James "The Ettrick Shepherd" Hogg

1770 - 1835  (64 years)

• Name	James "The Ettrick Shepherd" Hogg
  Born	9 Dec 1770	Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-199443
  Died	21 Nov 1835	Lake Altrive, Yarrow, Selkirk, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I199443	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Wallace Hogg,   b. 16 Apr 1729, Bowkill, Selkirkshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Oct 1822, Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Margaret Laidlaw,   b. 1730, , Scotland ,   d. 1812, Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F55812	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 cul-tivated, 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 introduc-tion 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 Scot-land 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 pg 41

  
  

• Sources

  [S2609] Wikipedia.org, James Hogg. (2018). En.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 20 May 2018, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hogg.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 9 Dec 1770 - Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland Died - 21 Nov 1835 - Lake Altrive, Yarrow, Selkirk, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth