Sarah Fergusson previously Ewbank (née Steer)

1. Sarah Fergusson was married to Robert Fergusson (q.v.) of Castle Hill. The pair were in Jamaica in 1797 (at the baptism of their son Hugh Fergusson) and in London in 1978 (for the baptism of their son Patrick Ballantine Fergusson).

2. The slave registrations of Sarah and Robert Fergusson were substantial; the records show 112 enslaved people in 1812, 97 in 1817, and 91 in 1820. Sarah Fergusson apparently signed the register herself in 1817 and 1820, suggesting she was then resident in Jamaica.

3. Sarah Fergusson was almost certainly living in Cheltenham in 1841, aged 70, with with Susannah Ashmead, 58 and Emila Esbank (Emily Ewbank), 20, both known to be from Jamaica; and least two servants. In 1851, she was living at 3 Regent Square, Pancras, aged 80, with one servant. She died in Bath in 1853, almost certainly having moved to the house of her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

4. Sarah Fergusson died in England c. 1853 with her will proved 22/03/1853. Her Will identifies one son, Patrick Ballantine Fergusson, and three grandchildren, Robert Fergusson, Hugh Dunlop Fergusson, and Sarah Appiah Fergusson.

We are grateful to Steven Carter for assistance in compiling this entry.

1. Jamaica, C of E, Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1879, Kingston, 1797. London, England, C of E, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, St Marylebone.

2. Jamaica Almanac and Slave Registers, St Thomas in the East.

3. England, Census 1841 online, Cheltenham. England, Census 1851 online, Pancras.

4. PROB 11/2168/352, Will of Sarah Fergusson, Widow of No. 3 Regent Square, Middlesex. Date: 22/03/1853.