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Ogden Family History 
 
 In the line of 
 
 Lieutenant Benjamin Ogden^ of 
 New York, (born June 22, 
 1735 — died August 16, 1780) 
 of the Prince of Wales' Amer- 
 ican Regiment, and his wife 
 Rachel Westervelt 
 
 With Some Account of His Ancestry and Descendants 
 
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 The Orange Chronicle Co., Printers 
 
 1906 
 
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contents. 
 
 Page 
 
 An Old Letter 6 
 
 Journey to Charlton 7 
 
 Mrs. Brown's Stories 8 
 
 Old Houses Built by John Ogden 9 
 
 Records at Ballston and Saratoga 10 
 
 Conde Family 11 
 
 Ogden Arms 12 
 
 Old Burying Ground 13 
 
 Jonathan Ogden's Will 14 
 
 Susannah Ogden Sutton 15 
 
 Jonathan Ogden and Susannah Dunscomb 16 
 
 Early Ogdens 17 
 
 Susannah's Will 18 
 
 First and Second Generations 19 
 
 Michael and Jane (Bloomer) Ogden 20 
 
 William Ogden of North Castle 21 
 
 Capt. Benjamin Ogden 23 
 
 William's Grandchildren 25 
 
 Sackville Ogdens 26 
 
 Jonathan and Willmont Ogden 29 
 
ii CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 A Famous Banquet 31 
 
 Ogden "Earmarks" 32 
 
 Jonathan Ogden's Will 34 
 
 Third Generation 38 
 
 Vander Heydcns 39 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Ogden 40 
 
 Albert Ogden of North Castle 42 
 
 Lieut. Benjamin Ogden and Rachel Westervelt 43 
 
 At Battle of Camden 46 
 
 During the Revolutionary War 47 
 
 Flight of the Refugees 49 
 
 Crown Grants 50 
 
 Timothy Wetmore 51 
 
 In the British Provinces 53 
 
 Letter from Mrs. C. O. Whelpley 54 
 
 Rachel Ogden Wetmore 55 
 
 Susannah Ogden Dusenberry 56 
 
 Wilmot Ogden Miller 57 
 
 Parthenia Ogden Conde 58 
 
 Fourth Generation 60 
 
 George and Rachel Wetmore 61 
 
 The Purchase in Troy, New Jersey 63 
 
 Rachel Moves to Morristown 64 
 
 Her Daughter Rachel Marries Mr. Israel Canlield 65 
 
 The School 66-70 
 
 Mrs. Wetmore in Baltimore 71 
 
 Marriage of Her Daughter, Harriet Augusta, to Mr. James Colles 72 
 
 Letter from Her Son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Lovell 72 
 
CONTENTS. iii 
 
 Page 
 Rachel Wetmore's Note Book "jt, 
 
 Descendants of George and Rachel Wetmore 76-79 
 
 Benjamin Ogden of Antigonish (Fourth Generation) 80 
 
 Descendants of Benjamin and Corneha Hierlihy Ogden 83-87 
 
 In Shelburne, N. S 85 
 
 Albert Ogden (Fourth Generation) 88 
 
 Ogden Vault 93 
 
 The Island 95 
 
 Marriage of His Daughter Elizabeth 96 
 
 Letter from His Niece, Rachel Canfield 97 
 
 Last Years in Morristown 99 
 
 Descendants of Albert Ogden and Margaretta Wood Ogden 102 
 
 Andrew Ogden (Fourth Generation) 103 
 
 The Letter 104 
 
 Ogden Bros 108 
 
 Old Home in Morristown 109 
 
 In New York no 
 
 Descendants of Andrew Ogden and Mary Dixon Ogden 112-116 
 
 Jonathan Ogden and Susannah Dunscomb 16 
 
INTRODUCTION 
 
 Much of the material in this history was collected when 
 looking up my mother's family here and in Canada for Mr. Wil- 
 liam Ogden Wheeler's' "Ogden Genealogy." All thanks are due 
 to him and to his efficient assistant, Mr. Lawrence Van Alstyne, 
 for access to their accumulated store of information. But the fam- 
 ily of Benjamin Ogden would not appear in Mr. Wheeler's book, 
 which is a genealogy- in the line of John Ogden, of Elizabethtown, 
 "good old John" as he was called, and does not include the de- 
 scendants of his brother, Richard, nor other branches of Ogden 
 family. To give a complete chart of all this Ogden branch would 
 be a greater undertaking than can at present be contemplated, and 
 the appended charts will continue to the present generation only 
 in the line of Benjamin Ogden, of New York. 
 
 It will be deemed a great favor if any error found herein 
 will be reported to me, or, if any material can be sent which will 
 give added interest or accuracy. There was no thought of pub- 
 lishing until it was suggested by Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, 
 whose interest in the matter is most gratefully acknowledged. 
 
 Many thanks are also due to the friends who have rendered 
 
the kindest assistance, which can only be appreciated by those 
 who know from experience how much time, money and labor must 
 be expended in writing up even a short family history. 
 
 As the cost of publication must be met by subscriptions, it is 
 earnestly hoped that many necessary names will be added to the 
 subscription list. 
 
 Very truly yours, 
 
 Anna S. Vermilye. 
 
PROLOGUE. 
 
 Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, thus designated on the muster rolls 
 of the British Army and on the tombstone erected by his son, 
 Albert Ogden, at St. George, N. B., to his memory, and that of 
 his wife, Rachel, was universally called "Captain" by his descend- 
 ants in the British provinces and in New Jersey. They believed 
 that it was only his death, which occurred at the battle of Camden, 
 .South Carolina, in 1780, that prevented him from, receiving his 
 promotion. 
 
 When this history was begun, our scanty records pointed to 
 him as the head of the line, although there was a tradition of a 
 previous ancestor named Jonathan, not definitely placed. 
 
 The recollections of Mrs. Sophia Wetmore Lovell, daughter 
 of George and Rachel (Ogden) Wetmore, as committed to writing 
 by Mrs. Admiral Radford, Mrs. Lovell's daughter, make refer- 
 ence to a Jonathan. 
 
 Because Benjamin was a Loyalist, and the misfortunes of war 
 and his early death scattered his family, who felt obliged to emi- 
 
6 PROLOGUE. 
 
 grate to the British provinces, there seemed for a time no way of 
 tracing his ancestry. The family records had been lost in the 
 migrations and viscissitudes of the family after the Revolution. 
 The old "Family Bible" was lost, thought to have been burned in 
 the great fire at St. John, N. B., many years ago. 
 
 But an old letter, fortunately preserved, dated June, 1796, 
 found among Albert Ogden's papers, which was written by Lieut. 
 Benjamin's son, Andrew Ogden, then of New York, to his broth- 
 er, Benjamin, then living at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, proved the 
 key to unlock further knowledge. This letter, now in our posses- 
 sion, is, in part, as follows : 
 
 "About a fortnight since I returned from Albany, where I went upon 
 business for Galbreath and Elms, after completion of which I took stage 
 to Schenectady and from thence rode to Charlton, about nine miles farther 
 over the Mohawk River, where I had (for the first time) the pleasure of 
 seeing several of our uncles and aunts, and cousins without number. 
 
 "Uncle Jonathan Ogden had lately moved in Charlton. The others, 
 uncles Jesse Condey and Gilbert Miller, both of whom you have heard 
 our mother speak of, have been at that place near twenty years, and have 
 acquired very handsome estates. 
 
 "To particularly describe them all, their different dispositions, occu- 
 pations, circumstances, etc., etc., would, on account of their numbers, be too 
 great an undertaking ; therefore it must suffice for the present to say they 
 are very agreeable in their families, their employment, chiefly farming, and 
 generally in very easy circumstances." 
 
 This clear record made by Andrew Ogden more than a hun- 
 
JOURNEY TO CHARLTON. 7 
 
 dred years ago, shows that his father, Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, had 
 a brother named Jonathan, and two sisters, one the wife of Jesse 
 Condey, and one the wife of Gilbert Miller, living at Charlton, 
 N. Y. 
 
 (The remainder of the letter will be given later, where it will be per- 
 tinent to the history of Benjamin and Albert, brothers of Andrew Ogden.) 
 
 A journey of research was made to Charlton and vicinity in 
 the autumn of 1896, which resulted in findmg descendants of the 
 uncles, Jesse Condey and Gilbert Miller, mentioned in the letter, 
 and many valuable records, as well as the silent testimony of the 
 old Conde burying ground. 
 
 Charlton is near Ballston, Saratoga County, N. Y., where 
 deeds are recorded, and there we find that in 1796 John Campbell, 
 of Charlton, sells to Jonathan Ogden, of the same place, 100 acres 
 which may be the purchase referred to in the letter. 
 
 In Ballston were found residing two grandchildren of Jesse 
 Conde and Parthenia Ogden, his wife. They were Eveline E. 
 Conde, widow of John Brown, and her younger brother, Henry 
 Clay Conde, a lawyer and Civil War veteran, who at once became 
 interested in the family guest and gave all the information in their 
 power. 
 
 Mr. H. C. Conde was blind in consequence of exposure under- 
 gone in the War of the Rebellion. Mrs. Brown remembered hear- 
 
8 PROLOGUE. 
 
 ing a story about Parthenia and her three brothers corning from 
 England, and that the brothers were commissioned officers, and 
 that Parthenia was very brave during the stormy voyage over. 
 This recalls a remark made by Albert, son of Lieut. Benjamin 
 Ogden, many years ago, that his forefathers "came to this coun- 
 try to fight the rebels." We cannot reconcile these stories with 
 the strong proof we have that the family was in this country long 
 before the War of the Revolution. Mrs. Brown seemed to think 
 that others of the family may have been here before Parthenia 
 and her brothers came. It may have been only a visit to England, 
 from which they returned. At all events it seems only fair to give 
 in our family history all the information we have gathered, even 
 though we cannot perfectly piece it together, 
 
 Mrs. Brown told about John Ogden, who she thought was 
 a brother of Jonathan and that they sold their commissions after 
 the war and took up architecture and building. This reminds 
 us of Mrs. Lovell's tradition in her narrative, that her ancestor, 
 Jonathan (father of Mrs. Brown's Jonathan) "was a master build- 
 er in ante-revolutionary days." Both are lacking in corroborative 
 facts, but indicate a sort of common substratum of truth. That 
 Capt. Jonathan had a brother, John, does not appear from any 
 record, and rests entirely on this tradition. He had, however, a 
 son, John, which is shown in Pearson's "First Settlers of Schenec- 
 tady." Quite possibly they have exchanged places in this tradition. 
 
OLD HOUSES BUILT BY JOHN OGDEN. g 
 
 Mrs. Brown drove us about nine miles to Charlton to see two 
 old houses that John Ogden built more than a hundred years ago. 
 A visit to one of them, the old Conde house, where a hospitable 
 meal was served, gave opportunity to note the oaken floor, hard 
 as iron, in the great living room ; the wide old hall, which had once 
 been decorated with a frieze of oak leaves and acorns in plaster, 
 because of the family tradition that King Charles had been shel- 
 tered in an oak tree on John Ogden's plantation. 
 
 All the timber for building was supplied from trees cut down 
 on the place ; the siding planed by hand, and the riven shingles of 
 white oak, were not replaced for sixty years. The bricks were 
 made and burnt there, and all the nails, hinges and other iron 
 work were made by the blacksmith on the place. The other old 
 house, built by John Ogden for Dr. Elisha Miller, still in good 
 preservation, was said to have been the finest house in the county 
 at that time. 
 
 Mrs. Brown told of a highly valued picture, unfortunately 
 destroyed, which had been given to her father, Jesse Conde, before 
 he was married, by his cousin. Miss HofTman, of New York City. 
 It represented the Virgin Mary leading a little child across a 
 brook. Its handsome gilt frame was designed in oak leaves, the 
 family emblem. This is not the only reference we have of Hofifman 
 connection, but we know of no record to explain it at present. Mrs. 
 Brown said that Susan Ogden (who may have been sister of John) 
 married a Hoffman. 
 
lo PROLOGUE. 
 
 In the record office at Ballston we find the names of David 
 Ogden and Nicholas Hoffman as early as 1791, June 9; but neith- 
 er, so far as we know, are connected with "Uncle Jonathan" of the 
 letter. 
 
 In Pearson's "First Settlers of Schenectady" we find this 
 record : 
 
 "Capt. Jonathan Ogden, of New York, Westchester County Regiment, 
 married Rachel, daughter of Joachim Vander Heyden, of Albany, December 
 10, 1758." 
 
 It is established beyond controversy that this Jonathan, who 
 was a captain in the French War, is the "Uncle Jonathan" men- 
 tioned in the letter, and that he is the brother of Lieut. Benjamin 
 Ogden, our ancestor. The will of Gilbert Miller, found in Sara- 
 toga, and dated 1797, one year later than Andrew Ogden's letter, 
 makes his wife, Wilmot, one of his executors. This gives the name 
 of the sister of Uncle Jonathan and Parthenia, children of Jonathan 
 Ogden, of New York, who kept an Inn at the sign of the Black 
 Horse, in upper Queen street, (now Pearl), a social and business 
 center at that period. 
 
 The "First Settlers of Schenectady" has also this record : 
 
 "Jesse Conde (Condesche) son of Adam, high constable of Albany, 
 1724, and Catherine De Graaf, settled in Charlton ; married Parthenia, 
 daughter of Jonathan Ogden. July 8, 1762." 
 
 (In "New York Marriages" the date of license is June 23, 1762). 
 
CONDE FAMILY. ii 
 
 "He was the son of Adam Conde and Catherine De Graff. 
 Adam Conde, high sheriff of Albany, when it was called Bever- 
 
 wyck, son of Conde, a French Bourbon (descended from 
 
 Prince de Conde) who, with others, was driven into Holland from 
 France by persecution for their religion, and from thence came to 
 America." 
 
 "Adam's parents both died of ship fever and he was brought 
 up by the Lansing family who were made his guardians. They 
 came over in the same ship with the Condes, and were the found- 
 ers of Lansingburgh. Adam married Catherine De Grafif and 
 moved to Schenectady. He was killed by the Indians at the battle 
 of Boeckendal (Beach Valley), 1748. Ah Indian, to whom Airs. 
 Conde had done a kindness, warned her that they were coming to 
 kill the family, and she escaped with her babe in her arms, Adam 
 2d, and little Jesse, six years old. The snow was two feet deep 
 and she walked with the children sixteen miles, to Albany. She 
 seems to have escaped with no worse injury than frozen feet." 
 
 Some months after the visit to Charlton it was our privilege 
 to meet in Poughkeepsie Miss Smith, a descendant of the Pad- 
 docks, of Westchester County, an old lady who had lived in Charl- 
 ton in her youth, whose father's friend had been Jesse Conde, son 
 of Jesse Conde and Parthenia Ogden. She described him as a 
 typical Dutchman, and "if he had not loved his ease and spent so 
 much time with his books in reading and study, he could have 
 
12 PROLOGUE. 
 
 made a name for himself, for he was a man of fine mind and abil- 
 ity." She said the Condes were very proud of their Huguenot 
 stock and of their Ogden blood, and highly prized the coat of 
 arms which came to them through Parthenia Ogden, "granted to 
 John Ogden by King Charles II, for faithful services rendered his 
 unfortunate father. King Charles I." It is the same as that found 
 among Albert Ogden's papers, and that the family of Benjamin 
 Ogden have in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, except that in one copy 
 John Ogden is called "Yeoman," and in another is entitled, "Sir 
 John." 
 
 Hugh Clark, English author of "Introduction to Heraldry," says : 
 "The Yeomen, of England, were famous in our forefathers' days for 
 archery and manhood. Our infantry, which so often conquered the French 
 and repulsed the Scots, was composed of them, as are our militia at 
 present." 
 
 Among his other activities, Jesse Conde kept a store in Charl- 
 ton. From his old account book, dating back to 1762, in I\Irs. 
 Brown's possession, we found the following transactions : 
 
 A receipt to John Ogden for £8 15s. gold. May 20, 1792. 
 Sales to Jonathan Ogden of wheat and corn on May 2, 1799, and Jan- 
 uary 3, 1799. 
 
 In the Freehold Presbyterian Church, Dr. Sweetman's, near 
 Charlton, is recorded: "Jesse Conde and his wife, Tenie, joined 
 church, 1800." 
 
OLD BURYING GROUND. 13 
 
 In the Conde burying ground on the old place owned by Mrs. 
 Brown, were found many family inscriptions. Among them those 
 of "Parthenia Ogden, wife of Jesse Conde. She died December 
 II, 1817, aged 73 years, i month, 17 days." Also, "Jesse Conde 
 died July 28, 1818, aged 75 years, 4 months, 19 days." 
 
 Mrs. Brown said that "after his wife, Tenie (Parthenia) died, 
 Jesse grieved continually, and died the following year. They had 
 seven sons and three daughters. He left to each of the boys 100 
 acres of land. The girls had their portion in money." 
 
 These substantial gifts are in accordance with the handsome 
 estates and easy circumstances mentioned in Andrew's letter. 
 
 Thus far our researches have provided Lieut. Benjamin with 
 a brother, Jonathan, (the Uncle Jonathan, of Andrew's letter.) A 
 brother, John, the builder, whose title rests entirely upon Mrs. 
 Brown's tradition, and whom we prefer to call his nephew, John. 
 A sister, Parthenia, wife of Jesse Conde; a sister, Wilmot, wife 
 of Gilbert Miller, and a father, Jonathan. 
 
 Another brother, named Albert, and another sister, named 
 Freelove, are provided by the will of Jonathan Ogden, father of 
 Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, which was found in the Surrogate's 
 Office, in New York. It is dated October 11, 1750, and proved 
 February 16, 1753, and names : 
 
 "First — My well beloved son, Jonathan Ogden, my eldest son and heir 
 at law. Second — My well beloved son, Albert, to whom the sawmill, at 
 
14 PROLOGUE. 
 
 Middle Patent, is devised. Next — To my dear and loving wife, Willmont 
 Ogden, one-third of my real and personal estate. Next — The remaining 
 two-thirds, for support and education of my children until 21 years of 
 age or day of marriage, to be divided eventually among all my loving chil- 
 dren, except my eldest daughter, Freelove, who has already received her 
 portion." 
 
 The reference to "son Jonathan," in this will (who is the 
 Uncle Jonathan of Andrew Ogden's letter) was vital to our proof. 
 We were baffled for a time by an error in the printed record of 
 New York Wills, published by the New York Hist. Society. The 
 will, as there published, does not contain the name of Jonathan, 
 which by an error of transcribing, has been changed to Joshua. 
 But Jonathan is in the original record. 
 
