When William Hogg was born in 1590, in Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, his father, William Hogg, was 25 and his mother, Helon, was 23. He married Jane Dalgleish on 24 October 1611, in Midlothian, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 21 November 1665, in Scotland, at the age of 75.
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English (northern England and Scotland): nickname for a swineherd or shepherd, from Middle English hog(ge) (Old English hogg) denoting either a pig, especially a castrated one, or a young sheep before its first shearing (the latter sense is most likely in northern England).
German (Högg): topographic name, a variant of Heck 1, found chiefly in Bavaria.
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