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To my trusty & Well beloved ffriend John Ogden Esq:
WHEREAS I am assured of ye knowledge, Wis- dome, Prudence, & Integrity In the management of the publique affaires in these partes of America, I have thought fitt and doe by these presents, Nom- inate & Appoint you the said John Ogden dureing pleasure to be one of my Councellours for the affires of the said Province, And to be assistant to mee your said Governour or my Deputy for the time being. And doe hereby authorize & require you to putt in Execution, Observe and follow such Orders and Directions as you shall from time to time receive from the said Lords Proprieto : or my selfe, as to the Office and Duty of a Councellour and
Assistant to mee your said Governor; doth apper- taine & belong. Given under my hand & Seale of the Province aforesaid the first day of November A 1665 and in the Seaventeenth yeare of the Raigne of Our Soveraigne Lord Charles the second, King of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, Defender of the Faith.
By the Governour Ja: Bollen Secy:
Ph: Carteret
John Ogden was the first of sixty-five men who took the oath of allegiance to King Charles II., February 19, 1665. Among them were his sons, John Jr., David and Jonathan. He was settled upon the Elizabeth Town tract as early as August Ist, 1665, and increased his holdings that year by buying the rights in the tract held by Daniel and Nathaniel Denton. His house was doubtless located on Point road, now Elizabeth avenue. In the legislature con- stituted at Elizabethtown, May 26, 1668, John Ogden was chosen one of the burgesses. He was an acknowledged pioneer of the town, the accepted leader of the people, a pillar in the church and in the state, honored and trusted by all; a man of sterling worth, of whom the town, as well as his numerous posterity, should be gratefully mindful. John Ogden married, at Bradley Plain, May 8, 1637, Jane, daughter of Jonathan Bond, of England, and tradition says she was sister of Robert Bond, an inti- mate associate of John Ogden, both in South- ampton, Long Island, and Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Children: John, born in England, March 3, 1638, died November 24, 1702 ; mar- ried Elizabeth Plum; David, born England, January 11, 1639; married Elizabeth ( Swaine ) Ward; Jonathan, see forward; Joseph, born i11 America, November 9, 1642 ; married Sarah Whitehead; Benjamin, born in America, 1654, died November 20, 1722; married Han- nah Woodruff; Mary, born in America ; mar- ried John Woodruff.
Through these five sons and one daughter flowed a strain of blood that assured high grade of thought and action throughout the nation. Perhaps ten per cent. were above the average in the scale of excellence, and were in some way prominent. Of the learned pro- fessions, a remarkable number attained high degree in the law, a number helping to frame colonial and state . constitutions, and many becoming judges of supreme court ; three were governors of New Jersey. In the various records of the state of New York the activi- ties of members of the Ogden family are frequently recorded. At the time of the revo- lutionary war, John Ogden, great-grandson of John Ogden, the Pilgrim, owned and operated
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a mill on a stream that empties into the Whip- pany river near Whippany village. Where the road leading from Morristown, New Jersey, to Parsippany crosses this stream the remains of the house and mill could be seen only a few years ago. He made flour for the army at Morristown, and it is stated that his wife often made the flour into bread for the hungry soldiers. That property afterwards came into possession of Abraham Ogden, a son, and so remained until May 3, 1819, when he sold it to John Canfield. He was the father of the late William B. Ogden, who was the first mayor of Chicago, and for many years was prominent in the railroad and financial develop- ment of the west.
(VII) Jonathan, son of John and Jane (Bond) Ogden, was born in England, January II, 1639, died January 3, 1732. He was twin to his brother David. He removed with his family from Southampton, Long Island, to Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1665, and was one of the original associates. He took the oath of allegiance to King Charles II. on Feb- ruary 19, 1665. He took the oath of allegiance to the Dutch government of New York, Sep- tember II, 1673. On June 14, 1676, he applied to the surveyor general, or his deputy, asking that one hundred and twenty acres of land be laid out to him. He was appointed one of the overseers of his father's will November 21, 1681, and in 1702 swears that he "hath safely kept it ever since that time till now." In 1692 he was receiver of taxes for Essex county, New Jersey. That he was a zealous church- man is indicated by the fact that in the year 1678 and later, with his brother John, he is named as a liberal contributor to the minister's support. In 1691 he is called Deacon Jonathan Ogden, and is again named as one of the largest contributors. On December 26, 1699, he was one of the assistants to John Harriman, who had been chosen surveyor "to lay out, divide and equally assize all lands and meadows within the whole bounds and pur- chase of Elizabeth Town, to every one inter- ested therein by right of purchase under the honorable General Richard Nicholls, their several & respective parts and shares of the whole." The will of Jonathan Ogden was probated January 9, 1732. He married Rebekah Wood, born November, 1648, died September 1I, 1723. Children: Jonathan, see forward; Samuel, born 1678, died 1715 ; mar- ried (first) Rachel Gardiner ; (second) Johan- nah Schellinx; Robert, born 1687, died No- vember 20, 1733; married (first) Hannah iii-20
Crane; (second) Phebe (Roberts) Baldwin ; Hannah, married John Meeker, Rabecca, mar- ried James Ralph.