 There is another sister of Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, who is in- 
 troduced by Baird's "History of Westchester County," as follows : 
 
 "Henry Dusenberry, born 1735, July 28, who married Susannah Og- 
 den, born 1738, May 27. (Her mother was VVilmot Ogden.)" 
 
 The surname of Jonathan Ogden's wife is not given. He 
 calls her Willmont in his will. Those of her children and grand- 
 children, who bear the name, spell it "Wilmot." 
 
 "There is a legend that has wide circulation, that, when King 
 Charles I fled toward Scotland, pursued by Cromwell's soldiers, 
 he found temporary refuge at the home of an Ogden. 
 
 "Being hard pressed, Charles I and Lord Wilmot were 
 
THE WILL OF SUSANNAH. 15 
 
 secreted in an oak tree and thus escaped. It is added that the 
 King asked Ogden's wife to name her soon expected next child, 
 if a boy, Wilmot, and if a girl, Wilmuth, in honor of his friend, 
 and these names have been conspicuous in Ogden family ever 
 
 since. When Charles II came to the throne, he heard the story 
 
 and granted the 'Ogden family coat of arms.' " (From Rev. 
 
 Charles Burr Ogden's book, "The Quaker Ogdens.") 
 
 "Hume's Hist, says, "Lord Wilmot fought for King Charles I, at the 
 battle of Roundway Down, July 13, 1643. He was victorious." 
 
 At this point in our story, which was projected and written as 
 a history of Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, P. W. A. R., the accidental 
 discovery of the will of Susannah, mother of Jonathan Ogden, 
 the father of Lieut. Benjamin, somewhat disturbed our plan. 
 
 Susannah's first husband was Ogden, and when she died, 
 
 she was the widow of Thomas Sutton. 
 
 This will takes us back another generation and is full of 
 Ogden news, and confirms our work in various ways. The 
 christian name of Susannah's first husband (not mentioned in her 
 will) we cannot find, and his ancestry we are not sure of. The 
 solution of this difficulty seems to have been met by some of the 
 descendants of Jonathan and Wilmot Ogden's daughter, Susan- 
 nah, who married Henry Dusenberry. They affirm that the maid- 
 en name of her grandmother (the Susannah of the will) was 
 
l6 PROLOGUE. 
 
 Dnnscomb, and that her first husband was Jonathan Ogden. They 
 have one date, 1732, of the death of a Jonathan Ogden, which 
 would be about the right time for the demise of Susannah's first 
 husband, but all other papers and records have been lost. 
 
 Mrs. George P. Shears, of New York, is one of the descend- 
 ants of Jonathan Ogden and Susannah Dunscomb, to whom we 
 are indebted for much of interest. She has some valuable old 
 relics which belonged to them — one of them, a curious old plate, 
 said to be more than 200 years old, is inscribed on the back : 
 "Susannah Dunscomb's Plate" ; a silver thimble of antique design, 
 is marked, "S. O." The Ogden property at Rye (Mrs. Shears' old 
 home) she said had been in the family for more than a hundred 
 years before the last of it was sold, about twenty-five years ago. 
 
 A careful search of Rye records discloses no further light on 
 the subject. As to the identity of this Jonathan it is impossible 
 to place him with certainty. There is somiC reason to think he 
 may be the Jonathan Ogden found in the records of Fairfield, 
 Conn. He is the only Jonathan Ogden of that time and vicinity, 
 who is not otherwise accounted for. He is a son of Richard, who 
 died before January 25, 1698, and his wife, Sarah Staples. 
 
 "In the distribution of his father's estate before June 22, 1706, 
 he gets a share of 19 acres which he sells on August 7, 1719. His 
 sister, Mary, married Robert Travis, of Rye. Jonathan may have 
 sold out and moved to Rye, for there seems to be no further trace 
 
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EARLY OGDENS. 17 
 
 of him in Fairfield. His father, Richard, about 1680, is called 
 Richard Ogden 2d, which indicates that he was then of age. He 
 was son of Richard and Mary Ogden, of Fairfield. Richard died 
 before April 28, 1687, and Mary died before October 25, 1690, 
 This is the first Ogden mentioned in Fairfield, Conn., records, and 
 is supposed to be son of the Richard found in Stamford records 
 1-19, January 7, 1642, and who, according to Mrs. Schenck, was 
 partner with his brother John in building a church in New York, 
 in 1641. After completing the church, these two brothers, Rich- 
 ard and John, removed to Long Island, after which no further 
 record is found of Richard. John went from Long Island to Eliza- 
 bethtown, N. J., in 1665, and died there in 1682." — From Mr. 
 Van Alstyne's Notes. 
 
 These are the earliest Ogdens in this country, of whom we 
 have had any record, and so far we know of no direct connection 
 with the Ogden family in England or Wales. It would seem 
 appropriate here to say something about the origin of the name 
 and coat of arms, and the antiquity of the family. But no oppor- 
 tunity has been available for a journey of research in England, 
 and the subject has received much consideration in the Rev. 
 Charles Burr Ogden's book. 
 
 It is interesting to note that the same coat of arms is claimed 
 by different branches of Ogden family, which indicates that all 
 are from the same stem in England. There is an older "arms" 
 
i8 PROLOGUE. 
 
 than that given in the photograph in this book, but this is the 
 one famiUar since childhood, which was kept in Albert Ogden's 
 old family Bible. 
 
 The will of Susannah, whose first husband is believed to be 
 Jonathan Ogden, is here given in full. 
 
 "Susannah Sutton, widow of Thomas Sutton, late of Greenwich, Fair- 
 field Co., Conn. Will dated Aug. 8, 1765. Proved Nov. 8, 1769. Bk. 27, 
 p. 191, N. Y." 
 
 Will gives to Micliael Ogden "money due on bond which Thomas Sut- 
 ton, of Greenwich gave to me in agreement of dower belonging to est., of 
 my above said dead husband ; my daughter, Rachel Purdy and her 3 sons, 
 Gilbert Purdy, Stephen Purdy, Jesse Purdy, sons of Thomas Purdy. 
 
 "My son Wm. Ogden (land). 
 
 "My granddaughters, Ann Birdsall, Martha Ogden, Susannah Ogden, 
 Susannah Newman, Hannah Finch, Mary Ogden, dau. of my son, John 
 Ogden ; my daughter, Susannah Wilson, to each i large and small silver 
 spoon and my household goods. 
 
 "My fireslice tongs and tramel to my grandson, Stephen Purdy. 
 
 "To my grandson, Joseph Ogden, son of my son. John Ogden, 5 
 shillings. 
 
 "To my daughters, Susannah Wilson and Rachel Purdy, linen and 
 cloathes. 
 
 "To my grandson, Jonathan Ogden, son of ray son, Jonathan Ogden, 
 my great Bible. 
 
3fir0t (Beneratton, 
 
 Jonathan Ogden, and Susannah, his wife. 
 
 Scco^^ (Bcneration. 
 
 Their children given in order of her will, there being no way 
 of fixing their relative ages : 
 
 I Michel. 2 Rachel. 3 William. 4 John. 5 Susan- 
 nah. 6 Jonathan, and probably Rebecca — she is not named in 
 Susannah's will, but it seems to us probable that there was such 
 a daughter, as a mere deduction from these facts : A grand- 
 daughter of Susannah's is named Hannah Finch in her will — who 
 is, we think, the same that Samuel Banks, of North Castle, in his 
 will, dated June 15, 1742, and witnessed by Jonathan Ogden, calls 
 "My daughter, Hannah Finch." Samuel's wife's name was Re- 
 becca, as appears by his will. 
 
 I. Michel Ogden ; m. Jane Bloomer. 
 
 "The Bloomer family, of Rye, were highly respected and 
 
20 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 were people of large means before the Revolutionary War, but 
 the family is now extinct. The last of the male line went to 
 England for ordination many years ago, where he died unmar- 
 ried, aged about 25 years." — From Miss E. Purdy, of Rye, 1896. 
 In Bolton's "Hist, of the Church in Westchester Co.," Rob- 
 ert Bloomer is mentioned as vestryman of Christ Church at Rj'e, 
 in 1719, and "in 1727 Joseph Bloomer was clerk of ye Church." 
 The Rev. James Wetmore had charge of the parish at that time. 
 Gilbert Bloomer was warden of the church in 1765. Robert 
 Bloomer lived in Rye as early as 1683. — See Bolton's Hist. 
 Westchester Co. "The Rev. Joshua Bloomer, graduate King's 
 College, New York, 1758, accepted captaincy in provincial forces, 
 I759j in Westchester County for operations against Canada. 
 His services gained for him a majority in 1760. After the war he 
 became a merchant in New York, but relinquished that pursuit 
 for divinity and went to England for ordination, in 1765, and 
 returned to Jamaica, L. I., where he had a parish." — From Rik- 
 er's Annals of Newtown, L. I. 
 
 The children of Michel Ogden and Jane Bloomer were : 
 
 1. James Ogden. 
 
 2. Robert Ogden; m. Margaret Price. 
 
 3. Jonathan Ogden; b. 1747; d. 1845; m- ist, ; 
 
 2d, Whitlock; 3rd, Mary Clark; b. 1759; d. 
 
 May, 1846. This Jonathan Ogden and his wife, Mary, 
 are mentioned by Sabine as "devoted loyalists." He 
 had a crown grant at Greenw'ich, Kings Co., N. B., 
 where they both died. 
 
 4. Bloomer Ogden; m. . 
 
 5. Jane Ogden; m. Tripp. 
 
 There are many descendants, and among them, Rob- 
 
SECOND GENERATION. 21 
 
 ert Ogden, of Olamon, Maine, and Stephen Ogden, of Lebo, 
 Kansas, to whom we are indebted for information about 
 this family. 
 
 II. Rachel Ogden m. Thomas Purdy. 
 
 Children : 
 
 1. Gilbert Purdy, who m. his cousin, Elizabeth, dau. of 
 
 William Ogden. 
 
 2. Stephen Purdy. 
 
 3. Jesse Purdy. 
 
 III. William Ogden, b. 1706; d. 1783 ; aged "JT. His wife 
 was Martha . 
 
 He calls himself "of North Castle, Farmer," in his will, 
 which is dated Feb. i6th, 1769, and proved April 17, 1784. — See 
 "Early Wills of Westchester, p. 273 (Pelletreau). In it he men- 
 tions wife, Martha, for whom he makes provision. He leaves to 
 his "oldest son, William, five pounds as a bar to all claims as 
 heir-at-law." He wills to sons, Gilbert and Benjamin, "my upper 
 farm, which I bought of William Fowler and Joseph Sutton, to 
 be divided between them." The will describes Gilbert's part by 
 metes and bounds, which shows that Gilbert was then living on 
 or near it. "Benjamin to have the rest." Gives "the sawmill to 
 both." Leaves "my lower farm to my sons, Lewis, Joseph and 
 Jonathan." Leaves to son-in-law, Gilbert Purdy, "my leased 
 farm in Courtlandt Manor, as by lease from Henry Beekman and 
 wife, Gertruyd, dated 1761." Mentions "grandchildren, John, 
 Stephen, Jesse, Ezekiel, Gilbert and Smith, sons of my son Will- 
 
22 FAMILY HISTORY 
 
 iam. Mentions daughters, Martha, wife of John Brundige, Jr. ; 
 Elizabeth, wife of Gilbert Purdy; Amy, wife of Ezekiel Flewel- 
 ling. Witnesses : Samuel Cheeseman, Caleb Hyatt and Solomon 
 Searles. 
 
 William Ogden was buried in Trinity church-yard, West- 
 chester, N. Y. The inscription on his tomb is : 
 
 "Here lieth the body of William Ogden, who, during the 
 course of a long life, fulfilled the duties of a son, a friend, a hus- 
 band and a father in an exemplary manner. To whose memory 
 Capt. Benjamin Ogden, his son, has caused this stone to be 
 erected. He died April, 1783, aged jy years." 
 
 The children of William Ogden and his wife, Martha, as 
 mentioned in his will, are : 
 
 1. William Ogden, oldest son, whose children are also 
 
 mentioned in will, of whom Jesse Ogden is the an- 
 cestor of the "JoHcure Ogdens," N. B. 
 
 2. Gilbert Ogden; no record. It is probable he is the Gil- 
 
 bert Ogden on the Roster of N. Y. State Troops. 
 
 3. Benjamin Ogden. On the stone which he erected to his 
 
 father's memory, he calls himself Captain Benjamin 
 Ogden. "Capt. Ogden's commission was issued Oct. 
 19, jf775, i'l North Castle, South Company, Second 
 (Middle) ^t^\vcvtx\.\"— Archives of N. Y. Vol. i. pp. 
 304. After the "Declaration of Independence" he 
 seems to have changed his mind and joined the Brit- 
 ish Army. He must not be confounded with his cou- 
 sin, Lieut. Benjamin Ogden (sometimes called Capt. 
 Benjamin) who married Rachel Westervelt. Both 
 these officers served in the campaign in South Caro- 
 lina, under Tarleton, and both were at the battle of 
 
CAPT. BENJAMIN OGDEN. 23 
 
 Camden. This Capt. Benjamin Ogden is the same 
 who commanded a company of Dragoons in His 
 Majesty's Battalion of Provincial Chasseurs, under 
 Col. Andrew Emmerick, a German officer of repute. 
 This battalion was composed of companies from loyal 
 regiments, raised in New York and New Jersey, and 
 served on outpost and other dangerous duty around 
 New York during 177S and 1779. Capt. Ogden's com- 
 mission was dated May i, 1778. The corps was formed 
 as follows : 
 
 I Company of Dragoons, Capt. Ogden. 
 
 I Company of Chasseurs, Capt. Vanderburgh. 
 
 I Company of Chasseurs, Capt. Huck. 
 
 I Company of Riflemen, Capt. Althouse. 
 (From Mr. Jonas Howe, corresponding secretary, 
 Neiv Brunszvick Hist. Soc, and custodian of the Mus- 
 ter Rolls, etc.— St. John, N. B.) 
 
 There is a tradition which we heard in New 
 Brunswick, while beating up the British Provinces for 
 Ogden information in 1896, that Capt. Benjamin went 
 to England with the army after the war. He, like 
 other British soldiers, was given lands in Canada after 
 the war. He never took it up. His oldest son, 
 Joseph, in 1791, just before his father's death, went 
 to get it, but was intercepted by Indians. The land 
 is thought to be in the neighborhood of Toronto. 
 About the year 1815, his descendants made another 
 effort to obtain it. 
 
 Edward Vermilye, a private in the same regi- 
 ment (Emmerick's), made affidavit in 1815, to the 
 above facts in an effort on the part of the heirs to 
 obtain the grant. His affidavit has been preserved. 
 Joseph Ogden was also of Emmerick's Dragoons. 
 
 Capt. Benjamin Ogden is said to have been en- 
 
24 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 dowed with a large frame and Herculean strength, 
 and was called "General Ben" in the family. A story 
 is told of how the soldiers used to tie him in his sleep 
 with cords or withes, for the pleasure of seing him 
 break them when he awoke. He married Hannah, 
 daughter of Robert and Maphlet Flewelling, of North 
 Castle. His sister, Amy, married Ezekiel Flewelling, 
 brother of Hannah, and oldest son of Robert and 
 Maphlet. We know this from Robert Flewelling's 
 will, which was proved July 15, 176&.—See Westchest- 
 er Wills (Pelletreau). 
 
 Benjamin Ogden and his wife, Hannah, on May 
 I, 1776, sell land in North Castle, Westchester Co., 
 N. v., to John Green and John Seals, 157 acres, for 
 500 pounds.— rF/u7(7 Plains Record, B. I., p. 175. 
 
 The children of Capt. Benjamin and Hannah (Flewelling) 
 Ogden) : 
 
 Joseph Ogden; m. Phebe Vermilye; b. Aug. 
 7, 1774. From them are descended the 
 "Troy and Albany Ogdens." He died 
 June 14, 1807. 
 
 WiLMONT Ogden. She died 1790, and was 
 buried in the church yard of Trinity 
 Church, Fishkill, N. Y. The inscription on 
 her monument reads : "Sacred to the mem- 
 ory of Wilmot Ogden, only daughter of 
 Capt. Benjamin Ogden, as a proof of his 
 affection and affliction, who departed this 
 life Oct. 14, 1790, in the 226. year of her 
 
WILLIAM'S GRANDCHILDREN. 25 
 
 age." Her disconsolate father has erected 
 this monument. 
 Benjamin Ogden; b. 1771. Dec. 24; d. 1823, 
 April 17; m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Key- 
 ser, a wealthy burger, who owned and oc- 
 cupied a large tract near the present corner 
 of Bowery and Hester Street, New York. 
 Here she was born and died. Benjamin 
 was a "surgeon barber" and was well pat- 
 ronized by the physicians of his time as a 
 cupper and leecher." — From Med. Academy 
 Notes. 
 
 Their children were: i John. 2 
 WiLMOTH. 3 Benjamin. 4 Maria E. 5 
 George Keyser. 6 John William. 7 Eliza. 
 8 Ann Margaret. 9 Thomas Brooks, id 
 Henry. 
 
 Of these children, Benjamin (3) 
 graduated at Columbia and received diplo- 
 ma 1S20, Col. Physicians and Surgeons, 
 and was the first president of that Alumni 
 Association; also president Medical Soci- 
 ety, New York. House physician at Belle- 
 vue, 1834-1839. He was a philanthropist. 
 For many years was trustee of St. James' 
 Lutheran Church, New York, to which 
 he left a large bequest. He died Novem- 
 ber 9, 1855. There is a fine portrait of him 
 in Sanford Hall, at Flushing, Long Island, 
 N. Y. 
 
 4. Lewis Ogden, brother of Capt. Benjamin Ogden. men- 
 
 tioned in his father William's will; no further record. 
 
