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David Ferguson of Irish Farriter & Kedew, gent.

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To illustrate litigious behaviour of David Ferguson of Irish Farriter & Kedew, a print of the Court of Exchequer at Westminster (London), from Ackermann's Microcosm of London, published 1808.
Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Archival ref. DP873998. metmuseum.org — “Court of Exchequer, Westminster Hall.” In, Ackermann’s Microcosm of London (1808), plate 25. Digital image online at Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org (accessed & edited by Alison Kilpatrick, 14th Jan. 2024). The image was made available under the Creative Commons licence CC0 1.0, Universal Publication Dedication .

Contents :

Introduction :

This page provides a timeline of documents found for David Ferguson of Irish Farriter in the parish of Killeeshil, county Tyrone, followed by a discussion of the import of each and descriptions of the near relatives named.

Timeline of documents :

The following documents have been found to date:

  • Memorial no. 75752 (v.109, p.245) : a marriage settlement made between John Huggins (I) of Glenarb, gent., and Andrew Ferguson of Farriter, gent., and his son, David, in anticipation of the marriage of the said David and Margaret, daughter of John Huggins), dated 2nd Oct. 1736, registered 7th Feb. 1742. 1
  • Memorial no. 73771 (v.106, p.283) : a memorial of the bequest made by the will of John Huggins (I), deceased, to D. Ferguson in that part of Kedew townland, which lies adjacent to and due north of Glenarb in the parish of Aghaloo, which David then possessed, dated 7th April 1741, registered 23rd April 1742. 2
  • On 26th Nov. 1750, a bill was entered by David Ferguson and John Ferguson [the younger], a minor, by the said David, his Guardian and next Friend, plaintiffs, v. Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson and John Ferguson [the elder], Richard and John Martin, defendants. 3
  • On 14th June 1751, John Ferguson [the elder] entered a bill v. Francis White, Charles Herdman, and Andrew Ferguson & his son, David. 4
  • On 8th June 1753, John Huggins (II), administrator for John Huggins (I) [deceased], brought a suit against David Ferguson, Isiah Thompson, Bryan Lappan, William Ambrose, and John Kennedy, defendants. 5
  • On 21st May 1754, John Huggins (II) and Lettice, his wife, Andrew Ferguson, John Marshall, Joseph Johnston, and Joseph Marshall and Agnes [otherwise Ann Huggins], his wife, plaintiffs, brought a bill v. David Ferguson, defendant, in the Court of Exchequer. On 9th December 1756, the Bill was withdrawn by order, 27th November 1756. 6
  • On 8th Dec. 1757, D. Ferguson, gent., and John Ferguson, a minor by the said David, his Guardian and next Friend, entered a supplemental bill against Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson, John Ferguson, John Speer, and Henry and John Martin. 7

Discussion :

David Ferguson was born c.1711, 7 a son of Andrew Ferguson, gent., of Farriter townland in the parish of Killeeshil, county Tyrone. David’s family had lived at Farriter since 1729. 8 , 9

In 1736, David and his father agreed a marriage settlement with John Huggins, gent. (I) of Glenarb townland in the parish of Aghaloo, for David to marry Margaret, daughter of John Huggins. Andrew Ferguson assigned to David, as a marriage portion, the half townland in Farriter known as Irish Farriter. 10

Sometime after the marriage, John Huggins granted a lease to David, as a sub-tenant to Mr. Huggins, in thirty-seven acres of Kedew townland, which lay adjacent to and due north of Glenarb townland in the parish of Aghaloo. Having no house in Kedew, 11 and already in possession of Irish Farriter from his father, David probably put the acreage into farming.

