Hi Darryl
We may be tracking the same McFarland line, but I haven't found any proof.
My 3rd GGF - Andrew McFarland was born about 1781 in Ireland, (guessing Tyrone). Died abt 1856 in Alma, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada. I haven't been able to find any immigration records, death records, etc. that show his parents or anything linking him to a county or parish or townland in Ireland.
Andrew had three sons - Andrew, King and William (my line). I am DNA connected with a descendent of the son Andrew's line.
In online searches, I have found a possible connection to John McFarland (1672) who married Catherine Hamilton (1676) - both from Liscabble. Their son John (Liscabble, Tyrone, Ireland 1715) married Mary Armour (Lignabraid,Ardstraw,Tyrone,Ireland 1719) and had 5 sons: Patrick, John, William, Armour and Andrew. I think this Andrew connects to me - but again, no proof. I attached the info from the Ancestry Message Board.
My family is Presbyterian in Canada and the US (Ohio then Wisconsin).
We have a the name Armour a lot in the line, so the marriage to Mary Armour and brother named Armour has my gut thinking it's the right connection.
I do have some DNA connections that show the name Hockley in their trees - including one that also matches my paternal cousin so we are related through my dad's line. She's khoussenloge in Ancestry, and I haven't tried yet to make the connection.
Look forward to comparing notes.
Mary Purchase
