Submitted by Donna Phillips - [email protected] This information is the result of contributions by over 50 descendants of Hugh MacArthur who came to PEI on the Annabella. It is a cooperative effort and does not belong to any one researcher.
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The Descendants of Hugh MacArthur
Generation No. 1
1. HUGH1 MACARTHUR was born Bef. 1750 in Scotland. He married UNKNOWN.
Children of HUGH MACARTHUR and UNKNOWN are:
2. i. ALEXANDER P.2 MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1765.
3. ii. MALCOLM MACARTHUR, b. 1783; d. 29 May 1865.
iii. HUGH MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1779.
4. iv. WILLIAM JOHN MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1780, PEI.
v. JAMES MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1781.
vi. NEIL MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1785.
5. vii. GILBERT MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1788, PEI.
Generation No. 2
2. ALEXANDER P.2 MACARTHUR (HUGH1) was born Abt. 1765. He married (1) CATHERINE MACKAY Abt. 1788. She was born Abt. 1770, and died 27 December 1807 in PEI. He married (2) NANCY MCLACHLAN Bet. 1807 - 1820.
Children of ALEXANDER MACARTHUR and CATHERINE MACKAY are:
6. i. DOUGALD3 MACARTHUR, b. 22 August 1790, Lot 14, Richmond Bay West, PEI; d. 8 August 1862, Lot 14, PEI..
7. ii. NEIL JAMES MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1792.
iii. ROBERT MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1797; m. MARION (MIRIAM) MACARTHUR, 28 January 1835; b. Bef. 1815.
8. iv. FLORA (FLORENCE) MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1799, PEI.
9. v. ALEXANDER MACARTHUR, b. 1800, Port Hill, Lot 13, Prince County, PEI; d. 6 April 1889, PEI.
10. vi. HUGH MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1801, Bideford, PEI; d. 1840.
11. vii. ARCHIBALD "ARCHY" MACARTHUR, b. Bet. 1801 - 1803, Lot 14, PEI; d. 13 April 1885.
Children of ALEXANDER MACARTHUR and NANCY MCLACHLAN are:
viii. KATHLEEN3 MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1820; m. JOHN MACARTHUR, 6 April 1831; b. Abt. 1818.
12. ix. ELIZABETH (BETSY OR ELIZA) MACARTHUR, b. Bet. 1821 - 1822, Indian River, PEI; d. 23 May 1897, Harcourt, Kent County, NB.
13. x. JOHN MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1824.
3. MALCOLM2 MACARTHUR (HUGH1) was born 1783, and died 29 May 1865. He married ANN MACDOUGALL. She was born 1780, and died 29 May 1865.
Children of MALCOLM MACARTHUR and ANN MACDOUGALL are:
14. i. HUGH MALCOLM3 MACARTHUR, b. 14 March 1812, Prince County, PEI..
ii. NEIL MACARTHUR, b. Bet. 1812 - 1832.
iii. PETER MACARTHUR, b. Bet. 1812 - 1832.
iv. MARY MACARTHUR, b. Bet. 1812 - 1832.
v. MARION MACARTHUR, b. Bet. 1812 - 1832.
15. vi. BARBARA MACARTHUR, b. January 1815.
16. vii. EFFIE OR EFFA MACARTHUR, b. January 1815, Prince County, PEI.; d. 26 March 1909, Bethel, Prince County, PEI.
17. viii. MARGARET MACARTHUR, b. 1818; d. 1901.
ix. JOHN MACARTHUR, b. 1820; d. 1896.
18. x. ELLEN MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1822; d. 23 March 1907.
19. xi. DUNCAN MACARTHUR, b. 22 September 1832, PEI; d. 7 February 1890, Malden, MA.
20. xii. ROBERT MACARTHUR, b. 29 January 1833, PEI.
21. xiii. GEORGE WILLIAM MACARTHUR, b. Bef. 1857.
4. WILLIAM JOHN2 MACARTHUR (HUGH1) was born Abt. 1780 in PEI.
Children of WILLIAM JOHN MACARTHUR are:
22. i. PETER3 MACARTHUR, b. Abt. 1821, Emerson, PEI; d. 20 April 1903, Grangeville, Kent County, NB.
ii. JOHN MACARTHUR.
iii. NEIL MACARTHUR.
iv. UNKNOWN MACARTHUR.
5. GILBERT2 MACARTHUR (HUGH1) was born Abt. 1788 in PEI. He married "KITTY" KATHERINE (CATHERINE) FORBES.
Children of GILBERT MACARTHUR and "KITTY" FORBES are:
More generations of this family are available in a downloadable zip file. This file must be downloaded then unzipped, then may be viewed in any good word processor. i. WILLIAM3 MACARTHUR, b. Abt. April 1822, Lot 16, Prince County, PEI; d. 1822.
23. ii. GILBERT JR. MACARTHUR, b. Bet. 1824 - 1826, Rosebank, Lot 5, Prince County, PEI; d. 1899.
iii. MARGARET (MARY) MACARTHUR, b. 1830, Lot 16, Prince County, PEI.
iv. AMELIA (EMILIE) MACARTHUR, b. Abt. May 1837, Lot 16, Prince County, PEI.