Between 1750 – 1757, David Ferguson was the plaintiff or co-plaintiff, or named as defendant or co-defendant, in several bills, or suits, entered with the Court of Exchequer (Ireland) in Dublin en.wikipedia.org. 12 In 1750, a bill was entered by David Ferguson and John Ferguson, a minor, by the said David, his Guardian and next Friend, plaintiffs, against Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson, John Ferguson [the elder], Richard and John Martin, defendants. 13 This action was probably related to both the bill brought by John Ferguson [the elder] against Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson, and David Ferguson on 14th June 1751, 14 and the supplemental bill featuring the same plaintiffs and defendants, on 8th Dec., 1757. 15

In 1754, John Huggins (II) and Lettice, his wife, Andrew Ferguson, John Marshall, Joseph Johnston, and Joseph Marshall and Agnes [otherwise Ann Huggins], his wife, plaintiffs, brought a bill against David Ferguson, defendant, in the Court of Exchequer. On 9th Dec, 1756, the Bill was withdrawn by order, 27th November 1756. Noted on index: “1756 Dec.’r 8’th this Bill amended & Reg.[–] withdrawn by Ord’r 27’th Nov’r last.” 16 David Ferguson’s position as a sub-tenant of the late Mr. Huggins in Kedew townland might well have been the cause argued by the plaintiffs. Herewith, a few notes regarding the several parties:

  • Joseph and Agnes Marshall then lived in Dyan townland, 13 holding twelve acres in Kedew while David Ferguson held thirty-seven acres in same townland, both as sub-tenants, first, of John Huggins (I) who died c.1741, and then of John Huggins (II), who died in 1756. 14
  • Agnes alias Ann Marshall was the daughter of John Huggins (I), and sister to John Huggins (II). 19
  • John Marshall was probably the son of Joseph and Agnes Marshall. John went with his parents when they removed to Blackwatertown. 15
  • In 1741, David Ferguson had registered a deed to memorialize a bequest made by John Huggins (I) of Glenarb to his son-in-law (Ferguson) of that part of Kedew townland which David Ferguson then held. 21
  • The note dated 9th Dec. 1756 might have been written after the death of John Huggins (II) that year. 22

Mr. Ferguson appears to have died by 2nd May 1775. 23

See also :

Footnotes :

