(Partial Extract) - Alexander Hogg, of Hogstoun, who, in the reign of James III. gave a charter of alienation to Sir Alexander Hume. He was founder of the House of Harcarse, in Berwickshire, from which sprung Sir Roger Hogg, Senator of the College of Justice, and also Rev. James Hogg, immediate ancestor of the Hogg's of the county of Roscommon.
The Rev. James Hogg, Minister of South Leith, in 1656, suffered for his attachment to the House of Stewart. He married Mary Gordon.