Excerpt from Scottish Surnames: A Contribution to Genealogy The first of the name of Fernie in Scotland, apparently, were the Femies of Wester Fernie, parish of Monimail, Fifeshire. Sibbald, writing in 1739, says A mile east of this (monymeal Church) is Wester Ferney, a well repaired old house, with good gardens and planting. Anciently it was a part of the Earl of Fyfe 's'estate, and Duncan, the last Earl of Fyfe of the m'dufi's, disponed to J obaum del Gleneclerico et Marie de Fyfe sponse sue consanguinee mee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.