"Here lies the corps of ARCHIBALD McMURCHIE tennant in Braintian who died MAY 2d 1771 aged 56".

Archibald was the grandfather of Thomas and John McMurchy. My 5x Grandfather Archibald McMurchie was likely born in Rhunahaorine, after which his father moved to the farm in Brantian as a tenant. Archibald was a tacksman overseeing 3,400 acres of land, which was sublet to other tenants. Two sons where born, Archibald and Iver. Iver married into the Gilchrist family. Archibald McMurchy was my 4x Grandfather.

"Erected by THOs and JOHN MacMURCHY in memory of ARCHIBALD MacMURCHY late TACKSMAN of LENAGBOYACH their FATHER who died 1822 aged 84 years". However, on the grave headstone next to the memorial stone the spelling differs "This is the burying place of ARCHIBALD McMURCHIE tennant in LERGNAHOUSAN and his spouse ANNEBL HAMELTOUN and their heirs Erected 1786"

My 4x Great Grandfather Archibald McMurchy was likely born on the farm in Brantian, where he lived with his father. Here he met and married Annabella Hamiltoun (Hamilton) about 1757.  A few years after his son Thomas was born, he moved the family to Lergnahousan in Kilcamonell Parish, which is on the flat lands near the sea, west of Brantian, where he became a tenant. Here, his second son, John, was born. Around 1790, Archibald moved his family to Lenagboyach as a tenant, where the family resided for a lengthy time. In addition to farming Lenagboyach, where he later became a tacksman, Archibald also was tenant on the farm at Lagloskin, farther south, where along with one Archibald MacEachran, they raised sheep. This Lagloskin tenancy was continued by both Archibalds' sons.In 1820.

This is a close-up of the Memorial stone shown in the above picture at right, which read: "Erected by THOs and JOHN MacMURCHY in memory of ARCHIBALD MacMURCHY late TACKSMAN of LENAGBOYACH their FATHER who died 1822 aged 84 years".

Parish Church cemetery at Clachan, Kilcalmonell parish, Kintyre, Scotland. This is the church that Thomas McMurchy was an Elder. Shown in the picture at left is Lily Crawley (family member) and Ian MacDonald (Kintyre Historian)