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

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CLAN FEBGUSSON
Mains was fined £600, while John of Millander was mulcted
in £1000 in 1662. The families of Auchensoull and Threave
would appear now to be represented by the Rev. William
Fergusson, 1 until lately minister of the Free Church at Ellon,
Aberdeenshire, son of Lieut. James Hamilton Fergusson, 57th
Foot, and grandson of James Fergusson of Littleton. In the
following pages notices of these different families in county
histories are collected, and supplemented by extracts from
other public sources, relating to them and to other indivi-
duals of the name connected with Ayrshire.
KILKERRAN HOUSE.
FERGUSSON OF KILKERRAN.
The following account of the family of Kilkerran is taken
from volume viii. of Playfair's British Family Antiquity, pub-
lished in 1811, containing the ' Baronetage of Scotland.' Sir
James Fergusson of Kilkerran informs us that it was ' written
or revised by Lord Hermand, and contains practically all that
is known of the early history of his family. Its phraseology
bears evidence of the Judge's hand, and it may therefore be
accepted as an original narrative from the most authoritative
source.
1 See his Memorandum, infra.