Recently had the great fortune to have a cousin I had never met (to our knowledge---maybe when we were children) send me information on my families from the "Cape Fear" area. Archibald McMILLAN/Margaret MURPHY, Peter McARTHUR, Archibald SMITH/Jane McARTHUR, John McARTHUR/Catherine MURPHY. The best that I remember from the information given me these people came from Kintyre, Scotland. Perhaps not SMITH. I was so excited that I still have not taken it all in. They settled in the Robeson Co. NC area (edge of Hoke Co. or perhaps including part). A week or so ago my husband made a quick pass through the area and were treated by a fellow member of Clan MacARTHUR from Red Springs to a ride to see the SMITH cemetery where Archibald and Jane are buried and to another one where some of the other McARTHURS are buried. She and her sons had also sent me information. Have not had a chance yet to visit the one where McMillans and Murphys are buried. This was my second McARTHUR line that I only learned of in the past few years---on my father's mother's side. Wouldn't it be funny if one of these days I found a connection to his dad's ancestors from Dunfermline, FIFE? Not likely, huh? This was such an exciting experience. Years ago I tried so hard to find some of this information without luck---now it just appeared thanks to other people. What I am particularly interested in at this time is any information as to the ship they came on, exactly when (last half of 1700s is as close as I see). Where exactly (or near) did they come from in Kintyre? Is the ship record of their ship listed on the internet yet for us to see the names of others who came together? Does anyone know of siblings who stayed behind in Kintyre and might have descendents still in the area? I am indeed grateful to this cousin and to the others only a bit farther up the line for passing on the information that gave me a fresh start. Just in the past couple of days I have had new information on the Day and Wilkinson sides of my mother's family. Reckon I've been living right or something? Mary DAY McARTHUR LANDER