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Still to enjoy the same." December 26, 1699, he was one of assistants of the Rev. John Harriman, who was chosen surveyor to "Lay out Divide and Equally assise all lands and meadows within the whole Bounds and pur- chase of Elizabeth Town to every one In- terested therein by Right of purchase under the honorable General Richard Nicholls their Several and Respective parts and shares of the whole.'
December 21, 1681, his father names him as one of the executors of his will; and March 19, 1702, he swears before Thomas Gordon in regard to the will "yt this Instrument was de- livered to him very shortly after ye sd old John Ogden's death & yt he hath safely keept it ever since yt time till now." December 9, 1690, he witnesses the will of William Meeker, of Elizabethtown ; about six week's later, Jan- uary 17, 1690, with the Rev. John Harriman, he is appointed the executor of the will of Elsie, widow of Simon Reus, "living upon Raway"; the following April 27, 1691, he is appointed one of the overseers of the will of John Woodruff Sr., of Elizabethtown; and November 6, 1694, with John Curtis, he is ap- pointed executor of the will of his cousin, Stephen Bond. Between this last mentioned date and November 18, 1729, when his name appears as one of those who ratified the new town book, there is a blank and we know noth- ing of his life. His will was written July 2, 1731, and proved January 9, 1732.
Of his wife Rebecca nothing more is known than is shown on her gravestone and the fact gleaned from the deed to Benjamin Price that they were married before October 12, 1671. She was born in November, 1648, and died September II, 1723. Their children were: I. Jonathan, born before 1676, died before June IO, 1731 ; by his wife Elizabeth had two chil -. dren: Jonathan and John. 2. Samuel, re- ferred to below. 3. Robert, born 1687, died November 20, 1733; married (first) Hannah, daughter of Jasper Crane Jr. and Joanna Swaine, and (second) Phebe (Roberts) Bald- win, daughter of Roberts and Hannah Bruen and widow of Jonathan Baldwin. By his first marriage he had six children: Han- nah, Robert, Phebe, Moses, Elihu and David ; and by his second marriage three more chil- dren : Rebecca and Mary, twins, and Sarah. 4. Hannah, became the wife of John Meeker and had five children: John, Robert, James, David and Eunice. 5. Rebecca, married James Ralph.
(VIII) Samuel, second child and son of
Jonathan and Rebecca Ogden (his mother's maiden name is supposed to have been Wood) was born in 1678, died in 1715. He was a resident of Elizabethtown where he was born, but as he married his second wife at East- hampton he may have lived there for a short while. In 17II he is one of the overseers of the highways for Elizabethtown, and in 1712 was made constable. His will was written November 26, 1714, proved February 10, 1715. Samuel Ogden's first wife was Rachel, possi- bly a daughter of John and Abigail (Ward) Gardiner, of Newark, who bore him one child ; his second wife was Johanna Schellincx or Schellinger, daughter of Abraham Schellincx, supervisor of Easthampton, Long Island, 1699 to 1700, who bore him three children. Child of first wife: I. Rachel, who was not eighteen years old when her father wrote his will in 1714. Children of second wife: 2. Joanna. 3. Rebecca. 4. Samuel, referred to below.