(VIII) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) and Rebekah Ogden, was born 1676, died before June 10, 1731. He is named in "New Jersey Colonial Documents" as one of the many who petitioned the king, probably in 1696, for greater protection from the East Jersey proprietors. He had then about attained his majority ; he was a resident of Elizabeth- town, New Jersey, and occupied a house owned by his father. He was one of the peti- tioners to the king asking to be taken under his direct government, should the proprietors not appoint a suitable person as governor. He married Elizabeth Children : Jona- than ; married - -, and had a son Jonathan and other children ; John, see forward.
(IX) John, son of Jonathan (2) and Eliza- beth Ogden, was born November 22, 1700, died November 15, 1780. He resided in a neighborhood about two miles from Elizabeth- town, called Sodom, and because of his singu- lar piety was familiarly called "Righteous Lot." His will was made June 6, 1779, proved December 10, 1780. He married, October 8, 1722, Mary Osborn, born 1705, died April 15, 1758. Both John Ogden and his wife are buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Children: Abigail, born March 30, 1725, died March 18, 1782; married Pierson ; Mary, born June 16, 1728, died October 10, 1757; married Michael Meeker, born 1720, died June 28, 1755, son of Daniel Meeker ; John Jr., born June 23, 1733, died February 5, 1777; married ( first) Eliz- abeth Pierson; (second) Joanna Quigley ; Phebe, born August 25, 1734, died July 10, 1798; married John Magie; Jonathan, born - August 26, 1736; Ezekiel, see forward.
(X) Ezekiel, son of John and Mary (Osborn) Ogden, was born June 23, 1741, died January 5, 1766. He married, and among his children was Ezekiel.
(XI) Ezekiel (2), son of Ezekiel (1) Og- den, was born November 26, 1765, died December 10, 1822. He married, March, 1787, Abigail, born October 3, 1765, died May 14, 1820, daughter of Matthais and Margaret (Magie) Ogden. Ezekiel Ogden and his wife lie side by side in the First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, New Jersey. Chil- dren : Abraham, born Union, New Jersey, December 30, 1787, died New York City, July 8, 1812; Ichabod, born July 18, 1789. died September 30, 1861 ; married Rebecca Town-
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ley ; Ezekiel, born January 12, 1791, died 1823 ; married Jane Lewes Cochran ; James Kilborn, born July 30, 1793, died 1869; married Mar- garet Hall; Abigail, born March 30, 1795, died September 25, 1871 ; married Jonathan Magie ; Phebe, born December 5, 1796, died young ; Hatfield, born June 10, 1798, died October 7, 1817; Phebe, born July 8, 1799, died Novem- ber 20, 1878; married, October II, 1827, Hon. Elias Darby, born December 27, 1797, died March 26, 1879; John, born February 18, 1801, died January 23, 1891 ; married Jane Eliza Gray; Samuel, born July 18, 1803, died Feb- ruary 9, 1881 ; married Mary Barr Campbell ; Joseph Meeker, see forward; Theodore Ham- ilton, born January 17, 1806; married, October 26, 1830, Mary Jane Magie; Jonathan, born June 12, 1807, died June 4, 1888; married Elizabeth Gorham.
(XII) Rev. Joseph Meeker Ogden, son of Ezekiel (2) and Abigail (Ogden) Ogden, was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, September 21, 1804, died in Chatham, New Jersey, February 13, 1884. He was graduated from Princeton College in 1824. He entered the Presbyterian ministry and was installed first pastor of the Presbyterian church of Chatham, New Jersey, in November, 1828. This church was organ- ized October 23, 1823, and the Rev. Asa Lyman, of Morristown, New Jersey, became its steady supply. His health having failed he was compelled to resign his labors in 1827, and the congregation called the Rev. Dr. Ogden to become their settled pastor. The original house of worship soon became inade- quate to accommodate the growing congrega- tion, and a new church was erected in 1832. This building was subsequently enlarged and beautified in 1882, the efficient labors of the pastor and the growing regard of the people requiring more extended accommodations. Rev. Dr. Ogden was not only popular with his own church and community but was well known and appreciated throughout the state, having officiated at scores of weddings in var- ious quarters. He resigned from the pastorate of the church at Chatham, September 23, 1873. having enjoyed an uninterrupted and success- ful pastorate of forty-five years.
