Ferguson Ancient | 11 oz. Wool

Mill: Loch
Weight: 11 oz.
Clan Motto: Dulcius ex asperis ("Sweetness After Difficulties")
Known Septs Include: FERGIE, FERGUS, FERGUSSON, FERRIES, FORGIE, KEDDIE, KIDDIE, MACADIE, MACFERGUS, MACKEDDIE, MACKERRAS, MACKERSEY
Notes:
The thread count is from a Wilsons' sample c1830-40 in a Scott-Adie pattern book. The earliest woven sample appears in 'Clans Originaux' (1850) and is called simply 'Ferguson'. There it is noted that this sett is the same as Maclaren who were followers of the Murrays of Atholl as were the Athol Fergusons. However it is not the same since MacLaren has a yellow line in place of the white. James Cant MA (d1960) calls this Ferguson - Aberdeenshire in his manuscript of 450+ hand-painted colour strips. The earliest known date from a list compiled by D C Stewart from Wilsons of Bannockburn letters is 1822 but that may or may not refer to this, the modernly accepted version.