(IX) Samuel (2), only son of Samuel (I) and Johanna (Schellincx) Ogden, was born in 1714, died February 20, 1775. Both he and his wife Hannah, daughter of Matthias and Hannah (Miller ) Hatfield, are interred in the First Presbyterian churchyard at Elizabeth- town, the inscriptions reading as follows :"Here lies the Body of Samuel Ogden, who departed this Life Febry the 20th Anno Domini 1775, aged LXI Years" ; and "Here lied ye Body of Mrs Hannah Relict of Mr. Samuel Ogden who died January ye 26th Ano Domini 1782. In the 59th Year of her Age." Their children were: I. Matthias, referred to below. 2. Jo- anna, born March 31, 1744. 3. Elizabeth, born January 9, 1747, died April 5, 1808; mar- ried (first) Uzal Woodruff, and had two chil- dren : Eunice and Elias; married (second) Professor Joseph Periam of the College of New Jersey, and had a third child : Joseph Jr. 4. Ann, born September 20, 1749. 5. Elihu, born June 1, 1751, died March 28, 1814; mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Eliza- beth (Miller) Price, and had nine children : Amos, Elizabeth, Phebe, Susan, Elihu, Han- nah, Oliver, Uzal and Elias. 6. Charity, born August 19, 1753, died September 5, 1828; mar- ried Enos, son of Timothy and Elizabeth Woodruff, and had twelve children : Timothy. Hannah, Ogden, Timothy, Enos, Abigail, Hannah, Ezra, Ichabod, Phebe, Charity and John. 7. Phebe, born March 25, 1756; mar- ried Job Hedden. 8. Samuel, born February 26, 1758. 9. Hannah, born April 2, 1760. 10. Rachel, born November 18, 1761; married
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David Price and had thirteen children : Enos, Daniel, Daniel, Aaron, Joseph, Periam, Jona- than, Rev. and M. D., Rachel, Elizabeth, Phebe, Oliver, Joanna and Lewis. II. Jo- seph, born July 1, 1763, died May 6, 1817; married (first) Comfort, daughter of Moses and Comfort (Bond) Price, who bore him six children : Moses, Aaron, Rachel, Phebe, Sam- uel and Betsey ; married (second) Mehitable Smith, who bore him seven more children : Helen, John, William, Charles, Emeline, David and Anne. 12. Ichabod, born June 27, 1764, died the same year. 13. Ichabod, born Sep- tember 17, 1765, died February 1, 1789; by his wife Mary had one child : Elizabeth.
(X) Matthias, eldest child and son of Sam- uel (2) and Hannah (Hatfield) Ogden, was born April 25, 1742, died March 7, 1818. He and his wife Margaret, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Williams) Magie, born November 6, 1745, died March 18, 1820, are buried in the First Presbyterian churchyard, Elizabeth. Their children were: I. Abigail, born October 3, 1765, died May 14, 1820; married Ezekiel, son of Ezekiel, grandson of John and Mary (Osborn) Ogden, great-grandson of Jonathan and Elizabeth Ogden, and great-great-grand- son of Jonathan and Rebecca Ogden, the great-great-grandparents of his wife. They had thirteen children : Abraham, Ichabod, Eze- kiel, James, Abigail, Phebe, Hatfield, Phebe, John, Samuel, Joseph Meeker, Theodore Ham- ilton and Jonathan. 2. Lewis, born October 30, 1767, died young. 3. Phebe, born Decem- ber 13, 1769, died February 26, 1830; married Benjamin J. Jarvis, of Elizabethtown, and had four children : Hannah, Sarah B., John O. and Margaret M. 4. Charity, born June 30, 1772. died July 8, 1852; married Benjamin, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Morehouse) Ogden, grandson of William and Mary Ogden, great- grandson of Benjamin and Catharine Ogden, great-great-grandson of Captain Benjamin and Hannah (Woodruff) Ogden, and great-great- great-grandson of John and Jane (Bond) Ogden, the emigrants. Their children were: Peggy, Elizabeth, Charity, Betsy Ann, Charity and Benjamin, twins, Hannah and Isaac. 5. Lewis, born August 8, 1775, died May 15, 1818; married Elizabeth, daughter of Elihu and Phebe (Price) Bond, and had one child : Charity. 6. Samuel, born February 13, 1777, died November 17, 1827; married Esther, daughter of William and Phebe Brown, and had Phebe Brown, William, Charity Ann, Job, Mary, Margaret Magie, Susan, Matthias and Charity Ann. 7. Hannah, born April 30, 1779,
died January 10, 1863; married Stephen Meeker, no children. 8. Hatfield, born April 3, 1781, died September 26, 1793. 9. Matthias, born September 20, 1784, died April 18, 1821 ; married Rachel Thompson and had one child : Margaret Magie. 10. Joseph, referred to below. II. John Magie, born November 5, 1789, died April 2, 1834; married Ann Ross, and had Charles Ross, Sarah Ann, Elizabeth Magie, Ezra, Thomas Dickerson and Joanna Thompson.
(XI) Joseph, ninth child and sixth son of Matthias and Margaret ( Magie) Ogden, was born at Elizabethtown, January 3, 1787, died there August 23, 1827. March 20, 1808, he married Hannah, daughter of Henry and Han- nah ( DeHart) Insley, born February 16, 1788, died September 13, 1822. Their children were: I. Catharine, born December 18, 1809; married the Rev. James M. Huntting, son of John and Elizabeth (Dayton) Huntting, and had John Brown, Mary Elizabeth, Catharine Winslow, Hannah Ogden, Phebe Stratton and James Murdock.
