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From: Angus Ferguson <>
Subject: Re: [FERGUSON-DNA] William FERGUSON, Covenanter of Lanark,Scotland to Virginia,
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:22:13 +0000
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Roger asked:

> Is there a date or time period given in the records for this action?

I have no idea Roger, but I know there are some online Scottish legal
archives; I've forgotten the URL, but I'm sure a search will reveal it. I've
just come across this on Colin Ferguson's Irish Ferguson website at:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~colin/Ferguson/DNA/GEN/Fourmileburn
.html

Or

http://tinyurl.com/2n5ep3

"The Fergusons in Co. Antrim were originally Presbyterians; and Sir Samuel,
in his ballad of 'Willy Gilliland,' included in Lays of the Western Gael,
tells the story of a Covenanting ancestor who came to Ireland at the time of
the persecutions in Scotland. Ellen GILLILAND, who married John FERGUSON,
father of Samuel of Standingstone, and was great-grandmother of Sir Samuel,
was descended from this hunted Covenanter. The burying- place of the family
is at Donegore in Antrim; and the arms used by Sir Samuel FERGUSON were the
three boars' heads, and the buckle, the crest, a thistle with a bee, and the
motto Dulcius ex asperis."

This suggests that either William returned to Britain and resettled in
Ulster, or that his children/descendants settled there and her remained in
Virginia. Perhaps Colin knows more?

Angus


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