Notes:

She might have died in Wayne Co., WV instead.

Family/Spouse: Charles BOOTHE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Samuel Ferguson is in DNA Haplo group R1B.

"Samuel Ferguson was born on 3/03/1744 in Ulster, Ireland. He was an officer in the British army, then switched his loyalties to the American side and served with Bowen's company of militia from Tazewell, Virginia. His father was Adam Ferguson born 1718, a lawyer from Ulster, Ireland. In 1765 in Ulster, Ireland, he married Mary Jameson born 3/27/1746 in Augusta County, Virginia. She was the daughter of John Jameson and Jean Erwin." (Mary Vesneske at mvesneske@hotmail.com) His death place has been listed as Cabell Co., VA (no Wayne Co., WV) or Tazewell Co., VA. (CL-517)

He is listed at the rank of Ensign in one family history and as at the rank of Major in another. I've chosen Ensign at this point in time because that lineage of Paula French was sourced with appropriate military info. Samuel was in the Battle of the Alamance. He is listed with no rank under James Robertson's command in 1777 in Montgomery Co., VA. He fought in the "Battle of King's Mountain" in 1780. He is listed as Ensign when he was under James Moore's company in Montgomery Co., VA. This would have been before 1789 as Captain James Moore died between 1786 and 1789.

Samuel Ferguson is a witness to the following transaction in "The Scotch Irish in VA, V. 3". CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 DEED BOOK NO. 16. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 493 Page 156.--6th November, 1769. William Jameson and Margaret to John Jameson, ? 55, on Christian's Creek, whereon William now lives, conveyed to William by William Martin, 19th March, 1765, 310 acres; corner William Palmer; corner George Robinson, now Samuel Black's land, plot surveyed for Mr. William Russell now Alexander Thompson's land. Teste: William Palmer, Jean ( ) Palmer, William ( ) Calin. Delivered: Samuel Ferguson, 17th August, 1772. In 1772, he resided on the Upper Bluestone River.

He is likely the Samuel Ferguson who made some if not all of the following purchases in Virginia: 540 acres in the North Little Fork of Rappahannock River, beginning on the side of Pasture Mountain on Dec. 3, 1778 in what was called the Northern Neck grants in Culpepper Co., VA; 196 acres on the head of Bluestone on 12 December 1793 in Wythe County, VA; 66 acres beginning &c on the south side of the South Fork of the Gourd Vine River on 6 May 1801 in Culpeper County; and 150 acres on the right hand fork of Twelve Poles Creek on 10 February 1819 in Cabell County, VA. This last grant we definitely believe belongs to him as there is other evidence that he still lived in Cabell Co., Va on Feb 1, 1825 where he died shortly thereafter. (CL-522, 550)

He and his wife might also have had a son named Wayne. (CL-522, 550) I consider it likely that Samuel's unknown mother's name was Isabel as the source of his first daughter, Isabel's, name is unknown, and the second daughter was named after Samuel's wife's mother. He is not my ancestor via DNA. I have checked 14 of his descendant's DNA with my Mother's DNA and there NO matches
amongst them. His likely daughter Jane was married to my ancestor, but his son William D. Clark, appears to be his grandson through Jane's husband and a slave.

Samuel married Mary JAMESON, * in 1765 in , Ulster, Ire. Mary (daughter of John JAMESON, * and Jean "Jane" ERWIN, *) was born on 21 Mar 1746 in Tinkling Springs, Augsta, VA; died on 21 Sep 1827 in , Cabell, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Wayne Co. WV Historical Society quotes the Ferguson Family Bible as giving her birth and death date as the 21st... but other 2nd hand sources give the birth and death date as the 27th.... The original bible needs located to determine what the handwritten date actually is.

Notes:

I would guess from the naming pattern for Adam's son Samuel, I suspect that Samuel's mother's name was likely Isabel. Adam was a lawyer in Ulster, Ireland. (CL-519) He is not to be confused with another Adam of similar peerage who spent a lot of time in Scotland as an adult.

Adam married Catherine BURNETT on 11 Oct 1736 in , , Scotland. Catherine (daughter of James BURNETT and Isabella BLACK) was born on 9 Nov 1717 in Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen, Scotland; died about 1795 in , , Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John lived in Augusta Co., VA by 1749. He purchased 280 acres on Jacksons River on 26 September 1760 in Augusta County, VA. This John is often stated to be the son of William Jameson and Sarah Collins in various family trees. I've found a tree by a Mr. Barber that says his birthdate was in 1713 in Philadelphia and where he lists him with the same parents but much different children all living in Pennsylvania at the times of their deaths, so I'm not sure if this John has the correct ancestry as listed.

John Jameson was in the Augusta Co., VA records often as follows. CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800DEED BOOK NO. 2. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 281 Page 570.--27th February, 1749. Same to James Brown, of Staunton, Lot No. 3 in Staunton; Lot No. 8 woodland. Teste: William Ledgewood, John Jameson.

Aug 1752: CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK NO. III. page 53 Page (316) Patrick Martin and Alexr. Richey to be overseers of road from Young's Mill to Alexr. Richey's smith shop, thence to Buchanan's mills, with these hands: Adam Thompson, Geo. Peary, Ro. Young, James Peary, John Campbell, John Buchanan, James Moody, Andrew Cowan, James Callison, John Jameson, Walter Smiley, James McCorkle, Ro. McCorkle, Nathan Gilliland, Wm. McNabb.

