Abraham Ogden
Abraham Ogden | |
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Richard Stockton | |
Succeeded by | Lucius Horatio Stockton |
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for Essex County | |
In office 1790 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Newark, New Jersey | December 30, 1743
Died | January 31, 1798 Newark, New Jersey | (aged 54)
Spouse |
Sarah Frances Ludlow
(m. 1767) |
Relations |
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Children | 13, including David |
Parents |
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Residence | Morristown, New Jersey |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | Continental Army |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | New Jersey Line |
Abraham Ogden (December 30, 1743 – January 31, 1798) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1791 to 1798 and negotiated the Treaty of New York (1796).
Early life
Ogden was born in
His sister, Sarah Ogden (1742–1821), married Nicholas Hoffman (1736–1800), and were the parents of
Career
Ogden trained as a lawyer, establishing his practice in Morristown, New Jersey. He was appointed Surrogate of Morris County in 1768.[3]
Among those who studied law at his Morristown office were
During the Revolutionary War, Ogden and his brother Samuel sided with the Patriots, while their father David and brothers Isaac, Nicholas and Peter sided with the Loyalists.[3]
Ogden befriended George Washington, who often visited his family residence while the Continental Army was quartered in Morristown. During that time, his young son, Thomas Ludlow Ogden, wounded Washington's hand in a fencing bout. This is believed to be the only injury that Washington suffered in the course of the war.[1][2]
Post-Revolutionary War
After the war, Ogden settled in Newark. He represented Essex County in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1790.[4] In 1791 President Washington appointed him U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey,[5] a position he served until his death.
Washington also appointed Ogden as Commissioner to the Indians in Northern New York. He led the delegation that negotiated the
Personal life
On December 22, 1767, Ogden married Sarah F. Ludlow (1744–1823), the daughter of Catherine (
- David A. Ogden (1770–1829), U.S. Representative from New York, married Rebecca C. Edwards
- Catharine L. Ogden (1771–1814), Abijah Hammond, original landholder of Hammond, New York
- Charles L. Ogden (1772–1826), who married Elizabeth Meredith
- Thomas Ludlow Ogden (1773–1844), leading New York City lawyer, who married Martha Hammond
- Abraham Ogden (1775–1846), who married Mary L. Barnwell
- Gertrude Gouverneur Ogden (1777–1850), who married Joshua Waddington (1755–1844)[6][7]
- Gouverneur Ogden (1778–1851), who married Charlotte Curzon Seton
- William Ogden (1780–1801)
- Sarah F.L. Ogden (1782–1849)
- Margaretta E. Ogden (1783–1834), who married David B. Ogden
- Isaac Ogden (1784–1867), who married Sarah Ogden Meredith
- Samuel N. Ogden (1787–1787)
- Frances S. Ogden (1788–1824), who married Nathaniel Lawrence the younger, merchant of Liverpool, England
Ogden died in 1798 in Newark.[2]
Descendants
His grandson, William D. Waddington (1811–1886), who married Mary Elizabeth Ogden (1810–1867), were the parents of George Waddington (1840–1915),
References
- ^ a b c d e f Wheeler, William Ogden (1907). The Ogden Family in America. pp. 103–4.
- ^ a b c d e Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. 4. New York, D. Appleton. 1900. p. 560.
- ^ a b History of Morris County, New Jersey with Illustrations, and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers, 1739–1882. New York: Munsell & Co. 1882.
- ISBN 0-299-10650-0.
- ^ Cite as: The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008. Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/GEWN-05-07-02-0096 [accessed 15 Nov 2015] Original source: Presidential Series (24 September 1788 – 31 March 1795), Volume 7 (1 December 1790 – 21 March 1791)
- ^ a b "George Waddington". The New York Times. 30 December 1915. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ^ York, Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New (1905). The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-. The Saint Nicholas Society. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- Schenectady County Public Library. pp. 1814–1821. Retrieved 6 December 2016.