# Robert Ferguson

Robert Ferguson (17 APR 1768 – 10 AUG 1851); child of Marjory Connacher; married Mary Ann Adams; parent of 11 children.

**Lifespan:** 17 APR 1768 – 10 AUG 1851

## Parents
- [Marjory Connacher](/p/marjory-connacher-86736.md) (mother)

## Spouses
- [Mary Ann Adams](/p/mary-ann-adams-86739.md) — m. 11 DEC 1806

## Children
- [Adam Ferguson](/p/adam-ferguson-86740.md)
- [Stephen Ferguson](/p/stephen-ferguson-86741.md)
- [Robert Ferguson](/p/robert-ferguson-86742.md)
- [Alexander Ferguson](/p/alexander-ferguson-86743.md)
- [Mary Ferguson](/p/mary-ferguson-86744.md)
- [Elizabeth Anne Ferguson](/p/elizabeth-anne-ferguson-86745.md)
- [Marjory Ferguson](/p/marjory-ferguson-86746.md)
- [John C. Ferguson](/p/john-c-ferguson-86747.md)
- [William Ferguson](/p/william-ferguson-86748.md)
- [Thomas Ferguson](/p/thomas-ferguson-86749.md)
- [Thomas Ferguson](/p/thomas-ferguson-86750.md)

## Timeline
- 1796 — **Residence** at Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada — Arrived in the Restigouche area as chief clerk of his brother Alexander's firm at Martin's Point; took over the business on Alexander's death in 1803; built Athol House (Atholville) after the War of 1812.
- **Occupation** — Merchant, fish and timber exporter and shipbuilder; justice of the peace (Northumberland County 1813; Gloucester County 1827); justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas; colonel of the 1st battalion, Restigouche Regiment, in the 1840s.

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