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

430 CLAN FEKGUSSON
estate of Springkell, Dumfriesshire. They have issue one son,
William Alexander James.
'Margaret Ferguson, sister of the above, born 1815, mar-
ried first a Mr. Millisran, and on his death, John Reid,
merchant in Glasgow. Mrs. Reid still survives (1895), but
has no family.
' Eliza Ferguson, sister of the above, married Dr. Davidson
of Newmilns ; both are deceased.'
OTHER DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY FERGUSONS.
' The line of railway,' writes Harper in his Rambles in
Galloway, 'passes close to Loch Skerrow with its islets of
birch and alder trees, almost the only specimens we see
betwixt New Galloway and Dromore. A short distance west
of the loch is Auchencloy Martyr's Monument, situated hi a
level mossy plain amongst the hills. In the Statistical
Account we find it stated that " Graham of Claverhouse in
1684 surprised six persons who were concealing themselves at
Auchencloy, Loch Skero, and instantly shot four of them.
One of them from Nithsdale was buried on the spot where he
fell, and a humble tombstone, lying flat on the ground, was
subsequently erected to his memory, bearing the following
inscription :
' " Memento Mori.
'"Here lies Robert Ferguson, who was surprised and instantly
shot to death on this place by Graham of Claverhouse, for his
adherence to Scotland's Reformation, Covenants, National
and Solemn League, 1684."
' In 1835 a sermon was preached, and collection made for
erecting a more suitable monument, " an object since accom-
plished by means of this collection and public subscription." '
In the year 1773 a melancholy accident took place on the
river Nith, by the capsizing of a ferry-boat, when six out of
thirteen persons were drowned, and among them, James Fer-
guson, farmer, Glenwhargen, a man remarkable for his per-
sonal strength.
The family to which Mr. G. T. Ferguson, Maxwelton,