Maria Lees
- Born: 7 Sep 1802, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 141
- Marriage (1): Charles Molston Gordon on 11 Nov 1816 in Castlereagh, Nsw, Australia 13
- Died: 13 Dec 1819, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at age 17 141
- Buried: 15 Dec 1819, Sydney Burial Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 141
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Notes for MARIA LEES:
NOTES FROM THE BOOK "JOHN LEES THE CHAPEL BUILDER" by Merle Kavanagh:
Maria aged 14 years, married Charles Molston Gordon aged 25 years on 11th November 1816. Samuel Marsden appointed Charles as Superintendant of Agriculture in his church in New Zealand. The couple sailed on the brig "Active" for New Zealand on 1st January 1817. They were there for two and a half years. Years of hardship and danger with gun trading and other strange happenings. They returned on the "Active" on 30th November 1819. Maria was pregnant and ill - both physically and mentally. Three weeks later she was dead. Her father had the following inscribed on her tombstone" "Died in childbed. Having been frightened in New Zealand bought (sic) a weakness and violent hemorrhage terminated her existance".
More About MARIA LEES:
Baptism: 3 October 1802, Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia.
Burial: 15 December 1819, Sydney Burial Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Marriage Registration: Church Records
Occupation: Home Duties
Maria married Charles Molston Gordon, son of Thomas Gordon and Ann Smith, on 11 Nov 1816 in Castlereagh, Nsw, Australia.13 (Charles Molston Gordon was born on 27 Feb 1791 in England,141 died on 17 Apr 1862 in Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia 141 and was buried on 19 Apr 1862 in Congregational Burial Ground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 13.)
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