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Thomas Hope (b. 1783, d. 26 December 1870)

Thomas Hope was born 1783 in Scotland, and died 26 December 1870 in Scotland¹²¹⁰. He married Helen Paterson in Scotland, daughter of George Paterson and Jane Welsh.

Notes for Thomas Hope:
Hope - Of local origin. John Hope of Peebleshire rendered homage, 1296, and Symon de la Hope was received to the king of England's peace in 1321 (Bain ii, p. 207; iii 724). Thomas Hope held a tenement in Edinburgh, 1478 (RMS., II). The later earls of Hopetoun are descended from John de Hope, one of the retinue of Queen Magdalen, wife of James v______ p. 134). Adam Hoip and William Hoip were witnesses in Parton, 1541. John Hoip was tenant on lands of Kelso Abbey, 1567 Kelso, p. 520). Houp 1607.
ref: The Surnames of Scotland; NY Public Library; p. 363-64

Thomas Hope was a shepherd of Shaw, Langholm, Scotland
I have a Mrs Jane Hope or Oliver or Rogers Living (living 1892), widow,
of Middlebury, Elkhart County, State or Indiana, , daughter of Mrs
Helen Paterson or Hope wife of the late Thomas Hope, shepherd, Shaw,
Langholm, who was the sister of the late William Paterson, farmer of
Twiglees, in the parish of Eskdalemuir in the county of Dumfries.
William Paterson died, leaving the better part of 40,000 pounds
sterling, on the 29th September, 1878, unmarried. His estate passed to
his sisters and, if they had died before him, to his nephews and nieces.
One of the nephews disappeared in the Australian Gold fields and, as a
result, a detailed list of family members was drawn up and settled in
the Scottish Courts on the 8th December, 1892. I have a copy and it is
from this that the above information comes.

Jane Hope or Oliver or Rogers was the aunt of my great grandmother Jane
Hope or Allsup of Singleton and later Whittingham Hall, Lancashire.

I have no further information on Janes Husbands (I assume that she
married twice given the additional name Rogers) nor can I identify "the
castle". There are, of course, plenty of "Border Keeps" of "Peel Towers"
associated with border farms, which would not show on a map as a full
castle. "Merrylaw" may be farm with a tower. The word "law" usually
indicated a hill, so "Merrylaw" may be found on a hill a good position
for observation and defence.
--
Nigel Barker

Dates for Thomas and Helen Paterson Hope came from Wendy O'Connell brendy@xtra.co.nz in New Zealand (6 Jan 2000)

More About Thomas Hope:
Vocation: shepherd.

More About Thomas Hope and Helen Paterson:
Marriage: Scotland.

Children of Thomas Hope and Helen Paterson are:

+Jane Hope, b. Abt. 1808, Roxburghshire, Scotland^{1211, 1212}, d. 08 April 1893, Middlebury, Elkhart Co, IN¹²¹³.