The Bogue Family
Bogues In Scotland
The surname Bogue is derived from Ancient Teutonic and means �Bow.�
Family tradition is that the original Boog came over from Friesland, northern Holland, to Scotland, and an early member of the family was in charge of a coal mine in Hallhead, also in Fife. Formerly the name was common in fishing villages on the eastern coast of Scotland, but has almost died out. The form Boog, pronounced with a long O and the soft gutterals, as in the Scot�s word Loch, is quite common in Holland. There it means a bow or arch, similar to the German word Bogen. In the old records, the form varies: Boog, Bog, Boig, Book. The form Boag is an attempt to produce the sound at the expense of the original.
Bogue is what it became when it crossed the borders of Dutch speaking Holland into French speaking Belgium. There Boog is unpronounceable, and Bogue gave the sound. Boog was probably the original spelling. Early records in the British Isles indicated the name referred largely to yeomen and merchants residing chiefly in Wales and Scotland.
There was a John Boge in England, who married at London in 1556, to Jone or Joan Leyghton; and a John Boge, who was a goldsmith, married at London in 1584 to widow Elizabeth Myllerde of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
All Bogues in the United States, Canada, and Mexico seem to be descendants of Thomas Bogue whose records first appear in Scotland in 1475.
Taken from a letter from Mr. Virgil T. Bogue, Geneva, Ohio, dated 12 May 1954:
�In 1951, I had the pleasure of visiting the ancestral homes in Duns, Rewickshire, Scotland. The four farms, totaling 950 acres, that they bought in January 1490, are still intact as well as Auchencraw of 500 acres, Greenburn of 300 acres, and Hallydown that appeared to be the largest of all. They are no longer in the family. Was quite surprised to learn that they were in the family in that vicinity for several centuries. They don�t sell their lands as we do, just pass them on intact to the eldest son. The rest had opportunity to come to America to see what they could do.
�A Burn is a small creek in Scotland, and Burnhouses, the first family seat, was a room about 14� x 20� built in the upper arch of the bridge. Though it has been used as a root cellar, for Lord knows how long, the fireplace is still intact and could be cleaned up and make a nice room in half a day by any good man or woman. The ceiling was painted or white-washed, was not yellow, and showed no signs of leaking, though the only roof was the dirt of the bridge.
�You know that every time that Scotland got a new King, they went down and tried to take the two northern counties of England. They stole their horses, killed their cattle, and buriedned their building until the British reared up and drove them home. The British did the same thing to them. Burnhouses is within 10 miles of the border, and I expect there were times when our ancestors had nothing left but this house in the bridge that could not be buriedned. They built two manor houses later, both still standing, but moved to Auchencraw about 1560.�
Bogues In America
The Bogues in Scotland had shown the ability to overcome adversaries, and those who came to America surely had the same qualities to be able to flourish in the new and wild country. During the 1600�s, many Bogues came from Scotland. Since land was passed intact to the eldest son, William (2) probably had an elder brother who inherited the land and he needed to seek new opportunities.
Most of our ancestors were Quakers, having accepted the teaching of George Fox. In coming to America, they expected to escape religious persecution. This was not always so. One branch of Bogues were Huguenots who left France because of persecutions and went to Holland and later to America.
They landed at Jamestown, settled near there, lived in Virginia at the time when the Governors were persecuting the Quakers. Some of them, who had joined the Quakers, left Virginia on that account. They went down into North Carolina when it was nothing but dense wilderness.
William Boge (1), lived, and died in southern Scotland. He married Jane (or Jean) Clark, daughter of Calvin Clark. Probable father of William Boge (2)
Generation 2. It is not known when the Bogues arrived in America, but there appeared in Virginia in 1671, a William Bogue (2), who was a party to court proceedings during 1671 and 1672, and who died 5 April 1687.
It is thought this William Bogue and his wife Deborah, were the parents of Robert, William (3), and Margaret, who were transported to North Carolina under the date of April 1696 by Jane Byer, who later married William Newby. Berkley County, Virginia, had been organized in 1671; it became Perquimans County North Carolina did not become a separate colony until 1710, so these ancestors actually came to Virginia. Perquimans Precinct is mentioned in all the early records.
Children:
William Bogue (3), son of William Bogue and Deborah, was married 5 June 1689, �at a meeting at Jonathan Phelps� Old Plantation in Berkley� (later Perquimans Precinct) to Ellender (Ellener or Elinor) Perisho, born 18 September 1673, daughter of James Perisho and Hannah Phelps. (See Perisho Family and Phelps Family, Part IV)
He died in 1720/1 at Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. His will probated 11 April 1721.
Children:
William Bogue (4), son of William Bogue and Ellener Perisho, was born 8 December 1696 at Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina.
He was married 15 December 1727/8 at Chuckatuck Monthly Meeting near John Murdaugh�s in Nansemond County, Virginia, to Sarah Duke, daughter of Thomas Duke (who was deceased). A Rebecca Duke was one of the witnesses at their wedding. He died in 1744/5; will named only his sons, William and Duke, the eldest and youngest, according to custom.
Children:
Robert Bogue (2), son of William Bogue and Ellener Perisho, was born 1703, probably in Perquimans County, North Carolina.
On 4 August 1738, he received permission to marry Rachel Pearson who was born 16 November 1716, daughter of Peter and Rachel Pearson.
He was married/2 1775, to Miriam Pearson.
On 15 July 1788, he sold to Francis Newby his plantation of 100 acres near Suttons Creek, which he had inherited from his father.
Robert was 81 when Job was born. He died 1788 in Jones County, North Carolina.
Children:
Josiah (Joseph) Bogue (1), son of William Bogue and Ellener Perisho, was born 21 May 1704/5 Perquimans, North Carolina.
He married Deborah Nicholson, daughter of Christopher Nicholson and Mary Pool (See Nicholson Family) He died between March and July 1752. Deborah was married/2 to Benjamin Heaton, permission given 3 March 1756.
Children:
Bibliography
One Ladd�s Family, by Ruth Kline Ladd
Bogue Genealogy, by Flora Bogue Deming
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogies, Vol.1,4 by Hinshaw
Bogue and Allied Families, by Virgil Bogue
NC Historical and Genealogical Register Vol. 1,2,3
Abstract of Wills, North Carolina, by J. Bryan Grimes
Webster Parry Collection of Quaker Families, edited by Edna Joseph