John HOGGARTH c. 1775 to 1856
Great Great Great Grandad 

The time of the birth of John is not known precisely.  His death certificate has him at age 80 when he died on 24th April 1856 which would make him born 1775 or the early part of 76.  The census for 1851 gives his age as 75 which again would put him born in 1775 or before the 30th of March 1776.  This census says he was born in Lyth; which means the parish, not necessarily the village.  The census for 1841 has him as age 65.  As this census was taken on 6/7th June this might have told me something about the month when he was born but the ages at this census were rounded down in five year chunks so even if he had been 66 they would have still recorded his age as being 65.  So if the ages above are accurate then he was born in Lyth parish between April 1775 and March 1776.  

Unfortunately, like about a third of the people in that area the HOGGARTHs were Roman Catholics and John does not seem to have been baptized in an Anglican Church.  There are records of the Catholics at Egton and Ugthorpe but, if I remember rightly from what O'Connor said in Hearts of Oak there is something like about a ten year gap about when John would have been christened.   O'Connor does have a possible John, son of Philip HOGGARTH and Ruth Topcliffe however I'm not sure from what information he has put this family together and there is no good reason to suppose this John, if he exists, is the same one.  Dunbogs is in the parish of Lyth, even though it is probably closer to Egton, so the location matches what the 1851 census says.  

The above pictures were taken from the lane which runs form the A171 down past the farm called Briscoe as can be seen on this map.  The map takes a while to download.  

Because of references to Briscoe or Brusco in the Lythe Parish Registers I used to think that there was a movement of the family from Briscoe Farm to Dunbogs Farm but have now decided that the appellation "Briscoe" meant not just that farm but included the other half dozen farms in that area.  So the TOPLIFF family had (leased probably) Dunbogs and then Philip HOGGARTH married into the family and took it on.  

One problem with thinking that John is the son of Philip and Ruth is the baptism of George which O'Connor has (from where?) as 26/05/1775 and that is just when John was supposed to be being born.  The parish register for Lythe has, on the 26 May 1775, the baptism of George s Philip & Ruth HOGGATE of Busco.  (There was also the burial of Henry Topcliff of Dunbogs on 7th December 1775)  George may have been baptised twice.  Though most of their children may not be baptised some Catholics would have the eldest son baptised in an Anglican church to ensure that there was no legal question of the legitimacy of the son which might have caused trouble later if there was any inheritance.  Possibly George and John were twins or one and the same person.  Maybe George was being baptised long after his birth - Philip and Ruth were married in 1766.  Maybe my John was wrong about his age or was he no connection to Philip and Ruth.  

The next view we have of John (if he is the right one; there are quite a few about) is in the parish records for Fylingdales where there is the following entries: 

1800.11.20, Dennison WARD & Elizabeth EMMERSON both of this parish, Farmer, Bachelor Spinster, ages 25 21, By Licence, Witn. Henry WELLBURN John HOGARTH his mark Mary GREEN Ann WELBORN (or HOLBURN) her mark.  

1803.12.28, John HOGARTH of the parish of Egton and Jane ESSAY of this parish, Labourer, Bachelor Spinster, ages 25 19, Banns, Witn Johnathon KNAGGS Elizabeth ??????.  

If those ages are correct then this John would have been born c. 1778 and Jane c. 1784 though if the register had been made up later than the service (from some note made at the time or by memory then maybe the 25 was an error for 28).   The fact that they were married in an Anglican Church is of little significance as lots of Catholics would be married there as well as having a separate ceremony in their own church.  More noticeable is the fact that there does not seem to have been a marriage at Ugthorpe St Anne's - maybe Jane did not want to get married in a Catholic service .  Hearts of Oak shows a marriage between John HOGGARTH and some Jane between 1798 and 1804 but the lack of detail, as shown in the other entries, indicates that he was assuming a marriage had taken place because of the children.  I think that Jane was not a Catholic and the marriage was possibly a bit forced by the fact that she seems to have been 6 months pregnant.  (If you want to find this marriage in the IGI note that John was written as HEGARTH.  Thats just a transcription error as the parish record is clearly HOGARTH).  

By this marriage it is thought that John had the following children:

Henry HOGGARTH baptised Ugthorpe, St Anne's 28 March 1804 parents John and Jane, Godparents Philip HOGGARTH, Eliz. JOHNSON (source Hearts of Oak).  
Ruth HOGGARTH baptised Ugthorpe, St Anne's 29 March 1805, parents John and Jane, Godparents Francis CORNTHWAITE & Eliz. CRAGGS The Bishop? (source Hearts of Oak, will of John Hoggarth 1840).  
Elizabeth HOGGARTH baptised Ugthorpe, St Anne's 26 July 1806, parents John and Jane, Godparents Geo. WHITE & Eliz HARRISON (source Hearts of Oak). 
George HOGGARTH baptised Ugthorpe, St Anne's 9 September 1808, parents John & Jane, Godparents John LYTH & Anna BARTON (source Hearts of Oak, will of John Hoggarth 1840).
Mary HOGGARTH baptised Ugthorpe, St Anne's 15 February 1810, parents John & Jane, Godparents Francis HARRISON & Jane WILSON (source Hearts of Oak, will of John Hoggarth 1840).
Hannah HOGGARTH (source will of John Hoggarth 1840).  

Note the first son being called Henry might be after Henry Topliff the father of Ruth Topliff and the first daughter being Ruth might be after Ruth Topliff herself.  

