John Stephenson Ferguson (abt. 1764 - 1833)

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Beggs) Ferguson — married 20 Jun 1789 in Dublin, Ireland

Descendants

Died 3 Mar 1833 at about age 69 in Belfast, county Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

John Stephenson Ferguson was born about 1764, the son of Dr. James Ferguson of Belfast, county Antrim, and Miss Stephenson.^[1]

On the 20th June 1789, he married Eleanor Beggs (1768–1837) in Dublin.^[2]

John Stephenson Ferguson, Esq., of Donegall Place, Belfast linen draper, died on the 3rd March 1833, aged sixty-nine years;^[1][3][4] his body was buried in the Ferguson burial plot in Clifton Street cemetery, Belfast.^[5]

John Ferguson of Donegall Place, Belfast, linen draper, aged 72 yrs, assessed £ 46,153 in 1833.^[6]

Research notes

• The estimated year of birth is based on the birth order specified in Memorial no. 526-531-345270, Ferguson to Ferguson et al (1799-09-27), wherein John was named the second son of Dr. James Ferguson and Jane Stephenson,^[7] and a two-year interval between births. The estimated year of birth, as inferred from the age inscribed on the gravestone (i.e., 1764), is consistent with this analysis.~Kilpatrick-1128
• For online resources collected by Colin Ferguson, a longtime researcher of the Ferguson and Fergusson clans, see his website entitled, Fergus(s)on Y-DNA Project | Clan Fergusson Society of North America.
• For further information about the Stephenson-Ferguson families, please refer to the following journal article: Kilpatrick, Alison. "The Killyfaddy, County Armagh Connection to the House of York." Familia: Ulster Genealogical Review, No. 33 (2017), pp. 191-213. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation, 2017.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ferguson, James, and Robert Menzies Fergusson, eds. Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1895. Also, the Supplement (Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1899), pp. 108-113. (consulted by Alison Kilpatrick, 2014-03-31)
2. ↑ Ferguson, Colin. "Ferguson of Polebrooke Hall, Northamptonshire;" on his website, Fergus(s)on DNA Project, Belfast Linen Drapers; online at http://dna.cfsna.net/GEN/Ireland/Belfast.html (accessed 2014-03-31); citing the following sources: (1.) Supplement to the Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson and Fergus, by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson, Edinburgh, 1899. (2.) The Fergusons of Belfast: A Short Account of the Ancestry of H.R.R. The Duchess of York, by The Mac Carthy Mor., Familia Ulster Genealogical Review, Volume 2, No. 2 1986. Published by the Ulster Genealogical & Historical Guild. (3.) June Ferguson’s Royal Genealogy Page, at wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=royals. (4.) US Federal Census of IL, KS, MN. (5.) Masterson, J., Ireland: 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland), Genalogical Publishing Co., 1999.(6.) Registry of Deeds 1818 Vol. 729 No. 465 Memorial 497800 LDS Film 463942. (7.) Ferguson James and Ferguson, Robert Menzies (eds)., Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson, and Fergus, Edinburgh: 1895. (8.) Fergusons at Fourmileburn, web site at dna.cfsna.net/GEN/Ireland/Antrim/Fourmileburn_1st.html. (9.) A History of the Town of Belfast, by George Benn (1880).
3. ↑ Belfast News-Letter, 5 March 1833 (pg. 3). Death notice: “On the 3d inst. John S. Ferguson, Esq. of Donegall-Place, Belfast, in his 72d year.” Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2017-09-11, by subscription).
4. ↑ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast). Pre-1858 Wills and Admons; Prerogative Wills. Index entry: John S. Ferguson, Donegal Place, Belfast, probate 1833. Online in the PRONI’s Names Search facility, www.apps.proni.gov.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2018-02-05).
5. ↑ Glenravel Local History Project. “Graves Lower Ground,” Clifton Street Cemetery, Belfast; online at www.glenravel.com (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2017-06-10). Gravestone for Dr and Mrs Ferguson, John Stephenson Ferguson, and family, ref. UWL 24 Ferguson. The Glenravel History Project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Ashton Community Trust.
6. ↑ ‘the gross value of the unsettled personality of the deceased, and hence excluded land, any capital sum settled upon the deceased by others from which he or she benefitted, and most property situated abroad’
7. ↑ Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 526-531-345270: Jane Ferguson otherwise Stevenson, widow of Dr. James Ferguson of Belfast; James Ferguson of Ballycor, county Antrim, eldest son of Dr. Ferguson; Agnes Ledlie otherwise Ferguson who, with her sister, Elizabeth Swan, were the youngest children of Dr. Ferguson; Alexander Ledlie of Antrim, county Atrim, husband of Agnes; and Elizabeth Swan otherwise Ferguson of Antrim; all parties of the first part who, for the consideration of £805, conveyed to John Stephenson Ferguson, linen draper of Belfast, and second son of Dr. James Ferguson, a parcel of ground on the north side of Broad Street in Belfast (dated 27th September 1799; registered 4th April 1800). Digital images online at familysearch.org (FHL film no. 536063); indexed by Alison Kilpatrick and submitted to www.irishdeedsindex.net, 2018-06-09.