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- From the Records of the Clan and Name of Fergusson/Ferguson and Fergus, edited by James Ferguson and Robert Menzies Fergusson (Edinburgh, 1899)
FERGUSSONS IN BALQUHIDDER
ALMOST all the families of the name now living in West Perthshire, with many in Glasgow and other parts of the country, originally sprang from the Balquhidder stock. As we have seen in the volume of Records 1 already published, a few Fergussons from Athole became connected with their clansmen in Balquhidder, notably the Rev. Finlay Fergusson, A.M., a native of Athole, who became minister of the parish on the 16th September 1724.
His eldest son, John, born 2nd April 1738, bought from the daughters of the Hon. ,John Hamilton the lands of Drem, in East Lothian, on 11th February 1772.1
The next son, Robert, became proprietor of Stronvar,2 and one of the daughters of the minister married Mr. M'Vean, receiving from her father as her portion the small estate of Ledcreich, on the north side of Loch Voil, opposite Murlaggan.
The Rev. Finlay Fergusson bought this property for the sum of £18, and it was sold some years ago, by the descendant of the family, to the late Mr. Carnegie of Stronvar for a sum exceeding £6000.
The M'Veans were closely related to the Fergussons of Carnlia and Murlaggan.
Another old family in the parish is that of Auchleskine, whose present representatives are Mr. Patrick Fergusson and Mr. Duncan Fergusson. Their family has occupied Auchleskine for many generations. An examination of the names in the parish register of Balquhidder shows how numerous the Fergussons were during the eighteenth century, and they are well represented still. The families of Stronyre, Bailefoil, Laggan, and Stronslaney, all related to one another, are among those whose ancestors have long had an intimate connection with the parish. Intermarriages were common with the MacLarens, the M'lntyres, Buchanans, Stewarts, and MacGregors.
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It is not certain that Duncan Ferguson is a son of Finlay Ferguson.
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Abt 1710 - UNKNOWN
