Hugh McEACHERN 1776-1863
& Mary Margaret STEWART 1780-1834 Scotland ; Sydney, NSW ; "Heathfield" Lake Mundi, near Casterton, S-W Victoria Hugh McEACHERN b. 1776 Knock, Argyleshire, Scotland son of Angus & Mary McEACHERN, was married in Scotland to Mary Margaret STEWART (1780-1834) Morvern, Argyle, Scotland. His wife Mary died in Morven, Argyleshire and Hugh re-married to Mary Ann CAMPBELL in 1834. Hugh McEACHERN and family sailed for Australia in the ship "British King" under Captain William Paton from Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland on 28 October 1838, arriving at Sydney on 1 March 1839. Hugh McEACHERN and sons travelled overland from the Colony of NSW to Port Phillip with horses and cattle and eventually settled at "Heathfield" west of the present day township of Casterton in the 1840s. Hugh McEACHERN died at his station "Heathfield" and was buried in the "Heathfield" private cemetery north of the Casterton - Penola Road, about 15 miles west of Casterton. His headstone (the only one in the cemetery but there were many burials there) states "Erected by the sons of Hugh McEachern of Heathfield, in memory of their father who died 23 March 1863, aged 82 years". Hugh McEACHERN & Mary Margaret STEWARThad the following children:
Hugh McEACHERN 1776-1863 & Mary Ann CAMPBELL 1794-1882
Hugh McEACHERN's second marriage in Argyllshire Scotland was to Ann CAMPBELL Hugh McEACHERN & Ann CAMPBELLhad the following children:
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