Nov. 1752: CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK NO. III. page 56 Page (410) Maurice O'Frield, John Trimble, Wm. McFeeters, Wm. Martain, James Young, Jacob Lockart, James Vance, Patrick Martin, Wm. McClintock, Rob. Young, Thos. Piery, John Campbell, James Peary, Robert Davis, James Philips, John Spear, John McMurry, Alexr. McMurry, David Stuard, Hugh Young, John Jameson, Rob. McClellon and John Brown--to work the road under Saml. Wallace from top of North Mountain to this Co. Ho.

Nov. 1752: CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK NO. III. page 57 Page (414) John Buchanan, James Clark, Jacob Lockhart, homas Kirkpatrick, John Berry, John Bartley, Wm. Martin, Josias Richards, William McFeeters, John Jameson, James Young, Hugh Young, Robert Young, William McClintock, Wm. Ledgerwood, John Trimble, Maurice O'Frield, Samuel Wallace, Robert Davis, Robert McClenon, James Moody, James Philips, Wm. Akry, Cornelius Donaho, George Peary, Adam Thompson, Thomas Peary, John Campbell, James Peary, Wm. McNab, Robert Scot, Thomas Reed, Abraham Masha, Thomas Dunn, Francis Dunn, Major Scot, John Bigham, John Black, Samuel Downing, Alexr. McFeeters, Andrew Cowan, James McCorkle, John Vance, James Gilmore and Patrick Martin--to keep road formerly laid off from James Young's Mill to said Buchanan's Mill.

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV. page 443

May, 1753. Road established from Brown's bridge to the Glebe land, and Robert Campbell and John Trimble be surveyors, and with James Lusk, they clear and keep the same in order. We do appoint Robert Campbell and John Trimble overseers from John Brown's bridge to the Gleve House and the undernamed persons to clear the same: James Lusk, Robert Roberson, Samuel McCuchen, William Hunter, James Hunter, Robert Campbell's man, Mathew Wilson, William Wilson, John Wilson, Jr., John McCleery, James McCleery, Thomas Kirkpatrick and son, John Peevy, James Clarck, John Clarck, James Clark, Jr., Jacob Lockhart, James Lockhart, John Birtly, Josias Richards, William Marten, George Berry, William McFeeters, John McFeeters, William McFeeters, Jr., John Jameson, Patrick Marten, Joseph Marten, William Ward, Moses O'Freel and his man, Robert Philips, Robert Davis, Thomas Reed, Robert Scott, John Vance, Andrew Foster, William Bell, Alexander McKiney, John Speer, Abraham Mathan (Mashaw), Robert Young, John Young, Samuel Young, Hugh Young and his man, John Campbell, George Peevy, Robert McClenan, William Eackry, James Bell, Andrew Steel and his man, John McKiney, Patrick McCloskey, John McSlenan, John McCuchan, Samuel McCuchan, William McClintock, Thomas Peevy, James McCuchen, Duncken McFarlen.

1754 Petitioners ask that the following be assigned to work the road from James Young's mill to John Buchanan's mill: John Buchanan, James Clark's tithables, Jacob Lockhart's tithables, Thomas Kirkpatrick's tithables, John Bertly, George Bertly, William Martin, Josias Richards, William McFetters' tithables, John Jameson, James Young, Hugh Young, Robert Young's tithables,

May 1755: CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement

IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. XXIV.Page 315. Ramsey vs. Jamesons and Gay.--John Ramsey, assignee of Charles Donnelly, who was assignee of John Handly, complains of John Jameson and Robert Gay, and Sarah, his wife, late Sarah Jameson. Bond dated 1754. Signed, Sarah Jameson.Nov.

1755: CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK NO. IV. page 69 (Page 514) John Jameson qualified Ensign of Troop of Horse.

Nov. 1763: CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 AUGUSTA COUNTY COURT RECORDS. ORDER BOOK No. VIII. page 110 Page (332) William Erwin, son of Jane Erwin, with 241 acres, added to tithables. 550 acres of Patrick Quin--same. 104 acres of John Jameson--same. 300 acres of John Kilpatrick--same. 400 acres of Thos. Kilpatrick--same.

CHRONICLES OF THE Scotch-Irish Settlement IN VIRGINIA EXTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT RECORDS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY 1745-1800 DEED BOOK NO. 11. ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. page 422 Page 849.--22d February, 1765. William Shannon and Jean ( ) to Robert Scott,

John married Jean "Jane" ERWIN, * about 1740. Jean (daughter of Matthew ERWIN and Elizabeth HOBSON) was born about 1725; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Eleanor OLIVER. Eleanor was born in 1685 in Farm, St. Georges, Montserrat; died on 7 Sep 1780 in Surry, Surry, VA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Isabella BLACK. Isabella was born before 1703; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

They appear to have moved from Ireland to Pennsylvania before 1722 and from Philadelphia, PA to what was to become Augusta Co., Virginia in 1725/1726 if the birthdates are correct for their children. I'm not sure if they had pairs of children named Katherine, George and William or if there was a simple mix-up of their birthdates making duplicates show up in various person's trees up on the Internet.

William Jameson and wife are the only common ancestral line I've found with a DNA cousin match named Morgan Barker. If I can verify matching DNA with other Jameson descendants, this will prove that my William D. Clark is correctly descended from Ferguson's and Jameson's/Jamison's as currently charted on ancestrees. However, it must be noted that his William Jameson's son John does not match the info I have on his son John at all or John's descendants so I'm not holding my breath that this William is the father of my John Jameson.

William married Sarah COLLINS. Sarah was born in in , , Pennsylvania; died in 1770 in Fredericksville Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, Usa 1770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Elizabeth HOBSON. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]