Author: Hoy, John, Jr.
Biography:
HOY, John, Jr (1755?-1781: ancestry.co.uk)
He was the son of John Hoy (q.v.) and Agnes (Hardie) Hoy and was born at Gattonside, near Melrose in Roxburghshire, on 21 Mar. 1755 and baptised on 23 Mar. at Kelso. He was one in a large family but unlike his siblings he was was unable to attend school because of a serious heart condition. He was taught at home and developed an appreciation for verse. He published poems in periodicals and was encouraged to prepare a subscription volume for the press. He died before the book was published; the proceeds he had asked to be directed to his brother. The book includes a subscribers’ list and an account of the author by an unknown editor. (ancestry.co.uk 5 Mar. 2019; John Hoy, Jr. Poems on Various Subjects) SR