. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. Declaration. Returning from exile with Williamof Oranofe, he soon became dissatisfied with the results of theglorious revolution, and his later years were passed as aHigh Churchman and Jacobite, in confidential correspondenceAvith the exiled monarch at St. Germain, and gifted with aspecial faculty for showing up Whig ministers for the despoticabuse of power. In the quaint words of a contemporary— He was commonly reckoned a man by himself, and of as odda make and mixture as this age has produced. A true historyof his life would
. Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus;. Declaration. Returning from exile with Williamof Oranofe, he soon became dissatisfied with the results of theglorious revolution, and his later years were passed as aHigh Churchman and Jacobite, in confidential correspondenceAvith the exiled monarch at St. Germain, and gifted with aspecial faculty for showing up Whig ministers for the despoticabuse of power. In the quaint words of a contemporary— He was commonly reckoned a man by himself, and of as odda make and mixture as this age has produced. A true historyof his life would have disclosed a great many secrets. For afull account of the extraordinary career of the Judas ofDrydens great satire, with its hairbreadth escapes, its untir-ing energy, misdirected enthusiasm, and flashes of Aberdonianwit, reference nmst be made to his biography, Robert Fergu-son the Plotter, or the Secret of the Ryehouse Conspiracy andthe Story of a Strange Career, published by D. Douglas,Edinburgh, 1887.] FEEGUSONS IN ABEEDEENSHIEE 247 FERGUSON OF PITFOUR. II. William, the second son, after Roberts departure be-coming as it were the heir, his father purchased for him theestate of Badiefurrow, a few miles distant from Inverury. Hewas twice married. First to Jean Elphingston, sister to SirJames Elphingston of Logic, by whom he had one son, his second marriage, with Lucretia Burnett, he had threesons, who all went abroad. [The List of Pollable Persons in the Shire of Aberdeennotes as living at Badifurrow in 1696, Lucrece Burnett, relictof the deceased William Ferguson of Badifurrow, and herchildren, Patrick, Walter, and Mary, the heritor of Badi-furrow being then out of the kingdom. He died after 4thMarch 1694, the date of a Great Seal charter in favour ofWilHam Ferguson of Badifurrow in liferent, and his son Ferguson in fee.] III. James, his son by the first marriage, being bred to thelaw, commenced Advocate before the Court of Session. Hesold the estate
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