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Our Northumbrian Ancestry
the Hogg and Pearson Families
For some reason I feel a particular affinity to our Northumbrian heritage, not least perhaps because it is such a stunning location. When I first started researching the family seriously, my Uncle Len was still alive. His letters were a peculiar joy and were always written in verse. In one of these he said that his grandfather ‘came from the north’. Mind you, he also claimed that his grandmother came from Cumberland, which, as she, and generations of her ancestors were born in Buckinghamshire, couldn’t have been much further from the truth.
The Hoggs
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I have always known that John Hogg was my great grandfather, the father of my paternal grandmother. His name was inscribed in my baby book and written on my father’s half of the family tree that my parents scribbled on rough pieces of accounting paper and pinned together with a rusty pin.
Amongst the family memorabilia was original marriage certificate for John Hogg’s 1885 marriage to Caroline Howe, the lady from Buckinghamshire. The marriage took place in Battersea, a long way from ‘the north’ but it told me that John was a carpenter and that his father, also John, was a gardener.
Hogg is a surname found predominantly in the north of England and southern Scotland, with the greatest concentrations being in Northumberland, Durham and Lancashire.[1] The derivation of the surname relates to the pig. This may be because the original holders of the name were pig-keepers, or it may be a less than complimentary reference to their appearance or personality.[2]
Distribution of the Surname Hogg​[1]
After decades of research, the earliest confirmed ancestor in this line remains great great grandfather John Hogg. I am so close to ‘inking in’ earlier generations but somehow, I am just waiting for one more piece of evidence, evidence that may never come. If I am right, the Hogg family came from the remote Northumbrian parish of Thockrington, a location that rates as one of my favourite places in the world. Does some ancestral memory draw me to that place? Perhaps.
Cottages in Great Bavington
So what do we know about John Hogg senior? According to the 1851 census he was born c. 1808/9 in Kirkheaton, Northumberland.[3] By 1871 he was claiming to have been born c. 1802/3 at Bavington, Northumberland.[4]
Cottages in Great Bavington
Using the 1861 census, when he is listed as ‘George’, his birth date was c. 1804/5 and the place was Kirknewton, Northumberland.[5] Little Bavington is in the parish of Thockrington and Great Bavington is in the adjacent parish of Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland, some ten miles up the River Wansbeck from Morpeth, where John was living by 1861.[6] Kirknewton is much further north, on the Scottish border,[7] so it seems possible that the 1861 birthplace was an enumerator error and should have read either Kirkwhelpington or Kirkheaton; the latter borders Thockrington. Kirkheaton is now a farm and a few cottages. Great Bavington is another remote village, with a Presbyterian church dating back to 1725.
Cottages in Hallington
John’s death certificate suggests that he was born c. 1799/1800.[8] A very likely but as yet, I feel, unconfirmed, baptism for John is that of John, son of Robert and Mary ‘of Hallington’ at St. Aiden’s, Thockrington on the 2nd of September 1804. This John was born on the 23rd of June.[9]​
Hallington is in the parish of St. John’s Lee. Robert Hogg married Mary Newlands at Chollerton in 1799.[10] To add weight to this theory, burials for Robert and Mary have been found at Thockrington in 1805 and 1808 respectively and Mary’s abode is given as Great Bavington.[11] If this is correct, then the family can be taken back a further two generations.[12] John, son of Robert and Mary, potential great great grandfather, would have been left an orphan at the age of four. There is also a burial in 1803 at Thockrington for Ann, an infant daughter of Robert and Mary Hogg.[13] She was baptised as daughter of Robert of Hallington, at St John Lee on the 22nd of August 1802.[14] A third child of Robert and Mary was baptised posthumously at St John Lee. This was Mary, baptised on the 31st of August 1806. The register notes that her father was deceased.[15] Mary later went to live with her maternal aunt, Sarah Milburn née Newlands, so perhaps Sarah brought up John and Mary after the deaths of their parents. Two children of a Robert and Mary Hogg née Phipps were baptised at neighbouring Chollerton in the 1790s but this has been shown to be a different Robert.[16]
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St. Giles', Chollerton
St. Aiden's, Thockrington
View from Thockrington Church
No marriage has been found but it seems that great great grandfather John married Cecily Hay about 1827, or lived with her as if she was his wife. Especially given Cecily’s Presbyterian background, it is likely that this was an irregular Scottish marriage, as John’s second marriage was to be. Cecily had been born on the 16th of September 1800, the daughter of George and Mary Hay and her birth is recorded in the records of Harbottle Presbyterian Chapel in the parish of Alwinton, about ten miles to the north of Thockrington.[17]