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He married, 1849, Emeline Atwood, born in Newark, New Jersey, April 26, 1822, died at Chatham, New Jersey, August 17, 1890, daughter of Richard and Hannah (Hayes) Sweasey. Rev. Dr. Ogden and his wife lie side by side in the burying-ground at Chatham. Children : I. William Wilberforce, born March, 1850; president of J. M. Quimby &
Company, carriage and automobile builders, Newark, New Jersey; married, June 2, 1874, Marana Norton, daughter of Elford and Marana (Baldwin) Jarman. 2. Cornelia Townley, born August 16, 1851; married, February 16, 1876, Francis L. Minton, lawyer and member of firm of R. G. Dun & Company, son of Hudson and Caroline E. (Lum) Min- ton. 3. Joseph Wallace, see forward. 4. Edward Prine, born July 15, 1855, died at East Orange, New Jersey, February 2, 1899; was for a time engaged in the carriage business at Newark ; while living in Chatham was superin- tendent of the Presbyterian church Sunday school, and upon his removal to East Orange - became a member of the Brick Presbyterian Church; married, October 14, 1891, Sarah, born October 27, 1868, daughter of David L. and Charlotte (Clark ) Minton. 5. Henry Day, born March, 1856; secretary of the J. M. Quimby & Company, of Newark; married, April, 1885, Mary Freeman, of Newark.
(XIII) Joseph Wallace Ogden, son of Rev. Joseph M. and Emeline Atwood (Sweasey) Ogden, was born at Chatham, New Jersey, in April, 1853. His father prescribed for him a liberal education, and he accordingly entered Lafayette College in the class of "72." Although he did not remain till the end of the course and was not graduated with his class, he later on received the degree of A. M. from the college.
On entering business life his first occupation was that of clerk in a brokerage firm in Wall street. In 1881 he established the banking and brokerage firm of J. W. Ogden & Co., and has conducted it with marked success for a number of years. The house has been engaged in many large financial transactions, and has acquired a well merited reputation for business sagacity and for safe and conservative methods. Mr. Ogden was a director and vice- president of the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad for several years until it was absorbed by the Erie Railroad. At a later period he acquired extensive interests in the anthracite coal fields, and became president of both the Algonquin and Laurel Run Coal Com- panies of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. Mr. Ogden has never sought nor held political office. He is a member of the Union, Down Town and Riding clubs of New York, and of the Morristown Golf and Whippany River clubs. His property at Morristown, known as "Loantaka Farms," where he resides a part of the year, was owned by members of the Ogden family in early Colonial days. His business
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offices are at 100 Broadway, New York City. Mr. Ogden married, in 1884, Charlotte Ward.
His friend, George Morgan, has
VEALE written the following sketch of Companion Moses Veale, of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, and it coincides so perfectly with our own estimate of the Major that it is here inserted without change.
"Some seven thousand books have been written about the War for the Union. When, forty years after Appomattox, one reverts to this war, his thoughts about it are challenged by its complexity, its magnitude, its glory. He finds it hard to pick just the right words in praising any one man, or act of man, among the enormous number of participants. There were so many opportunities for the exercises of heroic qualities ; there were so many acts of heroism; there were so many varieties and types of self-immolating soldiers, as to cause one to guard his pen lest it give expression to estimates lacking that most essential of com- ponents, a just sense of proportion.
