Hopes of Traquair.
1. History of the village of Bold
2. Family Trees
I have done quite a bit of research on this family and accumulated information. If you think that you are descended from a Hope Family of Traquair Parish, or anywhere else in the Scottish Borders, please get in touch particularly if your line had emigrated.(email facility on the Contact page on Navigation Bar on right.) Thank you to those that have already been in touch. Corrections are just as welcome as additions to the family trees.
The earliest record is of a John Hope of Bold who was born c1680 who had at least three children. DNA samples from descendants of John Hope of Bold have a Haplo Group of R1a1b - if you are male have this Haplo Group and have the Surname of Hope and you think that your origins are in the Scottish Borders then you are probably a descendant or even an ancestor of the said John Hope! There is a parallel line of Hopes from the nearby Village of Traquair commencing with a James Hope born c1700 who had least seven children. This James could well be a son of John Hope of Bold but the connection has not yet been established. Descendant Trees for both these lines follow.
There is a spurious Alexander Hope of Horland who had a daughter Jannet on 16-06-1700 - no further information has come to light.
Apart from the Hope families of Bold and Traquair Village there are other Hopes recorded at other villages in Traquair Parish namely Kailzie, Tanielburn, Kirkhouse and others that may or maybe not connected with the Hope family of Bold all of whom migrated towards Innerleithen and Walkerburn. For map indicating villages with Hope connections go to the "Hope Origins" section of the Picture Gallery to see a marked up Edgar's map of Peeblesshire. This map also shows the proximity of these villages to the site of the earliest Hopes recorded in Scotland near Peebles.
John and also Thomas appear to be a powerful names in these Hope families. There are many John and Thomas Hopes recorded in Traquair Parish and with no wive's names listed research is very difficult - I have done my best! Most of the other first names tend to be those of the Stuart Monarchs namely James, Marion (Mary), Charles, William/Mary and Ann.
Hope is a fairly common name in Peeblesshire as are Tait and Nicol resulting in these families marrying quite frequently. In fact we have Hopes marrying Hopes and Nicols marrying Nicols and no doubt there will be Taits marrying Taits!
I have found six Hope families in Traquair Parish and their family trees Nos TQR 01 - 06 can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate heading below.
Their are other Hope families in neighbouring parishes and counties and trees No 7 onwards can be found on the Other Border Hope Families page.
A family with the surname of Vair married into the one of the families of the Hope Dynasty of Traquair Parish - a condensed Vair tree is included with Tree No TQR 03 below.
The Hope Family of West Calder is descended from John Hope of Bold but to make the John Hope of Bold tree No TQR 01 more manageable the West Calder family has been extracted and their tree appears on the Hopes of West Calder page.
TQR 01. John Hope of Bold of Traquair Parish
Surnames apart from Hope on this tree:-
Scotland. Anderson, Ballantyne, Bennet, Bertram, Brown, Caldwell, Carr, Clark, Cook, Craig, Crighton, Davidson, Dods, Dodds, Downie, Elliot, Ellis, Glendinning, Grant, Greig, Haig, Hart, Harvey, Henderson, Imrie, Johnston(e), Kennaway, MacBeth, McDonald, Meikle, Mitchell, Moffat, Muir, Murray, Nicol, Oliver, Ramage, Reid, Riach, Scott, Simpson, Slater, Somerville, Stephens, Steven (Mary), Stewart, Tait, Taylor, Waite, Walker, Watson, Watt, Wilkie.
USA. Bennet, Briggs, Shiels, Tait, Wombell.
Canada. Davidson, Hopps, Purves, Smiley, Tait.
Australia. Tait.
NZ.. Davidson, Tait, Waddell.
TQR 02. John Hope/Agnes Hatly of Traquair Village.
Surnames apart from Hope on this tree
Scotland - Cairns, Eckford, Ker, Powers, Paterson.
USA - Eckford
TQR 03 Thomas Hope/Elizabeth Stevens. (Elizabeth from Tanielburn, Traquair Parish)
Surnames apart from Hope on this tree -
Scotland - Hislop, Irvine, Martin, Melrose, McGuire, McGregor, McLauchlan, Stavert, Vair.
Canada - Grierson, Ireland, Vair.
USA - Hart, Vair.
TQR 04. Thomas Hope, Herd, Kirkhouse, Traquair Parish
Surnames apart from Hope on this tree - Armstrong, Brown, Dobson, Fleming, Granger, Henderson, Mercer, Mckay, Morris, Pace, Renton, Screen, Smail, Turnbull, Watson, Welsh.
TQR 05. Thomas Hope Gamekeeper, Kailzie, Traquair Parish.
Descended from Thomas Hope b1811 in Ancrum, Roxburghshire.
TQR 06. Alexander Hope, Grazier, Tanielburn, Traquair Parish.
Surnames apart from Hope on this tree are - Eckford, Frater (Trater), Hamilton, Horseburgh, Stoddart, Tod.
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