2. Matthias Henry, born April 22, 1811, died March 23, 1895; married Harriet Hudson and had Elias Hudson and Mary Brower. 3. James Lawrence, referred to below. 4. Isaac Crane, born February 10, 1816, died May 4, 1894; married Amanda Maria, daughter of Richard Montgomery and Maria (Keeler) Meigs, and had one child : Isaac Crane Jr. 5. Elizabeth, born February 4, 1818, died August 3, 1879; became the second wife of John L. Brower, whose first wife Mary Insley was her own aunt, being the sister of her mother. John L. and Eliza- beth (Ogden) Brower had one child, John L. Jr. 6. Albert, born August 14, 1819, died Oc- tober 3, 1820. 7. Albert, born January 2, 1821, died November I, 1822. 8. Hannah, born August 24, 1822, died September 12, 1822.
(XII) James Lawrence, third child and second son of Joseph and Hannah ( Insley ) Ogden, was born in Elizabethtown, November 28, 1813, died in Jersey City, December 7, 1890. Learning the pottery trade, he went to New York City and entered the employ of his uncle, John Lefoy Brower, an importer of and dealer in mahogany and hard woods. In 1837 Mr. Brower retired,
leaving the business in the hands of his nephews, Isaac V. Brower, James Law- rence Ogden and Isaac Crane Ogden. Isaac V. Brower retired a few years later and the two Ogden brothers added other foreign woods and conducted a general lumber business. .
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James Lawrence Ogden retired from the firm in 1865 and his brother admitted into partner- ship his nephews, John B. Huntting and Elias H. Ogden, and his brother-in-law, Charles A. Meigs. In 1868 Isaac Crane Ogden withdrew, and the firm was continued by his nephews and brother-in-law until 1900, when the firm was dissolved. For two terms James Lawrence Ogden was a judge of the court of errors and appeals and the court of pardons of the state of New Jersey, and he also served on the board of finance and as alderman of Jersey City. For some time he was vice-president of the First National Bank of Jersey City.
September 2, 1847, James Lawrence Ogden was married in Philadelphia by the Rev. George W. Bethune to Emily Matilda Wan- dell, of that city, born January 22, 1825, died April 6, 1896, at her residence, 493 Jersey avenue, Jersey City. Their children were: I. Emily, born New York City, July 13, 1848, died February 9, 1849. 2. Emily Wandell, born New York City, July 13, 1849; married Alexander C. Brooks, of Ridgewood, New Jersey. 3. Laura Virginia, born New York City, November 26, 1851; married Edward Luther White, of Waterbury, Connecticut, deceased; had four children, all born in Bridgeport, Connecticut : Ogden Watson, Sep- tember 10, 1877, Howard Sage, April 10, 1880, Lucien White, July 8, 1884, died in Bridge- port, young, and Edward Luther Jr., Septem- ber 9, 1886. 4. Estelle Clements, born in Jer- sey City, July 25, 1855. 5. James Lawrence Jr., referred to below.
(XIII) James Lawrence (2), youngest child and son of James Lawrence (I) and Emily Matilda (Wandell) Ogden, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, June 12, 1862, and is now living at 9 Lincoln Park, Newark. He was associated with the A. A. Griffing Iron Company as secretary and director until 1892, when he retired. He is a member of the Essex County Country Club and of the Down- town Club of New York, and an attendant of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church of New- ark. June 16, 1900, James Lawrence Ogden married Mary (Jenkinson) Ball, widow of James T. Ball. They have no children.
(For preceding generations see Robert Ogden 1).