The lack of any mention of Henry or Elizabeth in the will of John which was made in 1840 is a worry.  Did they die or were they already so wealthy that there was no need to provide anything for them.  They were aged 36 and 34 respectively.  The National Burial Index shows that some at least of the records from the RC Church at Ugthorpe have been logged but these are for 181* and it could be that Henry and Elizabeth died when young and the records from that time have not survived.  There is in the PR a Henry Hoggarth, bachelor of Whitby getting married to Jane Waller in Danby on 15th February 1831.  

From O'Connor's Hearts of Oak there is also the little snippet in the section on the HOGGARTHs where he is relating information from Easter Communions "Jane from Dun Bogs was received by Fr, George Leo Haydock when she was 25, In June 1806 who performed the same service for Margaret also of Dun Bogs on Christmas day 1814 when she was 26.  These young ladies seem to be Philip's daughters in law" .  If the age given at the marriage in Fylingdales is right then Jane should have been only 22; this age of 25 would make her born 1781

Jane died and was buried 14 September 1817 at Fylingdales which at that time would have been the Old St. Stephens church up on the hillside.  From cousin Ray LYTLE here is a copy of the parish record entry for her burial:
  She was said to be aged 36 which would make her born 1781 again.  Perhaps the age given at the time of the marriage is in error.   If she was buried at Fylingdales then that suggests some strong family links so maybe there is a memorial stone or two which might provide useful information.  I visited the old church in September 2003.  I did not find any grave marker but fell in with Bunty Roberts (nee Taylor) whose great Grandmother is almost certainly the sister of the John HOGGARTH the local master mariner and they are thought to be the children of Matthew HOGGARTH and Mary LAW.  That's another story.  Bunty is connected with the local archives which they keep in the RHB Methodists chapel and she was able to show me a transcript of the burial records which have Jane being buried from the Thorpe poor house.  The locals have also transcribed the gravestones and there is not one for Jane.  Where was John?

In 1818 the seating plan for the RC church of Ugthorpe has:   

There's not much doubt that Philip and Ruth are those from Dunbogs and that could be G3 Gdad behind them.  

Now a man cannot do his work and look after the children so on 13th May 1823 John Married Esther FRANK at Egton (Anglican church I think).  Esther was baptised 22 February 1790 in Glaisdale.  From the Will of John, a PR record looked up by Pauline Litton and similar by Margaret Denham we know that Esther had a child Jane FRANK baptised at Newton by Guisborough on 23rd April 1813.  Jane FRANK married a man called MEAD some time before 1840.  

John HOGGARTH and Esther FRANK had the following children:
Ann HOGGARTH, baptised 4 September 1823 Egton (source IGI, M Denham, will of John Hoggarth 1840).  Ann married some chap called PICKERING.  
Philip HOGGARTH, baptised 9 January 1825 Aislaby (source IGI, M Denham, will of John Hoggarth 1840).  Philip had two wives called Mary and needs his own page.  
Margaret HOGGARTH, baptised 22 November 1826 Egton ( source Egton PR, will of John Hoggarth 1840).  Margaret married a William DUCK.  
Lawrence John HOGGARTH, commonly called John, baptised 18 Aug 1829 (source Egton PR, will of John Hoggarth 1840) who married Elizabeth ALLIN and Mary PINDER.  LJH is my G2 Gdad.  

In 1841 the census for Egton (folio 4) shows at Newbegin Garth (between Newbegin Hall and Low Newbegin) John Hoggarth, age 65. Farmer.  Living with him was Esther Hoggarth aged 50 and John Hoggarth aged 11.  All were born in YKS.  

In 1851 the census (folio 26) shows at Newbegin: 
John Hogarth, Head, Mar, 75, Farmer of 29 Acres of Land, Yorks Lyth.  
Easther Hogarth, Wife, Mar, 61, Yorks Glaisd. 
Philip Hogarth, Son, U, 26, Ag Lab, Yorks Aislaby. 
John Hogarth, Son, U, 21, Ag Lab, Yorks Egton.  

The death certificate for John I found after a few wrong ones.  He died Twenty fourth April 1856 at Newbiggin, Egton aged 80.  The death was registered the day after by L P Hogarth, present at the death, of Newholm cum Dunsley.  That should have been L J Hogarth but what I have a copy of is not the document which LJH actually signed but the local Registrar's copy of it and he could easily have read a J as a P.  

I asked Whitby Library if there was any mention on the death of John in the local paper but they said not.  

The Topliff connection. 

Having not found any direct  information working from John back to Philip and Ruth of Dunbogs I though to look at what they had to offer.  Neither of them (Philip HOGGARTH nor Ruth TOPLIFF)  left a will that I can find so I thought to try for something from Ruth's father Henry TOPLIFF.  

Fuller details of Henry are on his page.  To summarize unfortunately Henry Topliff did not mention in his will a grandson called John Hoggarth - probably because John had not yet been born.  

Hannah married again to a John Dennison and though she did not leave a will he did in 26 September 1803.  In this will it says "To my nephews John Ward and Dennison Ward to my nieces Mary Hessey, Jane the wife of Thomas Green ~~".  

SO - the Dennison Ward who was married in Fylingdales in 1800 (with a witness called John Hoggarth, possible grandson of Henry Topliff) was a relative of the second husband of the sister of Ruth Topliff and this Mary Hessey is very likely the sister or sister in law of Jane Essay the wife of John Hoggarth.