Hi. I've only just joined so hadn't seen these postings before. My interest in the Hogg family stems from the marriages of Mary Morton to William Hogg (Newcastle upon Tyne 1834) and Margaret Morton to Robert Hogg (Newcastle upon Tyne 1836). Mary and Margaret were sisters of my 2xgreat grandfather Henry Morton.
There seem to have been quite a few links between the families: in 1852 Mary's parents Alexander and Margaret Morton moved from Causey Park, NBL to live near their daughter in Westgate, Newcastle. Alexander was a gardener and Mary was born at Crailing, Roxburghshire - pretty close to the Hoggs in Kelso.
I've been trying to track down William and Robert Hogg. William was said to have been born in Gateshead around 1808 (acc to the 1861 census) and I have a possible birth for Robert in 1815 at Heworth (the eastern edge of Gateshead). I strongly suspect that William was the son of John Hogg and Janet Williamson (but can't prove it) and so the brother of the gardeners Adam and James.
I have William in the census returns for 1841-1861 before he dies in May 1861 in Newcastle. However, Robert seems to disappear, along with his wife Margaret, immediately after their marriage in 1836.
Has anyone else seen any possible birth for William or, indeed, seen any trace at all of Robert?