Hi
I have had the same question as to which Hendry Hog married Margaret Hog in Roxburgh in 1747 - the one bapt 1719 or 1724. I think it is the latter as I have been through the Roxburgh Kirk Sessions which has lists of communicants for many consecutive years in this period which show family groupings and the years in which children reach an age to be listed by name. I have checked 1722, 1723, 1724, 1725, 1730, 1731, 1736, 1741, 1742, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1746 and 1753. Hendrie first appears in 1743 with or near his likely elder brother Alex+wife at Newtoune. He is not in the 1744 list and is in the 1745 list but not adjacent to other useful names. However in the 1746 list Hendry Hog is immediately named under William Hog, Bessie Jamieson and John Hog at Nether Roxburgh, so these are very likely his parents and his next oldest brother John. By 1753 he is listed as Henry Hogg and wife but now in Hietoune separate from John Hogg and Bessie Jameson who are still next to each other in Nether Roxburgh, William presumably having died.
The other family that had a Hendrie Hog bapt in 1719 don’t seem to appear in the lists at all so perhaps they moved elsewhere.
These lists are a good way of following the Hog families, not just William/Bessie Jamieson but Alexander/Bessie (Mein) too with the children of both appearing with them pretty much in the order that they are baptised in the parish register. From these records it looks very likely that Alex Hog who married Vair Hog in 1724 was the son of William and Bessie (Jamieson), Vair being the daughter of Alexander and Bessie (Mein).
The line looks a bit shakier further back as there are 3 Williams bapt in the town between 1660 and 1675 so I am hoping those Wills referred to might have a clue.
Thanks for the offer of a PM but I don't know what a PM is….or where it would appear (you are right - this is only my 2nd posting).
Regards. Steve.