"However, it is to one particular man that these lines refer. Fortunately, he represents a type. There were scores of young men in 1861-65 who felt as he felt, thought as he thought, acted as he acted. They gave up much to go to war. They knew its meaning. In all its gravity they measured it and weighed it. They were ready with their lives, and some of them gave those lives. 'Knightly soldiers,' they were humbled before God. Such certainly was Major Moses Veale, the subject of this sketch. But, before telling of Major Veale's experi- ences in the war for the Union, one may be permitted to recall certain facts of heroic interest in connection with his father's family and that of his mother, the Veales and the Sharpes, each of English origin. The Veales were well placed at Idyslegh, North Devon, in Queen Elizabeth's time-the Rev. Walter Veale being rector of the parish there, three hundred and five years ago. In that same cen- tury, Major Veale's immigrant ancestor left old England for the New World, settling in Massachusetts in 1635. One of the New Eng- land Veales was captain of a company of 'Green Mountain Boys' at the battle of Ben- nington, in the Revolutionary War. But long before that, Major Veale's great-great-great- grandfather, originally of Salem, Massachu- setts, had bought and built upon a large tract of land near Bridgeton, New Jersey. The house thus built two hundred years ago still
stands, its present owner being Henry Veale. That a family should hold its home-acres for so long a time is certainly uncommon in our country, where the unceasing flow from east to west has separated so many millions of kins- men. While the Veales have a Green Moun- tain record, they also have a 'Jersey Blue' rec- ord, several . members of the family having taken part in the Rebellion. Coming down to the Civil War, we find Captain Veale, Major Veale's father, one of the first sufferers. He was in the south during the Fort Sumter excitement, lost valuable personal property by confiscation, and became one of the first, if not the first, prisoner of war. Adding to this rec- ord the death in battle of the gallant Delany Sharpe Veale, Major Veale's younger brother, who fell at Gettysburg, one sees how closely woven into the nation's history is the history of his family.
"No less interesting is the chronicle of the Sharpes. The original immigrant of this line reached Salem, New Jersey, in 1675. He was appointed by the King of England judge of the old district of Suffolk, now cut up into the counties of Salem, Cumberland, Cape May, Gloucester and Camden. Of Judge Sharpe's blood was the Revolutionary hero, Delany Sharpe, who married Lydia Stretch. Very interesting historically is a logbook kept by Delany Sharpe while he was in the first Amer- ican navy. He was midshipman, or as the term ran, 'Apprentice,' and won a medal for proficiency, not in fighting, as his descendants did at the battle of Wauhatchie, but in some- thing which we think a vast deal harder, to wit, mathematics. In this logbook, now treasured by Thomas Wynne, a great-grand- son, Delany Sharpe, gives an account of the capture of a British vessel. Perhaps Delany Sharpe should be spoken of as a hero of the War of 1812, rather than as a Revolutionary hero. He was at Lundy's Lane, and in one or two letters written home by him at the time of the battle occurs this passage : I was stand- ing near General Scott when he called Colonel Miller, and said to him: 'Can you take those heights?' (where the enemy's battery was placed) and Colonel Miller replied, 'I will try.' Subsequently, in this same battle, Delany Sharpe suffered his death wound. He was buried at Sackett's Harbor. The words 'I will try,' since famous, were first written by him. His daughter, Elizabeth Sharpe, kept these letters, and they are now in her son's posses- sion.
"Thus, by two lines, Major Moses Veale
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came of sturdy fighting and patriotic stock. His father's namesake, he was born at Bridge- ton, November 9, 1832. His boyhood was passed in Philadelphia, which since he was a tiny child has been his home. He was edu- cated in the Quaker Seminary, and was an instructor in that same school for three years. He came to the bar in 1856 and was admitted to the supreme court on motion of David Paul Brown, Esq. In May, 1861, Major Veale was appointed second lieutenant in the 8th Penn- sylvania Cavalry, then the 'Chormann Rangers.' This is the regiment which rode into Jackson's line of battle at Chancellors- ville at a critical moment. But on November 8. 1861, he was commissioned second lieuten- ant of Company F. 109th Pennsylvania Volun- teers and his first service at the front was . with that regiment. In the spring of 1862 he was assistant provost marshal, serving on the staff of General C. C. Augur. At the battle of Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862, he was wounded in the groin and in the arm. He was taken prisoner and placed in Libby Prison, where he was subjected to a peculiar ordeal. In retaliation for an order issued by General Pope, Jefferson Davis caused Major Veale, with the other Union officers, to be singled out for sacrifice. He was declared to be without the rights of a prisoner of war, and was placed as a felon among criminals, whites and blacks, and condemned to be shot to death. When President Lincoln heard of the retaliatory order he forced its cancellation by a counter- thrust in the case of Confederate officers. After his exchange Major Veale was com- missioned captain, April 4, 1863, distinguished himself at Chancellorsville, and during the Gettysburg campaign served on the staff of General John W. Geary, commanding the Sec- ond Division, 12th Corps.
