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Leaves from My Autography m^k^t^^ -HMfeTTt (tJ fC %C% <?C.lo .^^'^ i/. 3 <:q 5 LEAVES MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. LEAVES MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY EEV. CHAKLES EOGEES, LL.D. HISTOKIOGRAPHEE TO THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND, AND CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND LONDON PUBLISHED BY THE GRAMPIAN CLUB 1876 EDINBURGH : PRINTED BY M'FARLANE AND ERSKINE {late Schenck d: M'Farlane), ST JAMES SQUARE. ; PREFACE. Whether the Author of these " Leaves " has acted wisely in producing theni^ the pubKc must determine. The work has been composed with reluctance, for the Author did not contemplate being his own biographer. A portion of his narrative is occupied with details of oppositions which he has encountered but had not a relation of these become necessary, the book had been unwritten. The continuance of misrepresentation for nearly twenty years will, the Author trusts, extenuate his boldness in obtruding his personal history upon the world. Of the several illustrations, the Author's portrait, and the view of the Abbey Craig and Wallace Monument, have been prepared by Messrs Taylor, photogTaphers to the Queen; and the photographs vi of the Stirling Cemetery and the Hogg Monument, hj My Valentine. The other illustrations are exe- cuted by Messrs M'Farlane & Erskine, the well- known lithographers. The volume contains a record of the origin and history of several undertakings not altogether unlmown. Grampian Lodge, Forest Hill, S.E. 3Icaj 1876. — CONTENTS. ^^^^ CHAPTER I. .iNCESTKAL SKETCHES, 1 CHAPTEE II. BOYHOOD IN THE COUNTRY, AND WATWAED STUDIES,. 33 CHAPTEPt III. PROFESSIONAL STRUGGLES, 81 CHAPTEll IV. RESTORATION OF STIRLING, 99 CHAPTER V. PATRIOTISM AND ITS PENALTIES, 118 CHAPTER VI. PATRIOTISM AND ITS PENALTIES COntimiCcl, . .178 CHAPTER VII. A MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE, 214 CHAPTER VIII. AMONG THE POETS, 243 CHAPTER IX. SCOTTISH NATIONAL UNDEETAiaNGS, 308 CHAPTER X. .' RECENT ENTERPRISES AND STUDIES, . 348 ILLUSTRATIONS. author's poeteait, {Frontispiece) FACSIMILE OF SIGXATUEE OF WILLIAM HAMILTON OF GIL- BEETFIELD, 9 THE CEMETERY, STIELING, 105 ABBEY CEAIG AND THE WALLACE MONUMENT, . 173 FACSIMILE OF POETION OF A LETTEE FEOM MISS HELEN WALKEE TO DE EOGEES, 247 FACSIMILE OF " LAND O' THE LEAL " AND " CALLEE HEERIN'," 249 FACSIMILE OF LETTERS FEOiM THE BARONESS NAIENE TO MISS HELEN WALKER, 250 MONUMENT TO JAMES HOGG, THE ETTEICK SHEPIIEED, . 276 " WHEEE GADIE EINS," IN THE HANDWEITING OF THE AUTHOR, THE REV. JOHN PARK, D.D., 286 "THE ARABY MAID," IN THE HANDWRITING OF THE AUTHOR, THE REV. T. G. TOEEY ANDEESON, . .295 GEAMPIAN LODGE, 366 " LEAVES MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER I. ANCESTRAL SKETCHES. " Majorum gloria posteris lumen est." —Sallust. •* Nam genus, et proavos, ot quae non fecimus ipsi, Vix ea nostra voco. —Ovid. The ancient Hebrews made genealogy a favourite study, and men of culture, among modern nations, have delighted to record the history of their progeni- tors. To our ancestors we owe our early surround- ings, and our physical condition—in some degree also our intellectual qualities. From every consideration it seems reasonable that, in relating the story of oui' own lives, we should not omit some allusion to those who have preceded us. We better bespeak a hear- ing when we have reported our antecedents. Of my progenitors I have no reason to be ashamed. To some applied the poet's lines : •* Along the cool sequestered vale of life " They kept the noiseless tenor of their way ; A f 2 LEAVES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. yet none of them, for three centuries at least, occupied a lower step on the social ladder than that of substantial yeomen. On my father's side I am de- scended—in an unbroken line—from William Eoger, steward of Coupar Abbey at the period of the Refor- mation. Belonging to a family of the name who rented land at Ochiltree, in Ayrshire, he seems to have obtained his ecclesiastical office on the nomina- tion of the Abbot of Coupar, Donald Campbell, fourth son of the second Earl of Argyle. Lands at Ochiltree, belonging to the Abbey of Melrose, were occupied by the Roger family as kindly tenants for at least a century prior to the Reformation. Mem- bers of the family had previously held lands in Rox- bm-ghshire, a county to which it is conjectm-ed they may have given name.