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earl]. Done on the ground, 7th January, 1648. Witnesses : 
John Fareis, younger, in Sibbelbie, Robert Cowan in Sibbel- 
biesyd, David Jardein in Hallhillis, and William Bell in 
Goukaburren. 
Wee 
NOTES. 
The documents here abstracted supplement in some in- 
teresting particulars the information regarding various 
families which was published in the paper regarding The 
Sheriff Court Book of Dumfries (1537-38). Thus we find 
that Uchtred Edgar of Ingliston, who is there mentioned, 
was in all probability the son of Richard Edgar,! and that 
Donald M‘Gachane of Dalquhet was a witness to an instru- 
ment dated 15th May, 1455.2 In the present paper, however, 
we shall confine our observations to the earlier history of the 
Fergussons of Craigdarroch. 
An interesting account of this family, based upon family 
papers, entries in public records, and information gathered 
from local histories and traditions, is to be found in Records 
of the Clan and Name of Fergusson, Ferguson, and Fergus, 
edited for the Clan Fergus(s)on on Society by James Fer- 
guson and Robert Menzies Fergusson.2* The existence of 
this work renders it unnecessary to do more than show how 
the documents of which abstracts are given confirm or supple- 
ment the facts already published, and refer to some matters 
which have hitherto escaped notice. 
The oldest dated charter relating to this family is a 
charter of the lands of Jarburch and mill of Balmakane, 
dated 6th July, 1398, granted by John Crawford of Bal- 
makane in favour of Jonkyne Fergusson, lord of Craig- 
darroch.2®>) In 1455 Thomas Fergusson was the laird of 
Craigdarroch. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John 
1 Abstract, No. 2. 
£ Abstract, No. 2. See also Nos. 39 and 46. 
2% Edinburgh, 1895. A supplementary volume was published 
four years later. 
2 Records, cit. supr. cit., pp. 377, 405-6. 