Thockrington is an isolated parish and the land is very exposed. It is an area of moorland which was subject to extreme weather, with snow for several months of the year on the high ground and easterly winds leading to drought. The family are likely to have lived in a cottage built of stone and clay or limestone with a thatched roof, although by the early nineteenth century Scottish slate was beginning to replace thatch and there was a tile works nearby.[18] The cottages were traditionally 15’ x 16’ with a 9’ x 16’ end for the cow, tools, storage and so on. Rents were usually due on the 22nd of May and the 22nd of November; although they were often paid 4-5 months in arrears and could be anything from 1/- - 40/- per acre, with new leases traditionally commencing on the 12th of May.[19]
Five children have been found for John and Cecily. The eldest was Mary Jane, who was baptised at St. Giles’, Netherwitton, some ten miles north east of Bavington, on the 31st of August 1828. At this point, John was described as a husbandman of Ruffles.[20] Elizabeth was baptised on the 31st of October 1830 at St. Andrew’s, Bothal. The family were living at Ashington in the parish of Bothal, to the east of Morpeth, on the River Wansbeck, at the time and John was described as a ‘hind’, or farm hand.[21]
St. Giles', Netherwitton
St. Andrew's, Bothal
The family then spent some time in Mitford, just to the west of Morpeth, where their son, James, was baptised at St. Mary Magdalen’s church, on the 14th of October 1832, when John was a labourer of Edington. James was followed by a daughter, Margaret, baptised on the 13th of April 1835, in Mitford, by which time John was a labourer of Buckshaw.[22]
East Edington
West Edington
Buckshaw
St. Mary Magdalene, Mitford
Margaret was buried at Netherwitton on the 19th of April 1835 ‘of Buckshaw, Mitford’ aged one month.[23] The family returned to Ashington in time for George to be born on the 10th of August 1837. On George’s birth certificate John is described as a husbandman. Cecily registered the birth and was unable to sign her name. The certificate states that George was born at 11am. [24] Although the addition of a time of day usually indicates a multiple birth, no other Hogg child was registered at the same time,[25] so perhaps this is just a quirk of the early days of the registration system. George was baptised at Bothal on the 5th of November in that year.[26]
In the 1841 census, John, Cecily and the three youngest surviving children, were in Ashington and John’s rounded down age was recorded as forty, suggesting a birth between 1795 and 1800.[27] He was probably four or five years younger than his wife and they may have adjusted their ages to disguise this, although John was always a little vague about his age and birthplace; this would be understandable if he was indeed orphaned at a young age. The eldest daughter, Mary Jane, was working for Stephen Watson on the neighbouring farm in the 1841 census.[28] John was described in the 1841 census as an agricultural labourer.[29] He had apparently at some time worked as a shepherd.[30] He may have worked for Cecily’s family who had a large hill farm at Harwood that would have run sheep.[31] For centuries, the country’s wealth was built on wool and the status of the shepherd amongst rural workers reflected this. For the most part, the shepherd would be responsible for a free running flock, although the sheep would need to be confined or ‘folded’, using locally made hurdles, for activities such as lambing, dipping, or prior to market. John Hogg would probably have worn breeches and a knee-length smock over his shirt. These coarse, linen smocks varied in colour and design, according to locality and were gathered at chest and cuff. Stout boots were essential and these would be waterproofed by soaking in goose grease. A shepherd’s most vital piece of equipment was his dog, almost certainly a collie. In Northumberland, it is likely that John would have used one of the larger collie breeds such as the rough-coated collie. Amongst other things, dogs were used to assist with driving the flocks, often over very long distances, to market. The shepherd would also need a crook. These were iron hooks mounted on a wooden haft and varied in design according to whether they were to be used as leg-hooks, neck-hooks or for assisting with sheep dipping.​
Shearing time was the ‘harvest’ for the shepherd and he would probably assist the shearing gangs with the job. In John Hogg’s time shearing would be done by hand using spring-tined shears or ‘dags’. Another task, normally done in the autumn, would be salving the sheep to prevent skin conditions. Each sheep would be rubbed with a preparation that was usually made of goose grease, butter, fish oil or tar, in order to prevent infestation by parasites, foot rot or sheep scab; this also helped to waterproof the coat.
