. to which is added a Collection of Scots Proverbs by the Rev. David F. (Edinburgh, 1777, 1785); A Collection of English Proverbs . . . whereunto are added Local Proverbs . . . and Scottish Proverbs [the latter consisting of 38 pages, are acknowledged in the Preface to be Fergusson's Collection] (Cambridge, 1670, 1678; London, 1737, 1768, 1817). [The volume entitled Epithalamium Mysticum Solomonis Regis (Edinburgh, 1677) has been wrongly ascribed to David Ferguson It is the work of another David Ferguson of Kirkcaldy, who lived a century later.] He left a Diary containing a record of the chief ecclesiastical events of his time, which is believed to be the basis of his son-in-law John Row's History. Family For a fuller account of Ferguson's descendants see the introduction to Tracts. He married Isobel Durham, and had issue — Margaret, baptised 31 May 1562 (married David Spens, minister of Kirkcaldy) ; William, physician, Dundee, baptised 10 September 1564, died 25 March 1627; Patrick, baptised 23 June 1566; Robert, baptised 3 October 1568; Janet, baptised 24 September 1570 (married April 1598, David Ramsay); David, baptised 21 January 1572–3; John, baptised 19 May 1574 ; Grisel, baptised 15 February 1575–6 (married John Row, minister of Carnock) ; Isobel, baptised 24 February 1579–80. Bibliography Calderwood's Hist., ii. 11, iii. 618, 717–19, v. 435, 681 Row's Hist. Wodrow's Analecta, 120 Laing's Introduction to Tracts (1860) Reg. Assig. M'Crie's Knox Fernie's Dunfermline Henderson's Proverbs Reg. of Deeds, xxix. James Melville's Diary, 236, 288 Thomson's Dundee Notes References Citations Sources Attribution 16th-century births 1598 deaths 16th-century Scottish people 17th-century Scottish people People from Dundee Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland