FERGUSSON, Adam Minister of Crathie then of Logierait parish, Reverend Mr 1
- Born: 4 August 1672, Moulin parish, Perthshire, Scotland 1
- Marriage (1): GORDON, Maria on 25 December 1705 1
- Died: 30 July 1754 1
Another name for Adam was FERGUSON, Adam of Dunfallandy, minister of Log, Rev..2
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Adam married Maria GORDON, daughter of Patrick GORDON 9th of Hallhead and Margaret BURNETT, on 25 December 1705.1 (Maria GORDON was born about 1685.)
Marriage Notes:
"Maria (Gordon), married in 1705, Rev. Adam Ferguson of Dunfallandy, minister of Logierait; issue, Adam Ferguson, LL.D., born June 20, 1723, and others."
from Thanage of Fermartyn
(at Crathie in 1700)
"Adam Fergusson, M.A ; called by the Presb. jure devoluto 11th, and ord. 25th Sept. 1700; trans, to Logierait 22nd Nov. 1714."
from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 6)
(at Logierait in 1714)
"Adam Fergusson born 4th Aug. 1672, third child of Laurence F., Bridge-end of Garnock,near Faskally, and Janet Ferguson ; educated at parish school of Moulin and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (22nd July 1693); schoolmaster of Moulin ; licen. by Presb. of Kincardine O'Neil 24th July 1700; ord. to Crathie 25th Sept. 1700; pres. by John, Duke of Atholl, in June, trans, and adm. 22nd Nov. 1714; died 30th July 1754. He was the original mover of the resolution in the Synod of Oct. 1732 against Ebenezer Erskine for expressions in his Synod Sermon which led to the secession from the Church in 1733. He marr. 25th Dec. 1705, Mary, daugh. of Patrick Gordon of Hallhead, Aberdeenshire, and had issue -
Mary, born 2nd Nov. 1706 (marr., cont. 2nd Dec. 1726, Duncan Stewart of Blackhill); Charles, born Aug. 1708, died at Port Royal, Jamaica, Oct. 1743; Anna, born 31st May and died 2nd Sept. 1710; Alexander, born 27th Dec. 1711; John, born 21st Aug. 1713, died 22nd July 1724; Janet, born 28th Sept. 1715 (marr. Thomas Wilkie of Foulden family) ; Patrick, born 27th Oct. 1717, died at Port Royal, Jamaica, 18th March 1747; Robert, born 30th Nov. 1719, died Feb. 1797; Adam, LL.D., Professor of Moral Philosophy, Edinburgh University, born 20th June 1723, died 22nd Feb. 1816. - [Records of the Clan and Name of Ferguson, 118 ; Stewarts of Fothergill, 36 ; see Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1887, for a curious fragment of Fergusson's Autobiography.]"
from Fasti Ecclesiae (vol 4) 1 2 3
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