The family came to NY in 1739. Duncan had a sister Flora. I was hoping to go back furthur than Alexander McArthur and Catharine Gillies and find out whee on Islay they were from. Don't have the birth dates of Alexander and Catharine. Thanks so much! Ann On 6/29/06, Gvernonrvr@aol.com <Gvernonrvr@aol.com> wrote: > > > Hello Ann. > > You stated the following in your message: > > I am looking for information about Alexander McArthur who came from > Islay in > 1739 to the state of New York in the United States. They settled in > Washington County, New York. > He is the father of Duncan McArthur (1729-1813) > His wife was Catharine Gillies. > > Please verify the years. If Duncan is Alexander's father, then Alexander > was born when Duncan was 10 years old. I have found some > Duncan/Alexander > links but nothing matching the info above. > > > Gail -- NH > > > > > ==== SCT-ISLAY Mailing List ==== > To visit the website associated with this project, visit: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/data.htm > >