Ferguson Ancient Tartan

The Gaelic patronymic, ‘MacFhaerghuis’ is translated alternatively as ‘son of the angry’ or ‘son of the bold and proud’. Although tradition seeks to attribute a common ancestry to the various distinct families bearing this name, there is no real evidcnce to support this. The Argyllshire Fergussons claim descent from Fergus Mor mac Ere, a very early king of the Scots of Dalriada. The Fergussons held the lands of Kilkerran, probably from the 12th century, but the first certain record is John Fergusson of Kilkerran in 1464.