 5. Joseph Ogden; b. Jan. 28, 1725; d. Feb. 18, 181 1; m. 
 
26 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Mary , who d. May 9, 1803. They and their 
 
 sons, Benjamin and William, are buried at Storm- 
 ville, Dutchess Co., N. Y. From them are descended 
 the "Stormville Ogdens." To this branch belongs D. 
 Ogden Mills of New York. 
 6. Jonathan Ogden. He is the ancestor of the Ogdens 
 of Sackville, N. B., from whom we gathered much of 
 the following: He was a British officer, and they 
 tell of how he died in prison on Long Island rather 
 than "surrender," which being interpreted may mean, 
 take the oath of allegiance to the Continental Govern- 
 ment. He was stout hearted as his brother, "Gen. 
 Ben," and his own remark, as handed down, was that 
 sooner than "surrender," he would let the flies carry 
 him out through the keyhole. A prophecy as well as 
 an epigram. He is in all probability the Jonathan 
 Ogden referred to in the following: "Mr. George 
 Talbot gives i6oo sterling for encouragement of relig- 
 ion among the poor of North Castle, delivered into 
 the hands of Col. MacDonald, Jonathan Ogden and 
 Charles Haight, by the approbation of the late Mr. 
 Wetmore." Dec. 1761. 
 
 Stamford, Conn., March 25, 1761, by Mr. Dibble, 
 to the Secretary of Society. 
 
 "He married a Miss Bloomer and lived on the 
 Hudson River, about half way between New York 
 and Albany." 
 
 They had three sons: John, b. Feb. 6, 1765; 
 FIenry and Bloomer. John came, when twelve years 
 old, to Fort Cumberland, head of Bay of Fundy, with* 
 Capt. Kipp, who took charge of him. The other two 
 
 •Capt. Kipp, a British ofRcer fought in Westchester County, in 1780. He is men- 
 tioned In Frank Moore's Diary of the Revolutionary War. '• Colonel Wells expressed 
 his astonishment at the bravery of the conquerors and acknowledged the humanity 
 and great civility of Lieut. James Kipp who commanded the attack against him and to 
 whom he surrounded." 
 
SACKVILLE OGDENS. 27 
 
 boys came some time later with their mother in care 
 of a cousin, named Jonathan Ogden. (This is the 
 Jonathan Ogden, son of Michael, who went up the 
 St. John River to settle, where he received crown 
 grant at Greenwich, Kings Co., N. B., and died there 
 in 1847, aged 97). 
 
 The mother died and was buried near Fort Law- 
 rence, which was the old French Fort Beausejour. 
 
 John Ogden, the eldest of the three boys, mar- 
 ried Ann, daughter of John Fawsitte, from York- 
 shire, Eng. Years afterward, a man came from New 
 York to persuade him to return and claim his father's 
 property for himself and brothers, which he assured 
 him was worth at least six thousand pounds sterling. 
 John would not go. He hated the United States and 
 would never live under the American flag. The prop- 
 erty was at or near a place called White , 
 
 something, N. Y. (They could not recall the name). 
 John had a grant in Cumberland Co., N. B., and a 
 pension of £10 sterling a year as long as he lived. 
 Some of his descendants are now living in the old 
 homestead where he lived and died. 
 
 The children of John and Ann (Fawsitte) 
 Ogden are : 
 
 William Ogden; b. Mar. 4, 1793. 
 
 John Fawsitte Ogden; b. May 14, 1795. 
 
 Henry Ogden; b. Mar. 23, 1798. 
 
 Jane Ogden; b. Aug. 18, 1800. 
 
 Thomas Ogden; b. Dec. 26, 1802. 
 
 Ann Ogden; b. June 3, 1806. 
 
 Bloomer Ogden; b. Nov. 2"], 1809. 
 
 Robert Daniel Ogden; b. May 31, 1813. 
 
 — From John Ogden' s Bible. 
 
28 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 John's brother, Henry Ogden, was crippled by an 
 accident and never married. Bloomer Ogden, the 
 youngest of the three boys, went up the Pettecodiac 
 River to settle. He married a Miss Jonah. 
 
 When in Sackville, N. B., we were entertained 
 by John Ogden's grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
 liam M. Ogden, and their charming and accomplished 
 daughters, Ethel, Greta and Halburton. We met also 
 other descendants of John Ogden in that vicinity, to 
 whom thanks are due for kind assistance in procuring 
 Ogden information in New Brunswick. Alfred Ogden. 
 formerly member from Guysburo to House of Assem- 
 bly, is another grandson of John Ogden and Ann 
 Fawsitte. He had charge of the Government Fisher- 
 ies at Canso. 
 
 IV. John Ogden had son, Joseph, and daughter, Mary. 
 Some presumption arises that he was dead when his mother's will 
 was made, in 1765, because he is not named in it, but only his 
 children. 
 
 V. Susannah Ogden. She married Samuel Wilson, son of 
 Jeremiah and Mary. He died 1751. He came from Block Island 
 and settled at Rye, on King street. Operated a ferry to Oyster 
 Bay. Susannah, his wife, died 1770. Their children, disclosed by 
 the will of Samuel Wilson, dated August i, 1750, proved Novem- 
 ber 25, 175 1, were: 
 
 Children : 
 
 I. Samuel Wilson; m. Phebe Lyon, dau. of Thomas and 
 Phebe . He died July 2, 1756. 
 
JONATHAN OGDEN. 29 
 
 2. Joseph; b. Aug. 30, 1726; d. June 15, 1871 ; m. Eunice 
 
 Brown, dau. of Samuel Brown and Hannah Merritt, 
 of Rye. 
 
 3. William; d. 1763; unmarried. 
 
 4. Susannah; m. Kniffen, of Rye. 
 
 5. Mary; b. 1730; d. May 19, 1813; m. Roger Lyon, of 
 
 North Castle. 
 
 Each of Samuel's Sons was given one-third 
 interest in the ferry to Oyster Bay, by his will. 
 
 VI. Jonathan Ogden, born about 1700, died 1750- 1753. 
 His wife, Willmont, died 1753. In his will he styles himself "of 
 the city of New York, Innkeeper." The Inn which he kept was one 
 of some celebrity, "at the sign of the Black Horse," in upper Queen 
 street (now Pearl). "It was a traveler's inn. There the Boston 
 Post had its headquarters, which ran weekly in summer and 
 fortnightly in winter," the rapid transit of the period. Its terminus 
 at the "Black Horse" made that famous hostelrie and "booking 
 office" the Grand Central Station for New England travel. 
 
 Mr. Pelletreau, in a note appended to Jonathan Ogden's will, 
 locates it next above the present building of Harper and Brothers. 
 This seems to us to correspond with the description in the deed 
 for the property as sold by Jonathan's executors after his death. 
 
 Among the numerous placards hanging upon the walls of the 
 generous "cofifee room" of the "Black Horse," with its sanded 
 floor and red-tiled fireplace piled with huge logs, as it is pictured 
 by a writer who is describing this very Inn, was a sort of itinerary, 
 
30 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 entitled, "The several stages from the City of New York to Bos- 
 ton, and where travelers can be accommodated." 
 
 "From New York to Boston is accounted 254 miles. From 
 the post office in New York to Joe Clapp's, in the Bouwerie, is 2 
 miles (which generally is the bating place, where gentlemen take 
 leave of their friends going so long a journey, and where a parting 
 glass of generous wine," 'if well applied, makes their dull horses 
 feel, one spur in the head's worth two in the heel.' " 
 
 "From Clapp's to the Half-way house is 7 miles 
 
 Thence to King's Bridge is 9 " 
 
 " Old Shute's, East Chester 6 " 
 
 " " New Rochelle Meeting House 4 " 
 
 " Joseph Horton's 4 " 
 
 " Denham's at Rye 4 " 
 
 " Knap's at Horse Neck 7 " 
 
 " Dan. Weed's at Stamford 7 " 
 
 " Belden's, Norwalk 10 " 
 
 " Burr's, Fairfield 10 " 
 
 " Knowles', Stratford 8 " 
 
 " Andrew Sanford's, Milford 4 " 
 
 " " Widow Frisbie's, Branford 10 „ 
 
 " John Hobson's, Guilford 10 " 
 
 " " John Grinell's, Killingworth 10 " 
 
 " " John Clark's, Seabrook 10 " 
 
A FAMOUS BANQUET. 31 
 
 Thence to Mr. Blum's, New London 10 miles 
 
 " Mr. Saxton's 15 " 
 
 " Mr. Pemberton's, Narragansett County .... 15 " 
 
 " Frenchtown 24 " 
 
 " Mr. Turpin's 20 " 
 
 " Mr. Woodcock's 15 " 
 
 " Billing's Farm 11 " 
 
 " "White's 6 " 
 
 " Fishe's 6 " 
 
 and thence to the great town of Boston, 10 miles, where many 
 
 good lodgings and accommodations may be had for love and 
 
 money." 
 
 A famous banquet was given at the ''Black Horse," in the 
 year 1733. It was given by the most distinguished citizens of 
 New York, to Lewis Morris, late Chief Justice of the Province 
 of New York, and the first Governor of the Province of New Jer- 
 sey, in honor of his election as a representative for the county of 
 Westchester to the Provincial Legislature. 
 
 The account of the oration to Morris, from the New York 
 Weekly Journal of Monday, December 24, 1733, "containing the 
 freshest advices, foreign and domestic," is as follows : 
 
 New York, November 5th. — "On Wednesday, 31st October, the late 
 Chief Justice, but now representative for the County of Westchester, landed 
 in this city about five o'clock in the evening, at the ferry stairs. On his 
 
32 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 landing he was saluted by a general fire of the guns from the merchant 
 vessels lying in the road, and was received by great numbers of the most 
 considerable merchants and inhabitants of this city, and by them, with loud 
 acclamations of the people as he walked the streets, conducted to the Black 
 Horse tavern, where a handsome entertainment was prepared for him at 
 the charge of the gentlemen who received him, and in the middle of one 
 side of the room was fixed a tablet with golden capitals. 'KING GEORGE, 
 LIBERTY AND LAW!'" 
 
 It was in honor of Lewis Morris that Morristown and Mor- 
 ris County, N. J., were named, when in 1738, they came into 
 political existence, he being then Provincial Governor. 
 
 Jonathan Ogden was a native of North Castle. In the records 
 of the Parish Church, of Rye, N. Y., he is mentioned as vestry- 
 man, in 1 73 5- 1 736. He first appears on the records of the town 
 on April 6, 1736, when he was chosen constable and also pounder 
 at town meeting. Both were offices of responsibility and import- 
 ance in those times, and in a farming community. It does not ap- 
 pear whether he accepted and served. 
 
 The following Ogdens have the "earmarks" of their cattle 
 registered in North Castle : 
 
 1717 — Jonathan Ogden. 
 1717 — Daniel Ogden. 
 
 1738, April 7 — Jonathan Ogden. 
 
 1739, April 3 — William Ogden. 
 I739> June 3 — Albert Ogden. 
 
EARMARKING. 33 
 
 1739, June 3 — Obadiah Ogden. 
 1739, June 3 — Benjamin Ogden. 
 
 "Earmarking" is a method of branding cattle that are ex- 
 pected to run at large with those of other owners upon pastures in 
 which there is a common right, that ownership may afterwards 
 be distinguished. It is a means of proving property. The Jona- 
 than and William above mentioned may be the sons of Susannah, 
 named in her will, and the two Jonathans may be father and son. 
 The others are probably relatives, but the dates do not fit the Al- 
 bert and Benjamin of whom we have record. We have found 
 descendants of Obediah Ogden, who was doubtless a near relation 
 to Jonathan, of North Castle, but no dates can be found to verify 
 it. When Jonathan went from North Castle to New York cannot 
 be told. Mrs. Sophia Wetmore Lovell's tradition is as follows : 
 
 "Jonathan Ogden was a master builder in ante Revolutionary days — 
 man of energy and industry — and was one of the builders of Old Trinity 
 Church." 
 
 Trinity Church, built in 1696 on the site of the Trinity of 
 to-day, was enlarged and improved in 1737. It was destroyed by 
 the great fire of 1776, and rebuilt in 1790 on the same site. The 
 date, 1737, fits very well the probable time of his living in New 
 York, but no record has yet been found to confirm it. Trinity 
 Church has always been, and is still, the church of the family in 
 
34 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 New York, where some of Jonathan's descendants now attend 
 its services. 
 
 "Jonathan Ogden was admitted a Freeman of New York City on May 
 3d, 1747, and appears on the list as 'Jonathan Ogden, Yeoman,' " — N. Y. 
 Hist. Sco. Coll., 1885. 
 
 This gave him the right to all the privileges and immunities of 
 the city. He must have been a resident there long before that 
 date, in accordance with his interest there. His neighbors and 
 friends, of North Castle, were still maintaining some hold upon 
 him for, on April i, 1746, he was appointed a trustee (with 
 Benoni Piatt) "for the middle patent of North Castle to clean up 
 the Quitrents." This was a responsible trust, demanding much 
 more than ordinary good judgment and a knowledge of local 
 rights and customs, and shows a high degree of confidence in him. 
 
 Jonathan was still a property holder in North Castle, own- 
 ing a sawmill in Middle Patent, and perhaps other real estate. 
 
 Surrogate's Office, New York. 
 
 Jonathan Ogden's Will, Liber 18, page 268; dated 1750, Oct. 11. 
 Proved 1753, Feb. 16. 
 
 In the name of God, Amen. I, Jonathan Ogden, of the city of New 
 York, innkeeper, being at present sick and weak, but of sound and dispos- 
 ing mind, memory and understanding, (blessed be God therefor), and 
 
 knowing that it is appointed to all men once to die, do make this my last 
 will and testament, as follows : 
 
 First. — I recommend my precious and immortal soul unto Almighty 
 
JONATHAN OGDEN'S WILL. 35 
 
 God, my creator, hoping and only trusting for mercy in and through the 
 meritorious death and passion of the Blessed and Glorious Son of God, 
 my Lord and only Saviour and Redeemer, and my body I recommend to 
 the earth to be buried in a Christian-like and decent manner at the dis- 
 cretion of my executors hereinafter named, and as for and touching the 
 disposition of all such temporal estate as it hath pleased God to bless me 
 with, I give, devise and dispose thereof (after payment of all my just 
 debts and funeral charges) in the following manner and form, viz: 
 
 Imprimis. I give and bequeath to my beloved son, Jonathan Ogden, 
 the sum of twenty pounds current money of New York, to be paid out of 
 my real and personal estate immediately after my decease, by my executor 
 or executors in full and entire, bar of all claim, pretence or demand as be- 
 ing my eldest son and heir-at-law. 
 
 Item. To my well beloved son, Albert, I give and bequeath my saw- 
 mill, in Middle Patent, immediately after my decease, to take the same in 
 possession. 
 
 Item. I give, devise and bequeath unto my dear and loving wife, Will- 
 mont Ogden, one full and equal third part, share and proportion of all and 
 singular, the rest residue and remainder of my whole real and personal 
 estate, whatever and wherever none excepted or reserved, together with my 
 negro wench, named Luce, to have and to hold the one-third part of my 
 real and personal estate, together with my said negro wench, named Luce, 
 unto her my said dear and loving wife, Willmont Ogden, her heirs and 
 assigns forever. 
 
 The other two-thirds part of my real and personal estate, none ex- 
 cepted or reserved, I give and bequeath to my said dear and loving wife, 
 Willmont Ogden, for and during the term and time she remain my widow, 
 to have, take, receive, enjoy and dispose of the interest, rents, issues, goods 
 and profits thereof for and towards her maintenance and support and for 
 and towards the better support, maintenance and education of my children 
 till their respective ages of 21 years or days of marriage. In case of re- 
 marriage or death of my said wife, or which shall first happen, I give, devise 
 and bequeath the said other or remaining two-thirds, &c. of my real and 
 personal estate, &c., (none reserved), unto and among all my loving chil- 
 
36 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 dren, share and share alike, except my eldest daughter, named Freelove, 
 who has already received her portion. If one or more of my said children 
 shall die in his or her or their minority, under the age of 21 years, and 
 without issue, the said share and shares shall be equally shared and divided 
 among the survivors, share and share alike, and their heirs and assigns 
 forever. Power to sell granted executors. Executors : Wife, Willmont 
 and friends, John Tiebout and David Purdy. Witnesses : John Thomas, 
 Robert Benson, Anthony Rutgers. 
 
 David Purdy, of Rye, and John Tiebout, of the city of New 
 York, the executors surviving, (his wife, Wilmot, being dead), on 
 March 27 and 28, 1753, conveyed the Inn property to John Hal- 
 stead of Elizabeth Town by Deed. — A^ Y. Records, Liber 34, 
 P- 392- 
 
 The description of the property is as follows : "For house and 
 lot in Montgomerie Yard, city of New York, bounded on N. E. 
 to Swamp or Cupple Bush, and S. E. to highway or street that 
 leads from Fly or Queen street to the fresh water, containing in 
 breadth in front to said highway or street 35 feet, 7 inches. In 
 length on each side to said swamp 244 feet, and in breadth in rear 
 25 feet, being the same lot of ground that Robert North and 
 Catherine, his wife, by deed of lease and release, dated 5 and 6 
 February, 1748, sold to said Jonathan Ogden." 
 
 John Tiebout was one of the first twenty-four firemen of the 
 city of New York, who were appointed September 19, 1738, under 
 an Act of Assembly, "all strong, able, discreet, honest and sober 
 
ONE OF THE FIRST FIREMEN. 37 
 
 men." They were to take charge of the celebrated "Nevvham" 
 fire engine, then first introduced from England, whose coming 
 marked the era. 
 
Ebir^ feneration. 
 
 Children of Jonathan Ogden, whose wife was Willmont or 
 Wilmot. 
 
 I Jonathan. 2 Freelove. 3 Albert. 4 Benjamin. 5 
 Susannah, 6 Wilmot. 7 Parthenla. 
 
 Capt. Jonathan Ogden. He was the eldest son and was 
 born about 172 — , which can only be fixed by that of Albert, the 
 next son, which is known to be 1726. His wife was Rachel Van- 
 der Heyden. Their record in Genealogy of the Frst Settlers of 
 Schenectady (Pierson) is: "Jonathan Ogden, capitayn van het, 
 Niew Yorshe regiment, van Westchester ; married Rachel, daugh- 
 ter Joachim Vander Heyden, of Albany, December 10, 1758. He 
 ^yas an innkeeper, and occupied lot No. 24, Church street, next 
 south of the Tomlinson lot." 
 
 "Joachim, son of Dirk Vander Heyden, of Albany, married 
 Bata, daughter of Johnannes Clute, of Konnestagiome, Banns. 
 July 10, 1730. Derrick Vander Heyden established the West 
 Troy ferry soon after he purchased the land upon which the city of 
 Troy now stands, 1707." 
 
 Hist. Albany County; p. 979. 
 
