. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. dy (styled Baron Ferguson) also inAthole. The connection, however, with the stem of BaronFergusson appears, both from the minister of Logieraits andthe minister of Moulins mss., to date much further back. On account of the eminence in the learned world and thefamous circle of Edinburgh men of letters of Professor AdamFerguson, and the close association of his family with thehome life of Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford, a special interestattaches to this branch of the sons of Fergus. Through theassistance of its present represent
. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. dy (styled Baron Ferguson) also inAthole. The connection, however, with the stem of BaronFergusson appears, both from the minister of Logieraits andthe minister of Moulins mss., to date much further back. On account of the eminence in the learned world and thefamous circle of Edinburgh men of letters of Professor AdamFerguson, and the close association of his family with thehome life of Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford, a special interestattaches to this branch of the sons of Fergus. Through theassistance of its present representative, Mr. Robert N. of the Treasury, we are enabled to give some mostinteresting extracts from their correspondence, and a seriesof delightful short biographies of his forebears written forthese Records by himself. The account of this family willtherefore embrace— 1. A brief Genealogy, compiled from a (jenealogical Table prepared by Mr. R. N. R. Ferguson. 2. A Notice of and Extracts from an Autobiographical MS. written by the Minister of PROFESSOR ADAM FERGUSON FEKGUSSONS IN ATHOLE 119 3. Mr. Kobert N. R. Fergusons Memoirs of— 1. Professor Adam Ferguson. 2. His elder brother, Robert. 3. Robert (Bob), son of No. 2. 4. Capt. Joseph Ferguson, second son of the Professor. 5. Sir Adam Ferguson, and the family at Huntly- burn. 6. Robert Ferguson, 7. Letters from the Huntlyburn Family. Genealogy of descendants of Rev. Adam Fergussonof LogieraitI. Adam Fergusson (1672-1754), minister of Logierait,married, in 1705, Mary Gordon of Hallhead, and hadissue— 1. Mary, born 1706. She married, in 1726, Duncan Stewart of Blackhill (ninth in descent from JohnStewart of Fothergill and Garth, 1455), second sonof the Reverend Robert Stewart, minister of Kdhn,1679-1729. Their son, Adam Stewart, marriedHelen, daughter of John Hepburn of Coquhalzie,and their daughter, Helen Hepburn, married JamesStewart of Edradynate, grandson of Robert Stewartof Derculich, younger br
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