Ferguson family

The Fergusons were an English family that settled in New York City beginning around 1802. The patriarch, Samuel Ferguson, was a prosperous merchant who established familial and commercial relationships with other wealthy and socially prominent New York families, including the Waltons, Morewoods, Days, Ogdens, Lydes, and Fishers.

Samuel Ferguson (1769-1816) was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. After the early death of his parents, his mother's sister Elizabeth Threlkeld (later to marry, becoming Elizabeth Rawson) undertook the care of Samuel, his brother, and three sisters. Also under her care was Dorothy Wordsworth, the daughter of Elizabeth's cousin and the sister of William (the poet). Dorothy and William's parents died young, and the Wordsworth siblings were sent to live with various relatives. Dorothy lived with Elizabeth Threlkeld Rawson and the Ferguson children for nine years, and then went on to join her brother William.

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