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About the close of the seventeenth century a young man named William Hoge — evidently in good circumstances — came to America on account of the religious persecutions under the Stuarts. In the same ship was a family named Hume — father, mother and daughter, Barbara by name. Hume was one of two brothers, men of wealth and standing, who differed on the great question of the day. One of the brothers "conformed"; the other was true to the Kirk and covenant. He was imprisoned and most of his property confiscated, but through the influence of his brother was released on condition of his emigrating to America. During the long voyage a pestilence broke out in the overcrowded ship, and Mr. and Mrs. Hume were among the victims. Barbara was left alone, and William Hoge became her protector. He delivered her and her property into the hands of an uncle — a physician named Johnson — who was already in New York, while he went to Perth-Amboy to make himself a home. But it was not a final farewell. An attachment had sprung up between them, and in due time he returned to make her his wife.
Peyton Harrison Hoge – 1899
William Hoge, the first representative of this family, distinguished in state and church, came to America in 1682; was the son of Sir James Hoge of Scotland, who lived in Mussleburg near Glascow. On board the Caledonia, the vessel that brought him over, there was a family named Hume, consisting of father, mother, and daughter; they were Presbyterians, leaving Scotland to avoid persecution.
The Humes were from Paisley, Scotland, and the father was a knight and a Baron; both father and mother died during the voyage to America, leaving their daughter, Barbara, in charge of young William Hoge, who placed her with relations, the Johnstons, in the city of New York, whilst he decided to make his home at Perth Amboy, New Jersey on land owned by a Scotch company, at the head of which was Governor Berkeley, and of which he was a member.
David E. Johnston – 1906
My speech this afternoon began about 1560 in Normandy, France, where one Jean Hogue became a Huguenot. The Government of France, as well as his neighbors, disapproved of his religion, and in order to escape the funeral fires he fled to Scotland. Thus, my part upon the program today is altogether because of ancestry. According to the doctrine of election by grace, that is a very frail and precarious position!
Jean Hogue died in Scotland in rough and troublous days. In the meantime he had the joy of worshipping God according to the dictates of his own conscience. His descendants to the third generation did the same, but in the year 1681, King Charles the Second, whom England had welcomed back after the death of Cromwell, determined that all Scotland should join in saying prayers according to a certain book which he authorized and in no other way.
Willim Hogue was a part of that group of contrary and stubborn men who refused to pray out of the King's book and went to jail for it. Most of you who trace your genealogy and investigate your ancestors will discover that you too are descended from jail-birds!
Inasmuch as these people would not pray according to the King's book, whether in or out of jail, the Government dealt very tenderly with them and offered them their liberty on the condition that they should depart the country forever. This my ancestor did on the good ship "Caledonia," sailing from Musselborough, Scotland, in August 1681.
It appears that the release from jail was at the intercession of the Hume family, for Sir James Hume and Lady Marjorie Hume, with their daughter Barbara, ten years of age, were likewise exiles. Sir James and Lady Marjorie died on the long voyage, and I have always respected my ancestor William Hogue because he had the good sense to wait ten years for Barbara.
Rev. Walter J. Hogue, D.D. – 1929
In the same ship, the Caledonia, was a family named Hume, from Paisley, Scotland, father, mother and daughter, Barbara by name. Hume was on of two brothers, men of wealth and standing who differed on the great questions of the day. One of the brothers 'conformed', the other, James, was true to the Kirk and Covenant. He was imprisoned and most of his property confiscated, but through the influence of his brother was released on condition of his emigrating to America.
During the voyage a pestilence broke out in the overcrowded ship and Mr. and Mrs. Hume were among the victims. Barbara was left alone and William Hoge became her protector. He delivered her and her property into the hands of an uncle, a physician named Johnson, who was already in New York, and he went to Perth Amboy to make himself a home, and in due time returned and made Barbara his wife.
Georgia Gosney Wisda – 1940
William Hoge left Musselboro in about 1682. He sailed to New York on the Caledonia. This ship also carried the family of Sir James Hume, from Paisley Scotland. His ancestral home was Wedderburn Castle, Berwickshire. His father was a Baron and knight that traced his lineage back to the first Stuart King, Robert Bruce (1274-1329). The Family was also related to the parents of David Hume (1711-1776), the Scottish philosopher. Sir James was true to his religion, and suffered persecution and imprisonment by the Stuarts. He was released with the understanding he would immigrate. Pestilence broke out on the overcrowded ship and James and his wife died at sea, leaving a 12-year-old daughter, Barbara.
George Taylor – 1975 - (Research):
The 1685 voyage of the Henry and Francis is well documented. Barbara's uncle John Johnstone was aboard along with his future wife, Eupham Scot. Among the 70 (or 31) who died of disease on this voyage were Eupham's parents and her uncle's wife and children, leaving her an orphan and heiress of considerable land and property. Subsequently, she married John Johnstone.
