Then she fell in love with a manservant called Stringer. She ran away to Canada with him, taking her two sons. They all took the name of Stringer. She had one more son. Hugh married three times and had ten children, the eldest of whom was Arthur John Stringer, a famous Canadian poet and writer.
Many descendents live in British Columbia.
In 1850 James Arbuthnot, son of William Arbuthnot of Dens, Aberdeenshire, emigrated to the Bryne Settlement of Port Natal. He had six sons, William, McDuff, Hubert, Fitzjames, St. George and Crofton. He also had two daughters, Eva and Susan. This branch of the family still thrives in the area.