Samuel Hogg

1813 - 1866  (52 years)

• Name	Samuel Hogg
  Born	14 Jun 1813	Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	29 Jul 1834	New York City, New York, USA.   [1]
  Occupation	CA 1836	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	clerk in Absolom Shade's store
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-199434
  Died	6 Apr 1866
  Person ID	I199434	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	David Hogg,   b. 10 Jan 1773, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland ,   d. 5 Nov 1853, East Maine, Broome, New York, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Helen Oliver,   b. 1789, Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland ,   d. 1848, East Maine, Broome, New York, United States  (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F55811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From about the year 1825, settlers began to arrive more frequently, and before the close of the decade most of the farms in the immediate neighbourhood of Shade's Mills were taken up, and not a little land cleared and cultivated, The settlers were almost exclusively Scotch, and were very largely from Roxboroughshire and Selkirkshire. This arose chiefly from the exertions made in Scotland by Mr. Dickson, to direct the attention of emi-grants to his Dumfries lands. Besides articles about the township and the village, published in Chambers' Journal and the regular press, he wrote freely to leading Scotchmen on the subject, with many of whom he was acquainted. Among others he communicated with James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, who took great interest in the matter, and was the means of securing many of the best settlers which the township obtained, not a few of whom brought letters of introduction from the poet to Mr. Dickson. A nephew and niece of his own were among the number,* and it would appear as if, at one time, some hope was entertained that Hogg himself might be tempted to cross the water. However this may be, it is a well-attested fact that, during a trip of Mr. William Dickson, jr., to Scotland, he visited the poet, and offered him a farm in Dumfries, if he would come out and accept of it. Hogg laughingly replied, " The Yarrow couldna want him!" and that was the last I heard of the matter. About 1820, Mr. John Telfer was specially sent to Scotland to induce intending Canadian emigrants to settle in Dumfries. This gentleman, in conjunction with Michael Knox, † for at least thirty years one of the "characters" *Mr. Samuel Hogg, at one time clerk in Mr. Shade's store, and his sister, Mrs. James Dalgleish. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose _______________________________ The spring of 1834 found Galt an active village of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, with a gradually developing country around it, and improving prospects. Besides Messrs. Dickson and Shade, the following are remembered among the citizens of that day: - Messrs. William Stewart, minister; James Strang, minister; Thomas Rich, builder; Thos. G. Chapman, builder; Andrew Malcom, cabinet-maker; Joseph Purvis, blacksmith; John Legge, shoemaker; Alonzo Bliss, chairmaker: Paul G. Huffman, chair maker; James Welch, farmer; Samuel Hogg, clerk; John Hall (afterwards of Ayr); Thomas Turley, (with Shade; William Shepherd, carpenter; Henry McCrum, clerk; William Kay, waggon maker; John Cheeseman, carpenter; H. G. Barlow, innkeeper; Jarvis Barraclough, miller; Robert Cranston, farmer; James K. Andrews, merchant ; James Fargus, merchant; James Smith, saddler; Archibald Hunter, blacksmith; John Veitch, plasterer ; James Harris, brewer; Augustus Harris, brewer; David Shiel, farmer; John Warnock, miller; James C. Longan, tailor; Andrew Goodell, teamster; John Garrison, fiddler; Robert Turnbull, tailor; Joseph Simmonds, wool carder; Matthew Palmer, workman; William Wyllie Wilkinson, pail maker; John Davison, butcher* and Andrew Scott, machinist. Besides these gentlemen there had been recently added to the population three others, who afterwards became closely associated with its history : these were, Dr. Robert Miller, Walter H. Benn, and Alex. Burnett. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario, by James Young, 1880 Toronto: Hunter, Rose

  
  

• Sources

  [S2480] New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 [Ancestry.com], Year: 1834; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Microfilm Roll: Roll 024; Line: 48; List Number: 610, "Ship Helen" departed Liverpool. David Hogg 55 - shepherd Helen 43 William 18 Isabella 14 Margaret 11 James 9

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Jun 1813 - Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland Immigration - 29 Jul 1834 - New York City, New York, USA. Occupation - clerk in Absolom Shade's store - CA 1836 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth