Scots And Scots Descendants In America Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Genealogy of the Descendents of John Ferguson: A Native of Scotland Who Emigrated to America Before the Revolutionary War John Ferguson, the son of Peter and Isabel Ferguson of Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland, who emigrated to Amer ica and settled in Newport, Rhode Island, was the pro genitor of a large family and the only one of his father's family who had male descendants to perpetuate his name. The following genealogy contains a record of his descend ants down to the present time. It is a fact worthy of more than passing notice that his descendants are scattered all over the face of the globe. They are found in the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, in South Africa in goodly numbers, in China, and a record of one marriage in Australia. It is one purpose of this book to bring together and unite in one large family, the pre sent and succeeding generations of his descendants who may feel a just pride in bearing his name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.