Editing Adam Ferguson (section)

==Personal life==
He married Katherine Burnett in 1767.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of The Edinburgh 1783–2002|year=2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=090219884X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|access-date=29 April 2016|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ferguson was first cousin, close friend and colleague to [[Joseph Black|Joseph Black M.D]]  and Katie Burnett was Black's niece.<ref>Records of the Clan and Name Ferguson 1895 p. 138 note. 1</ref> They produced seven children the eldest [[Adam Ferguson (British Army officer)]] close friend to Sir Walter Scott, followed by James, Joseph, John, Isabella, Mary and Margaret.<ref>Records of the clan and name of Fergusson by D Douglas 1895 p. 144</ref> John ([[John MacPherson Ferguson]]) was a Rear Admiral in the [[Royal Navy]].<ref>Burkes peerage</ref>

Ferguson suffered an attack of [[paralysis]] in 1780 but fully recovered and became a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] for the rest of his life.<ref>James Ferguson. (1905). ''The Ferguson Family: In Scotland and America''. The Times Presses. p. 28</ref><ref>Oz-Salzberger, Fania. (2001). ''Ferguson: An Essay on the History of Civil Society''. p. 28. {{ISBN|0521447364}}</ref> Ferguson also abstained from alcoholic drink. He did not dine out unless with his first cousin and great friend Joseph Black.<ref>Johnson, Edgar. (1970). ''Sir Walter Scott: 1771–1821''. Hamish Hamilton. p. 61</ref>