William Hoge

1660 - Bef 1749  (< 88 years)

• Name	William Hoge
  Birth	30 Sep 1660	Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
  	Provisional. (Source: Patrick Lawrence Hogue - Hog Family of Berwickshire). Many family and local histories assert that he came from Musselburgh. Son of John Hog and Margaret Bighame
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	Abt 1677	New Jersey, USA
  Departure	Abt 1677
  Property	1679	Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Owner of land adjoining 468 acres for survey at Hog's Neck on behalf of Samuel Spicer
  	This William Hogg may have been resident here for some time (possibly hence, 'Hog's Neck'), or a different William Hogg from William Hoge, the tailor
  Role	Abt 1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Earlier free emigrant
  	There is no evidence to place William Hoge amongst the 1683-1685 emigrants. Tyler, in his 'Family of Hoge' (1927) asserted that he arrived on the 'Caledonia' in 1682 (p14)
  Name	William Hog  [2]
  Occupation	1698	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Tailor
  Property	7 Dec 1698	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Deed, John Reid of Hortencie to William Hog, of Monmouth County, tailor, for a lot in said Co. betw. Peter Sonmans' lot No. 9, and the rich swamp (under the Patent of 7 Apr 1695)
  Property	14 Aug 1710	Wickatunk, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	Sold land, plantation, livestock and chattels to Peter Watson from £250 (Lot 9, Crossing Rich Swamp Run)
  Residence	Nov 1710	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Given as his residence in the deed relating to his land purchase in Chester County
  Property	10 Nov 1710	East Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Purchased two tracts of 500 acres for £127 10s beside Big Elk Creek from John Budd of Philadelphia and Sarah Morrey, widow
  	Chester Co Deed Book D 1710, p312; Abstracts of Chester County, PA Land Records Vol 1 1681-1730. Recorded 13 Aug 1725
  Religion	1715	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  	Steen in 'New Aberdeen' refers to him as a Covenanter
  Religion	Abt 1724	North Milford, Cecil, Maryland, USA
  	Prebyterian attending the newly founded Rock Presbyterian Church,
  	In 1724, the New-Castle Presbytery ordered that "Robert Finney have the seat before William Hoge’s, paying said William Hoge for his expense in building and dividing it". Johns, J. H. (John Henry), A History of the Rock Presbyterian Church in Cecil County, Maryland (Oxford, PA: Oxford Press, 1872) , p22 <http://archive.org/details/historyofrockpre00john>
  Will	18 Apr 1729	Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
  Property	12 Nov 1735	Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, USA
  	Patent for 401 acres
  Residence	Apr 1749	Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Will dated 18 Apr 1749
  Death	Bef 8 Aug 1749	Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, USA
  	Nottingham and Kernstown are 156 miles apart
  Probate	15 Nov 1749	Frederick, Virginia, USA
  Burial	Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6106351/william-hoge Old Opequon Cemetery
  Person ID	I22232	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Barbara Hume,   b. Abt 1670, Scotland d. 1745, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 75 years)
  Children	1. Mary Hoge,   b. 1690, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joroter Hoge,   b. Abt 1702, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 1748, Virginia, USA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. George Hoge,   b. Abt 1708, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Alexander Hoge,   b. Abt 1703, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Hoge,   b. 1699, Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. 1748, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William Hoge, Jr,   b. 1690, USA d. 13 Apr 1789, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 99 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. James Hoge,   b. 4 Jul 1706, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jun 1795, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Margaret Hoge,   b. 1688, Washington, Virginia, USA d. 1764, Winchester, Frederick, Virginia, USA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F29072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Sep 1660 - Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland Arrival - Abt 1677 - New Jersey, USA Property - Owner of land adjoining 468 acres for survey at Hog's Neck on behalf of Samuel Spicer - 1679 - Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Tailor - 1698 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed, John Reid of Hortencie to William Hog, of Monmouth County, tailor, for a lot in said Co. betw. Peter Sonmans' lot No. 9, and the rich swamp (under the Patent of 7 Apr 1695) - 7 Dec 1698 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Sold land, plantation, livestock and chattels to Peter Watson from £250 (Lot 9, Crossing Rich Swamp Run) - 14 Aug 1710 - Wickatunk, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - Nov 1710 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Religion - Presbyterian - 1715 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - 18 Apr 1729 - Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Property - Patent for 401 acres - 12 Nov 1735 - Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, USA Residence - Will dated 18 Apr 1749 - Apr 1749 - Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Death - Bef 8 Aug 1749 - Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, USA Probate - 15 Nov 1749 - Frederick, Virginia, USA Burial - - Kernstown, Frederick, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Liber 2, Part B: Folio 135 (PEASJ003). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p291. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, Monmouth Co Deeds Volume E: Folio 168-169 (CMNCL001). [S3552] Steen, James, New Aberdeen, Or, The Scotch Settlement of Monmouth County, New Jersey, p16. [S107] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).