Dags
Salving was replaced by dipping the sheep in an arsenic based liquid. Dipping was not introduced until 1830,[32] so it is likely that John Hogg would have practiced salving in his early working years. The shepherd of this time would have been responsible for administering medication to his flock. This was done by means of a drenching horn. If the sheep needed to be restrained, then a wooden retaining yoke was used. Other yokes, incorporating a long pole, might be worn by sheep who habitually tried to break through hedges or fences.
Cheviot Sheep
It is possible that John and Cecily parted company as a John Ainsley, son of Mark Ainsley and a Cecily Hay was baptised in Hartburn in 1844.[33] He may have been buried at Netherwitton (which is within Hartburn parish) in 1848, as John Hay of Harwood House, which was the address of Cecily’s brother, John.[34] There are no corresponding birth or death registrations.[35] It is possible that there may have been another Cecily Hay, perhaps daughter of John Hay, for whom there is no baptism or other record.
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Cecily, ‘wife’ of John Hogg, was buried in Netherwitton as Cecily Hogg of Glororum, on 10 July 1849[36] but there is no death registration of a Cecily (or variant spellings) with any surname that would correspond with this burial,[37] despite the fact that a death certificate was required before a burial could take place.[38]​​
In 1851, the widowered John was still a farm labourer, living south of Morpeth at Glororum in Stannington, with his daughter Mary Jane and son James.[39] His daughter, Elizabeth, was in service at Blue Barn, Holding Hill, in Rothbury[40] and George was nearby with his uncle, John Hay, at Harwood House, Rothbury. John Hay had a 500 acre farm and George, even at the age of thirteen, was listed as a scholar,[41] so it is likely that the Hays were of a higher social status than the Hoggs.
Glororum Farm Cottages, Stannington
the home of John Hogg
On the 27th of July 1851 John Hogg’s son, James, a husbandman, died of phthisis, or tuberculosis, from which he had been suffering for six months. His address was High Espley, High and Low Highlaws and the death was registered by his sister, Elizabeth Hogg, of the same address.[42] James was buried in Netherwitton, ‘of High Espley, Mitford’ on the same day as his death.[43]
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Over the following ten years it seems that John and Cecily’s daughter Mary Jane may have died (although there is no likely death registration).[44] In 1857, Elizabeth married widowed farmer, John Storey[45] and by 1861, the Storeys were living at Milburn Grange, Castle Ward. George was working for them as a carter.[46] Elizabeth died in 1862 in Castle Ward.[47] George married Hannah Robson in 1865 in Newcastle on Tyne registration district.[48] In 1871, George was an agricultural labourer, living with his coal miner father-in-law at Eastside, Walbottle, Northumberland.[49] George and Hannah had three children born in Newburn, Northumberland, Ann Cecily in 1865,[50] she died in 1886;[51] John Thomas in born in 1872 and George Henry born in 1881.[52] In 1881, the family were still living in Walbottle, with George working as an agricultural labourer.[53] By 1891, They were at Brickflats in Newburn and George was a ‘cartman’.[54] George died in Castle Ward in 1893.[55] John Thomas married and had children.[56]
The Pearsons
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According to The Newcastle Journal, on the 13th of April 1853 John Hogg and Elizabeth Pearson, who was about twenty three years his junior, travelled fifty miles north, across the border, to Lamberton Toll, where, it seems, they underwent a Scottish irregular marriage ceremony.[57] Lamberton Toll was a less well-known Gretna Green, where those who wished to marry without obtaining a licence or having banns read could be declared married. Although this conjures up visions of elopement and the age gap might be a motivation for this, these marriages were not uncommon amongst Northumbrian Presbyterians, who wanted to avoid association with the Church of England. Elizabeth’s family certainly had Presbyterian connections but if this was the barrier to a Church of England ceremony, one wonders why they did not just opt for marrying in a register office. It does not seem likely that Elizabeth was pregnant at the time of their marriage. It also seems odd that a working-class couple chose to advertise their marriage in the newspaper. Perhaps this was their way of making the union public and ‘official’. The choice of a Newcastle paper also seems strange, although this may have had a wider circulation than a more local Morpeth paper.
Lamberton Toll
The couple were said to both be ‘of Espley’,[58] a small hamlet where John’s son had died in 1851[59] and where John and Elizabeth’s eldest daughter was born in 1854.[60] It is interesting to surmise how they might have made the journey to Lamberton. Almost certainly, they would have travelled along the great North Road, now the A1. This passed within half a mile of Espley and there would have been a regular coaching route north through Lamberton. This is probably more likely than sea or rail travel, which would have meant a longer journey from Espley in order to embark.
Pearson is another surname that is found mainly in northern counties, notably Yorkshire and Lancashire;[61] unlike Pierson, which is more often found in the southeast. This is a result of their slightly different derivations. Pierson being from Piers’ (a French form of Peter) son and Pearson from Per’s son, Per being the Scandinavian form of the same forename.
Distribution for the Surname Pearson[61]
Elizabeth had been born about 1827 in Togston Barns,[62] which now appears to be an isolated farm in the parish of Warkworth, Northumberland.[63] It is likely that there were also farm cottages associated with Togston Barns when the Pearsons lived there. Togston was renowned as a cattle breeding area.[64] Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Isabella Pearson née Eadington,[65] who married in St. Michael’s, Alnwick, Northumberland on the 15th of March 1809.[66] Isabella’s family were living in Alnwick at the time and her story is told under Eadington.[67] A marriage bond reveals that John Pearson was a twenty year old miller and that his father was also called John.[68] Isabella’s family were also millers[69] and perhaps John worked for the Eadingtons.
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Holy Trinity, Widdrington
Togston Barns Farm
John Pearson had been baptised at Holy Trinity church, Widdrington on the 10th of May 1789, the son of 4x great grandparents John and Jane Pearson ‘of Healey Thorn’; this could be Highthorn Farm.[70] It has not been possible to take the Pearson family back any further with certainty but it is likely that John senior was the John ‘from Hebburn’ who married Jane Scott at Ponteland on the 8th of June 1778.[71]
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John and Isabella Pearson née Eadington
John and Isabella Pearson had ten children. The eldest, Jane, was born on the 1st of July 1809 in Alnwick and baptised at St. Michael’s on the 17th of September,[72] after which the family appear to settle in Warkworth, John was born there on the 22nd of March 1811[73] and was baptised on the 12th of May.[74] The next baptism is for William and Isabella on the 22nd of August 1819 at Warkworth.[75] No children have been found to fill the gap between John and William, who was born on the 5th of May 1816. [76] The baptism registers are of the Dade format[77] and give the position in the family, suggesting that no other live births occurred in the interim. The registers also confirm that the family were living in the hamlet of Togston Barns.[78] William was buried at Warkworth on the 2nd of April 1837 ‘of Amble’.[79] Daughter Isabella had been born at Togston in Warkworth on the 26th of July 1819.[80] Henry followed in about 1821 and he too was born in Warkworth.[81] Frances was born about 1823, baptised in Warkworth with her younger sister, Mary on the 19th of June 1825[82] and was buried at Warkworth on the 6th of January 1829.[83] Mary was born in Togston about 1825.[84] Elizabeth followed and was baptised together with her two younger sisters, Frances and Rachel, on the 29th of May 1831,[85] just three weeks after the death of their father.[86] Frances was born about 1829 and Rachel about 1831, both in Warkworth.[87] 3x great grandfather John Pearson ‘of Togston’ was buried on the 8th of May 1831 at Warkworth.[88]​
St. Michael’s, Alnwick
St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth
There was a day school in Warkworth from 1819, which grew out of an earlier school. It is unlikely that the Pearsons attended, as pupils had to be sponsored by one of the gentry or farmers who established it and also pay a penny a week.[89] Certificates suggest that Elizabeth Pearson was illiterate.[90] In 1841, Isabella was living at Amble, Northumberland, with no recorded occupation.[91] With her were her daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Frances and Rachel.[92]
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Cottages in Amble, similar to those in which Isabella and her family may have lived
Although it was within the parish of Warkworth, Amble was a larger town, a couple of miles down the River Coquet on the coast. It may be that the Pearsons lived there before John died, or perhaps Isabella moved her family there because it provided her children with more job opportunities than the isolated Togston Barns. Amble was a fishing village but several of Isabella's neighbours were masons.[93] There is still a Mason’s Arms in Amble, suggesting that this may have been a significant occupation in the town. Isabella seems to have two lodgers who were described as ‘Railway Wrights’[94] and they may have been working on the line that was to run from Edinburgh to London.
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It appears that the Pearsons then moved to Morpeth and Elizabeth had two, short-lived, illegitimate children. Rachel was born in 1847[95] and baptised as Frances Rachel, after her aunts, at St. Mary’s Morpeth on the 27th of July 1848.[96] On the 2nd of October 1849, she died at Oldgate Street, Morpeth of croup, after four days’ illness.[97] Croup is a viral infection of the throat that was common in young children. At this date it was often associated with diphtheria; the throat constricted, making breathing difficult. Poor living conditions made such diseases more common. It may be that the toddler Rachel had been farmed out, as a Mary Turnbull was present at the death.[98] There were several Mary Turnbulls in Morpeth in the 1851 census, including a mother in her thirties in Oldgate Street,[99] who is the likeliest candidate for the Mary who appears on Rachel’s death certificate. Rachel was buried at St. Mary’s on the 4th of October 1849.[100] Elizabeth’s second illegitimate child, William, was baptised on the 1st of December 1850 at Morpeth[101] and was buried there on the 9th of March 1851.[102] There is no way of telling whether Rachel and William were John Hogg’s children. Given that they didn’t marry until 1853, it seems unlikely.
In 1851, Isabella and her daughters, Frances and Elizabeth, were living in Oldgate Street, Morpeth. Isabella was listed as a widowed pauper and the girls were servants; Frances being a ‘pauper servant’.[103] Frances went on to ‘marry’ John Brady, a mason from Morpeth.[104]
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Oldgate Street, Morpeth
Confirmation is made more difficult because Frances was creative about her age in later life and the lack of a marriage record adds to the problem. There are several things that suggest that this is the correct Frances. The registrations of the births of the Brady children, give their mother’s maiden name as Pearson.[105] Frances Brady consistently gives her birthplace as Warkworth[106] and there is no other Frances Pearson born in Warkworth at this time.[107] There is no alternative future for Frances Pearson. The Bradys lived in very close proximity to Isabella Pearson. Finally, DNA matches with Brady descendants point to a genetic link.[108] The Bradys had ten children[109] and Frances died in Morpeth in 1906.[110]
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Some of the other children of John and Isabella Pearson can also be traced in 1851. The oldest daughter, Jane, was back in Togston, working as a servant for James Murray.[111] She then disappears from the records. In 1851, Rachel was working as a servant for John Schofield at the Black and Grey Inn in Newgate Street, Morpeth.[112] Whilst living in Morpeth, Rachel gave birth to an illegitimate son, Henry, in 1854. He was baptised on the 3rd of January 1855 at Morpeth;[113] he later took his step-father’s surname.[114] On the 16th of May 1858, Rachel married James Mattison at St. Andrew’s, Newcastle.[115] They had three children, Walter,[116] Elizabeth and James,[117] before Rachel died, almost certainly in childbirth, in 1864.[118]
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In 1851, the other two Pearson sisters, Isabel, aged thirty and Mary, aged twenty six, were living together as servants in the household of Ann Hewitson in Alnwick in 1851.[119] Isabella cannot be traced after this point but in 1860, Mary married William Young in Alnwick registration district; they are not believed to have had any children.[120] Their brothers, Henry and John, have also been found in 1851. Both were married and working as agricultural labourers, Henry in Choppington, near Morpeth[121] and John in Stannington, two or three miles south of Morpeth.[122] John Pearson was living less than a mile from John Hogg[123] at this time and this could be how Elizabeth Pearson and John Hogg met.
