John FERGUSON 2
- Christened: 6 Oct 1766, St Nicholas, Aberdeen 1
- Marriage (1): Sarah MEARNS on 21 Aug 1794 in Aberdeen 1
- Died: 1 Jul 1810, Aberdeen 3
- Buried: 5 Jul 1810, St Nicholas, Aberdeen 4
 Notes:
The elder of two brothers, John was a druggist in Aberdeen. He married the widow Sarah Mearns (qv) in 1794, and had four children who survived to adulthood. Their eldest son Andrew was educated at Marischal College at Aberdeen University, became a sugeon at Birse in the Dee Valley, and retired to Aberdeen. He married but is not known to have had any children. The next son William emigrated with his family to Ontario in Canada in the 1840s. He was a Presbyerian Minister, and Inspector for Public Schools in Dundas: two of his children were teachers, one emigrating to the US. John's eldest surviving daughter was Helen (qv) who married John Wight (qv), and the youngest daughter was Margaret who lived with her parents in Aberdeen. The family owned property in Gallowgate in Aberdeen - presumably the rental income helped to support the family after John died soon after the birth of his youngest child, as had his father and grandfather before him.
John married Sarah MEARNS, daughter of Alexander MEARNS and Elizabeth COBBAN, on 21 Aug 1794 in Aberdeen.1 (Sarah MEARNS was christened on 30 Nov 1771 in Premnay, Aberdeenshire,5 died on 13 Apr 1857 in Aberdeen 6 and was buried in St Nicholas, Aberdeen 3.)
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