* The Rogers of Roxburgh- shire were connected with a House which, setthng in England at the Conquest, long held a noble rank in Normandy, where their name is still preserved in the town of Beaumont le Roger. To the family at Ochiltree belonged the Black Friar, John Roger, who, as a preacher of the Re- formed doctrines, was in 1544 seized by Cardinal Beaton, and first imprisoned in his castle of St Andrews and afterwards, at his instance, murder- ously thrust from its sea-tower. Prior to the Reformation, William Roger occupied * In chaiters of the rcign of David I., Roxburgh is designated " Rogj-sburgh." t John Knox's Works, edited by Mr David Laing, vol. i., p. 119. LEAVES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 3 the grange or home farm of Coupar Abbey; he superintended the nativi or serfs, was chamberlain of the institution, and among the lay brothers held the foremost rank. Subsequent to the establishment of the Reformed faith, in 1560, he rented the farm which he had occupied as steward. He died in 1562, and his will, accompanied by an inventory of his substance, is recorded in the General Commissariat Register. His son, who bore the same Christian name, purchased a twelfth part of the abbey lands, and was thereafter styled "portioner of Coupar- Grange." Till nearly the close of the eighteenth century, though latterly as tenants, the representa- tives of WiUiam Roger resided on the lands of Coupar-Grange. A member of the family, James Roger, '' portioner of Redie," parish of AirHe, For- farshire, specified in his will, executed in 1606, that should his sons die before succeeding him in his " roume " or estate, his daughters should be per- mitted to enjoy the succession, only on the condition that should they marry, their husbands should assume the name of Roger.* His relative, William Roger, who settled in Dundee as a merchant and shipowner, cherished more liberal sentiments. By his will, executed in 1658, he bequeathed '' one-half of his real and personal estate," for the education and training of "seven poor male children;" his wife making a liberal provision for merchants' widows. * Edinburgh Commissariat Register. 4 LEAVES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Of these bequests the proceeds have considerably accumulated, and continue to be administered at Dundee by the toTVTi council. William Eoger, my gi-eat-grandfather, was born at Coupar-Grange in January 1684, and, as eldest son, succeeded to the lease of his father's lands. Possess- ing much decision of character, well-informed, and of sterling integrity, he was entrusted with various offices and duties. As an honorary constable of Perthshire, he had an encounter with John Gunn, the noted freebooter, and succeeded in disarming him. Gunn had committed some act of larceny, but as he made restitution and undertook to leave the district with his followers, my ancestor entreated the magistrate on his behalf, and he was subjected to a minor punishment. Some years afterwards Gunn and his party returned to Perthshire, and were pre- sent at the yearly fair at Coupar-Angus. At the fair a cottager on William Eoger's farm had sold his cow, and tying up the money in a handkerchief, had de- posited it in the bottom of his pocket. Suddenly dis- covering that the handkerchief was gone, he hastened to his employer and reported his loss. My great- grandfather hailed Gunn, who was near, and begged that he would assist him in saving his cottager from ruin. Gunn stepped aside, and blowing a whistle, was joined by the members of his gang. Thereafter he returned to my great-grandfather, and, producing the handkerchief with the money, took credit for his LEAVES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. i) alertness in procuring it. He assured my ancestor that, for old friendship, he would be glad to serve him on any other occasion ; he was hanged not long afterwards.* William Roger was much employed in matters of arbitration. After a sale of farm stock he was com- missioned to determine the value of some stacks of grain. Before the day fixed for his award he re- ceived two sums of money—one from the disj^oser, the other from the purchaser. These he placed in the side pockets of his dress, as he proceeded to meet the parties. Having taken his seat, he said, striking his hands on his sides, " There is a rogue here, and a rogue there, but an honest man in the midst." The remark was explained after his award, by his exhibit- ing the moneys sent him as intended bribes, and returning them to the disconcerted o-^aiers. In William Eoger's time, though not long after- wards, many persons in rural districts believed in witchcraft, and were ready to charge with the offence any female who happened to be poor, aged, and ill-favoured. A woman in the neighbourhood of Coupar-Grange was molested as a supposed witch. Proceeding to her cottage my progenitor undertook to secure her safety. Giving her a little employment on his farm, and storing her cottage with provisions, the rumour of her being in leagTie with an evil * For an account of this noted freebooter, see Brace's Black KalenJar of Aberdeen. 6 LEAVES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY. agency fortliwith ceased. To a person of greater consideration my ancestor rendered most essential service. Ogilvie, the Laird of Cluny, had, in riding with a funeral party, been jostled by a neighbour, whose horse was restive.
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