Person:John Ferguson (107)

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John Ferguson
  • F.  Peter Ferguson (add)
  • M.  Isabel (add)
m.
  1. John Ferguson1736 - 1820
  2. Adam Ferguson
m. 26 Apr 1767
  • HJohn Ferguson1736 - 1820
  • WAnne GreenAbt 1751 - 1775
m. 1 Jan 1775
  1. Infant Ferguson1775 - 1775
  • HJohn Ferguson1736 - 1820
  • WAnne Briggs1747 - 1829
m. 18 Apr 1776
  1. Anne Ferguson1777 - 1846
  2. Peter Ferguson1778 - 1780
  3. Margaret Ferguson1781 - 1814
  4. Isabel Ferguson1782 - 1782
  5. Mary Ferguson1784 - 1790
  6. Elizabeth Ferguson1787 - 1855
  7. John Ferguson1788 - 1858
  8. Peter Ferguson1790 - 1845
  9. Adam Ferguson1793 - 1796
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Ferguson
Gender Male
Birth[1] 18 Jul 1736 Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
Marriage 26 Apr 1767 London, EnglandSee pg. 9
to Anne Sandlins
Emigration[1][2] Bef 1775 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 1 Jan 1775 See pg. 9
to Anne Green
Marriage 18 Apr 1776 Newport, Rhode Island, United StatesSee pg. 9
to Anne Briggs
Other[1] 25 Oct 1779 Newport, Rhode Island, United StatesSet out traveling from Newport to New York.
Residence From May 1780 to Aug 1780 New York City, New York, United Stateswith Anne Briggs
Other Bet 31 Aug 1780 and 8 Dec 1780 Travel: New York City > Sandy Hook > Ireland > London > Berwick
with Anne Briggs
Residence Bet Dec 1780 and May 1781 Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, Englandwith Anne Briggs
Residence Aft May 1781 Duns, Berwickshire, ScotlandMost of the couple's children were born during this residence.
with Anne Briggs
Other Bet 24 Mar 1806 and 12 Sep 1806 Travel: Duns > Glasgow > Grenoch > New York > Newport > Providence
with Anne Briggs
Residence Aft 1806 Providence, Rhode Island, United Stateswith Anne Briggs
Death[1] 20 Nov 1820 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ferguson, Arthur B., and Margaret Eddy Allen nee Ferguson. Genealogy of the descendants of John Ferguson: a native of Scotland who emigrated to America before the Revolutionary War. (Salem, Massachusetts: Newcomb & Gauss, 1911)
    Ppg. 9, 10.
  2. "John Ferguson and his brother Adam emigrated to America and settled in Newport, R. I. several years before the Revolutionary war and there engaged in the tobacco and snuff business and became proprietors of Bissell's Mills in Narrangansett."