(VII) David, second child and OGDEN son of John and Jane (Bond) Ogden, and twin of his brother Jonathan, was born in Bradley Plain, Hamp- shire, England, January II, 1639, died be- tween December 26, 1691, and February 27, i-7
1692, the dates of the writing and the proving of his will. He was one of the original asso- ciates of Elizabethtown and is spoken of in the records as the "stone church builder." Sep- tember II, 1673, he took the oath of allegiance to the Dutch, and April 27, 1676, he applied for a warrant for the survey of one hundred and twenty acres, but shortly afterwards moved to Newark. In 1679 and again in 1680 he was one of the townsmen of Newark, and in 1684 he was appointed one of the collectors of the town's debts. About 1676 David Ogden married Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Sam- uel and Joanna Swaine, and the widow of Jo- siah, the brother of John Ward, the Dish Turner of Newark. She was born in 1649 and as the affianced bride of Josiah Ward was given the honor of being the first person to disembark on the banks of the Passaic when the colonists arrived. Children of David and Elizabeth (Swaine) (Ward) Ogden were: I. David, referred to below. 2. Josiah, born about 1679, died May 17, 1763 ; married (first) Catharine Hardenbroeck, and (second) Mary Bankes. 3. John, born about 1681, died De- cember 3, 1732; married Elizabeth Wheeler. 4. Thomas, born in 1684, died November 25, 1760; married (first) a girl named Dinah, and (second) Jean (Halsted) Clawson. 5. Swaine, born about 1687, died April 20, 1755; married Mary Ackerman.
(VIII) Captain David (2), eldest child of David (I) and Elizabeth (Swaine) (Ward) Ogden, was born in Newark, New Jersey, about 1678, died there July II, 1734. He lived in Newark, and September 3, 1701, signed the agreement for the purchase of the western part of the township between the mountains and the Passaic river. His name occurs fre- quently in the town records as for example, May 25, 1713, when he is appointed collector of the town; November 2, 1713, when he is appointed assessor and rate maker, re-elected to this same position in 1741 ; in 1716 and 1717 chosen assessor for the provincial tax and re- elected to this office in 1718-19-20-29-30. March 14, 1721, he was chosen as one of the freeholders of the town and was re-elected to this for each of the four years from 1728 to 1732. He was buried in the churchyard of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, New- ark, and his gravestone is now imbedded in the porch floor of that church.
About 1700 Captain David Ogden married Abigail Hammond, born in 1676, died Febru- ary II, 1760. Their children were: I. Sarah, born November 2, 1699, died April 2, 1777 ;
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married Nathaniel Johnson. 2. Abigail, Feb- ruary II, 1702, died March 4, 1739; married Colonel Joseph Tuttle. 3. Uzal, about 1705, died about 1780; married Elizabeth Charlotte Thébault. 4. John, referred to below. 5. David, about 1711, died January 28, 1750; married Catharine, daughter of Colonel Jo- siah and Catharine (Hardenbroeck) Ogden, her first cousin, born 1709, died 1797, in Hart- ford, Connecticut, having married (second) Isaac Longworth. 6. Elizabeth, married Cap- tain John Johnson. 7. Martha, 1716, died February 7, 1802; married (first) Caleb, son of Caleb and Mary Sayre, of Southampton, Long Island, and Elizabethtown; married (second) Thomas Eagles.
(IX) Judge John, fourth child and second son of Captain David (2) and Abigail (Ham- mond) Ogden, was born in Newark, about 1709, died there February 14, 1795. He was commonly called "John Ogden of Newark," where he was a prominent lawyer and judge, and his name is of frequent mention in the Essex county court records from 1742 to 1776. April 15, 1740, he joined with his uncle, Jo- siah, and his brother Uzal in the purchase of the Ringwood property and the forming of the Ringwood Mining Company, his interest in which he sold in 1765 to Samuel Gouver- neur. He was greatly hated by the Tories during the revolution and in consequence suf- fered much at their hands during the revolu- tion. He is buried in the old churchyard on Broad street, Newark.
Judge John Ogden married Hannah, daugh- ter of Jonathan Sayre, of Newark, born 1709; died October 20, 1757. Children : I. Jemima, married (first) Stephen Johnson, and (sec- ond) Stephen Day Jr. 2. Comfort, born June 6, 1730, died November 25, 1736. 3. Hannah. September 7, 1737, died June 25, 1780; mar- ried the Rev. James Caldwell, of Elizabeth- town, the famous revolutionary parson. 4. Abi- gail, married David, son of Lieutenant David and Mary Crane, grandson of Jasper Jr. and Joanna Swaine. He was born about 1721, died March 6, 1794. She was his second wife, his first wife being Sarah A. Dodd. 5. John, re- ferred to below. 6. Aaron, November 20, 1744, died March 5, 1801 ; married (first) Hannah Crane, (second) Mary Olden, (third) Mary (Vance) (Sayre) Hamilton, the widow of Ananias Sayre and Thomas Hamilton. 7. Martha, June 19, 1746, died June 26, 1746. 8. Joseph, July 14, 1748, died about 1826; married (first) Rhoda Baker and (second) Mary ( Reading) Gray.