CAPT. JONATHAN OGDEN. 39 
 
 Dirk or Derrick Vander Heyden, the progenitor of the fam- 
 ily, was an innkeeper in Albany in the early part of the last cen- 
 tury. Besides the "Poesten Bourvery" enterprise he was a specu- 
 lator in leases in Schaghticoke, which were then attracting the 
 attention of the Albany capitalists. The Common Council, having 
 cautiously weighed the matter, allowed eight farms to be leased 
 there which were actually drawn by lot out of the Mayor's hat. 
 Dirk Vander Heyden, in 1717, was "ye highest bidder for one- 
 third part of a small flatt of six Morgens on south side of Schagh- 
 ticoke Creek, together with 5^ of 60 Morgen of woodland adjoin- 
 ing, at £75 and a yearly rent of 30 bushels of winter wheat etc." 
 
 From "Reminiscences of Troy," by John Woodivorth. 
 
 Dirk Vander Heyden died 1738, and was buried at Albany. 
 His house, which was famous in early days, was built in 1752. 
 
 The old Vander Heyden Bible is now in the possession of 
 JMrs. Pray, of Albany, who is a descendant of Parthenia Ogden 
 and Jesse Conde. 
 
 The very interesting military history of Capt. Ogden can be 
 traced from the records of his time. He appears in the muster 
 roll for July, 1755, as Second Lieut, of Capt. Isaac Corso's com- 
 pany. This company was part of the New York regiment raised 
 for the campaign against the French in 1755, under Gen. William 
 Johnson, and took part in the battle of Lake George, September 8, 
 
40 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 1755, in which the French were defeated. Capt. Jonathan Ogden 
 had a company before July 30, 1756. On that date Lieut. Elisha 
 Abeel's commission as Second Lieut, in Capt. Jonathan Ogden's 
 company was signed. He is referred to in the Journal of Capt. 
 Robert Rogers, the famous New Hampshire scout, and again in a 
 letter from a gentleman at Fort William Henry, written July 26, 
 1757, describing a battle in which out of about 13 officers and 350 
 men, "Col. Parker and Capt. Ogden are the only two officers that 
 escaped with life, the latter much wounded in the head." Col. 
 Parker was brother of Courtland Parker's grandfather. 
 
 L Jonathan Ogden married December 10, 1758, Rachel 
 Vander Heyden and no doubt settled at Schenectady, where he 
 Kept an inn at 24 Church street. Pearson says, "Johannes Fairly 
 had a lot in 1766 on east side of Church street, opposite Jonathan 
 Ogden's Inn, south of Union street. He was one of the church 
 wardens of Schenectady in 1765." We quote the following from 
 Doc. His. of N. Y., Vol. IV, as giving an idea of the church affairs 
 of that time : 
 
 "Churchmen of Schenectady, to Sir Win. Johnson: 
 
 Sirs — As the congregation of the Church of England have come to a 
 resolution to petition His Excellency, the Governor, to grant them a 
 charter to secure their rights and privileges in the church built here, they 
 beg leave to lay their petition before you for your approbation, and like- 
 wise beseech you to honour them with an acceptance of being one of the 
 trustees in the charter, if one can be obtained, as we then can have no 
 
CAPT. JONATHAN OGDEN. 41 
 
 doubt if a gentleman of your known merit and character will espouse our 
 cause, it will prevent for the future the Presbyterians from making any 
 unjust attempts on the privileges in the church. We hope you will grac- 
 iously honour us with an answer as soon as your leisure will permit, which 
 will confer the most grateful obligation on our congregation and in a par- 
 ticular manner on your honor's most 
 
 Obedient and humble servants, 
 
 J. W. Brown, 
 Matthew Lyne, 
 Rich'd. Cullin, 
 Jonathan Ogden." 
 
 The children of Jonathan Ogden and Rachel Vander Heyden, 
 
 as found in "First Settlers Schenectady," are: 
 
 Susannah ; bap. Aug. 3, 1764. (Mrs. Brown says she m. 
 
 Hoffman). 
 
 John; m. Alida Nesbit. Children: 
 
 Joseph, 1784. 
 
 Timothy, 1786. 
 
 Perhaps Jonathan moved to Schaghticoke, for in the church 
 records there is this entry : "Albert, May 22, 1777, child of Jona- 
 than Ogden and Rachel Vander Heyden. Sponsors — William 
 Spotten and Elizabeth Holloway." 
 
 Taken by Mr. Lawrence Van Alstyne. 
 
 No further trace is found of him until 1796, when we find him 
 through the medium of Andrew Ogden's letter, at Charlton, Sara- 
 toga Co., a land holder in affluent circumstances, having lately 
 
42 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 come, as the letter states. Mrs. Brown says he went to New Jer- 
 sey from Charlton, but nothing more has been learned about him. 
 
 II. Freelove Ogden, eldest daughter, who had received 
 her portion before 1750. No trace of her later has been found. 
 
 III. Albert Ogden, born 1726, who, under the will of his 
 father, was given "the sawmill in Middle Patent immediately after 
 my decease, to take the same into possession." The will of Albert 
 Ogden, "of North Castle," dated April i, 1773, proved July i, 
 1784, gives to wife, Phebe, the furniture and plate. All the rest 
 to be sold. Gives to "my brother, Jonathan, 5 shillings and no 
 more." All the proceeds of the estate, after paying debts (and 
 legacies), given to "wife Phebe Ogden, forever." 
 
 N. y. Wills. L. 39; p. 85. 
 
 * 
 
 Its terms indicate that there were no children then living, 
 
 (1773)- 
 
 He died July 3, 1782, aged 56 years, 2 months. He is buried 
 in St. Paul's church yard, New York City. 
 
 IV. Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, "born June 22, 1735, died 
 1780, August 16; married Rachel Westervelt, who was born 1735, 
 July 5, and died 1829, July 2." 
 
 Bible Record. 
 
RACHEL WESTERVELT. 43 
 
 Mrs. Lovell's narrative says, "he was of New York, (her 
 mother and father being natives of Holland.") It also calls her 
 Rachel Von Westervelt. Nothing more than this is certainly 
 known of her ancestry, but there is a faint tradition that she came 
 from Bergen County, New Jersey. In passing we note the fol- 
 lowing: "Lubbert Lubberston Von Westervelt came with his 
 brother, William Lubberston, and their families, from Meppel, 
 Province Dreuth, Holland, in the ship 'Hope,' April, 1662, and 
 settled in Bergen County, New Jersey." 
 
 Am. Ancestry; Vol. 3. 
 
 In the genealogical "History of Bergen and Hudson count- 
 ies," by C. B. Harvy, is another reference to Westervelt family, 
 which we quote, as a suggestion to some genealogical traveler vis- 
 iting Holland : "The Westervelts or Von Westervelts, as they 
 once called themselves, are another of the very prolific families of 
 Bergen and Hudson counties. Should the traveler happen to 
 journey through the Province of Overyssel, in Holland, about a 
 mile east of the coast of the Zuyder Zee on the highroad from 
 Deventer to Groningen, he will pass through a considerable town 
 called Mippel. 
 
 "In the middle of the 17th century the town was a mere ham- 
 let. Three miles east was the town of Zwolle, where Thomas a 
 Kempis for half a century resided, and where he wrote his famous 
 
 book, of the 'Imitation of Christ,' and where he died about 147 1. 
 
44 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Of the brothers Von Westervelt who came from Holland in 
 1662, William settled at New Utrecht, L. I. Lubbert, with his 
 wife, Gessie Roeloff Van Houten, and family, went to Flatbush, 
 where he acquired much land and a number of slaves. Upon his 
 death, near the end of the century, his sons, Lubbert, Jr., Roeloff, 
 John and Jurian, went to Bergen County, New Jersey, and settled. 
 Lubbert's two daughters, Margretie and Mary, married and set- 
 tled at New Hackensack. 
 
 "The descendants of these four sons and two daughters of 
 Lubbert Lubbetson Von Westervelt. intermarrying with the Dem- 
 arests, Nouglas, Harings, Blauvelts, and others, became a mighty 
 host." 
 
 In the Holland Soc. Coll., we find Roeloff, Lubberse and Jurie 
 Westervelt in Hackensack Dutch Church records, also Margriete 
 Lubberse Westervelt, and in Schraalenburgh Dutch Church, Ber- 
 gen County, of those who were transferred from Hackensack 
 prior to 1733, Rachel Westervelt. In the marriage record, Octo- 
 ber 29, 1 73 1, Abram Cool and Rachel Westervelt were married — 
 both born and living at Schraalenburgh. 
 
 Our Rachel was born a generation later. 
 
 At the time of his father's death in New York, about 1753, 
 Benjamin would not have been over 18 years old. We may assume 
 he was Hving there and unmarried. The next trace we have is in 
 the list of Freeman, of New York, "1758, May 23, Benjamin Og- 
 
BENJAMIN OGDEN. 45 
 
 den." He was married before this, for we find the baptism of his 
 first child in Trinity Church records, as follows : 
 
 Dorothea, dau. Benjamin and Rachel Ogden, b. Sept. 20, 
 1759; bap. Oct. 14. She died young. Benjamin Og- 
 den, Sarah Barrenock, (Sponsors). 
 
 Some old records show that Benjamin and his wife, Rachel, 
 had at one time considerable property in New York City, He 
 calls himself "house carpenter" in one of them. This is one of 
 several references to early Ogdens of this family as being carpen- 
 ters, builders or architects. He seems also to have had a lease 
 of some Trinity Church property which the record describes as, 
 "known on the map of that part of the church farm which lies to 
 southward of the stockadoes" — which was by the rector and inhab- 
 itants of city of New York in communion of the church of Eng- 
 land, as by law established on 28th day of February, 1760, leased 
 to said Benjamin Ogden for term of 20 years from 25th day of 
 March, then ensuing. 
 
 Many years elapse before we can know more about him cen- 
 tainly. There was more than one Benjamin Ogden in the fam- 
 ily at this time, and it may be his cousin of that name who, in 
 1775, we find signing a protest against the action of the people of 
 Westchester County in supporting the sending of delegates to the 
 Continental Congress, to meet in Philadelphia. At all events they 
 
46 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 were both of one mind in their loyalty to King George, the Third, 
 and they were willing to hazard their lives and properties to sup- 
 port the cause they believed to be right. 
 
 Mr. Jonas Howe, corresponding secretary New Brunswick 
 Historical Society, and custodian of the muster rolls, etc., gave 
 us the following : 
 
 "Lieutenant Benjamin Ogden served in the Prince of Wales 
 American Regiment during 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780, and in 
 South Carolina his name seems to have been dropped after that 
 year. Benjamin Ogden and Albert Ogden were volunteers in 
 Capt. Bridgenerter's company, in same regiment, during 1779, 
 1780 and 1 78 1. 
 
 "Volunteers were generally young men, relatives of officers 
 often, who served as privates in hope of gaining a commission. 
 Those two were doubtless kinsmen of Lieut. Ogden." 
 
 We know now that they were his sons. Their father was 
 wounded in a skirmish at the battle of Camden, S. C, and while 
 lying in his tent in his son Benjamin's arms, he was killed by a 
 spent ball, August 16, 1780. This story is confirmed by the record 
 found in the Bible of his granddaughter, Cornelia Ann Hierlihy 
 Ogden, at Shelburne, N. S., as follows : 
 
 "Captain Benjamin Ogden wounded in a skirmish at Utah Springs, 
 battle of Camden, S. C, and died in his tent in his son's arms." 
 
BENJAMIN OGDEN. 47 
 
 There is no doubt about his being entitled to the rank of cap- 
 tain for efficient service rendered, which only his death prevented 
 his receiving, but on the muster rolls is only the record of his first 
 commission as lieutenant. 
 
 [NOTE. The battle of Camden was fought Aug. 15, 1780. The 
 skirmish of Utah Springs, above mentioned, must not be confounded with 
 the battle of Eutaw Springs, which occurred Sept. 8, 1781, and was the 
 last battle of the Revolutionary War. Eutaw Springs is about half way 
 bettween Camden and Charleston, and 40 miles from either.] 
 
 From Col. Tarleton's "History of the Campaign of 1780 and 
 1781 in the Southern Province of North America," published in 
 1787, we quote this account of some skirmishing in which Benja- 
 min Ogden may have been wounded : 
 
 "Thirty or forty picked men to seize or drive away some very violent 
 rebels on the west bank of the Wateree, 30 miles from Camden. All were 
 killed but twelve, Capt. Huck among the number." 
 
 From Mrs. Lovell's narrative we learn that "during her hus- 
 band's absence Mrs. Ogden sent her four children to a brother's 
 or sister's farm, near Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., and was her- 
 self offered a shelter on one of the English ships in N. Y. harbor, 
 where she remained for some time." This must have been before 
 1779, when the two eldest boys became volunteers. While at the 
 
48 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 farm, Rachel Ogden, the eldest child, took charge of her brothers, 
 making and repairing their clothing.. 
 
 From "Todd's Hist, of N. Y., we get this picture of that 
 time of struggle : "New York was not a pleasant place of resi- 
 dence during these seven years. Martial law, with its rigors, bore 
 heavily upon the people. They were in constant fear, too, of an 
 attack from the Americans. Then the burned district added to 
 by another great fire in August, 1778, was covered with a city of 
 tents and cabins that sheltered the vilest banditti of the British 
 army, so that no citizen felt himself safe in the streets after dark, 
 while the presence of the hospitals and prison houses harrowed the 
 souls of the pitiful. 
 
 Business was suspended. Many were in want. Only the 
 wealthier royalists were sad when, on the 25th of November, 1783, 
 the rear guard of the British army embarked at the Battery and, 
 with crestfallen air, rowed away to their ships. 
 
 Another army followed the retreating British to their ships. 
 The American loyalists who, having adhered to the crown, had 
 now no part in the new country, and whom the bitter resentment 
 of the Whigs, if not their own pride, would have forced into exile. 
 According to British official reports, dated November 24, 1783, 
 29,244 men, women and children had, up to that date, been fur- 
 nished transportation to Canada. Not all were loyalists ; there 
 
FLIGHT OF THE REFUGEES. 49 
 
 were soldiers with their families among them and 3,000 negro 
 slaves which were taken by their masters." 
 
 Rachel, the widow of Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, and her sons, 
 Benjamin, Albert and Andrew, and her daughter, Rachel, with 
 her husband, Captain George Wetmore, whom she had married in 
 1777, and their child, Rachel, born in 1778, were among the refu- 
 gees who went to the British Provinces at the close of the war. 
 
 The ages of the children at that time were : Rachel, 22 ; Ben- 
 jamin, 18; Albert, 14; Andrew, 11.. 
 
 When the summons came for them to go to the ship, they had 
 to leave in such haste that they could not wait for the bread which 
 was baking in the oven. Most of the silver had previously been 
 buried in the garden. A solid silver punch bowl, soup tureen and 
 ladle were especially mentioned. All their possessions in New 
 York were confiscated. 
 
 We are indebted for much information of this period of fam- 
 ily history to Mrs. Cornelia Ogden Whelpley, daughter of Maria 
 Purdy (Mrs. Asa Flewelling), the life-long attendant and friend 
 of Mrs. Ogden. Maria Purdy's parents died of a fever when she 
 was an infant, and Mrs. Ogden took the little orphan and brought 
 her up. At the time of her husband's death, in Camden, S. C, 
 Rachel had a dream that he stood beside her holding her hand and 
 pressing her wedding ring, saying : "Rachel, I am dying, but you 
 shall never want." This ring is now in the possession of Maria 
 
50 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Purdy's grandchildren who guard it jealously, attaching to it a 
 kind of superstition that prosperity attends any one who possesses 
 it. It is kept in a locket prepared for it. On the inside of the ring 
 is inscribed: "Hearts united, live contented." The old family 
 Bible, said to have been brought from England, was also obtained 
 by gift, by Maria Purdy. 
 
 In response to an inquiry for the family record made by 
 Albert, son of Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, many years ago, one leaf 
 was cut out and sent to him and it is now in our possession. In 
 an effort to obtain the Bible some years ago, we learned that it had 
 been sent to be rebound and was never heard of afterwards, and 
 thought to have been destroyed in the great fire at St. John, N. B., 
 sixty years ago, when all the book binding section was burned. 
 
 Among the refugees were the Purdy, Flewelling, Bloomer, 
 and Wetmore families, friends and neighbors of the Ogdens in 
 Rye and vicinity, Westchester Co., N. Y. Most of them were 
 Royalists or Tories, but some remained friends of the Federal gov- 
 ernment. All were people of property and highly respected cit- 
 izens of Westchester County. 
 
 Of those who received crown grants, we find recorded at 
 Fredericton, N. B. : 
 
 "Albert Ogden, Aug. ii, 1784, 10 acres, St. John, Carleton. 
 "Benjamin Ogden, May 18, 1785, town lot 312, Carleton. (Benjamin 
 had also a large grant at Antigonish, N. S.) 
 
TIMOTHY WETMORE. 51 
 
 "Rachel Ogden, Aug. ir, 1784, 250 acres, St. John. 
 
 "Rachel Ogden, May 18, 1785, town lot 261, Carleton. (Rachel also 
 received a crown grant of 27,750 acres at Sunbury, N. B. Recorded at 
 Halifax, N. S., 1784.") 
 
 Rachel Westervelt, widow of Benjamin Ogden, became the 
 wife of Timothy Wetmore, who was also a refugee loyalist and 
 went to the British Provinces, in 1783. He was a second cousin 
 of her son-in-law, Capt. George Wetmore. (Timothy was a son of 
 the Rev. James Wetmore, and George was son of Jeremiah Wet- 
 more, son of Jeremiah, son of the Rev. James Wetmore.) Timo- 
 thy's first wife was Jane Haviland and their children were James, 
 Jane, Anna, Timothy, Fletcher, Thomas F., Luther, Theodore 
 and Robert Grififeth. 
 
 This second marriage of Rachel and Timothy seems to have 
 been a wise arrangement — not only providing her with a protector, 
 but her sons received wise counsel and instruction which proved 
 of inestimable value to them. We have not the date of their mar- 
 riage. No issue. He was a highly respected and influential citizen 
 of Westchester County, N. Y., and an educator of prominence. 
 He was the first to receive the honorary degree of A. M. from 
 King's College, now Columbia, New York. 
 
 Mrs. Lovell's narrative says : "He was one of the originators 
 of the college." King's College was re-chartered by the State of 
 New York, in May, 1784, and named Columbia College. William 
 
52 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Samuel Johnson, its first president, was elected in 1787. — Todd's 
 Hist. 
 
 "He was at first sole instructor." — Col. College Catalogue. 
 
