Regarding the McFarlands of Pennsyllvania: About ten years ago, Rev. William T. Swaim wrote a book called, Over the River. It is about the first 300 families that crossed the Susquehanna River. The names of the pioneers came from the 1733 Samuel Blunston license book. Practically all were Scot-Irish from Ulster, Ireland. McFarlands are listed, in fact a small section of land near Newville, in Cumberland County, was named McFarland by Swaim. They belonged to the Big Spring Presbyterian congregation in Newville.