Page:Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (1900, volume 2).djvu/458

432 wife died at Saybrook, and her monument is still to be seen there near the fort. Fenwick was after- ward a colonel in the parliamentary army, and was one of the judges of Charles 1.

FENWICK, John, colonist, b. in England in 1618: d. in 1083. He obtained in 1673 a grant of land in the western part of New Jersey, and, emi- grating there in 1675, fovmded a Quaker colony at Salem. His title to the proprietorship was dis- puted by Gov. Andros, who confined him in prison for two years. Soon after conveying his jsroperty to William Penn, he died in poverty.

FENWICK, John R., soldier, b. in Charleston, S. C, in 1780 ; d. in Marseilles, Prance, 19 March, 1842. Pie was educated in England, and was dis- tinguished for his literary attainments early in life. He was appointed lieutenant of U. S. ma- rines in 1799, captain in 1809, and lieutenant- colonel of light artillery in December, 1811. He was severely wounded and made prisoner at the battle of Queenstown Heights, 13 Oct., 1812, was brevetted colonel in IMareh, 1813, for gallant con- duct on the Niagara frontier, and was on the same date appointed adjutant-general of the army, with the rank of colonel. He was disbanded with this rank in June, 1815, but retained in the army as lieutenant-colonel of light artillery. He was com- missioned colonel of the 4th artillery in May, 1822, and brevet-brigadier-general in March, 1823.

FENWICK, Kenneth Neander, Canadian physician, 1». in Kingston, Ont., 21 April, 1852 ; d. there, 22 Jan., 18!)6. lie was educated at Queen's univer- sity, from which he received the degree of M. A. in 1874. and at the Royal college of physicians and surgeons, where he was graduated in the same year. He then went to England, took the degree of M. R. C. S. in 1875, and spent some time in Paris in hospital practice. He became demoiistrator of anatomy in the Medical college of Kingston in 1876, was afterward professor of medical juris- prudence and sanitary science for four years, professor of physiology for a like term, and in 1885 was elected to the chair of obstetrics and dis- eases of women and children. He was elected a fellow of the Obstetrical society of Edinlnirgh in 1885, and later one of the surgeons to Kingston general hospital.

FERGUSON, Adam, Canadian agriculturist, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, in March, 1783; d. 26 Sept., 1862. He studied law and was admitted as an advocate, but never practised. In 1833 he came to Canada, and with James Webster, of Guelph, founded the town of Fergus, in what is now the county of Wellington. He was called to the legis- lative council of Upper Canada in 1841, and after the union of Upper and Lower Canada, held a seat in that body from 1841 till his death. He was widely known as an agriculturist, and was a di- rector on the first board of agriculture. To him is largely due the credit of establishing the agricul- tural association, of which he was repeatedly presi- dent, and the chair of agriculture in University college, Toronto. — His son, Adam Johnston, Ca- nadian statesman, b. in Balthavvock house. Perth- shire, Scotland, in 1815 ; d. 30 Dec, 1867, was first educated in Edinburgh, came to Canada in 1833, studied law, and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1859. He was lieutenant-colonel of the 4th battalion of the Wellington militia, and. while yet a young man, became a district judge of Upper Canada. Entering into political life, he sided with the Liberal party in Canada, and sat in the lower house of the provincial parlia- ment for Waterloo, from 1849 till 1854, and for the South Riding of Wellington from 1854 till 1857. In 1860 he was elected by acclamation to the legis- lative council from the Brock division, and "re- elected on his appointment to office in 1863. From March till July, 1863, he was receiver-general, when he was appointed provincial secretary in the government of John Sandfield Macdonald. In 1866 he was jjresident of the council in the admin- istration of Sir N. F. Belleau, and in 1867 he be- came a senator and president of the privy council in the government of the Dominion. Mr. Fergu- son exercised much influence with the political party with which he was associated. He assumed the name of Blair after that of Ferguson on suc- ceeding to the estate of Balthayvock in 1862.

FERGUSON, Colin, clergvman, b. in Kent county, Md., 8 Dec, 1751 ; d. there, 10 March, 1806. He was the son of a Scotch emigrant in very mod- erate circumstances. His early education was be- gun at home, but he afterward went to Edinburgh, Scotland, entered the university there, and, after several years' diligent study, returned to Maryland an accomplished scholar. In 1782 he was an in- structor in Kent county school at Chestertown. The year following, when Washington college (the oldest in Maryland) was organized, he was chosen professor of languages, mathematics, and natural philosophy. He held this chair for ten years, when he v/as appointed president. The institu- tion, however, having been deprived of its funds by the legislature of Maryland, Dr. Ferguson resigned in 1804, and spent the remainder of his life in re- tirement. He studied theology under Rev. William Smith, D. D., rector of Chester parish, and was ad- mitted to deacon's orders in Christ church. Middle- town, Conn., 3 Aug., 1785, and to priest's orders, 7 Aug., by Bishop Seabury. He was licensed to preach in St. Paul's parish, Kent co., Md., which was the only parish of which he ever had charge. He received the degree of D. D. from Washington college in 1787, and was an active member of the Episcopal general convention of 1789, at which the constitution of the church was discussed and adopted. Dr. Ferguson was a ready writer, but he published nothing of importance.

FERGUSON, Donald. Canadian legislator, b. in East River, Prince Edward Island, 7 March, 1839. His grandparents, who came from Perth- shire, Scotland, settled near Charlottetown in 1807. He was political writer for the " Island Argus " in 1869 and 1870, and was collector of revenue at Charlottetown for a short time. Pie was elected for King's county in the provincial parliament in June, 1878, and on the resignation of the Davies ministry in March, 1879, he became a member of the executive council and commissioner of public works. Since 1880 he has been provincial secretary and commissioner of public lands. He was elected by acclamation at the general election of 1879, and was appointed provincial secretary and commis- sioner of crown lands in March, 1880. He was re- elected in June, 1882. He has published " Agri- cultural Education," a lecture (Charlottetown, 1884), and " Love of Countrv," a lecture (1885).

FERGUSON, Elizabeth, poet, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1739; d. near Graeme Park, in Montgomery CO., Pa., 23 Feb., 1801. Her grandfather was Sir William Keith, colonial governor of Pennsylvania, and her father was Dr. Thomas Graeme, a Scotchman, collector of customs at Philadelphia, At the age of sixteen Mrs. Ferguson's wit and beauty made her a favorite. To divert her mind from a personal disappointment, she became a writer of poems and a translator of French verse, but the close application attendant upon this impaired her health, and she travelled abroad, as the