 "Timothy Wetmore first studied for the Episcopal ministry, 
 but circumstances prevented his going to England for ordination. 
 He turned his attention to the study of law and became a prac- 
 titioner of considerable importance. He was also learned in med- 
 icine, which he studied immediately after graduating. He edu- 
 cated his three sons in the three professions in which he was edu- 
 cated himself. His loyal sentiments caused him to lose his prop- 
 erty." — Wetmore Memorial. 
 
 He was also one of the signers of the protest in 1775. He 
 expressed his views, from which we quote to show the attitude of 
 some of the Tories at that time : "It is my opinion that the Parlia- 
 ment have no right to tax America though they have a right to 
 regulate the trade of the Empire. I am further of opinion that 
 several acts of Parliament are grievances, and the execution of 
 them ought to be opposed in such a manner as may be consistent 
 with the duty of a subject to our Sovereign ; though I cannot help 
 expressing my disapprobation of many violent proceedings in 
 some of the colonies." 
 
 "At the close of the war, 1783, he removed to Nova Scotia, 
 where he practiced law for many years and held many offices of 
 public trust." Rachel and her husband, Timothy, encountered 
 
IN THE BRITISH PROVINCES. 53 
 
 hardships in the new country as did most of the refugees. She 
 was a brave woman and, though delicate, she accompanied her 
 husband on his surveying expeditions in the wilderness, often 
 waking in the night, with the snow drifting in on the coverlet. 
 They lived very happily all their married life, and were always 
 very particular in their religious duties. He used to read a ser- 
 mon before breakfast, often as he walked in the garden, always 
 having daily prayers. They ended the day by singing the evening 
 hymn, "Glory to Thee, My God, this Night," — and if for any rea- 
 son they retired earlier than the appointed hour (9 o'clock), they 
 sang it sitting up in bed. 
 
 Mr. Wetmore had an old horse named 'Old Feather Legs" 
 by Maria Purdy, because of the long hair on its legs and fetlocks,, 
 which Mr. Wetmore would not allow to be trimmed, believing it 
 a provision of nature and well adapted to protect the old horse 
 from that rigorous climate. Maria thought it great fun to make 
 the old horse step lively about the yard, much to the old gentle- 
 man's annoyance. Mr. and Mrs. Wetmore returned to New York 
 in 1800, where they lived near her son, Andrew Ogden, the re- 
 mainder of Mr. Wetmore's life. 
 
 Her sons, Albert and Andrew, were wealthy importing mer- 
 chants at that time, in New York. 
 
 Mrs. Lovell's narrative says : "She had a small house near that 
 of her son Andrew, and one faithful servant, who lived with her 
 
54 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 many years." This was Maria Purdy, afterwards Mrs. Asa 
 Flewelling, whose affection for Mrs. Ogden Wetmore and her 
 family is thus spoken of in a letter from her daughter, Mrs. Cor- 
 nelia Ogden Whelpley, to Albert Ogden's daughter, Margaret, in 
 1861 : "Your names are as familiar to me as household words 
 ^rom hearing of you so constantly from my mother. She lives 
 in the past. Few days pass that she does not talk of her early 
 friends. Your hand-writing even looked familiar, as she has treas- 
 ured your letters through all the changes and vicissitudes of her 
 life. She loved your grandmother and grandfather as few chil- 
 dren love their own parents. How many times she has told me 
 of your grandmother — how kind she always was to her, your 
 father, your uncles, your sister and yourself. In fact there is not 
 one that she does not cherish the memory of." 
 
 Mrs. Wetmore's son Andrew Ogden, died November 5th, 
 
 1 8 19, and the following year she suffered another affliction in the 
 death of her husband, Timothy Wetmore. He died March 21st, 
 
 1820, aged 85. A newspaper clipping of the day, preserved in 
 Albert Ogden's Bible, is as follows : 
 
 "DIED. — Yesterday morning, of a lingering illness, which he bore 
 with christian resignation, Timothy Wetmore, Esq., in the 85th year of 
 his age. Mr. Wetmore was one of the two first who graduated in Columbia 
 College. His friends and relatives are respectfully invited to attend his 
 funeral, at half-past 4 o'clock, from No. 307 Bowerj', first house above First 
 Street." 
 
RACHEL-OGDEN-WETMORE. 55 
 
 About this time her son Albert met with business reverses 
 and was deemed best to return to the British Provinces, where she 
 made her home with him and his daughter Margaret in Carle- 
 ton. The old house where they lived was still standing in 1895. 
 Later they moved to the beautiful old town of Magaguadavick 
 or Macadavy, for short, as sometimes called, now named St. 
 George, where she died. 
 
 Sometime before her death, her son Albert picked up an 
 old newspaper in the street and read that the widows of officers 
 should receive their back pensions from the British government, 
 which had been discontinued then for a number of years. They 
 applied for, and received the money at a time when it was most 
 acceptable. 
 
 In April, 1820, Rachel Canfield writes to her uncle, Albert 
 Ogden : "I am happy to learn that she is so well." Mrs. Ogden 
 Wetmore was very sweet and gentle in her old age, and like a little 
 child in disposition. She "died in her granddaughter Margaret's 
 arms on the 2d of July, 1829, being 94 years on the day of her 
 burial." — Family Bible. 
 
 She was buried in the church yard at St. George, N. B., 
 where her tombstone was still standing and in good condition, in 
 1895. It was placed there to her memory by her son, Albert Og- 
 den, with this inscription : 
 
56 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Sacred 
 to the memory of 
 
 RACHEL, 
 
 formerly widow of 
 
 Lieut. Benjamin Ogden, 
 
 of the P.W.A. Reg't, 
 
 late relict of 
 
 Timothy Wetmore, Esq., 
 
 of this Province. 
 
 She departed this life on 
 
 the 2d July, 1829, 
 
 aged 94 years. 
 
 She truly was a duteous wife and an affectionate mother. 
 
 "Life makes the soul dependant on the dust; 
 
 "Death gives her wings to mount above the spheres." 
 
 V. Susannah Ogden ; b. 1738, May 27 ; m. Henry Dusen- 
 berry, 1757; b. 1735, July 28. This is doubtless the same Henry 
 Dusenberry, who, in 1775, was captain of the Militia Company of 
 Harrison Precinct, in the South Battalion, of Westchester County. 
 Their children were : 
 
 Henry Dusenberry ; b. 1757, Nov. 12 ; m. Hannah Purdy.* 
 
 WiLMOT Dusenberry; b. 1759, Feb. 17; m. Joseph Merritt. 
 
 Jemima Dusenberry; b. 1761, Jan. 18; d. young. 
 
 Helena Dusenberry ; b. 1763, Aug. 5 ; m. John Hawkins. 
 
 Freelove Dusenberry ; b. 1766, Nov. 13 ; m. Simeon Tyler. 
 
 Parthenia Dusenberry; b. 1772, Sept. 19; m. ist Peter 
 Brown, Mar. 27, 1798. He was a native of Scotland, 
 and was b. Nov. 8, 1774; d. Sept. 29, 1799. She m. 
 2d, James Glover. There are many descendants. 
 
WILMOT OGDEN, 57 
 
 "Parthenia Dusenberry, by marriage with Peter 
 Brown, had Margaret W., b. Feb. i6, 1799; m. July 
 16, 1817, John Pirnie. — See Pirnie rec'd. — {Baird.) 
 
 "Henry Dusenberry, 1721, bought a piece of salt 
 marsh on Mannering Island. In 1724, he had land on 
 the road from the Purchase to King Street. Henry 
 of Harrison, doubtless a son of the above, born July 
 28, 1735 ; married Susannah Ogden ; b. May 27, 1738. 
 (Her mother was Wilmot Ogden, &c. *Children : 
 
 "Henry; b. Nov. 12, 1757; m. Hannah Budd." — 
 Baird's Hist, of Rye. 
 
 VI. Wilmot Ogden; m. Gilbert Miller. Gilbert Miller, in 
 his will, proved 1798, February 13, gives to his wife, Wilmot, the 
 farm in Ballston, 200 acres, during her life ; other farms to sons, 
 Charles, Benjamin, Gilbert, John, Ogden, Elisha, Joseph, Obediah 
 — and daughters, Martha and Susannah, who had legacies in 
 money. Executors: wife, Wilmot; son, John, and James Emott. 
 Witnesses : Jonathan Ogden, Joseph Bettys, Robert Moyston and 
 Mary Brown. 
 
 This Gilbert Miller was eldest son of John Miller, Jr., and 
 his wife, Sarah, who was daughter of John Miller and Mary 
 Holmes. John Miller, Jr., was of Bedford, Westchester County, 
 N. Y. His will, proved November 4, 1760, names children, Gil- 
 bert, John, Justus, Elisha, Josiah, Susannah. 
 
 The will provides that son, Elisha, was to have his support 
 as apprentice with a doctor. We have been informed that this 
 
58 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Elisha was a physician at North Salem, Westchester County, and 
 married Betty Grummond, November 7, 1762 ; died after 1774. 
 
 A deed at Ballston records : 
 
 "Elisha Miller, physician of Ballston, to Elisha Miller, Yeoman, 1793, 
 March 30"— B. C. D., p. 369. 
 
 VII. Parthenia Ogden ; b. 1744, July 14; d. 1817, Dec. 11 ; 
 m. 1762, July 8, Jesse Conde ; d. July 28, 1818, aged 75 years. 
 
 Children : 
 
 1. Alida Conde; bap. Jan. 16, 1763; m. James Boyd. 
 
 (Mrs. Alice Easton Pray, of Albany, a descendant, is 
 preparing a genealogy of this family). 
 
 2. Jonathan Conde; b. 1764; d. 1764. 
 
 3. Jonathan Conde; b. Dec. 14, 1768; m. Sally Thompson. 
 
 4. Adam Conde; b. Feb. 12, 1769; m. Rogers; 15 
 
 children. 
 
 5. Albert Conde; b. June 9, 1771 ; m. Hester Toll. They 
 
 both joined the Freehold church. He, in 1820; she 
 she, June 3, 1821. She d. Oct. S, 1857. They had 10 
 children. Rev. Daniel Toll Conde, their son, was or- 
 dained and went as a missionary to the Sandwich Is- 
 lands. 
 
 6. John Conde; b. Oct. 17, 1773; m. Polly Brown; 6 
 
 children. 
 
 7. WiLMOT Conde; b. 1776; m. Simon Toll, bro. of Hester 
 
 8. Jesse Conde; b. 1778; d. 1787. 
 
 9. Susannah Conde; b. 1780; m. Henry Cuyler; several 
 
 children. 
 
 ID. Nicholas De Graaf Conde; b. 1783; m. Ann De Wand- 
 ler ; 8 children. 
 
 II. Isaac Switz Conde; b. 1785; m. Mary Bradford; 6 chil- 
 dren. 
 
CONDE FAMILY RECORD. 59 
 
 12. Jesse Conde; b. 1791 ; m. Mary Duell; 10 children, of 
 whom were Eveline E. Conde; b. 182 — ; m. John 
 Brown, of Scotland, and her bro. Henry Clay Conde ; 
 b. 1832, Apr. 16; m. ist, Marietta Farrell ; 2d, Cather- 
 ine Porter. Children : 
 Henry Clay Conde. 
 
fourtb (5eneratton. 
 
 The children of Lieut. Benjamin Ogden and Rachel Wester- 
 velt: 
 
 1. Dorothea Ogden; b. Sept. 20, 1759; d. young. 
 
 2. Rachel Ogden ; b. Jan. 20, 1761 ; d. Mar. 23, 1850. 
 
 3. Benjamin Ogden; b. Feb. 21, 1765; d. Sept. 4, 1835. 
 
 4. Albert Ogden; b. Jan. 20, 1769; d. Feb. 2, 1865. 
 
 5. Andrew Ogden; b. Oct. 16, 1772; d. Nov. 5, 1819. 
 
 All were bom in New York. 
 
 II. Rachel Ogden ; b. Jan. 20, 1761 ; d. Mar. 2t„ 1850; only 
 daughter of Benjamin Ogden and Rachel Westervelt; married 
 George Wetmore; b. July 31, 1751 ; d. Nov. 2, 1800; son of Jere- 
 miah Wetmore and Hannah Hobbs. They were married by the 
 Rev. Samuel Seabury, rector of the parishes of East and West 
 Chester, afterwards Bishop of Rhode Island and Connecticut. 
 The date in "New York Marriages," is Sept. 11, 1777. They 
 were said to be the handsomest couple that walked on Queen 
 Street,, now Pearl street, the Fifth Avenue of those times. George 
 Wetmore was born in Middletown, Conn., and educated there. 
 
GEORGE WETMORE. 6i 
 
 In the Wetmore memorial we find this sketch of him : "At an 
 early age he embarked in the West India trade, by which he 
 amassed considerable property. He continued in that trade until 
 the commencement of the Revolutionary War. Remaining loyal 
 to the crown, he enlisted a company of 48 men at his own expense, 
 called the 'Independent Volunteers,' attaching his company to 
 Brig. Gen. Browne's brigade. From General Brown he received 
 his first commission of lieutenant January i, 1777, and afterwards 
 that of captain in the 2d batallion, March 25th, 1777. He served 
 his Sovereign until 1783, when the regiment was disbanded. He 
 then took up lands at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where he resided 
 many years, after which he returned to the United States. Their 
 first child, Rachel, was born in New York, and baptized in Trinity 
 Church. The record is : 
 
 "Rachel, dau. of George and Rachel Wetmore ; b. Nov., 1778. Spon- 
 sors — Charles Babbington, Rachel Wetmore, Elizabeth Budd." 
 
 In Halifax is recorded the original grant from King George 
 Third, to Lieut. Col. Timothy Hierlihy, and 88 others, containing 
 21,600 acres, with allowances for town and common. Timothy's 
 share, 1,600 acres; George Wetmore's, 800 acres. Date, Novem- 
 ber 5, 1784. J. Parr, Esq., our Capt. General and Governor. 
 
 Col. Timothy Hierlihy was from Middletown, Conn., and 
 
62 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 commanded an independent company at Halifax, N. S. They 
 received land at Antigonish, N. S. 
 
 From Mrs. Lovell's narrative we quote : "Peace was made in 
 1783, and the Independance of the United States acknowledged. 
 Immediately upon this, George and Rachel Wetmore removed 
 from New York to Halifax, where their eldest son was born, May 
 
 1783- 
 
 In common with other British officers who went to Nova 
 Scotia, Capt. Wetmore was allowed lands which were located at 
 Antigonish, Sidney County, N. S. They resided about ten years 
 in Nova Scotia, and then went to live at Wetmore's Island, on the 
 Penobscot — ((1793 or '94) — river, opposite Bucksport, where 
 Harriet and Charlotte were born. While there the two eldest sons, 
 George and Alexander, were sent to college at Middletown, Conn., 
 where their father's family lived. 
 
 "Wetmore's Island belonged to Judge Wetmore, the brother 
 of our grandfather. The fisheries there were quite important, and 
 the fish caught, and the butter and cheese made on the island, 
 were sent to Boston in small fishing vessels. They were not satis- 
 fied to remain there because they had no advantages of education 
 for the children, and my grandmother wished to be near New York 
 on account of her mother, and for greater advantages for the chil- 
 dren; consequently they left the Island for New York about 1798. 
 On their arrival in New York the yellow fever prevailed there, 
 
THE PURCHASE IN TROY, N, J. 63 
 
 and they were persuaded by friends to go to Troy, N. Y. — (New 
 Jersey) — until it abated. Mary Ann was born there, April 27, 
 1799; 5 o'clock Saturday morning." 
 
 From "Wetmore Memorial'' we learn that the Island belonged 
 to Judge William Wetmore, of Boston, a brother of Capt. George 
 Wetmore, and was part of a grant from the English government 
 to Gen, Waldo, his wife's father, and received its name in compli- 
 ment to Judge Wetmore who resided there sometime. On their 
 way to Troy, George and Rachel went up the Passaic River to 
 Second River (now Belleville). This was a Dutch settlement, 
 and as early as 1682 had a considerable population. It might have 
 been the home of Rachel Westervelt once. 
 
 From Second River they went to Troy, where they pur- 
 chased nine or ten acres of land in December, 1798, according to 
 the Morris County record. In the deed he is described as George 
 Whitmore, of Second River, in the County of Essex and State of 
 New Jersey. This land formerly belonged to John Dixon, father 
 of Mary Dixon, who married Rachel's brother, Andrew Ogden. 
 It may have been an old home of the Dixon family, for John 
 Dixon and Mary Williams were married there by the celebrated 
 Parson Green, in 1768, December 26. These facts illustrate pret- 
 ty clearly the influence which drew George and Rachel to Troy, 
 and Albert to Morristown. 
 
 This Troy property was in a lovely and healthful spot of rich 
 
64 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 farming land, and they were among an intelligent and hospit- 
 able people, but their stay there was cut short two years later by 
 the death of Capt. Wetmore, November 2, 1800. 
 
 Rachel, then about 40 years old, was left with a family of 
 ten children to provide for. But she had a stout heart and a re- 
 sourceful head, and well she met the emergency. She had a 
 small store, which she soon removed to Morristown, and took the 
 place of her brother, Albert, who had just removed his business to 
 205 Broadway, New York. 
 
 We find in the records that Rachel Wetmore, administratrix 
 of George Wetmore, late of Hanover, (Troy is in Hanover town- 
 ship), deceased, sold the nine acres at Troy to Jonathan Tomp- 
 kins, February 28, 1803. She had removed to Morristown before 
 that time, where she is found living in 1801, as appears by an 
 advertisement in the "Genius of Liberty," newspaper of Morris- 
 town, under date of October 8, 1801, "Having removed her store 
 from Troy to the house lately occupied by Mr. Albert Ogden, (her 
 brother), in Morristown." 
 
 "Her Troy accounts have been left with John Cobb, Esq., 
 (Judge of Court of Common Pleas), for collection." 
 
 Mr. Ogden's store was corner of South Street and Morris- 
 tovi^n Green, (where Smith's drug store is now, "1905"). He 
 owned that corner, having bought it in 1799. Two months later 
 
IN MORRISTOWN. 65 
 
 she makes an effort to be relieved of belongings probably brought 
 from Troy, which are not needed in her Morristown home. 
 
 VENDUE. 
 
 Rachel Wetmore advertises a vendue on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at her 
 store on south side of Morris Green, a variety of articles, consisting of 
 drygoods, glass, china, crockery, earthenware, hollow-ware, etc. Also 5 
 sets harness, i sleigh and harness, i plough, i large spinning wheel, etc. 
 Also I cutting box and other articles, too numerous to mention. Dated, 
 Dec. II, 1801.— (G. of L.) 
 
