Adam B. Ferguson

1718 - 1816  (97 years)

• Name	Adam B. Ferguson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	20 Jun 1718	Ligierait, Perthshire, SCT   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Feb 1816	Saint Andrew, Endinburgh, Mid Lothian
  Person ID	I7596	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	John Henry Ferguson,   b. Abt 1692, , Ulster, Ire
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Eleanor Oliver,   b. 1685, Farm, St. Georges, Montserrat d. 7 Sep 1780, Surry, Surry, VA, USA (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	natural
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F1407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Burnett,   b. 9 Nov 1712, , Aberdeenshire, , Scotland d. Abt 1795, , , Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1736	, , Scotland   [4]
  Children	1. James Ferguson,   b. 1741, Scotland d. 1859 (Age 118 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Ferguson, (half brother to Samuel in Thrulines),   b. 1755   d. 1844, , , Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Henry B. Ferguson,   b. 11 Feb 1753, Nottingham, Washington, PA d. 26 Aug 1826, Hopedale, Harrison, OH, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. David Ferguson,   b. 1739   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Ferguson,   b. 1749   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Samuel Ferguson,   b. 3 Mar 1744, , Ulster, Ire d. 12 Feb 1825, Wayne, Wayne County, West Virginia, United States of America (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• 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 speot of time in Scotland as an adult.

  
  

• Sources

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