However, there is no "Hume" or "Home" or "Hoge" or "Hogg" mentioned among the 125 or so passengers of that voyage . There is one "Barbara", a Barbara Cowan, and one "Hodge", a John Hodge.
The New Aberdeen account states a "Miss Hume" was aboard who subsequently married William Hoge, and that John Johnstone was her uncle. This begs the question of why there is no report or tradition of Barbara's parents on board and/or dying en route.
The Quaker Greggs states that William Gregg of Newcastle emigrated on the Caledonia in 1682 with William Hoge, and there is documentation of his receiving land grants in 1683 and 1684. This same account reports William Hoge as a neighbor in January of 1684.
The first telling of the emigration of William Hoge and Barbara Hume that I can find is from Moses Hoge: Life and Letters by Peyton Harrison Hoge published 1899.
It does not mention the name of the ship nor the year, other than to say "about the close of the seventeenth century". It does not mention the given name of Barbara's uncle Johnstone who was "already" in New York when they arrived, but does state he was a "physician".
New Aberdeen proves that John Johnstone's older brother James was established in New Jersey before the voyage of The Henry & Francis. In December of 1684 he wrote his brother John in Scotland urgently requesting a shipment of preachers. And The New York Genealogical and Biographical Report in 1902-3 published a genealogy of this family which supposes that James "preceded" his brother John as an apothecary and physician.
Peyton Hoge's account says Barbara's father James Hume was one of -two- brothers and that they were men of wealth and standing, and that one conformed and the other was true to the kirk and covenant...
The Middle New River Settlements by David E. Johnstone published 1906 adds that James Hume was "a knight and a baron".
Volume IV of The Compendium of American Genealogy published 1930 states that William and Barbara emigrated "circa 1680". It should be noted that Volume I, published 1925, could be read to show Barbara emigrating 1745 when that was the date of her death, so the statement in Volume IV could be understood as a correction.
Various sources report voyages of the Caledonia before and after 1682, in 1680 and in 1685. But no manifest or passenger list has been found. At that period these lists were generally not kept at the port of debarkation, but transported with the ship and delivered at the destination.
On many of these voyages as many as half the passengers died before they reached America, so the occurence of deaths on the Henry & Francis is no reason to suppose there were not deaths on the Caledonia, or that it did not make a voyage in 1682.
There is no doubt that Barbara's uncle John Johnstone was aboard The Henry & Francis in 1685 and did not arrive in New York until December of that year. There is also no doubt that he had an older brother James who was established in New Jersey before 1684, and could have been there in 1682, and most likely was an apothecary and physician.
So, while the report of a "Miss Hume" who married William Hoge being aboard The Henry & Francis is provocative, it is not convincing proof against a voyage of The Caledonia in 1682, nor that William Hoge, William Gregg, James Hume and wife (and perhaps Barbara) were not aboard. There are no reports or traditions of any Humes or Homes dying aboard The Henry & Francis in 1685, and one would think if they had there would be since Barbara's mother was John Johnstone's sister.
Perhaps Barbara's parents sailed in 1682, leaving her with friends or relatives to follow later, which she did in 1685 with her uncle. Or, perhaps there is yet another explanation that fits all, or most, of the traditions.
J. Craig Canada – 2013
This entry in Volume I of the Compendium of American Genealogy is the first mention I've found of Barbara being the grandniece of David Hume:, "Barbara Hume (grand niece of David Hume, eminent English historian and philosopher), to Va., 1754."
Barbara died in 1754 and I think the implication of that being the year of her emigration is a typo, or just plain sloppiness. The Compendium Vol. I was published 1925. Vol. IV, published 1930, clearly shows 1754 to be the date of Barbara's death, but makes no mention of her relation to David Hume. In 1929, Service of dedication, restored Silver Spring Presbyterian Church states she died 1754.
Most people assume the David Hume mentioned is the one born 1711, which would make it rather difficult for Barbara to be his grandniece since she is said to have emigrated in 1682 at about the age of twelve, but it appears many people have spent a great deal of time and effort trying to do just that.
It seems to me it would much easier for the David Hume mentioned to be David Hume of Godscroft, who, coincidentally, is famous for his history and genealogy of The House of Douglas, among other things. If Barbara were the great-granddaughter of one of Godscroft's brothers (or sisters, the "Humes" were rather fond of their cousins) it would make her his great-grandniece.
James Hume, Parson of Hilton, is my prime suspect. I've been able to find out very little about him. He is the next younger brother of Godscroft, and he would have to have been born on or before 1564. He was the second minister at Hilton beginning 1609. He is the only minister listed for Hilton who does not have an end date for his term. The next minister after him began 1650.
It seems to me that the fact that Godscroft's father married Mariota Johnston, that Godscroft married Barbara Johnston, and that Barbara's mother was Marjorie Johnstone all support Barbara being descended from David Home of Wedderburn and Mariota Johnstone.
Actually, Godscroft had a son, Sir James Hume, who died after 1640. So Barbara could be a daughter or granddaughter of Godscroft.
J. Craig Canada – 2013
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