 On August 19, 1803, she advertises addition to her stock of 
 dry goods, groceries, china and glassware. 
 
 On December 19 of this year her daughter Rachel, being 25 
 years of age, marries Mr. Israel Canfield, of Morristown. Mrs. 
 Lovell describes her as "quite a beauty and a belle, and a great 
 favorite, and was constantly invited about to stay with families in 
 the country." Mr. Canfield was "a man of energy, wealth and sta- 
 tion, a leader in every public enterprise and, at that time, engaged 
 in the mining and manufacture of iron in a large way." 
 
 The next year, 1804, Mrs. Wetmore removes her store to the 
 new house opposite Mr. John Diron's, which belonged to her 
 brother, Andrew Ogden. It is called the "Yellow House." She 
 advertises dry goods, groveries, drugs and medicines for sale. 
 
 The next year R. Wetmore announces that she takes her son, 
 George C. Wetmore into partnership, August 27, 1805. R. Wet- 
 
66 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 more & Son. Her son George was then about 22 years of age. 
 On July 30, 1806, the partnership was dissolved and Mrs. Wet- 
 more continues the business. In the fall, October 30, 1806, she 
 advertises fresh goods at her store; also in 1809 and 1810, dry 
 goods, etc., and in June, 181 1, "straw bonnets and plumes," The 
 last announcement in the "Genius of Liberty" is on January 7, 
 1814: "Garden Seeds. R. Wetmore." 
 
 About seven years before this time she had ventured upon 
 0. school for young ladies, in addition to her other business. Her 
 brother Albert sent his two daughters to her care. Margaret 
 Ann, the younger, was about four or five years old, and she re- 
 mained under her aunt's care for about ten years. Elizabeth, three 
 years older, was also there most of that time. Albert Ogden 
 wished his daughters to have every advantage of education and 
 accomplishment as they were growing up, and their Aunt Wet- 
 more continually endeavored to provide the best instruction pos- 
 sible in her school. Her own children were educated to take part 
 in teaching. Sophia (Mrs. Lovell), taught drawing and painting 
 and, judging by some beautiful work by Elizabeth, (Albert Og- 
 den's daughter), still preserved, she must have had excellent 
 instruction. 
 
 Mrs. Wetmore's son, Thomas, taught penmanship. He was 
 lame. Her daughter, Harriet, (Mrs. Colles), taught mathematics, 
 and was considered a fine teacher of her specialty. Another 
 
MRS. WETMORE'S SCHOOL. 67 
 
 taught bead and shell work, embroidery and fine needlework. We 
 have now in our possession a pin cushion made of white velvet, 
 beautifully painted with flowers on the upper side, and on the 
 under side, of white silk, is inscribed the name with some pen 
 ornamentation. It was given to Albert Ogden's daughter, Mar- 
 garet Ann, as a reward for sitting erect on the edge of her chair 
 (as was the fashion in those days) for one year. Later, Mary 
 Ann (Mrs. Hay ward) taught music. Mrs. Wetmore's school 
 was begun in 1808 and carried on until 1818. The "Genius of Lib- 
 erty" makes this announcement : 
 
 LADIES' SCHOOL. 
 
 The inhabitants of Morristown, and the public in general, are respect- 
 fully informed that the subscriber, having employed a lady from the city of 
 New York, who is well acquainted with embroidery and the various other 
 branches of needlework, painting, etc., proposes to open a school for young 
 ladies in the above branches, on Monday the twenty-third of May, 1808, at 
 the dwelling house now occupied by Maj. Daniel Phoenix Junr, where 
 reading, writing, geography and English grammar will be taught, if 
 required. April 28, 1808. RACHEL WETMORE. 
 
 She can accommodate six young ladies as boarders at her own house 
 on reasonable terms. 
 
 The "lady from the city of New York" was Miss Esther 
 Scribner who, with her sister, Elizabeth, opened a school the next 
 year, as appears by the following : 
 
 YOUNG LADIES' SCHOOL. 
 Esther and Elizabeth Scribner inform the public that they will open 
 
68 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 a school on ist May, at Mrs. Wetmore's, Morristown (at which place 
 Esther taught last year) where will be taught orthography, reading, writ- 
 ing, geography and history, embroidery and other needlework in all its 
 branches — filligree print-worrk, drawing and painting, French and music, 
 as required. Young ladies of all ages are admitted, abecedarians excepted. 
 Strict attention will be paid to the morals and manners of the young ladies 
 who are placed under their care. Prices of tuition will vary according to 
 the branches taught. March 25, 1809. 
 
 N. B. — Mrs. Wetmore has accommodation for six young ladies in 
 the same house with their instructresses. 
 
 The Misses Scribner the following fall, with their mother 
 and another sister, take another house and have a separate school. 
 Mrs. Wetmore continues at Maj. Phoenix's house. In the "Genius 
 of Liberty" : 
 
 C. J. Wetmore informs the ladies and gentlemen of Morristown and 
 vicinity, that he intends remaining in Morristown for a few weeks, during 
 which time he will attend at the house of Mrs. R. Wetmore for the pur- 
 pose of taking miniatures and profiles. Nov. 18, 181 1. 
 
 This was Charles Jeremiah Wetmore, the son of Mrs. Rachel 
 Wetmore, and father of Mrs. Hester Vanarsdale. 
 
 Another advertisement shows that a change is decided upon : 
 
 "Possession ist May — Pleasant house with well planted garden, cor. 
 Washington St., and Court St., at present occupied by Mrs. Wetmore. 
 April 26, 1813." 
 
ANXIOUS DAYS. 69 
 
 Early in 18 14 Mrs. Wetmore contemplated a union of the two 
 schools, and made an arrangement with the Scribners, or supposed 
 she had, as evidenced by the following: 
 
 A CARD. 
 
 Prompted by feelings of grateful respect for the inhabitants of Mor- 
 ristown, E. & E. Scribner would desire to render to them their sincere 
 thanks for their uniform attention and politeness during their residence in 
 town. They cannot, without feeling of deep regret, leave so eligible a situ- 
 ation, yet they feel highly gratified that they leave their school under the 
 management of Mrs. Wetmore and Miss Sarah Scribner, persons in whom 
 they have perfect confidence. March, 1814. 
 
 A very anxious letter, dated April 17, 1814, from Mrs. Wet- 
 more to her brother, Albert Ogden, in New York, shows her 
 solicitude to conclude the arrangement with the Scribners, and 
 that the obstacles and delay were upon their side. (We quote in 
 part) : 
 
 "Dear Brother : — I wrote you some days ago, since which I have not 
 made any arrangements with the Misses Scribner, as they wished to have 
 it put off until their brother should arrive, but it is so uncertain about his 
 being here in season for me that it places me under great embarrassments. 
 I have not done anything to the garden, which I am not sure will be mine, 
 and the time is now so short in which I have pledged myself to be ready 
 for the reception of boarders, that I am in the greatest anxiety about the 
 business. I have a prospect of having a full house, and most of them by 
 the first of May. I must, therefore, have it settled in some way, if pos- 
 sible, in four or five days, or a week at most. I have thought if brother 
 
70 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Benjamin would take the trouble that it would be most proper for him, his 
 not being so near a neighbor and acquaintance, he could propose a settle- 
 ment witht greater freedom, which I know you feel delicate about urging. 
 I hope, dear brother, you will not fail me in this business, as it is the only 
 prospect left me of doing my duty to you and others. It is my last effort, 
 I think, but if God blesses me with health, I expect to do well. Pray write 
 me as soon as you can for I am uncertain if you have received a letter I 
 wrote you some time since. With love to all, I am 
 
 "Affectionately yours, 
 
 "RACHEL WETMORE." 
 "Harriet will write to Sophia." 
 
 Sophia superintended her uncle Albert's household about this 
 time in New York. The plan of union failed. The Scribners went 
 to Indiana about 1814, and their school passed into other hands. 
 The following appears in the Morristown paper : 
 
 BOARDING SCHOOL. 
 
 "Mrs. Wetmore respectfully informs her friends and the public that, 
 having been disappointed in her purpose of commencing a school in con- 
 cert with Miss Sarah Scribner, she has opened a school for the instruction 
 of young ladies, to be kept at her own house until the first day of June 
 when it will be removed to the large and commodious building now occupied 
 by the Rev. Samuel Fisher. 
 
 "Competent teachers are provided in the several branches of educa- 
 tion, which have been taught in the ladies' school formerly kept in this 
 town, and a married gentleman of approved talents and character is en- 
 gaged to give lessons in writing and arithmetic. 
 
 "Mrs. Wetmore hopes, by her exertions, to improve the minds of the 
 young ladies committed to her charge, and also by strict attention to their 
 
MRS. WETMORE IN BALTIMORE. 71 
 
 manners and morals to deserve the approbation and patronage of the 
 public. May 4, 1814." 
 
 The house then occupied by Rev. Samuel Fisher, then about 
 leaving the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church, (he was 
 afterwards president of Hamilton College, New York), was owned 
 by Rev. James Richards, D. D., pastor of the old church, 1799- 
 1809. This property was in recent years bought by the Church 
 of the Redeemer, and is now occupied by them. 
 
 Mrs, Wetmore established her school there as contemplated : 
 
 "Mrs. Wetmore informs her friends and the public, that her school 
 vacation will expire on the first of November ensuing, at which time the 
 school will recommence under the same regulations as formerly. A few 
 young ladies will be received as day scholars in any of the branches taught 
 at her school. Examinations for the present term will be on Monday, the 
 17th inst, at 10 A. M., and the musical examinations at 7 o'clock in the 
 evening of the same day." 
 
 About three years later Mrs. Wetmore went from Morris- 
 town to Baltimore, Md., and established there a large and success- 
 ful school, under the auspices of the Bishop of Maryland.. In 
 1817-18, she lived at the corner of Hanover and Pratt streets (then 
 a fashionable locality). In 1819-22-23, it was called, "Young 
 Ladies' Academy," and was located at 11 South Charles Street. 
 Only wealthy pupils were admitted to her school; the best of 
 
72 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 references were asked for, and the young ladies were given a first- 
 class education in all branches, including French, music, dancing, 
 and all the accomplishments. Her daughter, Harriet Augusta, 
 was married August 4, 182 1, to Mr. James Colles, of New Or- 
 leans. They were married by Bishop Kemp at St. Paul's Church. 
 They went to New Orleans, where they lived for several years. 
 
 According to Mrs. Lovell's narrative, Mrs. Wetmore returned 
 from Baltimore about the time of her mother's death, which oc- 
 curred in 1829. She does not again resume active business, but 
 rests on her well-earned honors, among her children, in her old 
 home of Morristown, N. J." 
 
 In 1843 she acknowledges a letter from her brother, Albert 
 Ogden, through her son-in-law, Mr. Joseph Lovell, who married 
 her daughter, Sophia, in New Orleans, in 1825. Mr. Lovell 
 writes : 
 
 "Mother received your kind letter on your return from the West, and 
 as she no longer writes letters, from weakness of eyes and other infirm- 
 ities, my wife has been trying to get time to write to you. 
 
 "I have been confined to the house about a week by a bad cold and, 
 finding a leisure moment, undertake to reply for her. We are very much 
 obliged to you for your kind enquiries in relation to Mrs. Lovell's health. 
 She suffered last summer for about two months, very severely indeed, 
 from an attack partly bilious and partly dyspeptic. She was relieved, how- 
 ever, finally, simply by the use of Hickorv lye, diluted in water, after eat- 
 ing. Her health is now better than formerly. My own general health is 
 also much improved by the same remedy, although I am still suffering much 
 
RACHEL WETMORE. 73 
 
 from a bad cold. Mary has returned again to St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, 
 for the winter, and is in very good health. Our friends here generally are 
 well. Mrs. Wetmore is as usual, although her infirmities are increasing — 
 such as loss of memory, increased deafness, &c. Aunt Ogden continues 
 about as usual — always a good deal complaining. 
 
 "We have letters from Mr. Colles' family, from Paris, where they 
 had returned to spend the winter. We calculate on their return in July 
 next. They were all well at St. Louis, by last letters, although Mr. Hay- 
 ward is still out of employ or business of any kind. They were enabled to 
 keep George at Kemper College another year. Sophia and Mrs. Wetmore 
 unite with me in expressions of love to yourself and daughters, and hope 
 we shall have the pleasure of hearing from you frequently during the 
 winter. Very truly, 
 
 "Your friend and humble servant, 
 
 "JOSEPH LOVELL." 
 
 ]Mrs. Wetmore drew a pension from the British Govern- 
 ment for a number of years. Henry A. Ford, Esq., of Morristown, 
 used to attend to it for her. The Government, by an order in 
 Council, afterwards suspended the payment of pensions to pen- 
 sioners not Hving in the British Provinces, and from then she 
 ceased to receive it. 
 
 The following is a copy of entries in a small notebook, made 
 in Rachel Wetmore's handwriting: 
 
 'George Wetmore was bom at Middletown, Connecticut, the 31st 
 
74 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 July, 1751, 4 o'clock in the morning. Rachel, his wife, was born at New 
 York the 20th January, 1761. 
 
 "Rachel Wetmore was born at New York the ist November, 1778, 
 Monday noon, i o'clock. 
 
 "George C. Wetmore was born at Halifax, the nth May, 1783, Sun- 
 day morning, 11 o'clock. 
 
 "Alexander Ogden Wetmore was born at Middletown, Connecticut, 
 the 14th April, 1785, Saturday, 4 o'clock A. M. 
 
 "William Henry Wetmore was born at Antigonish, the i6th Decem- 
 ber, 1786, Saturday, 4 o'clock A. M. 
 
 "Sophia Maria Wetmore was born at Antigonish, the 12th February, 
 1789, of a Wednesday morning, 7 o'clock. 
 
 "Charles Jeremiah Wetmore was born at Antigonish, the 21st April, 
 1791, Thursday morning, 7 o'clock. 
 
 "Thomas George Wetmore was born at Dorchester, the 12th June, 
 
 1793- 
 
 "Harriet, Monday, February 7, 1795, at Penobscot. 
 
 "Cornelia Charlotte, 23 July, 1797, of a Sunday. 
 
 "Mary Ann, on April 27, 1799, 5 o'clock, Saturday morning. 
 
 "My dear and ever honored husband departed this life November 2d, 
 1800, after an illness of one year except six days. 
 
 "My gentle, kind and beloved son, Alexander Ogden, departed this 
 life the 13th August, 1826. Died of a bilious fever at Pecan Point, Red 
 River." 
 
 From Mrs. Radford : 
 
 "The date of Uncle George's death is not entered. George and Alex- 
 ander married sisters, and settled in Arkansas. Alexander left no children. 
 George left two children. I have heard that for some years after George's 
 death his mother would not believe that he was dead. He died soon after 
 Alexander, and my father and mother, (Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lovell), pro- 
 posed taking his children to educate them, but the mother would not give 
 
GEORGE AND RACHEL WETMORE. 75 
 
 them up. After this offer was declined there does not seem to have been 
 any further correspondence between his widow and any members of the 
 family. The widow soon after married again." 
 
 "My beloved and much afflicted son, Thomas George, departed this 
 life February i6th, 1830, 5 o'clock P. M., after an illness of 17 years." Is 
 the first adult inter'd. in the burying ground of the Episcopal Church, in 
 Morristown, N. J. 
 
 "Charles Jeremiah Wetmore died in Morristown, June 2d, 1837, aged 
 46 years." 
 
 Beneath this, in Mrs. Lovell's handwriting, we find : 
 
 "My dear mother died on the 23d of March, 1850, at eleven o'clock in 
 the evening." 
 
 On another page, in Rachel Wetmore's handwriting, we find 
 
 "Josiah Wetmore died October 12, 1778, at Yz past 12 P. M. In Hali- 
 fax, was buried the 13th, at 5 o'clock P. M." 
 
 (Mr. Josiah Wetmore Hved in St. George, N. B. His family 
 was very intimate with our own. — A. V.) 
 
 There is a monument in St. Peter's church-yard, Morristown, 
 N. J., to the memory of George and Rachel Wetmore. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE AND RACHEL (OGDEN) WETMORE. 
 
 FOURTH GENERATION. 
 
 Rachel Ogden, b. June 20, 1761, d. Mar. 23, 1850,111. by Bishop Seabury, Sept. 11, 1777, to George Wetmore, b. July 
 31, 1751, d. Nov. 2, 1800. He was son of Jeremiah Wetmore and Hannah Hobbs. 
 
 He was born Middletown, Conn. 
 6th Generation. 7th Generation, 8th Generation. 
 
 5th Generation. 
 
 /Alfred Washington Canfield, 
 m. Charlotte C. Johnes, dau. 
 William Johnes. 
 
 Rachel Ogden Wetmore, b. 
 1778, Nov. i; d. 1850, Nov. 
 3; m. Israel Canfield, b. i7S9>\ 
 July 3; d- 1841, Aug. 27. 
 
 /Joseph Canfield, b. 1833, Aug. 
 ' 6; m. Gulielma Jefferson. 
 
 George Wetmore Canfield, m. 
 
 1 Rebecca Reckless. 
 
 2 Margaret Smith Lawrie. 
 
 Cornelia Laura Canfield, b. ( George C. Woodward, d. 1887, 
 1835, Dec. 30; m. Major E. M.K Nov. 4. 
 Woodward. ( Rev. Reginald H. Woodward. 
 
 George Wetmore Canfield, 
 V b. 1839, Sept. 6; unm. 
 
 / Cornelia Laura Canfield, 
 William Cummings Canfield! 1832. 
 
 m. Elizabeth Cummings. Sophia Lovell Canfield, 
 
 [ 1833, Mar. 26. 
 
 b. 
 b. 
 
 Israel Canfield, s. 
 Ogden 
 
 Benjamin Ogden Canfield, ( John Dodd Canfield, b. 184s, 
 1810-1884, m. Louisa (Dodd)-< April 19; grad. Williams 
 k Pitt, dau. of Gen. John Dodd. | 1866, A.M. 
 
 2 Geo. Curgeven Wetmore, 
 
 1780-1828: 2 children. 
 
 3 Alex. Ogden Wetmore, 1785- 
 
 1826; d. at Pecon Point: 2 
 children. (Mrs. Radford.) 
 
 4 William Henry Wetmore, 
 1786-1873, m. Jane M. Ross. 
 
 James Wood Wetmore. 
 