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Isabella Pearson died in Oldgate Street on the 1st of September 1855 of intussusception.[124] This is an abdominal obstruction involving the telescoping of the intestine and Isabella would have experienced chronic pain;[125] according to the death certificate, she had only been suffering from the complaint for four days.[126] Isabella’s neighbour, Rebecca Scott, was present at the death.[127] Isabella was buried on the 3rd of September 1855 at St. Mary’s, Morpeth.[128]​
​[1] The Surname Atlas Archer Software 2003.
[2] Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of Surnames Routledge and Kegan Paul 1958; Cottle, Basil The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames Penguin 2nd edition 1978; Lower, Mark Anthony A Dictionary of Surnames Wordsworth editions Ltd. 1860.
[3] 1851 census for Glororum, Stannington, Northumberland H107 2413 folio 34.
[4] 1871 census for Well Way, Morpeth, Northumberland RG10 5164 folio 50.
[5] 1861 census for Newgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland RG9 3871 folio 27.
[6] Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of Britain.
[7] Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of Britain.
[8] The death certificate of John Hogg 1876, from the local Register Office.
[9] The baptism register of St. Aiden’s, Thockrington, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[10] The marriage register of St. Giles, Chollerton, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[11] The burial register of St. Aiden’s, Thockrington, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[12] Transcript of baptism, marriage and burial registers of St. Aiden’s, Thockrington, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[13] The burial register of St. Aiden’s, Thockrington, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[14] The baptism register of St. John Lee, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[15] The baptism register of St. John Lee, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[16] Bishop’s Transcripts of baptisms St. Giles, Chollerton, Northumberland via www.findmypast.co.uk; Bishop’s Transcripts of baptisms St. Paul’s, Jarrow, Durham via www.findmypast.co.uk; Bishop’s Transcripts of baptisms St. Hilda’s, South Shields, Durham via www.findmypast.co.uk.
[17] www.familysearch.org .
[18] 1861 census for North Heugh tile works, Thockrington, Northumberland RG9 3869 folio 48.
[19] Bailey, J. and Culley, G. A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Northumberland: with observations on the means of its improvement Sherwood, Neely and Jones 1813.
[20] The baptism register St. Giles’, Netherwitton, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[21] Baptism register St. Andrew’s, Bothal, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[22] Baptism register of St. Mary Magdalen, Mitford, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[23] Bishop’s Transcripts of burials St. Giles’, Netherwitton, Northumberland available at www.findmypast.co.uk.
[24] Birth certificate of George Hogg 1837, from the General Register Office.
[25] General Registrar’s indexes of birth.
[26] Baptism register St. Andrew’s, Bothal, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[27] 1841 census for Ashington and Sheepwash, Bothal, Northumberland HO107 834/1 folio 2.
[28] 1841 census for Ashington and Sheepwash, Bothal, Northumberland HO107 834/1 folio 2.
[29] 1841 census for Ashington and Sheepwash, Bothal, Northumberland HO107 834/1 folio 2.
