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Descendants of Richard Ferguson (Database of Dr Paul Douglas Cole, Kingston, Ontario)

Paul Douglas Cole · United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada

uelac.org ↗ retrieved 2026-09-25 Added manually

Compiled genealogy dated 26 April 2006, drawing on Loyalist claims, muster rolls, Haldimand Papers, Frank Doherty's Dutchess County research and published regimental history. The compiler states it should be used only as a guide to research.

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Descendants of Richard Ferguson (Database of Dr Paul Douglas Cole, Kingston, Ontario) pp. 2, 28-29 Secondary

For George Richard Ferguson (1762–1842)

Ensign Richard Ferguson U.E. was born on Dec 23 1762. He died on Jul 21 1842 in Elizabethtown (Brockville), Ont and was buried in Maitland, Augusta Twp. ... According to LDS GEDCOM, there is a Richard Ferguson b. Dec 23 1762, Ft. Edward, Albany Co

Fort Edward birthplace rests only on an LDS GEDCOM quoted by the compiler. Name change to George R. Ferguson in 1805. Conflict not applied: this source names his father as Sgt Richard Ferguson U.E. (b. about 1728, d. about 1791, Prince Edward County, Ont.), whereas Maureen Ferguson gives his father as Richard Ferguson b. 1740. The father's record is left as Maureen gave it.

Descendants of Richard Ferguson (Database of Dr Paul Douglas Cole, Kingston, Ontario) pp. 2, 29, 31 Secondary

For Frederica Grant (1765–1847)

Richard married (1) Frederica Grant in 1784 in St-Jean, PQ. The marriage ended in divorce. Frederica was born about 1765. She died on Aug 9 1847 in Cobourg, Ont.

Maureen Ferguson's 'Fredence' is this woman. The compiler's 'divorce' is contradicted by his own quoted deed of separation and the 1842 widow's pension dispute, so it is recorded as a separation. The original land map shows 'Frederica Grant alias Ferguson' beside Richard and Israel in Hallowell-Athol-East Lake.

Descendants of Richard Ferguson (Database of Dr Paul Douglas Cole, Kingston, Ontario) pp. 2, 31 Secondary

For Clarissa Sherwood (1800–1890)

Clarissa Sherwood was born in 1800 in Elizabethtown, Upper Canada. She married George Richard Ferguson in 1823 in Ogdensburg, N.Y, USA. Her estate was left to her niece and nephew.

A UELAC Loyalist Trails article (2008-27) dates this marriage to about 1800; 1823 is adopted because it fits her 1800 birth and the compiler's detailed account of the wedding.