Alexander Mackay (1806 - 1884)

Born 1806 in Tongue, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Barbara MacKay — married 3 Feb 1837 in Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1884 at about age 78 in Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Alexander Mackay was born in Scotland.

Alexander Mackay was born in 1806 in Tongue, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. He was the son of Donald Mackay, a farmer in the parish of Durness, and his wife, Janet McCloud.^[1]

He married Barbara Mackay in 1837 in Tongue, Sutherlandshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.^[2]

As a government-bond farm servant, Alexander migrated to Australia on the James Moran, with his wife Barbara Mackay and his one-year-old son, John. They left Loch Inver, Scotland on 21 October 1838, arriving in Port Jackson 11 February 1839. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

He died on 5 February 1884 at the Macleay River, near Kempsey, in the Colony of New South Wales. ^{[6] [7]}

Research Notes

On Alexander's Immigration documents, he is shown as aged 29 on embarkation in 1838, giving a birth date about 1809. This differs from the baptism record cited above. Other details, including parents, and place of birth, agree.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth or Baptism: "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms"
   National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 050; Ref: 10/25
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 June 2024)
   Alexander MacKay born or baptised on 7 Oct 1806, son of Dond MacKay & Jannet MacKay Fr 32 (Fr32), in Farr, Sutherland, Scotland.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages"
   National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 056; Ref: 20/101
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 26 June 2024)
   Alexander MacKay marriage to Barba MacKay on or after 3 Feb 1837 in Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314; Reel: 1303. Vessel: James Moran; Alexr Mackay
   • ancestry.com.au
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4. ↑ Ozships - Australian shipping 1788-1968 Search Arrivals James Moran, 11 February 1839, Transcript Surgeon's Report (Ref: 839t0002)]
5. ↑ 'Shipping Intelligence.', The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser (NSW : 1838 - 1841), 13 February 1839, p. 3. (MORNING), viewed 20 Jun 2021, NLA Trove
6. ↑ NSW Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Index Deaths MACKAY ALEXANDER, father DONALD, mother JESSETTA, District KEMPSEY, Registration No: 10442/1884
7. ↑ 'ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.', New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), 20 June 1884, p. 3993., viewed 13 Jun 2021, NLA Trove

For an interesting article, ‘Early Routes to Port Macquarie and Macleay River’ see Roads. The McKay’s are mentioned in the last par of ‘The Great North Road’ section. Compiled by J. Raymond, Brisbane, QLD - posted 2010

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:9SXM-GYN : accessed 2016-10-26), entry for Alexander MacKay.