  1. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 75752 (v.109, p.245): John Huggins of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, to Andrew and David Ferguson of Farriter, parish of Killeeshil, county Tyrone (dated 2nd Oct. 1736, registered 7th Feb. 1742). Microfilm copy held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast). Archival ref. MIC/311/72 (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, Nov. 2003); and copy on microfilm held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, archival ref. FHL microfilm no. 522823 (accessed at SLC, 4th May 2016); digital images online at FamilySearch, Int’l. familysearch.org (transcript by Alison Kilpatrick; submitted to Nick Reddan’s Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland  irishdeedsindex.net, 12th July 2016. ↩︎
  2. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 73771 (v.106, p.283): John Huggins (I) of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, his will; memorialized by David Ferguson, son-in-law to John Huggins (dated 7th April 1741, registered 23rd April 1742). Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, archival ref. FHL microfilm no. 522822. Digital image online at FamilySearch, Int’l. familysearch.org (accessed 8th Mar. 2016); index and transcript by Alison Kilpatrick, submitted to Nick Reddan’s “Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland” irishdeedsindex.net, 12th July 2016. ↩︎
  3. Ireland. Court of Exchequer (Dublin). Equity Exchequer Books, 1749–1751. Abstract for the suit brought by David Ferguson and John Ferguson, a minor, against Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew and John Ferguson, and Richard and John Martin on 26th Nov. 1750. Records held by the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin), archival ref. vol. 32, pg. 219. Digital image online at FindMyPast.co.uk (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 3rd Jan. 2024). ↩︎
  4. Ireland. Court of Exchequer (Dublin). Equity Exchequer Books, 1751–1754. Abstract for the suit brought by John Ferguson against Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson, and David Ferguson on 14th June 1751. Records held by the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin), archival ref. vol. 33, pg. 9. Digital image online at FindMyPast.co.uk (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 3rd Jan. 2024). ↩︎
  5. Ireland. Court of Exchequer (Dublin). Equity Exchequer Books, 1753-1754. Abstract for the suit brought by John Huggins (II), administrator for John Huggins (I) [deceased], against David Ferguson, Isiah Thompson, Bryan Lappan, William Ambrose, and John Kennedy, defendant, on 8th June 1753. Records held by the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin), archival ref. vol. 55, pg. 38. Digital image online at FindMyPast.co.uk (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 1st Feb. 2024). ↩︎
  6. Ireland. Court of Exchequer (Dublin). Equity Exchequer Books, 1754-1755. Abstract for the suit brought by David Ferguson, plaintiff, against John Huggins the younger and Lettice, his wife, Andrew Ferguson, John Marshall, Joseph Johnston, and Joseph Marshall and Agnes, his wife, defendants, on 21st May 1754. Records held by the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin), archival ref. vol. 56, pg. 24. Digital image online at FindMyPast.co.uk (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 26th Mar. 2022). ↩︎
  7. Ireland. Court of Exchequer (Dublin). Equity Exchequer Books, 1751–1754. Abstract for the suit brought by David Ferguson, gent., and John Ferguson, a minor, against Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson, John Ferguson, John Speer, and Henry and John Martin on 8th Dec. 1757. Records held by the National Archives of Ireland (Dublin), archival ref. vol. 35, pg. 123. Digital image online at FindMyPast.co.uk (extract by Alison Kilpatrick, 3rd Jan. 2024). ↩︎
  8. An assumption has been made, that David Ferguson was about twenty-five years of age when he married in 1736. It is an estimate, only. ↩︎
  9. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 75752 (v.109, p.245), op. cit. ↩︎
  10. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 86876 (v.129, p.230):  Andrew Ferguson of Farriter assignment to his son, John Ferguson (dated 5th Oct. 1747, registered 10th Nov. 1747). Microfilm copy held by the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, archival ref. FHL microfilm no. 522833 (accessed at SLC on 4th May 2016); digital images online at FamilySearch, Int’l. familysearch.org. Annotated transcript by Alison Kilpatrick; index and transcript submitted to Nick Reddan’s “Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland” irishdeedsindex.net, 12th Aug. 2016. ↩︎
  11. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 75752 (v.109, p.245), op. cit. ↩︎
  12. Hamilton, Margaret, later Countess of Corke & Orrery, and John Boyle, Earl of Corke & Orrery. Caledon Estate Lease Book. Copy held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast); archival ref. PRONI D2433/A/5/3 (accessed 12th Oct. 2017). Citing lease granted to John Huggins (I) in part of Kedew townland on 1st May 1735; sub-tenants: Joseph Marshall, who held 12 acres, David Ferguson, 37 acres, and James Mc Kinny, 2 acres, a house, garden, and one cow’s grass, all of whom held under John Huggins (II) who died in 1756. ↩︎
