I have hit a wall in my family tree so I looked again at the Thomas Hogg trial to see if it helps with my family tree. It ultimately didn’t, but I did get a pretty clear picture of Thomas and the Roxburgh Hogg’s.
I thought I would share what I found to help anyone else who may be connected to this line.
To recap the names in the Kelso Chronicle Article -
Trial of Thomas Hogg for Murder dated 13th June1851
Thomas Hogg, tackman of fishing at Roxburgh
Agnes Laidlaw or Hogg wife of Thomas and alleged victim
Betsy Legget a girl of 12. Was the niece of Thomas Hogg and has lived in the house since 5.
Elizabeth Yeoman or Hogg - neighbour - Betsy Hogg - ‘Thomas Hogg is a first cousin of mine’
Charlotte Lamb - servant to Thomas Landreth - knew Thomas lived a little from the boathouse. Bought whisky for her master.
Agnes Grey - neighbour
Elizebeth Heron - lived at Roxburgh Cottage
John Hogg - joiner in Roxburgh - ‘am a relation of the prisoner’
Walter Mitchel - mason at Roxburgh - was called to the boathouse by Mrs Yeoman,
John Campbell - was with Walter Mitchel and saw body lying on the floor.
Mr William Laidlaw - the schoolmaster
Grace Laidlaw - sister of the deceased and servant at Spylaw
Here is what I found out:
Agnes Laidlaw. Her parents were
William Laidlaw and
Helen Waldie. I think this is her in the 1841 census. Which would put her at 20-24 in 1841. So 30-34 when she died.
1841 - Agnes and Helen Laidlaw
https://www.scottishindexes.com/41transcript.aspx?houseid=80304011I was able to find her sister
Grace Laidlaw, who was described in the article as servant at Spylaw.
1851 - Grace Laidlaw
https://www.scottishindexes.com/51transcript.aspx?houseid=79309019Conveniently it says in the entry ‘
to marry Andrew Miller’. I then looked up her death certificate to get the names of both Agnes and Grace’s parents. I don’t see any connection to William Laidlaw the schoolmaster.
Grace Laidlaw did go on and marry
Andrew Millar.
1861 - Andrew Miller - Grace Miller married 18 April 1856 at Sprouston
https://www.scottishindexes.com/61transcript.aspx?houseid=79305043Thomas Hogg, the accused, was born in Roxburgh on 10 Oct 1802. He was the son of
George Hogg 17 Sep. 1758 and
Janet Cranston 8 Oct. 1762. Thomas died 28 March 1866.
1841 - Thomas Hogg
https://www.scottishindexes.com/41transcript.aspx?houseid=80305031Janet 80 - Thomas’s mother - Spirit Dealer
Thomas 36
Elizabeth Hogg 30 - I believe this Elizabeth is actually Thomas’s sister Betty, born 11 July 1805 Roxburgh and died 29 April 1847 Roxburgh.
1861 - Thomas Hogg - widower.
https://www.scottishindexes.com/61transcript.aspx?houseid=80302025Betsy Legget was the daughter of
Janet Hogg 26 Aug 1798 - Thomas’s sister. Betsy was born 15 Jan 1838. It looks like Janet died in 1845 so would explain why she was living with her uncle. Janet married
Robert Leggat in 1829. Betsy Leggat married
John Lang 23 Dec 1859. They stayed at the boathouse.
1851 - Elizabeth Leggat
https://www.scottishindexes.com/51transcript.aspx?houseid=803020301861 - Elizabeth Lang
https://www.scottishindexes.com/61transcript.aspx?houseid=80302026Elizabeth Yeoman (Hogg) - was born around 1832, the daughter of
John Hogg 04 Apr 1790 and
Elizabeth Hume 18 Sep 1794. She was not a ‘first cousin’ rather the ‘first cousin once removed up(m)’. Elizabeth was married first to
Thomas Yeoman and later
William Sawers. She died 16 Jun 1902 in Roxburgh.
1851 - Elizabeth Yeoman and Thomas
https://www.scottishindexes.com/51transcript.aspx?houseid=803020291861 - Elizabeth Yeoman and William Sawer
https://www.scottishindexes.com/61transcript.aspx?houseid=80302018John Hogg, joiner ’ am a relation of the prisoner’. Was the father of
Elizabeth Yeoman (Hogg) and the first cousin of
Thomas Hogg. John was born 04 Apr 1790, the son of
William Hogg 10 May 1750 and Agnes (?). John died 16 Feb 1875 in Roxburgh.
1841 - John Hogg
https://www.scottishindexes.com/41transcript.aspx?houseid=803050081861 -John Hogg
https://www.scottishindexes.com/51transcript.aspx?houseid=80302008(The 1861 census also shows William Sawyers as a lodger here. Almost certainly the same William who later marries Elizabeth Yeoman.)
William Hogg, also a joiner (1750) - was John’s father and the brother of
George Hogg, fisherman (1758- Thomas’s father). Their parents were
Henry Hogg (abt. 1830) and Margaret.
It seems Thomas Hogg and Agnes Laidlaw were not married for very long before her death in 1851. They must have married some time between 1841 and 1851 and Agnes appears to be much younger than I thought when reading the newspaper article. If that census entry is the correct one, then she would have been only 30-34 at the time of her death. I had pictured her as much older.
I hope this helps anyone who may have a connection to the names.
