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

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actual residence of Michael Scott, the Wizard of the
North ; another, the farm of the Grange, once the home of
that intrepid soldier, Kirkcaldy of Grange, who defended
Edinburgh Castle in the interests of Queen Mary, and
was one of the assassins of Cardinal Beaton. The Raith
gardens were also the site of the country-house and fish-
ponds of the abbots of Dunfermline, after whom the
parish of Abbotshall is named ; and on a field just out-
side the park was fought the last political duel that
took place in Scotland, between Sir Alexander Boswell and
Stuart of Dunearn, which resulted in the death of the
former.'
We add the account of the family given in Burke's Landed
Gentry (1894) :—
1 The Fergusons of Raith are of good standing in Fife, and have
possessed the estate from which they derive their designation since
the death of the first Earl of Melville, to whom it belonged up to
1707.
'James Ferguson, Bailie of Inverkeithing in 1689, m. Agnes
Stewart, and had issue —
Robert, his heir.
Barbara, bapt. at Inverkeithing, 19th Nov. 1689.
Elizabeth, bapt. at same place, 5th Jan. 1694, m. John Dundas
of Wester Bogie, co. Fife, younger son of John Dundas of
Manor, and d. s.p.
Agnes, m. David Berry, of Edinburgh, merchant, and had
issue —
Robert Berry, m. the daughter of John Seton, Esq. of
Parbroath (sister of Isabella, Lady Cayley, wife of
Sir Thomas Cayley, fifth Baronet of Brompton), and
had two daughters, Mary and Agnes Berry.
James Berry.
William Berry, of Austin Friars, London, who assumed
by royal licence, dated 12th Jan. 1782, the surname
and arms of Ferguson on succeeding to the estate of
Raith.
Katherine, m. 26th Sept. 1764, Rev. Alex. Spears, of Kirk-
caldy, and d. 9th Nov. 1813.