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Sarah Hoge/Hogg was born in May, 1753 to Robert & Letitia Hoge/Hogg, shortly after they had immigrated from County Down, Ireland in 1752. Her father was born in Scotland, and it is possibly that her mother, born in Northern Ireland, was also of Scottish descent. We expect Sarah's birth to have been in eastern Pennsylvania, possibly the Philadelphia area. A brother born in Ireland in 1751 is reported to have died at age 2 (in 1753) in Philadelphia. The family located in the Tuscarora Valley of Cumberland Co. PA (now Juniata Co.) in the spring of 1754. Sarah thus grew up as the oldest of the suviving children, with three younger sisters, and one brother. Another brother born in 1764 died in infancy.

In June of 1756 Indian incursions along the Juniata forced the Hoge family to flee to Carlisle, where they stayed until fall of that year. Twice more they took refuge in Carlisle. Sarah would have been three years old when these incidents began. Sarah married first to George McCullough. They are known to have had two daughters, Letitia and Ann McCullough/McCollough , named in the will of their grandfather Robert Hogg. Sarah married second to Hamilton Graham, and had at least three children - Robert, George and Jane Graham, who are also named in the will. When Sarah was 48 years old, and twice married, her father, Robert Hoge, died on his farm in Juniata Co. 25 Jan. 1798, aged 80 years. Letitia survived him until 8 Mar. 1812, when Sarah Graham would have been age 62 years. Her parents are buried in the McKee graveyard.
(See The Hogue Family in Europe and America)

Ancestry chart segment

Generation 6             Generation 7     Generation 8
 
                                      +-- Robert Hoge
                                      |   (1721-1798)
                     +-- James Hoge --+ 
                     |   (1766-1840)  |
 James Irvin Hogue --+                |
 (1796-1877)         |                |    
                     +-- Mary Irvin   |
                         (1724_-1812) |    
                                      |
                                      | 
                        Sarah Hogg----+       
                        (1753-????)   |
                                      +-- Letitia [unknown]
                                          (1724-1812)
  Sources: 

Children

(Children with George McCullough)

(Children with Hamilton Graham )

Places of Residence

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1790 United States Federal Census, Chester Co. PA, Oxford Twp, pg. 3 on Ancestry.com. Census not dated. George McCullough head of a household that includes 3 males under age 16, 1 male over age 16, and 3 females. The George McCullough entry (31300) may be the spouse of Sarah Hoge if they had 3 sons as well as the 2 daughters documented elsewhere. This appears to be the closest match, from 5 George McCulloughs listed in PA in 1790. Listed in the same township are the households of a Robert McKee (12200); Robert Hogg (14200); William Robinson (10100); John Robinson (14200). These surnames are those of the spouses of the children of Robert Hoge, though not these individuals. The cluster of names strongly suggests that this is the community of residence of Robert Hoge's family. (1790 census numbers indicate males under 16, males over 16, females, other free persons, & slaves.)
2	The Descendants of Robert Hoge or Hogg of Tuscarora Valley, Pennsylvania Including the Families of Lytle, McCullough, McKee, Sturgeon, Dunbar, Graham, Stitt, Harnish, Vance, Robinson, Potts, McBride. Being a copy of a manuscript prepared by Dr. Egle about 1900 for publication in a second volume of his Pennsylvania Genealogies. Dr. Egle died before this material was published. The original manuscript was purchased from Miss Catherine I. Egle by Leonard Lytle of Detroit, MI, and a copy with additional matter made by him in August, 1921. Butler Area Public Library, Butler PA p.2: Robert Hogg or Hoge, born Nov. 1721, a native of South Scotland, emigrated in early life to County Down, Province of Ulster, Ireland. He came to America in 1752. In the spring of 1754 he located on a tract of land in Tuscarora Valley, then in Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania. In June 1756, owing to the Indian incursions upon the Juniata, Mr. Hoge fled with his little family to Carlisle, returning only in the fall of that year. On two other occasions did this early pioneer seek safety in the then principal place of refuge west of the Susquehanna. He died on his plantation the 25th Jan. 1798, aged eighty years. His wife Letitia ____, born June 1724 in the north of Ireland, died March 8, 1812, in Juniata County Penn. and with her husband buried in what is now known as the "McKee graveyard." They had issue: 1. William, b. 1751, in Ireland; d. 1753 in Philadelphia. 2. Sarah, b. May 1753; m. first George McCullough; secondly, Hamilton Graham. 3. Jenny, b. 1755; m. ___Robinson of the Juniata settlement; removed to Kentucky, and located near Maysville, where they died, S.P.; their estate was left to a son of Thomas McKee, and grandson of Mrs. Robinson's sister Martha. 4. Martha, b. Dec. 1759; m. Thomas McKee. 5. Mary, b. Jan. 2, 1762; m. John McKee. 6. Robert, b. ___1764; d. in infancy. 7. James, b. January 1766; d. ___; m. Mary Irvin.	(See Text)
4	Will of Robert Hogg,1797, filed at Lewistown, Juniata Co. PA. Images of transcription forwarded by Donald Hogue; transcriber not named. Names wife Letitia; son James Hogg; daughter Sarah & her 3 children Robert, George & Jane Graham; grandchildren Letitia & Ann McCullough; daughter Jane Robinson; daughter Mary McKee; daughter Martha McKee; grandson Robert Hogg; grandson James Irwin Hogg; other beneficiaries, any relationship not specified: Lity McCullough, Ann McCullough ("for taking care of me"). Note added by transcriber says son-in-law Hamilton Graham challenged a will of Robert Hoge, unclear if it was the will here presented.	Click image to enlarge
5	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams]	N/A

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