Posted on: Buteshire Scotland Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Bute/420 Surname: McCurdy, Cook, Laughlin, Watson ------------------------- I found a match for the four brothers, Archibald, James, Hugn, and Robert, (great-grandsons of Petheric McCurdy of "the Cairn", Ireland and Bute, Scotland) in one of Blanchard's books. The family line is: Daniel McCurdy of Ahoghill (youngest son of Petheric) b. 1677, d. 1747. m. Margaret Laughlin | James (3rd of 6 children of Daniel and Margaret) b. 1706 m. Polly Cook Went to America, about 1726 | 1. Archibald, 2. James, 3. Hugh, 4. Robert Blanchard states: James, the fourth child of Daniel and Margaret (Laughlin) McCurdy, was born in 1706. In "Historical Genealogy", p. 73, he is erroneously spoken of as son of John. He married Polly Cook, and came to America about 1726. He first located on the James River, Vt.; but later, 1731, moved to Pennsylvania. They had four sons: Archibald, the ancestor of the Virginia branch, who married Hannah Watson; James, who went to Franklyn County, Pa.; Hugh, who also went to Franklyn County, Pa.; and Robert, who went to Adams County, Pa. Reference: "The Ancestral McCurdys" by H. Percy Blanchard The Covenant Publishing Co., London, 1930, p. x (chart four), p. 39.