 Mary Emily Wetmore m. 
 Thomas B. Flagler, M. D. 
 
 /Elizabeth Burtis Flagler. 
 William Wetmore Flagler. 
 Thomas Burtis Flagler. 
 Jane Wetmore Flagler. 
 Mary Emily Flagler. 
 Frances Revere Flagler m. 
 
 Wm. Wallace Kellett. 
 Adele Flagler m. George Carr 
 
 Hastings. 
 
DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE AND RACHEL (OGDEN) WETMORE. 
 
 5th Generation. 
 
 6th Generation. 
 
 5 Sophia Maria Wetmore, 1789- (Mary Elizabeth Lovell, 1829, 
 
 1879, m. Joseph Lovell, 1795 
 1875, son of Thomas Lovell, 
 of N. J. 
 
 7th Generation. 
 
 Mary Lovell Radford, b. 1849, 
 Aug. 25, m. Randolph Coyle, 
 Asst. District Attorney of 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 8th Generation. 
 
 Alice Kearny Coyle. 
 William Radford Coyle m. 
 
 Jane Dodson. 
 Edith Lovell Coyle. 
 Eleanor Coyle. 
 Randolph Coyle. 
 
 April 2, m. 1848, Nov. 21,/ 
 William Radford, rear admiral, \ 
 U. S. N. He d. 1890, Jan. 8. 
 
 William Radford, d. y. 
 Lovell Radford, d. y. 
 
 Sophia Adelaide Radford, b. 
 
 1854,, Nov. I7J m. Waldemar , Alexander de Meissner d. Sept. 
 
 de Meissner, Sec. of the Rus 
 sian Legation. He d. 1896 at 
 Lisbon, Portugal. 
 
 Stephen Kearney Radford 
 1856; m. Nellie Armstrong 
 
 ^1 
 
 1901, at Tifliss, Transcaucasus. 
 
 Robert Armstrong Radford. 
 Mary Lovell Radford. 
 Sophia Adelaide Radford. 
 
 George Reginald Radford, d. 
 
 1896, at Boston; m. Elizabeth 
 
 Upham. 
 Edward Ironsides Radford, d. 
 
 aged 16 years. 
 Henry Carlton Radford, d. 
 
 aged 27 years. 
 
 /George Wetmore (1828-1835). 
 
 6 Charles Jeremiah Wetmore 
 (1791-1837), m. Augusta 
 Wetmore, b. 1791-1846, dau. 
 of Judge William Wetmore' 
 and Sally Waldo. 
 
 Charles Wetmore (1831-1876), 
 m. 1852, Oct. 17, Mary Lud- 
 low of N. Y. City. 
 
 Hester Anne Wetmore (1826- 
 1895), m. Henry Van Arsdale, 
 M. D., of Newark, b. 1819- \ 
 d. 1864. 
 
 'Augusta Ludlow Wetmore. 
 
 T., iir TT T *• /Mary Alison Janeway. 
 
 Mary Wetmore m. Henry Lati- / j.^^jj^^j^g ^beel Janeway. 
 
 mer Janeway of New Bruns- <, Hj^^en Rodney Janeway. 
 
 ^^'^'^- [ Henry Latimer Janeway. 
 
 Charles Ludlow Wetmore, 
 1862, Oct. 12. 
 
 Henry Van Arsdale, b. 1851, /Hester Anne Van Arsdale, 
 Dec. 26; m. 1886, July 28, 1887, May 20. 
 Alice Maud White, dau. of/ Henry Van Arsdale, 1889, 
 Whitman White, M. D., of\ Feb. i. 
 
 N. Y., surgeon of Mass. Vol- I Alice Maud Van Arsdale, 1893, 
 unteers. > Jan. 12. 
 
 William Waldo Van Arsdale, 
 V b. 1855, Nov. 17. 
 
 7 Thomas George Wetmore, d. 
 Feb. 16, 1830, in S7th year. 
 
5th Generation. 
 
 6th Generation. 
 
 7th Generation. 
 
 /James Colles Metcalfe, 1846, 
 d. y. 
 Frances Augusta Metcalfe 
 (1863-1863). 
 
 Henry Metcalfe, b. 1847, Oct. r 
 29; m. Harriet Pauline, dau. / 
 
 8th Generation. 
 
 'Harriet Augusta Colles (1822, 
 Aug. 28 — 1863, April 20), m. 
 184s, Aug. 4, Dr. John 
 Thomas Metcalfe, b. 18 18, eld- 
 est son of Dr. James Metcalfe 
 of Natchez, Miss. 
 
 8 Harriet Augusta Wetmore 
 (1795-1868), m. 1821, Aug. 4, 
 at Baltimore, James Colles 
 (1788-1883). 
 
 of John H. 
 nosha, Wis. 
 
 Nichols of Ke- J^lia Metcalfe. 
 
 Mary Gertrude Metcalfe, b. 
 
 1849, Mar. 15; d. 1896, Feb. 
 
 23; m. Loyal Farrag^t, son of 
 
 David G. Farragut, admiral, 
 
 U. S. N. 
 Edith Caroline Metcalfe, b. 
 
 1854, Aug. 24; d. 1868, April 
 
 24. 
 
 Francis Johnston Metcalfe, b. 
 1850, June 29; d. 1892, Feb. 
 7; m. Helene Rocheat. 
 
 Emilie Montrose Metcalfe, 
 b. i860, Oct. 19; d. 1867, May 
 22. 
 
 ^Louis Rocheat Metcalfe, b. in 
 N. Y. city, 1874, Jan. 17; grad. 
 Yale 1895; Architect. Ecole 
 des Beaux Arts. 
 Marie Florence Metcalfe, b. 
 1875 at Stamford, Conn.; m. 
 Rene Chausaret; living in 
 Paris. 
 Susan Scott Metcalfe, b. 1877, 
 Nov. 16, in Florence. (A 
 singer.) 
 Helene Frances Metcalfe, b. 
 ( 1880, May 14, in Florence. 
 * (A painter.) 
 
 / 
 
 Frances Colles b. 1826, April 
 29; d. 1888, July 20; m. 1850, 
 May 15, John Taylor Johnston, 
 eldest son of John Johnston of 
 New York. His picture gal- 
 lery was the most important in 
 America at the time of its sale 
 in 1877. He was one of the 
 original promoters of the Met- 
 ropolitan Museum, New York, 
 and its first president. He 
 gave largely to charities, etc. 
 
 Emily Johnston, b. 1851, Feb. 
 13; m. 1872, Nov. 12, Robert 
 W. de Forest, b. 1848. 
 
 Colles JonNSTON, b. 1853, Mar. 
 14; d. 1886, Sep. II. 
 
 Frances Johnston, m. Pierre 
 Mali. 
 
 /Johnson de Forest, b. 1873, 
 Sep. 5; grad. Yale 1896; m. 
 1904, Oct. 6, Nathalie Coffin. 
 
 Henry Lockwood de Forest, b. 
 1875, Aug. 6; grad. Yale 1897; 
 m. 1899, Aug. 24, Amy Bright- 
 hurst Brown. 
 
 Ethel de Forest, b. 1877, Mar. 
 IS- 
 
 Frances Emily de Forest, b. 
 1878, Dec. 24; m. 1900, May 
 I, VVilliam Adams Walker 
 Stewart. 
 
 f John Taylor Johnston Mali, 
 J b. 1893, Mar. 27. 
 I Gertrude Mali, b. 1894, Apr. 22. 
 I Eva Mali, b. 1890, Dec. 5. 
 
 John Herbert Johnston, b. 1 
 
 1855. Feb. 22; m. 1892, MayK Emilie Noel Johnston. 
 23, Celestine Noel. | 
 
 Emilie Coe, b. 1889, Nov. 21. 
 Rosalie Coe, b. 1891, Sep. 26. 
 
 Eva Johnston, m. Henry E. Colles Johnston Coe, b. 
 
 James Colles, b. 1828, July 10; 
 m. 1855. Oct. 18, Mary Jose- 
 phine Blachley. 
 
 John Henry Colles, 1831-1871. 
 George Wetmore Colles, 1834- 
 1836. 
 
 Coe. 
 
 Elizabeth Colles. 
 Christopher John Colles, M. 
 
 D., m. Emily Keene Elmen- 
 
 dorf. 
 Oliver Spencer Colles. 
 Mary Adele Colles. 
 Henrietta Josephine Colles. 
 
 Mar. 28. 
 Henry Eugene Coe, 
 Oct. 2. 
 
 1893. 
 1894. 
 
 George WET^^0RE Colles, b. f Gertrude Colles. 
 
 1836; m. Julia Keese Nelson, J George Wetmore Colles. 
 
 dau. of John Peter Nelson of 1 Julia Nelson Colles, b. 1876, 
 
 New Orleans. I. Aug. 3; d. 1903. 
 
5th Generation. 
 
 6th Generation. 
 
 /Francis Dayton Canfield, b. 
 ' 1834, Apr. 26; m. Eliza Ann 
 
 Wurts. M. by Bishop G. W. 
 
 Doane. 
 
 9 Charlotte Cornelia Wet- 
 more, b. 1797; d. 1873; m. ( 
 I Richard Ebbetts, 1833, Jul 
 16; 2 Dayton I. Canfield. 
 
 7th Generation. 
 
 Canfield, 
 
 8th Generation. 
 
 ^Henry Wurts 
 Kate Bronson 
 
 m. (Ellen Canfield. 
 (Anna Canfield. 
 
 Joseph Lovell Canfield, b. 
 1835, Dec. 21 ; m. 1862, June/ 
 S, Eliza Hosack Ford, dau. of\ 
 
 Frances Cornelia Canfield. 
 
 Francis Dayton Canfield, Jr., 
 m. Ella Wise of Philadelphia. 
 
 HoBART Canfield, m. 1896, Apr. 
 
 18, Sara Stokes. 
 Anna Morris Canfield m. 
 
 James Booth of Alleghany 
 
 Co., Pa. 
 Edmund Grandin Canfield. 
 Lewis Clark Canfield. 
 *^John Miller Canfield. 
 
 yLouiSA Canfield m. Oscar Coles 
 Ferris. 
 Jennie Canfield. 
 Edith Canfield. 
 
 /Helen Canfield, b. 1890. 
 Frances Canfield, b. 1892, 
 
 May 3. 
 /Francis Dayton Canfield, b. 
 
 1894, Apr. 18. 
 
 Henry A. Ford. 
 
 fHoBART Canfield Phillips, b. 
 
 Emily Ford Canfield m. Will- J 1898, July 17. 
 
 iam Lambert Collyer Phillips.] Emily Lovell Phillips, 
 V [ 1901, Mar. 19. 
 
 b. 
 
 Hobart Canfield, b. 1841, Jan. 
 10; m. 1876, June 22, Emily 
 \ Hosack Ford. 
 
 /■James Collis Hayward, b. 1830 
 ' d. 1836. 
 
 ID Mary Ann Wetmore, b. 
 1799; d. 1874; m. at Balti- / 
 more Albigence Waldo Hay- \ George A. Hayward, m. _Ellen 
 
 ward of Boston. 
 
 ^Florence Hayward. 
 Harry Erwin Hayward. 
 Louis J. Hayward m. Clara, 
 dau. of James Hopkins, Esq., 
 of St. Louis. 
 
 Erwin, dau. of John P. Erwin; -r. "^ '''• „ '*'■ r 
 
 nf N=,;:liviilp -vLr. \ Frances Hayward m. George 
 
 of Nashville, Tenn 
 
 W. Niedringhaus of St. Louis. 
 Jane Erwin Hayward m. George 
 Mowatt Higinbotham of To- 
 ronto, Can. 
 
8o FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 III. Benjamin Ogden; b. Feb. 21, 1765; d. Sept. 4, 1835; 
 eldest son of Benjamin and Rachel (Westervelt) Ogden. In the 
 British Provinces, where most of the following information was 
 obtained, Benjamin, the son, as well as his father, is called 
 "Captain." After many entreaties he was allowed to accompany 
 his father in the campaign in South Carolina, under Tarleton, and 
 he received his commission as lieutenant, in 1779. Being too 
 young to carry the heavy musket of the soldiers, his father had one 
 made to fit him, for none were allowed to enlist who could not 
 carry a musket. His brother, Albert, who told us the story, was 
 a cadet in the same company (Capt. Bridgenerter's) and in the 
 same regiment with their father — the P. W. A. Regiment. Their 
 father was wounded in a skirmish at the battle of Camden and 
 died in his son Benjamin's arms, August ti6, 1780. 
 
 On his return to New York, Benjamin joined Col. Timothy 
 Hierlihy's Loyal American Regiment, where it was raised. It was 
 an independent corps. After the war he was stationed at Prince 
 Edward's Island, doing garrison duty, and with others was sent 
 to Nova Scotia to look for deserters. The country so pleased them 
 that they decided to take up grants there. At Halifax, in the 
 Crown grant office, is recorded a grant to Col. Hierlihy and 88 
 others, of 21,600 acres, with allowances for town and common, 
 August 15, 1801. Benjamin's grant at Antigonish County, (form- 
 erly Sydney County), was 2,480 acres, where he settled. He also 
 
BENJAMIN OGDEN OF ANTIGONISH. 8i 
 
 had a grant of a lot in Carleton, in 1785, which is recorded at 
 Fredericton, N. B. The first settlers of Antigonish* began the 
 town, 4 or 5 miles nearer the harbor than the present site, at a 
 place called Town Point, and laid out streets and built a church, 
 having the services of a minister once in three months. But for 
 some reason the people chose to build farther inland, and the first 
 town was abandoned and the church pulled down. This was about 
 the time Benjamin Ogden returned to New York. 
 
 (*Indian name for a "river of fish"). 
 
 He married, at Antigonish, Cornelia Hierlihy, the daughter 
 of the colonel of his regiment. A sketch of Col. Timothy Hierlihy 
 appeared in "The Telegram," a newspaper of St. Johns, New- 
 foundland, from which we quote the following : 
 
 "He was the descendant of a very old Irish family — the O'Hierlihy, 
 from Eagan More, King of Munster. He had served in the British Army, 
 both in Europe and America, and retired and settled at Middletown, Conn. 
 Upon the breaking out of the war, he resumed his sword and was com- 
 missioned to raise the Loyal American Regiment. His son, Timothy C. 
 Hierlihy, was a captain in the same regiment. An old "warrant of survey 
 for 3,000 acres of land, near the Mississippi, for Maj. Timothy O'Hierlihy, 
 dated March 5, 1774, in the Province of West Florida," is recorded at the 
 crown grant office. It is probably the land referred to by Andrew Ogden 
 in his letter to his brother Benjamin, written June, 1796, in which he 
 advises him to go to New York. "I wonder, Benjamin, if you are still so 
 
82 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 much attached to the Garden of Eden that I could not persuade you; New 
 York would be a more elegible situation for a man of your ability. 
 
 "You have been waiting with sanguine expectation lo years to see the 
 walls of Dorchester rise, but I imagine have witnessed the reverse. On 
 many subjects I would not venture to advise a brother so much my superior 
 in judgment, and in this, w'ill only observe, that I think lo years of the 
 most active part of a man's life is too great a sacrifice to so little purpose 
 and advise you to leave a place where the greatest exertions will not afford 
 a decent living. 
 
 "I wish you to think seriously of the matter and write me on the 
 subject soon; indeed I can't reconcile the idea of your continuing in such 
 obscurity any longer than you can conveniently make arrangements to 
 leave it. My amiable sister-in-law, I fear, will not feel herself much 
 obliged by my advice, as it would tend to deprive her of the society of near 
 friends in Dorchester, but when she reflects 'tis the interest and happiness 
 of a brother inseparably connected with her, I wish to promote, she will 
 not accuse me with officiousness." 
 
 "Colonel Hierlihy's property on the Mississippi, in consequence of the 
 treaty lately concluded between the U. S. and Spain, will, from informa- 
 tion I have, likely be valuable. The United States boundary being as low 
 on the river as the 31st degree of north latitude will, it is thought, include 
 the colonel's land." 
 
 Dorchester, above referred to, may have been the name given 
 to a part of Antigonish by tlie first settlers. Mrs. George Wet- 
 more, in her note booic, makes this mention of it : "Tho. George 
 Wetmore was born at Dorchester, the 12th of June, 1793." We 
 know that Benjamin Hved at Antigonish. Benjamin returned 
 to New York while his children were very young, that they 
 might have better advantages than Antigonish afforded. They 
 
OGDEN BROTHERS. 83 
 
 were baptized in New York, and his wife died there, aged 26 
 
 years; buried from St. Paul's Church, October 11, 1802, as we 
 
 find in Trinity Church records. New York. 
 
 The children of Benjamin and Cornelia (Hierlihy) Ogden 
 were: 
 
 Fifth Generation. 
 
 1. Eliza Rachel; b. Oct. 1797; d. Jan., 1863. 
 
 2. Cornelia Ann; b. Dec. 6, 1799; d. Sept., 1875. 
 
 3. Augustus Albert ; b. June 4, 1801 ; d., 1875. 
 
 4. Andrew; d. in infancy. All born in Antigonish. 
 
 Benjamin became a prominent and wealthy merchant in New 
 York, of the firm of Ogden Bros., 96 William Street, where he 
 remained some years, spending the winter in Savannah, Ga. His 
 children were cared for by their devoted aunt, Margaret Hierlihy, 
 When about 20 years old, Augustus, his son, showed signs of con- 
 sumption, and he was advised to take him on a farm where he 
 could have out-door life. Benjamin immediately gave up his 
 business in New York and returned to Antigonish with his chil- 
 dren, where Augustus recovered his health. 
 
 The Ogden property was in Morristown, which name was 
 given to a part of Antigonish County, beautifully situated betwteen 
 the Antigonish Mountains and St. George's Bay. 
 
 In March, 1834, Rachel Canfield writes to her uncle, Albert: 
 "We hear nothing from Uncle Benjamin's family. My conscience 
 smites me whenever I think of them and that I have not written to 
 
84 
 
 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 them. Eliza has a large family around dher. She is one of the 
 best of women, and I pray that her children may be a comfort to 
 her. Mr. Wetmore appears to be doing well ; he is a worthy man, 
 and, I think, makes E. a good husband." 
 
 Benjamin Ogden died at Antigonish, September 4, 1835, aged 
 70 years. His will, dated September 3, 1835, leaves all his proper- 
 ty to his son, Augustus Albert, and his son-in-law, Mr. Thomas 
 H. Whittemore. 
 
