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

344 CLAN FERGUSSON
' II. John Fergusson of Kilkerran resigns a part of his estate in
1466 to
' III. Fergus Fergusson, his son, and Janet Kennedy, his spouse.
' IV. Duncan Fergusson of Kilkerran. During the lifetime of
his father he had the "place of Barnefute."
'V. Barnard Fergusson of Kilkerran. In 1564 he, along with
his brothers Thomas and David, and fifty-one others, were delatit
for invading the Laird of Camlarg in a fenced Court of the Sheriff
of Ayr. He married Jonet Ritchie, by whom he had a son, 1
'VI. Symon Fergusson of Kilkerran, who seems to have suc-
ceeded to the property before the death of his father, whom he
also predeceased. He is mentioned as having appeared before
arbiters in a case between him and Duncan Crawford, son and
heir of the late John Crawford of Camlarg, in 1588. He married
Cristiane Forester, and had issue John, his successor, and another
child. He died in 1591. (By his will, — quoted, — he nominated Sir
Thomas Kennedy of Culzean, Ninian Adair of Kilhilt, and Gilbert
Fergusson of Dulduff, tutors to his son, and left "in legacie to ye
said Cristiane, his spous, his hors and his naig.") He was suc-
ceeded by his son,
'VII. Mr. Johnne Fergusson 2 of Kilkerrane, so styled in the
testament of John Davidsoun of Penny glen, near May bole, in 1614.
He is mentioned in the same way in similar documents in 1616,
1618, and 1621. He was succeeded by his son,
' VIII. Sir John Fergusson of Kilkerran, Avho heartily espoused
the cause of Charles I. in the Civil Wars. His name, as well as
that of his son, is mentioned in the list of disaffected in Ayrshire
who gave countenance to Montrose in 1645. For so doing he was
summoned before the Presbytery of Ayr, and had either to express
contrition for the offence or submit to excommunication. He
admitted " that he was in Kilmarnock with Alaster " (i.e. Alexander
Macdonald), that he had been with Montrose at Loudoun hill, but
" was never myndit to follow Montrose his cause," and submitted
himself to censure. Such was the power of the Church. His sub-
mission, however, did not prevent him from continuing to aid the
royal cause. He contracted large debts to raise men for the service
of the King, and had his estates sequestered by Cromwell. He
retired abroad during the Commonwealth ; and, returning home at
1 But see extract from Com. Records, infra.
- This John Fergusson does not appear in Lord Hermand's account.