"708. John Ferguson, Sergt, 104th Reg., 1 adult male and 1 adult female, 1 male over 12 and 1 female over 12 and 1 female under 12, years of service 6-31 country Scotland, located June 17, 1817 Drummond, C10 lot 40-25 acres of lot number 3 transferred to? Lt Cummings instead of NE12 in the 10th Concession Drummond--below C10 lot 4- is marked 10 and NE12; July 31, 1817 Lansdown C3 SW23; July 31, 1817 Drummond, C12 NE4, SDP."
MEDIUM-confidence identification with John Ferguson (3014). For: the 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot was raised in 1803 as the New Brunswick Fencibles and garrisoned at Fredericton, exactly where 3014 married in 1807 and his son Stephen was born 18 Apr 1808; 6 years 31 days' service to June 1817 puts his enlistment about May 1811, i.e. after that marriage and birth; the regiment marched to Upper Canada in 1813 and was disbanded in 1817, its men settled at Perth; and 3014's son Stephen married at Perth in 1829, resided in Lanark in 1830 and had children there. 'Country Scotland' also corroborates the Scottish birthplace already on 3014 (North Uist), though the return names only the country, not the island; the same returns record 'N Brunswick' as a country of origin for other men of this regiment (entry 709, Neil McEchan), so 'Scotland' is deliberate. DISCRIMINATOR: a dozen other Fergusons appear in this series (John of Perthshire ship Dorothy 1815; John Jr, Caladonia 1816; John Jr 2nd, ship Ann 1816; Peter, Peter Jr, Daniel, Robert, Duncan, Samuel, Joseph, William, James; Capt. George Ferguson of the Canadian Fencibles) and every one is marked 'emigrant' with a ship and arrival year - ours is the only military Ferguson. AGAINST / UNRESOLVED: the June 1817 household tally lists no male under 12, whereas Stephen would have been 9. Needs the 104th's muster rolls and pay lists (LAC RG8 C series) to settle.