The Fargerson family name is derived from the Scottish surname MacFergus, which means "son of Fergus."
The surname Fargerson was first found in Galloway (Gaelic: Gall-ghaidhealaibh), an area of southwestern Scotland, now part of the Council Area of Dumfries and Galloway, that formerly consisted of the counties of Wigtown (West Galloway) and Kirkcudbright (East Galloway), where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Ferguson, Fergusson, Farguson, Fargerson, Fargusson and many more.
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Some of the Fargerson family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Daniel Ferguson who settled in New England in 1651; Duncan Ferguson settled in Virginia in 1716; Robert Ferguson settled in Virginia in 1716; Thomas Fergusson settled in Barbados in 1678..