FERGUSON, GIDEON [SSNE 292]

Surname

FERGUSON, DE FERGUSON

First name

GIDEON

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Gideon Ferguson served for English pay in Ireland in 1689. He was in Flanders in 1692 and in the Danish infantry in 1694.

J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), III,vol.3 Listed as a faendrik in 1687; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.88. Died 1709; LAS. Helsingør Rådstue no355: Forskellige sager XI, Indkvarteringen, 30/10/1703.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, PRINS CHRISTIAN'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1687-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1709-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, IRELAND

Arrived 1689-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1689-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, SPANISH NETHERLANDS

Arrived 1692-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1692-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY