Genealogy of the Descendents of John Ferguson: A Native of Scotland, who Emigrated to America Before the Revolutionary War |
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... brothers , are described as " the three powerfuls of Dalriada ' - i . e . the three pure Scotic tribes . The tradition which makes the Ferguson clan one of the purest Scotic races , receives some confirmation from the fact that ...
... brothers , are described as " the three powerfuls of Dalriada ' - i . e . the three pure Scotic tribes . The tradition which makes the Ferguson clan one of the purest Scotic races , receives some confirmation from the fact that ...
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... brother of the poet , wrote : " I am the son of the ancient , the royal Fergus . " This traditionary descent is always alluded to in the old songs on the gath- ering of the clans in which the Fergusons are mentioned . Ferguson or ...
... brother of the poet , wrote : " I am the son of the ancient , the royal Fergus . " This traditionary descent is always alluded to in the old songs on the gath- ering of the clans in which the Fergusons are mentioned . Ferguson or ...
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... brother and the other by another . The family of Dun- fallandy seem to have consistently maintained the spelling " Fergusson " which appears to be the oldest and represents most accurately the translation of the Gaelic . It cannot ...
... brother and the other by another . The family of Dun- fallandy seem to have consistently maintained the spelling " Fergusson " which appears to be the oldest and represents most accurately the translation of the Gaelic . It cannot ...
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... brothers , Adam and John Ferguson , removed to America and settled in Newport , Rhode Island . There they found a Capt . Robert Fergu- son who had formerly been commander of an English East Indiaman , a brother of Professor Adam ...
... brothers , Adam and John Ferguson , removed to America and settled in Newport , Rhode Island . There they found a Capt . Robert Fergu- son who had formerly been commander of an English East Indiaman , a brother of Professor Adam ...
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... brother Adam emigrated to America and settled in Newport , R. I. several years before the Revolutionary war and there engaged in the tobacco and snuff business and became proprietors of Bissell's Mills in Narragansett . Adam Ferguson ...
... brother Adam emigrated to America and settled in Newport , R. I. several years before the Revolutionary war and there engaged in the tobacco and snuff business and became proprietors of Bissell's Mills in Narragansett . Adam Ferguson ...
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