Richard Ferguson Sr., Sr.

GEDCOM Note

Richard Ferguson was a loyalist spying for the British in New York in the American Revolution . He kept track of troop movements and reported to the British. He was captured by American s near Fort Ticonderoga NY. He and other captured Loyalists were put on a boat of their ow n surrounded by other boats on Lake George. Nightfall and a storm allowed them to escape an d he made his way to Prince Edward County Canada where he and his family were given a land gr ant for his work. A book written by Rae Marie Campbell about Richard Ferguson is in possessi on of Russ Felt and probably in the Family History Center in Salt Lake. Russ visited Rae Mar ie Campbell of Toronto and Muriel Callow and her daughter Mary in Wellington, Ontario in Jul y of 2003. Video tapes of those visits are in possession of Russ Felt. Richard was a most i nteresting and brave man. Ironically, his heritage, Ed, James, Rachel Matilda and Elizabeth F erguson ended up in Deep Creek Utah. They did not come as part of the Church but married LD S people. They did not join the Church in mortality. The Ferguson people apparently left Sc otland, perhaps due to the loss of a major battle between the English and the Scots at Cullod en Moor in 1795. They landed in New England and may have been in Conneticut, then near Alban y. Fort Edward, where Richard Sr was born is very near Albany, NY, then to Canada when the R evolution was won by the Americans. It is interesting that Richard Sr. joined the British fo rces even though it was the British who beat the Scots at Culloden Moor. People were torn b etween who to support in the Revolution. They didn't want the British taxation without repre sentation but the American forces took whatever they wanted and any money paid for commoditie s had virtually no value, either way the common people lost. Further information about the L oyalist movement and experience is in several volumes in possession of Russ Felt and a copy o f the book written by Rae Marie Campbell of Toronto about Richard Ferguson. An active Loyalis t organization exists throughout Canada today. From FOOTPRINTS FROM CANADA is the followin g chronology:
1730, married Rachel, 1774, lived near Ft Edward NY, 1775, had tenants farm near Albany NY, 1 776, carried British dispatches and showed routes through American lines, 1777, captured nea r Ft Ticonderoga NY on Lake George and escaped to Canada, 1778, family released from brief ja il term joined him in Canada, 1783, given a land grant and listed as a pensioner in Loyalis t records. An interesting note has Solomon Mack, father of Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Pr ophet Joseph, serving with Revoultionary troops during this same time Richard Ferguson Sr wa s serving the British. They were in the same areas at the same times, Fort Edward, Skenesbor ough, Ticonderoga, Lake George, just on separate sides of the Revolution. See History of Jose ph Smith by Lucy Mack Smith pp 1-4[O'Bryan extended Family tree.FTW]

Richard Ferguson was a loyalist spying for the British in New York in the American Revolution . He kept track of troop movements and reported to the British. He was captured by American s near Fort Ticonderoga NY. He and other captured Loyalists were put on a boat of their ow n surrounded by other boats on Lake George. Nightfall and a storm allowed them to escape an d he made his way to Prince Edward County Canada where he and his family were given a land gr ant for his work. A book written by Rae Marie Campbell about Richard Ferguson is in possessi on of Russ Felt and probably in the Family History Center in Salt Lake. Russ visited Rae Mar ie Campbell of Toronto and Muriel Callow and her daughter Mary in Wellington, Ontario in Jul y of 2003. Video tapes of those visits are in possession of Russ Felt. Richard was a most i nteresting and brave man. Ironically, his heritage, Ed, James, Rachel Matilda and Elizabeth F erguson ended up in Deep Creek Utah. They did not come as part of the Church but married LD S people. They did not join the Church in mortality. The Ferguson people apparently left Sc otland, perhaps due to the loss of a major battle between the English and the Scots at Cullod en Moor in 1795. They landed in New England and may have been in Conneticut, then near Alban y. Fort Edward, where Richard Sr was born is very near Albany, NY, then to Canada when the R evolution was won by the Americans. It is interesting that Richard Sr. joined the British fo rces even though it was the British who beat the Scots at Culloden Moor. People were torn b etween who to support in the Revolution. They didn't want the British taxation without repre sentation but the American forces took whatever they wanted and any money paid for commoditie s had virtually no value, either way the common people lost. Further information about the L oyalist movement and experience is in several volumes in possession of Russ Felt and a copy o f the book written by Rae Marie Campbell of Toronto about Richard Ferguson. An active Loyalis t organization exists throughout Canada today. From FOOTPRINTS FROM CANADA is the followin g chronology:
1730, married Rachel, 1774, lived near Ft Edward NY, 1775, had tenants farm near Albany NY, 1 776, carried British dispatches and showed routes through American lines, 1777, captured nea r Ft Ticonderoga NY on Lake George and escaped to Canada, 1778, family released from brief ja il term joined him in Canada, 1783, given a land grant and listed as a pensioner in Loyalis t records. An interesting note has Solomon Mack, father of Lucy Mack Smith, mother of the Pr ophet Joseph, serving with Revoultionary troops during this same time Richard Ferguson Sr wa s serving the British. They were in the same areas at the same times, Fort Edward, Skenesbor ough, Ticonderoga, Lake George, just on separate sides of the Revolution. See History of Jose ph Smith by Lucy Mack Smith pp 1-4