on 22 september 1806, the "spencer" of newcastle upon tyne , a brigantine of 330 tons, built in 1778 in shields, with forster h. brown as master, reached pinette harbour where the collector of customs, william townsend, enumerated 115 passengers. coming from oban, argyllshire, arriving late in the season, her passengers spent the winter at pinette, with provisions and in quarters provided by selkirk, and in the spring, they moved onto the wood islands and lot 62. most like malcolm, neil, james and angus munn negotiated contiguous lots of 100 acres along the road to wood islands. although neil munn never developed his land and james operated a shipyard, the brother's acreage appear side-by-side on an early "plan of township 62." as selkirk wished, more emigrants followed the mcneills, mcmillans and munns, they a critical mass that exceeded sixty individuals, young and old, and more than half the emigrants from the 'spencer'. the mcmillan's (of clan macmillan) coming originally from colonsay in argyle, on the 'spencer' had thought to settle in little sands, however, after setting their fishing nets at wood islands and rewarded with a bountiful catch, they decided to make their homes there.