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

288 CLAN FEKGUSSON
JOHN AND JANET FERGUSON AND THEIR DESCENDANTS.
II. Janet Ferguson, William's only daughter, was married
to her own cousin, John Ferguson, a Polish merchant, and
brother's son of her father's, and they had three sons, John,
Robert, and Alexander, and three daughters, Janet, Mary,
and Jane. The daughters all died unmarried [except Janet,
who married John Wishart, Old Meldrum, and died in 1732,
leaving issue. The only girl among six brothers, Janet, the
elder, was known in the family for the strength of her char-
acter and the vigour of her temper as ' gentle Janet.' It is
said that a friend of her cousin's conveyed his addresses
through him as an intermediary, but the ambassador received
the answer, ' Gin ye wad speak for yersel, ye micht hae mair
chance.']
III. John went to Poland with his father, and remained
there in the mercantile way.
III. Robert also accompanied his father to Poland, but
returned and settled at Peterhead. He married Jane Smith,
by whom he had two sons, Alexander and William, and one
daughter, Jane, who died unmarried.
IV. Alexander was captain of a trading vessel, and had
three sons. It is not at present known, however, to whom he
was married, or what became of his children.
(He married Elizabeth Clark, and had three sons, William,
Robert, and James. James was captain of a West Indian
ship, married, and left one daughter.)
IV. William, Robert's second son, was both in the navy
and merchant service. He was married [January 16th,
1752] to Isabella Arbuthnot, and had three daughters, Jane,
Margaret, and Christian. [Captain William Ferguson left
the navy in deference to his wife's Jacobite feelings, but
re-entered it after the death of Prince Charles Edward.
In 1756 he commanded H.M.S. Prince of Wales, when
he received the freedom of Montrose. In the same year, as