William Ferrier

1804 - 1830  (26 years)

• Name	William Ferrier
  Birth	24 Jun 1804	Waterside, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Christening	8 Jul 1804	Waterside, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland   [2, 3]
  	Name     William Ferrier Sex     Male Christening Date     8 Jul 1804 Christening Place     Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Christening Place (Original)     Kirkintilloch, Dunbarton, Scotland Birth Date     24 Jun 1804 Father's Name     Abraham Ferrier Father's Sex     Male Mother's Name     Christian Rowat Mother's Sex     Female FERRIER WILLIAM ABRAHAM FERRIER/CHRISTIAN ROWAT M 08/07/1804 498/ 30 42 Kirkintilloch
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	278V-3DT
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  FindaGrave Memorial ID	169791827
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  Residence-Occupant	1816	Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	C10 Lot 8 Burgess on the Scotch Line
  	Role: Occupant
  _UID	18DCD8D1851A4AAB93B932E84A81B98BA615
  Death	11 Jul 1830	Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada
  	"The same day, word was brought that, on his way to Brockville, William Ferrier had been killed by the wheel of his waggon passing over him. Soon after we were informed that a tree had fallen across the road, and crushed him to death. But a third person brought word that one of the barrels of potash, with which the waggon was loaded, had rolled over him and crushed his head. Now it turned out that none of these accounts was correct, for the tree, which had fallen across the hinder part of the waggon, had caused the fore part to fly up and strike him under the chin, breaking his jaws, and perhaps his neck, as he sat at the front of the waggon. He died about half an hour after the accident, at Jebbs creek." "What his parents and relations, but especially his poor wife felt, on hearing these things, I shall not attempt to describe. He was a young man in the prime of his life, about 25, but much addicted to drinking, after the example of his father, with whom he often quarrelled when in liquor, and once he struck and hurt him considerably. "The distress of the parents was much increased by the learning, about the same time, that their only daughter, a fine girl of about 20, but both deaf and dumb, was with child by a great boy the eldest son of their next door neighbour. (This story continued with the Agnes Ferrier story.) "Next morning I rode to their house, which was five miles off, to afford them all the consolation in my power. The body of William had just been brought home. The blood had beeen washed away, but the face was disfigured, and had a ghastly appearance. His parents expressed their grief by sighs and groans, but the poor widow embraced the inanamate corpse, and kissed its cold lips, sobbing out, William! My dear William, little did I think we were so soon to part. After the body was placed in the coffin all sat down, and I addressed them on the best means of improving the distressing event that had brought us together, and prayed that the Lord would prepare us all for death, for judgement, and eternity, that he would comfort and support the parents, and provide for the widow and her fatherless children. On the following day I attended the funeral, and made an address to the people at the grave, but a very heavy rain compelled me to cut it shorter than I intended. Rev. William Bell Diaries, Volume VII, pg. 56, July 1830. "Killed by a falling tree near Jebb's Creek" [Diaries of Rev. Wm. Bell - Courtesy Brand Barber] Buried 12 Jul 1830 By Rev. William Bell, Aged 25 years [Bell Burials in 1993 OGS Transcription]
  Burial	12 Jul 1830	Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada
  	In Memory Of Abraham Ferrier Who Died,Dec.5,1833 Aged,52,Years Also His Wife Christina Died,July,27,1846 Aged,69,Years William Their Son Died,July,1-,1830 Aged,-5,Years Abraham
  Person ID	I3249	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2022

  
  

  Father	Abraham "Abram" Ferrier, I,   b. 1782, Glasgow (Glasgow Cathedral or High), Glasgow City, Scotland d. 5 Dec 1833, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Christian Rowat,   b. 6 Oct 1782, Kirkintilloch, East Dunbarton, Scotland d. 27 Jul 1846, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	29 Apr 1803	Cumbernauld, North Lanark Council Area (Dunbarton), Scotland
  Family ID	F946	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth "Betsey" Farnell,   b. 26 Feb 1809, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada d. 17 Jun 1892, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1828	Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	"On the 26th June 1828, I married William Ferrier and Elizabeth Farnell, of No. 8, in the 10th Concession of Burgess, their intention having been published, on three preceding Sundays and no objection offered. Wm. Bell." First Presbyterian Church Register of Baptisms and Marriages [No. 173; Pg. 92; ]
  Children	+ 1. Sarah "Sally" Ferrier,   b. 28 Feb 1829, Tay Valley Twp (North Burgess), Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 22 Dec 1899, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years) + 2. Christine Ferrier,   b. 6 Jun 1830, Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Dec 1899, Haliburton, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence-Occupant - C10 Lot 8 Burgess on the Scotch Line - 1816 - Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Marriage - 20 Jun 1828 - Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Death - 11 Jul 1830 - Burgess North Twp, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Burial - 12 Jul 1830 - Old Burying Ground / Pioneer Cemetery, Craig Street, Perth, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S51] Helen M. Dodds, Family History, The Generations of the Dodds Family In Canada, 1988 Edition - version 2.15 British Isles, Batch C114986, #1041997, Oct 1991 (Reliability: 3). [S122] New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey, USA, New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965, ((ancestry.ca)), ). (Reliability: 3). [S6] St. Andrews (Lanark, ON, CAN), Ontario, Index, Lanark County, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Lanark, accessed 16 Feb 2022), William Ferrier; Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms. (Reliability: 4). [S62] First Presbyterian Church (Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Index, Marriages First Presbyterian Church, Rev. William Bell, Perth, 1817-1857, "# 173; pg 92, First Presbyterian Church Register of Baptisms and marriages.," William Ferrier & Elizabeth Farnell marriage (Reliability: 3).