Ferguson family.

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The Fergusons were an English family that settled in New York City beginning around 1802.

The patriarch, Samuel Ferguson (1769-1816), born in Halifax, Yorkshire, was a prosperous merchant who established familial and commercial relationships with other wealthy and socially prominent New York families, including the Walton, Morewood, Day, Ogden, Lyde, and Fisher families.

From the description of Ferguson family papers, 1727-1943 (bulk 1790-1880). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 369445087

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associatedWith Day family. family
associatedWith Day, John. person
associatedWith Ferguson, Helen. person
associatedWith Ferguson, Samuel, 1769-1816. person
associatedWith Lyde family. family
associatedWith Morewood, Edmund. person
associatedWith Morewood family. family
associatedWith Ogden family. family
associatedWith Rawson, Elizabeth Threlkeld. person
associatedWith Walton, Abraham. person
associatedWith Walton family. family
associatedWith Wordsworth, Dorothy, 1771-1855. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
Europe
Great Britain
United States
China
Liverpool (England)
India
Connecticut
New York (N.Y.)
England
Subject
Dry-goods
Shipping
Slave trade
Voyages and travels
Yellow fever
Occupation
Lawyers
Merchants
Activity

Family

Active 1727

Active 1943

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