(X) Captain John (2), fifth child and eld- est son of Judge John (I) and Hannah (Sayre) Ogden, was born in Newark, 1743, died there October 18, 1815. He is buried in the First Presbyterian churchyard in Newark, and his gravestone record gives him the title of captain. The Mudge genealogy states that he was in many battles of the revolution. He married Rhoda, probably the daughter of Dea- con Bethuel and Elizabeth (Riggs) Pierson, who died December 17, 1810, aged sixty years. Deacon Bethuel was the son of Joseph and Hepzibah (Camp) Pierson, and the grandson of Samuel, son of Thomas Pierson who mar- ried Maria, daughter of Richard Harrison, by his wife, Mary, daughter of Sergeant Rich- ard Harrison, of Newark. Children of Cap- tain John and Rhoda (Pierson) Ogden: I. Joseph, born September 28, 1773. 2. Betsey, September 8, 1775, died July 3, 1784. 3. Han- nah Caldwell, December 27, 1777, died Sep- tember 26, 1831 ; married (first) Lewis Ward, and (second) Silas Mudge. 4. David Sayre, April 23, 1780 ; married (first) Ann Cheetham, (second) the sister of his first wife, (third) Roxana Murphy. 5. James Caldwell re- ferred to below. 6. Betsey, May 21, 1784, died January 2, 1851 ; married Aaron Nich- olls. 7. Sarah, May 10, 1786, died Septem- ber 21, 1821 ; married Horace S. Hinsdale. 8. Peggy Canfield, November 22, 1788; married, January 26, 1807, Cornelius Francisco. 9. Rachel Pierson, April 9, 1791 ; married, No- vember 7, 1820, Lieutenant Benjamin Olds, of Newark. 10, Hetty Caldwell, October 31, 1795.
(XI) James Caldwell, fifth child and third son of Captain John (2) and Rhoda ( Pierson) Ogden, was born in Newark, May 10, 1782, died there December 6, 1838. Both he and his wife are buried in Rosedale cemetery, Orange, New Jersey. He married Charlotte Roberts, born June 12, 1787, died February 15, 1852, and their children were: I. Aaron Sidney, born December 17, 1810, died April 5, 1868; married Elizabeth Stewart, but had no children of record. 2. Lucinda Roberts, married Frank- lin V. Pitney ; moved to Chicago, Illinois ; had two children: Lucy and Frederick Pitney. 3. Horace Pierson, January 27, 1814, died un- married in Newark, May 13, 1837, and is buried in Rosedale. 4. James Camp, referred to below. 5. Sarah Jane, May 5, 1821, died unmarried September 5, 1866. 6. Moses Rob- erts, August 6, 1824, died unmarried June 28, 1847.
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son of James Caldwell and Charlotte (Rob- erts) Ogden, was born in Newark, August 19, 1818, died in that city, May 1, 1855. Both he and his wife were of Newark, and they are buried in the Rosedale cemetery, Orange, New Jersey. September 30, 1849, he married Phebe Kitchell, born September 1, 1821, died October 7, 1855. Their children were: I. Emeline Camp, born September 12, 1842; married, March 29, 1866, Henry R. Clift, and has nine children : Myron L., Charles, S. Estella, mar- ried William Gray; Jessie, Edith, Arthur D., Walter, Frank D. and Antha. 2. Charlotte, born February 10, 1845; married William Alexander Reeve. 3. Horace Pierson, born November 9, 1846; married, December 25, 1871, Mary Frances Dickson, born November 9, 1846, died without issue, November 28, 1873, leaving a widower who lives in Spring- field, Massachusetts. 4. James Eugene, re- ferred to below. 5. Helen, born March 14, 1852. James Camp Ogden was a travelling salesman for leather goods, a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and a captain in the New Jersey state militia.
(XIII) James Eugene, fourth child and sec- ond son of James Camp and Phebe (Kitchell) Ogden, was born in Newark, April 26, 1854, and is now living in that city at 46 Breintnall place, having his office at 687 Ferry street. For his early education he was sent to the public schools and to the Newark Academy, and for the three years which followed his graduation he worked on a farm in Vermont. He then came back to Newark and took up the trade of a decorator and painter, and in 1872 was in the employ of Walter M. Conger. with whom he remained until 1888, when he took a position with the Public Service Cor- poration, with whom he now is acting as the superintendent of their paint department. Mr. Ogden is an independent in politics.