[30] Marriage certificate of James Patrick and Jane Hogg 1887, in the possession of the family of C* M*; the death certificate of Elizabeth Hogg 1903, from the General Register Office.
[31] 1851 census for Harwood House, Rothbury, Northumberland HO107 2423 folio 225. Bishop’s Transcripts of burials St. Giles’, Netherwitton, Northumberland available at www.findmypast.co.uk.
[32] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_dip accessed January 2011.
[33] Bishop’s Transcripts of baptisms St. Andrew’s, Hartburn, Northumberland via www.findmypast.co.uk.
[34] Baptism register St. Giles’, Netherwitton, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[35] General Registrar’s indexes of birth and death for Hay, Hogg and Ainsley and variants.
[36] Bishop’s Transcripts of burials St. Giles’, Netherwitton, Northumberland via www.findmypast.co.uk.
[37] General Registrar’s indexes of birth and death.
[38] An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England 17 August 1836 6 & 7 Will. IV. c.86.
[39] 1851 census for Glororum, Stannington, Northumberland H107 2413 folio 34.
[40] 1851 census for Blue Barn, Holding Hill, Rothbury, Northumberland HO107 2423 folio 157.
[41] 1851 census for Harwood House, Rothbury, Northumberland HO107 2423 folio 225.
[42] Death certificate of James Hogg 1851, from the General Register Office.
[43] Burial register St. Giles’, Netherwitton, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives and the General Registrar’s indexes of death.
[44] General Registrar’s indexes of marriage and death (no entries in Rothbury, Morpeth or Castle Ward registration districts); 1861 census indexes at www.findmypast.co.uk.
[45] General Registrar’s indexes of marriage.
[46] 1861 census for Milburn Grange, Castle Ward, Northumberland RG9 3852 folio 28.
[47] General Registrar’s indexes of death.
[48] General Registrar’s indexes of marriage. 1871 census for Eastside, Walbottle, Northumberland RG10 5139 folio 87.
[49] 1871 census for Eastside, Walbottle, Northumberland RG10 5139 folio 87.
[50] General Registrar’s indexes of birth. 1871 census for Eastside, Walbottle, Northumberland RG10 5139 folio 87.
[51] General Registrar’s indexes of death.
[52] General Registrar’s indexes of birth. 1881 census for Walbottle, Northumberland RG11 5099 folio 13.
[53] 1881 census for Walbottle, Northumberland RG11 5099 folio 13.
[54] 1891 census for Brickflats, Newburn, Northumberland RG12 4243 folio 54.
[55] General Registrar’s indexes of death.
[56] 1901 census for Brickworks House, Newburn, Northumberland RG13 4818 folio 139.
[57] The Newcastle Journal 16 April 1853 p 8 col f.
[58] The Newcastle Journal 16 April 1853 p 8 col f.
[59] Death certificate of James Hogg 1851, from the General Register Office.
[60] The birth certificate of Frances Isabella Hogg 1854, from the local Register Office.
[61] The Surname Atlas Archer Software 2003.
[62] 1861 census for Newgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland RG9 3871 folio 27.
[63] Bartholomew’s Gazetteer of Britain; field visit.
[64] http://www.fusilier.co.uk/amble_northumberland/history_of_togston.htm accessed 3 January 2011.
[65] The death certificate of Isabella Pearson 1855, from the General Register Office; 1851 census for Oldgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 171.
[66] Bishop’s Transcripts of marriages of St. Mary & St. Michael Alnwick, Northumberland available at www.findmypast.co.uk.
[67] See Eadington Narrative.
[68] Marriage bond for John Pearson and Isabella Eadington via www.familysearch.org.
[69] See Eadington Narrative.
[70] Index to baptism registers of Holy Trinity, Widdrington, Northumberland via www.findmypast.co.uk.
[71] Bishops’ Transcripts for St. Mary the Virgin, Ponteland, Northumberland via www.findmypast.co.uk.
