Records of the clan and name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus

FERGUSSONS IN ATHOLE
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The descent of the estate of Middlehaugh, from the fore-
going papers and a memorandum evidently jotted from them,
appears to have been as follows : — In 1677 it passed from the
Fergusson family who had hitherto possessed it, and who
were probably cadets of Dunfallandy, to Stewarts, one of
whom, however, married an Isobel Fergusson. In 1720 it
was acquired from the Stewarts by Robert Ferguson. In
1753 Robert was succeeded by his son Finlay, who married
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S. R. FERGUSON
Elspet M'Lagan. The memorandum contains the name of
an Adam Fergusson, with the date 1763. He was probably
the father of James Fergusson of Middlehaugh (1819), who
married Elizabeth M'Diarmid, and had issue two sons and
two daughters. The eldest son, James Mure Fergusson,
captain in the 42nd Highlanders, died unmarried, and was
succeeded by his brother, Samuel Robert Fergusson, who