"On the first day of the battle of Gettysburg a matter of historic importance came especially under Major Veale's observation. The divi- sion halted about 10 A. M., July Ist, at Two Taverns. About 2 P. M. Gen. Geary received an order from Gen. Henry W. Slocum, com- manding the 12th Corps to take two brigades and proceed along the Baltimore and Ohio road in the direction of Gettysburg. When the two brigades, headed by Gen. George S. Greene, were on the line of march, Gen. Geary ordered Major Veale and two other staff offi- cers to proceed with him in advance of Greene's troops. They set out at a gallop, and between 3.30 and 4 P. M., came to Cemetery Ridge, where Gen. W. S. Hancock was stand-
ing. Geary saluted and dismounted. Han- cock asked, 'General, where are your troops?' Geary replied, 'Two brigades are now on Bal- timore Pike and coming in this direction.' Hancock pointed towards Little Round Top and said: 'In the absence of Gen. Slocum, I give you an order to take that hill, which is the key to a battle line. If we can get possession of it before the enemy does, we can fight a battle here; otherwise, we shall be compelled to fall back seven miles to Pipe Creek.' There- upon Gen. Geary turned to Major Veale and ordered him to ride rapidly to Gen. Greene and tell that officer to double-quick diagonally across the fields to the hill indicated. Major Veale sped back along the road he had come, transmitted the order and personally guided Gen. Greene's troops to Little Round Top. This designation of the hill was not known to any of the officers at the time, but it was the same rugged little eminence soon to become famous the wide world over. Major Veale placed the 147th Pennsylvania and the 5th Ohio in position on the crest of the hill, and the other regiments of the two brigades north- ward to the left of the IIth Corps. The troops then on the field were the hard-fought First Corps on the right; next the 11th Corps, also below its strength ; the two brigades of the 12th Corps, just mentioned, and Buford's Cavalry. About 8 P. M. the 3rd Corps relieved the two brigades under Greene, and they took position to the right of the Ist Corps, on the crest of Culp's Hill.
"For a long time historians in writing of the battle of Gettysburg overlooked this first day occupation of Little Round Top, leaving the impression that it was disregarded until mid- afternoon of the second day, when its dramatic seizure on the initiative of Gen. G. K. Warren caused that officer's name to become associated with the height to his everlasting glory. Now while its does not detract from the fame.of the accomplished, zealous and much-loved Warren, it does set history right, and it does set the equally accomplished, zealous and much-loved Hancock right to give the story of Little Round Top in all its fullness and truth. Many years after Gettysburg, Major Veale, being then in Montana, and happening to meet Hancock and to mention this timely occupation of Little Round Top by Geary's troops, was astonished at the eagerness with which the General received his words. 'Time and again,' said Hancock, 'I have tried to recall the staff officers who were with Geary on that occasion.' He was delighted. He insisted that Major
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Veale should write out a statement of the inci- dent; and when Major Veale had done so declared that he would treasure it among his papers relating to the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. In all probability if Gen. Hancock had lived to prepare his memoirs, he would have incorporated Major Veale's testi- mony in his account of the battle of Gettys- burg.
"Major Veale participated in the 12th Corps movements and combats on July 2nd and 3rd. On July 5, he accompanied Geary's division when it took position on the extreme left of Meade's line facing Lee's extreme right. After the pickets had been posted he made a detour and got inside the enemy's picket lines. Having ridden some distance towards Williamsport he stopped at a farm and asked a woman whether she had seen any Confed- erate officers. 'A number have just taken din- ner here,' she replied; 'their cannon are in that field over there.' Not far away was packed a large amount of artillery. Speeding as fast as his horse would take him, Major Veale made a wide detour to the left and soon got inside the Union lines. He reported his dis- covery to Gen. Geary, who accompanied him to Gen. Slocum's headquarters. When Slocum had heard the story he said: 'General Geary, I order you to advance your division and feel the enemy.' As Geary was leaving, one of Gen. Meade's staff officers entered, saying 'Gen. Slocum, the compliments of Gen. Meade, and he requests you to attend a council of war.' Thereupon, Gen. Slocum counter- manded his order to Gen. Geary. Gen. Geary, commanding the 2nd Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, in his report of the Gettysburg campaign, mentions the valu- able services of Captain Veale, assistant com- missary of musters.
"Major Veale was now to see something of war in the west. After the terribly bloody battle of Chickamauga, the 11th and 12th Corps went down, into the land of fine old Indian names and beautiful mountains. On October 28, 1863, Geary's troops were under the eyes of Longstreet, then on Lookout Mountain. The enemy, from his post on the height, saw that the rear of the IIth Corps was about three miles in advance of Geary, and that this hiatus gave opportunity for a night attack. Accordingly a large force of Longstreet's veterans, led by Gen. Bratton, prepared to pounce upon Geary, who had with him the 78th and 149th New York, under Gen. George S. Greene, the 29th, 109th and IIth
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