In October, 1891, James Eugene Ogden married Sarah, born in New York, in May, 1865, daughter of Daniel and Louisa Hinley. They have no children.
(For preceding generations see Robert Ogden 1).
(VII) Captain Benjamin, son of
OGDEN John and Jane (Bond) Ogden, was born in Southampton, Long Island, 1654, died in Elizabethtown, New Jer- sey, November 20, 1722. When his father came to Elizabethtown he was about thirteen years old, and the first record of his name is September 1I, 1673, when he took the oath of allegiance to the Dutch. November 27,
1684, he petitioned for fifty acres with its pro- portion of meadow in Elizabethtown and the warrant for this was granted May 7, 1686. In partnership with the Rev. John Harriman he ran for many years the grist mill known as "John Ogden's Mill" built by his father, and then sold to Captain Ebenezer Peck who leased it to Benjamin and John Harriman for £24 a year. In 1693 he signs the petition to the King that Elizabethtown may be put under the civil jurisdiction of New York; October 10, 1694 he is made sheriff of Elizabethtown, and subscribes to the minister's support; and De- cember 3, 1698, he is one of the committee to lay out the King's road. Captain Benjamin Ogden married, probably about 1685, Hannah, daughter of John and - ( Gosmer) Wood- ruff, and had three children: I. Benjamin, re- ferred to below. 2. John, born 1689, died De- cember 8, 1729; married Mary Mitchell. 3. William, mentioned in his father's will, which bequeathes to him a large share of the estate. He probably died unmarried.
(VIII) Benjamin (2), son of Captain Ben- jamin (I) and Hannah (Woodruff) Ogden, was born in Elizabethtown, 1680, died No- vember 4, 1729, in the same place. He lived in Elizabethtown and in 171I was one of the overseers of the highways. September 10 he was one of the rioters who protested against the claims of the proprietors. By his wife Catharine he had two children : I. William, referred to below. 2. James, born 1705, died 1737 ; married Elizabeth Crowell.
(IX) William, son of Benjamin (2) and Catharine Ogden, was born in Elizabethtown, June 1, 1704, died there March 20, 1791. He was a farmer and lived in Elizabethtown. By his wife Mary, born 1706, died December 28, 1783, he had three children : 1. Jacob, referred to below. 2. Susannah, born 1746, died Febru- ary 3, 1819; married John Morehouse. 3.
Hannah, married into the Burns family.
(X) Jacob, only son of record of William and Mary Ogden, was born in Elizabethtown, May 18, 1743, died there October 10, 1818. He was also a farmer and lived at Elizabeth- town. He married Elizabeth Morehouse, born December 18, 1749, died May 8, 1812, and their children were: I. Isaac, born December 13, 1767, died August 13, 1835 ; married Rachel Kester. 2. Benjamin, referred to below. Mary Ann, October 22, 1773, died December II, 1832; married (first) John Jackson Ed- wards, and (second) Benjamin Brown. 4. Enoch, 1776, died April 19, 1814; married Louisa 5. Abigail, 1779, died Sep-
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tember 5, 1855; married William Melvin. 6. George, 1780, died 1859, married Elizabeth -. 7. Elizabeth, 1781, died May 17, 1812. (XI) Benjamin (3), second child and son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Morehouse) Ogden, was born in Elizabethtown, August 31, 1769, died there May 19, 1844. His wife was Charity. fourth child and third daughter of Matthias and Margaret ( Magie ) Ogden, whose line was : John, Jonathan, Samuel, Samuel, Matthias. Benja- min and Charity (Ogden) Ogden were mar- ried, January 24, 1795, and their children were : I. Peggy, born November 22, 1795, died Au- gust 26, 1828; married Daniel Wade. 2. Eliz- abeth, October 14, 1797, died young. 3. Char- ity, January 3, 1800, died young. 4. Betsy Ann, December 13, 1803, died unmarried in 1872. 5. Rachel, February 10, 1806, died un- married September 29, 1891. 6 and 7. Char- ity and Benjamin, twins, March 25, 1812; Charity died unmarried in 1867; Benjamin died June 4, 1884 ; married (first) Emily Lane . and (second) Mary Jane Bird. 8. Hannah, September 5, 1814, died unmarried. 9. Isaac, referred to below.
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