address to him, 26 February 1791.
T/1638/7/1-27 Copies of letters to Sir Robert Ferguson,
Member of Parliament for Derry City, including a couple of personal letters to
female members of his family, 1816-1858.
Also:
T/2605 9 documents containing genealogical notes and
correspondence relating to the Latimer, Wilson, Anderson and Ferguson families,
1585-1965.
Vincent Ferguson, is a son of Andrew Ferguson, who came from Ireland
in 1806, and located in Jefferson Co., and was married in this county to Mary
Roaderick, Jan. 6, 1825, whose parents were natives of Maryland.
Source: History of Coshocton County, Its Past & Present, by
N.N. Hill, A.A. Graham & Co., Publishing, 1881, pg 677