  13. Unfortunately, the abstracts of bills presented to the Court often prove difficult to interpret and employ in a written history, as the abstracts omitted place names for each of the appellants and the cause(s) giving rise to the bill. ↩︎
  14. Ireland, Court of Exchequer (Dublin), Equity Exchequer Books, 1749–1751, David Ferguson & John Ferguson v. Francis White, Andrew Ferguson, John Ferguson [the elder], Richard Martin, and John Martin, 26th Nov. 1750. ↩︎
  15. Ireland, Court of Exchequer (Dublin), Equity Exchequer Books, 1751–1754, John Ferguson v. Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson, and David Ferguson, 14th June 1751. ↩︎
  16. Ireland, Court of Exchequer (Dublin), Equity Exchequer Books, 1751–1754, David Ferguson & John Ferguson v. Francis White, Charles Herdman, Andrew Ferguson, John Ferguson, John Speer, and Henry and John Martin, 8th Dec. 1757. ↩︎
  17. Ireland, Court of Exchequer (Dublin), Equity Exchequer Books, 1754-1755, David Ferguson v. John Huggins (II_ and Lettice, his wife, Andrew Ferguson, John Marshall, Joseph Johnston, and Joseph Marshall and Agnes, his wife, 21st May 1754. ↩︎
  18. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 124337 (v.185, p.576): Lease granted by Richard Dawson of Dublin, Esq., to Joseph Marshall of the Dyan, merchant, in a plot of ground in Blackwatertown for a term of fourteen years, renewable (dated 16 Feb 1757; reg’rd 6 May 1757). Digital image obtained at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; archival ref. FHL film no. 461379. Transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, with index and transcript submitted to Nick Reddan’s “Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland” irishdeedsindex.net, 2nd Oct. 2016. ↩︎
  19. Hamilton, Miss Margaret. Transactions Relateing [sic] to Caledon Estate Since the Grant Thereof to William Hamilton Esq. by King Charles the 2nd. “Hamilton to Huggins lease in Kedew, 1st May 1735.” Citing improvements undertaken by tenant by 1752, death of John Huggins the elder (I) [undated], and year of death for John Huggins the younger (II) in 1756. Microfilm copy held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast; archival ref. PRONI D2433/A/5/3, pg. 252; (accessed and abstract made by Alison Kilpatrick, Nov. 2003). ↩︎
  20. Registry of Deeds, Ireland (Dublin). Memorial no. 93968 (v.137, p.440): Deed poll of a marriage agreement made between John Huggins, sen. (I) & John Huggins, jun. (I) with the Rev. John Kennedy, father of Letitia (dated 31st Aug 1739, registered 3rd March 1749); citing also the senior John Huggins’ sons-in-law, Joseph Marshall and David Ferguson, and daughter Margaret Ferguson otherwise Huggins, all of Kedew townland, parish of Achelow [Aghaloo]. Original record: Registry of Deeds office, Henrietta Street, Dublin; microfilm copy held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast), PRONI ref. MIC/311/89; (accessed and extract made by Alison Kilpatrick, Nov. 2003); transcript by Alison Kilpatrick from FHL film no. 461353 (online at FamilySearch, Int’l. familysearch.org), and submitted to Nick Reddan’s Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland irishdeedsindex.net, 2016-07-13. ↩︎
  21. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 124337 (v.185, p.576): Lease granted by Richard Dawson of Dublin, Esq., to Joseph Marshall of the Dyan, merchant, in a plot of ground in Blackwatertown for a term of fourteen years, renewable (dated 16 Feb 1757; reg’rd 6 May 1757). Digital image obtained at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; archival ref. FHL film no. 461379. Transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, with index and transcript submitted to Nick Reddan’s “Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland” irishdeedsindex.net, 2nd Oct. 2016. ↩︎
  22. Registry of Deeds, Ireland, Memorial no. 73771 (v.106, p.283): John Huggins (I) of Glenarb, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, his will, op. cit. ↩︎
  23. Hamilton, Margaret, later Countess of Corke & Orrery, and John Boyle, Earl of Corke & Orrery, Caledon Estate Lease Book, op. cit. ↩︎
  24. Registry of Deeds, Ireland. Memorial no. 212796 (v.325, p.49): John Ferguson [the younger], eldest son and heir of David Ferguson late of Farriter and Margaret Ferguson otherwise Huggins, assigned to the Rev. William Nixon, bachelor, one moiety of his half of Farriter townland, containing about sixty-six acres two roods (dated 2nd May 1775, registered 12th July 1777). Digital image online at FamilySearch Int’l. familysearch.org, archival ref. FHL film no. 531696 (accessed and extract made by Alison Kilpatrick, 15th Jan. 2024). ↩︎

End notes :

Source citation for this page: Kilpatrick, Alison. David Ferguson of Farriter & Kedew, gent. Published to Arborealis, online at arborealis.ca/records/irish-deeds/surname-index/ferguson/david-ferguson/, accessed [insert date].

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Published 15th Jan. 2024; updated 1st Feb. 2024.