MACARTHUR, Mary K. ¹

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Mary married Hugh GORDON 3rd of Manar in Australia, son of Hugh GORDON 1st of Manar and Elizabeth FORBES, in 1841 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.¹ (Hugh GORDON 3rd of Manar in Australia was born on 22 September 1816 in Inverurie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ² and was baptised on 28 October 1816 in Inverurie parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{2 3}.)

  Marriage Notes:

"When Manar was inherited by James at the age of 21 in 1834, Hugh followed the example of his father Hugh Gordon of Manar and looked abroad for a new life of his own."

"The sons of the neighbouring Leslie family of Wardhill followed these routes of opportunity overseas, with the eldest son William Leslie going to Canton, and the younger son Patrick setting sail for New South Wales in 1835. The next year, 1836, the young Hugh Gordon set sail for Sydney with letters of introduction, and befriended Patrick Leslie there. Three years later, in 1839, the two youngest Leslies, George and Walter, arrived in the colony. A few months later Hugh Gordon sailed temporarily to China for his health, staying first in Manila, and then with William Leslie in Macao. Back in Australia, two of the Leslies and Hugh all married daughters of Hannibal Macarthur [....]

In 1841 Hugh Gordon had the new Manar built, and from these beginnings, hundreds of Gordons have subsequently been descended."

from Gordons of Manar website ⁴