The Hope Families of the Village of Bold,the Village of Traquair and other locations in Traquair Parish, Peeblesshire, Scotland.
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 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. 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
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. In the 1851 Census for Traquair Parish there is only one Hope while in the 1851 census for Innerleithen there are over 30! Seven of these were born in Traquair Parish and most of the others had their origins in that Parish. Meanwhile down the road at Peebles the 1851 census shows only 10 Hopes none of which had Traquair/Innerleithen connections.
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!
Family trees covering some of the Hope families of Traquair Parish can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate heading below. In addition other Hope families with connections to Traquair/Innerleithen are being added
1. John Hope of Bold of Traquair Parish
(Includes descendants of Thomas Hope/Mary Stevens. also includes George Hope Tait) (Also ancestors of the Hope Family of West Calder - I am particularly interested on any information on John Hope b1807 in West Calder, No 11.1 on this tree.)
2 John Hope/Agnes Hatly of Traquair Village.
Other Surnames on this tree - Cairns, Eckford, Ker, Powers, Paterson.
3. Thomas Hope/Elizabeth Stevens. (Elizabeth from Tanielburn, Traquair Parish)
Other Surnames on this tree - Hislop, Irvine, Melrose, McGuire, McLauchlan, Stavert, Vair.
4. Thomas Hope, Herd, Kirkhouse, Traquair Parish
Other Surnames on this tree - Armstrong, Brown, Dobson, Granger, Henderson, Mckay, Morris, Pace, Renton, Screen, Smail, Turnbull, Watson, Welsh.
5. Thomas Hope Gamekeeper, Kailzie, Traquair Parish.
6 Alexander Hope, Grazier, Tanielburn, Traquair Parish.
Other Surnames on this tree are - Eckford, Frater (Trater), Hamilton, Horseburgh, Stoddart, Tod.
7. Robert Hope, Brass Founder, Dalkeith.
His son Thomas married Jeannie Nicol of the Nicol/Learmont family of Traquair/Innerleithen. Other Surnames on this tree are - Brown, Lumsden, Macbeath, Moore, Muirhead, Parsons, Spence and Wilkinson.
8. Thomas Hope born Moffat/Christina Thomson born Traquair.
Other Surnames on this tree are - Brown, Buchanan, Cowan, Geddes, Hodge, Hyslop, Johnstone, Kennedy, Lennie, Meiklejohn, Porteous.