[72] Bishop’s Transcripts of baptisms of St. Mary & St. Michael Alnwick, Northumberland via www.findmypast.co.uk. 1851 census for Togston, Northumberland HO107 2419 folio 129.
[73] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives. 1851 census for Dovecot House, Stannington, Northumberland HO107 2413 folio 36.
[74] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[75] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[76] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[77] These are more detailed than standard baptism registers and are sometimes kept for parishes in the north of England.
[78] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[79] The burial registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[80] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives. 1851 census for Heckley House, Alnwick, Northumberland HO107 2419 folio 406.
[81] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives. 1851 census for Choppington, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 450.
[82] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[83] The burial registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[84] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives. 1851 census for Heckley House, Alnwick, Northumberland HO107 2419 folio 406.
[85] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[86] The burial registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[87] 1851 census for Oldgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 171. 1851 for Black and Grey, Newgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 216.
[88] The burial registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[89] Warkworth PCC Church Guide St Lawrence Warkworth Warkworth PCC 2011.
[90] Birth certificate of Frances Isabella Hogg 1854, from the local Register Office; Birth certificate of John Hogg 1855, from the General Register Office.
[91] 1841 census for Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland HO107 836/1 folio 4.
[92] 1851 census for Oldgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 171.
[93] 1841 census for Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland HO107 836/1 folio 4.
[94] 1841 census for Amble, Alnwick, Northumberland HO107 836/1 folio 4.
[95] The birth indexes of the General Register Office.
[96] The baptism register for St. Mary’s, Morpeth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[97] Death certificate of Rachael Pearson 1849, from the General Register Office.
[98] Death certificate of Rachael Pearson 1849, from the General Register Office.
[99] Census indexes at www.findmypast.co.uk.
[100] The burial register for St. Mary’s, Morpeth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[101] The baptism register for St. Mary’s, Morpeth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[102] The burial register for St. Mary’s, Morpeth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[103] 1851 census for Oldgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 171.
[104] 1861 census for Oldgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland RG9 3871 folio 33.
[105] The General Registrars’ indexes of birth.
[106] 1861-1901 census returns for Frances Brady.
[107] The baptism registers of St. Lawrence’s, Warkworth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.
[108] Ancestry DNA.
[109] 1861-1901 census returns for Frances Brady. The General Registrar’s indexes of birth.
[110] The General Registrar’s indexes of death.
[111] 1851 census for Togston, Northumberland HO107 2419 folio 129.
[112] 1851 for Black and Grey, Newgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 216.
[113] Index to the baptism register for St. Mary’s, Morpeth, Northumberland via www.findmypast.co.uk.
[114] 1861 census for 117 Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland RG9 3820 folio 9. The General Registrar’s indexes of birth.
[115] The marriage register of St. Andrew’s, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland via www.familysearch.org. 1861 census for 117 Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland RG9 3820 folio 9.
[116] 1861 census for 117 Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland RG9 3820 folio 9. The General Registrar’s indexes of birth.
[117] The General Registrar’s indexes of birth.
[118] The General Registrar’s indexes of death.
[119] 1851 census for Heckley House, Alnwick, Northumberland HO107 2419 folio 406.
[120] 1871 census for Shilbottle, Alnwick, Northumberland RG10 5169 folio 44. The General Register’s indexes of marriage.
[121] 1851 census for Choppington, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 450.
[122] 1851 census for Dovecot House, Stannington, Northumberland HO107 2413 folio 36.
[123] 1851 census for Dovecot House, Stannington, Northumberland HO107 2413 folio 36.
[124] The death certificate of Isabella Pearson 1855, from the General Register Office.
[125] http://edition.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/intussusception/DS00798.html accessed 3 January 2011.
[126] The death certificate of Isabella Pearson 1855, from the General Register Office.
[127] The death certificate of Isabella Pearson 1855, from the General Register Office; 1851 census for Oldgate Street, Morpeth, Northumberland HO107 2418 folio 171.
[128] The burial register for St. Mary’s, Morpeth, Northumberland, held at Northumberland Archives.