When James McArthur was born on 11 November 1747, in Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland, his father, James McArthur, was 35 and his mother, Janet Kyle, was 22. He married Elizabeth Smith on 28 March 1777, in Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Eastwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1747. He died about 1820, in Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.
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Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Artair, ‘son of Arthur’ (see Arthur ).
History: Clan Arthur is a Highland Scottish clan traditionally associated with lands on the northern shores of Loch Awe. In 1427 the chief of the clan was one of several Highland chiefs executed for treason by King James I; it is said that the clan never recovered. As a matter of fact, there were several different Highland families and septs of other clans bearing the name Mac Artair.
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