Thanks Beverly Pasternak, Yes The Macpherson surname may be one of the Highland host clans who settled in Ireland , and Ferson may be a derivitive of that name , however not all McPhersons in Ireland came from Scotland the name means son of the Parson ,so some of the name have come from clerics in Ireland, see the book " Posterity Of The Three Brethern " A history of the Clan Macpherson , author Alan G.Macpherson of Canada, published by the Clan Macpherson Association ,Canada. Website www.Clan-macpherson.org/ Jim McPherson.Scotland