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 6th Generation. 
 
 /^Margaret Eliza Whitte- 
 more m. John Ross. Their 
 children live in Truro, N. 
 S., where we were enter- 
 tained in their pleasant, 
 hospitable home. 
 
 Thomas Whittemore, d. 
 
 Cornelia Anna Whitte- ( 
 
 MORE m. Sanford Weston-; John Hoyt. 
 Hoyt. I 
 
 7th Generation. 
 
 John Ross. 
 
 Elizabeth Laurence Ross. 
 Mary Lillah Ross. 
 Margaret Eliza Ross. 
 
 8th Generation. 
 
 l.ouisE Maria Whittemore 
 m. Rev. Henry Spike, who 
 was ordained in 1850 and 
 ^ gave nearly 50 years of the 
 most faithful and devoted 
 service to the diocese of 
 Fredericton, N. S. He 
 was born in Halifax, 1821, 
 Feb. 15. 
 
 Elizabeth Whittemore m. 
 I St Dr. Pope, 2d Daniel 
 Drew; no ch. 
 
 Frances Louisa Spike rr 
 Joshua Knight, son of Jus- { 
 tice E. Knight. 
 
 Charles Henry Spike. 
 
 William Spike m. Amanda! 
 Clayton, dau. of William. | 
 
 Charlotte Whittemore 
 Spike. 
 
 Harriet Elizabeth Spike. 
 
 Eliza Rachell Spike ra.j 
 Theodore Alexander Dare. ) 
 
 Thomas Howland Spike. 
 
 Ernest L. Knight. 
 Charles Seymour Knight. 
 Henry Whittemore Knight 
 Louisa Webster Ki ight. 
 Ruth Caroline Knight. 
 Jessie Margerite Knight. 
 
 Eugene Whittemore Spike. 
 Louisa Spike. 
 
 Frances Dare. 
 
 Frank Whittemore m. 
 len Wood. 
 
 El- 
 
 ] Harr 
 
 \ 
 
 Charlotte Ebbets Whitte- 
 more m. 1827, July 24, 
 Alexander Grand Findlay. 
 
 Y Wood Whittemore. 
 
 Eliza K. Findlay. 
 Robert Findlay. 
 Alexander Grant Findlay. 
 Charlotte Ebbetts Findlay. 
 Thomas Henry F'indlay. 
 
IN SHELBURNE. 85 
 
 2. Cornelia Ann Ogden ; b. 1799, Dec. 6; second dau. of 
 Benjamin Ogden; m. Nov. 2, 1831, the Rev. Thomas 
 Howland White, D. D. ; b. Mar. 22, 1806; son of Cap- 
 tain Gideon White and Deborah Whitworth White, 
 dau. of Miles Whitworth, M. D., of Boston, Mass. 
 
 "Dr. White is the sixth generation from Peri- 
 grine White, and has the coat of arms of the White 
 family that was brought out in the May Flower. Wil- 
 liam White was a son of the Bishop of Exeter. He 
 died before the Pilgrims landed. Perigrine was born 
 May 1st, in Cape Cod Harbor, and Mrs. White was 
 married the next, or during that year, to Governor 
 Winslow, so that the first birth, death and marriage 
 were in the White family. 
 
 "It was our privilege, while in Shelburne, N. S., 
 in the summer of 1895, to visit the family of the Rev. 
 Thomas Howland White, son-in-law of Benjamin 
 Ogden. He was called "Shelburne's Grand Old Man." 
 For over sixty years he had labored for the good of 
 all sorts and conditions of men, sharing their joys and 
 their sorrows, and performing the duties of a minister 
 of the Gospel. He had 13 preaching stations, some- 
 times in school houses or private dwellings, besides 
 the historic church, over which he was rector for such 
 a long period. He was the last to receive his stipend 
 directly from England, which he used largely in doing 
 acts of kindness and benevolence, having some private 
 means. 
 
 "His father, Mr. (Capt.) Gideon White, was 
 secretary to the committee appointed to decide upon 
 a place for loyalistts to settle. He strongly advised 
 this place, afterwards called Shelburne, which he had 
 before noticed when traveling, because of the fine 
 harbor and safe distance from the ocean, and fine 
 
86 
 
 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 for fishing interests. The old house, built of white 
 oak, in the United States, he brought to Shelburne 
 and put up, and it is in sound condition to-day (1895). 
 
 "An old Bible, in four volumes, in Rev. Dr. 
 White's possession, has this inscription: 'These sac- 
 red volumes were left to Cornelia A. Ogden, with 
 fervent prayers for her spiritual improvement and 
 welfare, by her much lamented aunt and God-mother, 
 Margaret Hierlihy, who died at Antigonish, January 
 30, 1829, aged 68 years.' " 
 
 Cornelia Ann (Ogden) White d. 1875, Sept. 10. 
 Her husband, the Rev. Thomas Rowland White, d. 
 1898, July 29. Their children were : 
 
 Cornelia White, who always resided with her 
 father. 
 
 Nathaniel Whitworth White, Q. C, who 
 "represented his county in the local parlia- 
 ment for several years, and is counted one 
 of the best informed and soundest lawyers 
 that plead at the bar of Nova Scotia." He 
 married Fanny Smith De Wolfe, daughter 
 of Rev. Dr. Charles De Wolfe and Matilda 
 Caroline Black. Children: 
 
 7th Generation. 
 
 Thomas Rowland White m. 
 Mary Susannah McCullum, 
 dau. of John Archibald Mc- 
 Cullum. 
 
 Rev. Charles De Wolfe White 
 m. Ethel Estelle Ross. He is ' 
 rector at Kentville, N. S. 
 
 8th Generation. 
 
 Gideon Whitworth Rowland, 
 
 b. 1895, June 29. 
 Nathaniel Whitworth, b. 
 
 1900, Dec. 28. 
 
 John Deane Whitworth, b. 
 
 1897, Aug. 4. 
 George Leckart, b. 1899, Mar. 
 
 28. 
 Francis Amelia, b. 1900, Oct. 
 
 27- 
 
 Charles De Wolfe, b. 1902, 
 
 Aug. 20. 
 Mary Ellen, b. 1904. Jan. 22. 
 
IN ANTIGONISH. 87 
 
 Augustus Albert Ogden; b. June 4, 1801 ; m. Amelia 
 Hierlihy, dau. of Capt. William Hierlihy. They lived 
 at Antigonish. Mr. Donald McDonald, attorney gen- 
 eral, of Atigonish, and an intimate friend of Mr. A. A. 
 Ogden, thus described him : "He was an accomplished 
 scholar, both classical and mathematical. He spoke 
 both French and German. He was a fine chess player. 
 A splendid shot with a gun or pistol. In manner very 
 quiet and gentle; a great favorite with his friends and 
 neighbors." 
 
 The children of Augustus Albert and Amelia 
 (Hierlihy) Ogden were: 
 
 Lucy Cornelia Ogden. 
 Augusta Amelia Ogden. 
 Benjamin Ogden. 
 
 The daughters were living in Antigonish, where 
 we visited them in 1895. They had remained in the 
 old home, on the original grant to their grandfather, 
 until 1884, when they were obliged to part with it at 
 a sacrifice. "Ogden's Intervale" was a beautiful spot, 
 and they left it with great regret to take a small 
 house in the village; but there they were near the 
 church which was an advantage they appreciated. 
 
 They have an old water colored copy of the 
 "Ogden Arms," like the photograph we are familiar 
 with; — the motto: "Et si ostendo, non jacto." 
 
 Their brother, Benjamin, married and went to 
 ' "the States" to live. 
 
 Near the site of the old church, which was pulled 
 down, the Ogdens have kept their burying plot — now 
 overgrown with spruce and fir. There are four old 
 
88 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 tombstones. They were so deeply cut that the follow- 
 ing inscriptions could easily be traced : 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Benjamin Ogden, who departed 
 
 this life Sept. 4, 1835, aged 70 years. 
 
 Sacred to the memory of 
 
 Margaret Hierlihy, who left time 
 
 for Eternity on Jan. 30, 1829, aged 60 years. 
 
 Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord. 
 
 Capt. John Hierlihy died Nov. 18, 1822, 
 aged 55 years. 
 "Respected by his profession ; esteemed by his 
 friends, and beloved by his family." 
 
 Here rest the remains of Timothy W. Hierlihy, Esq., 
 
 who died in April, A. D., 1830, 
 
 aged 76 years. 
 
 Also 
 
 Lucy, consort of Timothy W. Hierlihy, 
 
 who departed this life Aug., 1838, 
 
 aged y2> years. 
 
 IV. Albert Ogden, 2d son of Benjamin Ogden and Rachel 
 Westervelt; born Jan. 20, 1769, was in his fifteenth year when the 
 family went to the British Provinces. He, as well as his brother, 
 Benjamin, was a volunteer in Capt. Bridgenerter's company, in the 
 same regiment with their father. They both received crowTi 
 grants. Albert's was 10 acres in Carleton, St. John County, Aug- 
 
ALBERT OGDEN. 89 
 
 ust II, 1780, according to the record. He seems to have remained 
 in the Provinces when his younger brother, Andrew, came to New 
 York, to complete his education and enter business. We find him 
 in New York in 1796, as clerk with his brother Andrew's friend, 
 Mr. Heard, and Andrew writes about him to their brother, Ben- 
 jamin, as follows: 
 
 "Albert is very attentive and improves in the line he is in, and no 
 doubt will do very well in New York. He has made no particular agree- 
 ment with Mr. Heard as yet respecting his salary, but I dare say, from his 
 being so well approved of, together with my being very intimate with 
 Heard, he will get a compensation adequate to his expenses, which may be 
 considered an acquisition for a person so totally unused to accounts or 
 business of any kind as he was on his arrival. The salary, until he gets 
 a further insight in business, is not an object, as I can, without any incon- 
 venience, assist him, if necessary." 
 
 We next find Albert in Morristown, N. J., keeping a store. 
 The date of this cannot accurately be fixed. But from the county 
 records we know that on October 15, 1799, he bought and took a 
 deed for a valuable lot on the corner of Morristown Green and 
 South Street, being 165 feet on the Green and 279.18 feet on South 
 Street. This lot included all the land from the corner of South 
 Street as far east as the present parsonage of the M. E. Church, 
 and as far south on South Street, as the present property of the 
 Church of the Redeemer. He purchased of Alexander Car- 
 
90 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 michael. On December 26, 1799, we find him advertising in the 
 "Genius of Liberty," newspaper published Janviary 2, 1799: 
 
 "Albert Ogden has removed his store to house formerly Alexander 
 Carmichael's, Esq., South St., cor. Morris Green. Dry Goods, Groceries, 
 Drugs and Medicines." 
 
 The experience gained in keeping a country store was a good 
 preparation for future business success. Albert no doubt has this 
 in mind and probably was guided in this plan by his brother, An- 
 drew. It accords with the views of Andrew about gaining exper- 
 ience in business expressed in his letter to Benjamin. Perhaps one 
 reason he chose Morristown was that Andrew had married his 
 wife from a Morristown family, (Mary Dixon), and knew that 
 there was a good opening for a young business man. Albert con- 
 tinued in business in Morristown until the autumn of 1801, when 
 he removed to New York and began business there. , 
 
 On June 4, 1801, he announces in the "Genius of Liberty" : 
 
 "Albert Ogden, being under necessity of postponing his removal to 
 New York, until Fall, &c., offers a general assortment of goods." 
 
 On September 3, 1801, in "Genius of Liberty," Charles H. 
 Morrell advertises : 
 
 "That he has purchased Mr. Albert Ogden's stock of medicines, &c., 
 and will keep a drug store." 
 
ALBERT OGDEN. 91 
 
 On same date Albert Ogden advertises, public vendue at his 
 house in Morristown, of store goods and household furniture, 
 sleigh, horse, 2 top chairs. 
 
 Under date of November 17, 1801, he advertises that he has 
 removed his store to No. 205 Broadway, New York. Dry Goods. 
 He was successful in New York and became a wealthy shipping 
 merchant, having both foreign and Southern connections. His 
 business address in 1802-3, as appears in New York Directory of 
 that time, was 96 William Street. The firm name is given as Og- 
 den Bros., merchants ; and Albert and Benjamin are given as 
 partners. Andrew's place of business is given at the same number. 
 A letter from their correspondents at Savannah, dated December 
 3, 181 1, is addressed to Albert Ogden & Co., of New York. 
 
 While at Morristown, Albert Ogden married Margaretta 
 Wood, on March 29, 1800. She was born August 15, 1776. She 
 was a niece and adopted daughter of Col. William De Hart and 
 his wife, Elizabeth. Col. De Hart was a lawyer of prominence in 
 Morristown, and in the State. Son of Dr. Matthias De Hart, of 
 Elizabethtown ; was Lieut. Col. of Second Regiment, Continental 
 Army. He was a delegate to the first and second Provincial Con- 
 gress of New Jersey. The latter body adopted the first constitu- 
 tion of New Jersey. The De Harts lived on South Street, in the 
 house on corner of De Hart Street. Col. De Hart owned a tract 
 
92 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 of land at that point, and De Hart Street was afterwards opened 
 through it, and that street is named for him. 
 
 In May and December, 1793, we find the name of Peggy Wood 
 as attending the Morris Academy from the family of Col. William 
 De Hart. — (Principal Russell's Record.) 
 
 As Albert owned the Alexander Carmichael house on the 
 Green, it is most likely that part of his married life was spent there 
 before removing to New York. His wife, Margaretta, died Feb- 
 ruary 12, 1804, and was buried at St. Paul's church-yard, in the 
 Ogden vault. In the family Bible at the record of her death, Al- 
 bert writes — "Why their loss deplore, that are not lost?" 
 
 The same record gives their children : 
 
 Elizabeth De Hart Ogden; b. Jan. 10, 1801. 
 
 Benjamin Vincent Ogden; b. Aug. 4, 1802; d. Dec. 19. 
 
 1803. 
 Margaret Ann Ogden ; b. Jan. 25, 1804. 
 
 Albert was left alone with his two little children, one of them 
 not three weeks old. On April 19. of the next year, 1805, Albert 
 Ogden married Jane Hyatt, who was born March 20, 1787. Their 
 marriage is recorded at Trinity Church, New York. 
 
 When Albert's sister, Rachel Wetmore, opened her school in 
 Morristown, about 1808, he sent his two daughters, Elizabeth and 
 
ALBERT OGDEN. 93 
 
 Margaret Ann, to her care, where they remained about ten years 
 — making occasional visits to their father's house in New York. 
 
 In 1812, Albert lost his wife, whose death he thus records 
 in his Bible : "Jane H. Ogden, wife of Albert Ogden, departed 
 this life on the night of the 20th March, 1812. On that day she 
 had completed her 25th year." 
 
 "The spider's most attenuated thread is cord, is cable, to 
 man's tender tie on earthly bliss, it breaks at every breeze." 
 
 The Ogden vault in St. Paul's church-yard is south of the 
 church, adjoining the path. It is covered with a large flat brown 
 stone, with the names, Benjamin, Albert and Andrew Ogden, 
 carved on the stone. 
 
 Albert attended St. Paul's Church, where he owned a pew. 
 It is the same square pew as is now shown as "General Wash- 
 ington's pew." 
 
 It was probably about this time that his daughter Margaret 
 remembered being so lonely in the house at New York. Her 
 father, engrossed in business, did not realize that she was left with- 
 out toys or playmates, and only allowed to speak to the servants 
 as service required. The only occupation provided was a certain 
 number of lines from "Pope's Essay on Man," which she was ex- 
 pected to recite to her father on his return, and failing which he 
 felt it his duty to use the bunch of birch rods. It sounds almost 
 cruel to our modern ears, but in those days the old adage, "spare 
 
94 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 the rod and spoil the child," was believed in, and implicit obedience 
 was insisted upon. It did not lessen Margaret's affection for her 
 father, which she showed by her life-long devotion to him, and 
 she always spoke of him with reverence. 
 
 She remembered good old Marm. Peg, her colored nurse, and 
 Tom, who saved her life when she fell into the cistern. The stiff 
 silk of the dress she wore spread out like a parachute and helped 
 to keep her up until she was rescued.. 
 
 At this time Albert Ogden lived in affluence and entertained 
 his friends, among whom was Washington Irving. Bishop Hobart 
 was another of the friends whom he greatly esteemed. Albert 
 Ogden has been spoken of by his children and others who remem- 
 bered him as "an old Pearl Street merchant," but we have no 
 address there. 
 
 "On May 13, 1814, in St. John's Church, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop 
 Hobart, Albert Ogden to Frances S. Blackwell, daughter of James Black- 
 well and Elizabeth Hallett Blackwell, of Blackwell's Island." 
 
 Albert Ogden's daughter Margaret remeinbered some happy 
 days spent at the Island. There was only the Blackwell homestead 
 and the cabins of the negro servants upon the island. It was like 
 a big garden. On Saturday afternoons they swam the horses 
 
ALBERT OGDEN. 95 
 
 over to Astoria, where carriages were kept, to take the family to 
 church next morning. 
 
 "More than two centuries ago Blackwell's Island was owned and 
 occupied by John Manning, an ex-sherifif of New York, who was in com- 
 mand of the city and surrendered it to the Dutch in their attack, in 1673, 
 for which feat he was promptly cashiered by the English when they had 
 renewed their possession. Manning left the island to his daughter, the 
 wife of Robert Blackwell." — Haswell's Reminiscences. 
 
 They were married 1676, April 26. Of their descendants 
 James Blackwell m. Elizabeth Hallett and had a large family. 
 They entertained delightfully in their beautiful island home. 
 Their daughter Eliza married Lemuel Wells, of Yonkers, and 
 their home was the old Manor house, now the city hall of Yon- 
 kers. Harriet married Dr. Hersey Baylies, of Astoria, who was 
 a distinguished physician and a gentleman of culture. 
 
 Albert Ogden and his wife lived on the island for about two 
 years, when they moved to their pleasant and commodious house in 
 Astoria, just across the water. His daughters were still under the 
 excellent care of their Aunt Wetmore, in Morristown. When they 
 returned to their father's house, which was probably about the 
 time that Mrs. Wetmore went to Baltimore, their studies were con- 
 tinued by masters in various branches. The Rev. Samuel Whelp- 
 ley, their father's friend, taught them history. He was author 
 
96 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 of "The Compend," "Lectures on Ancient History," etc. His son, 
 a brilliant and talented young man, who was named after Albert 
 Ogden and educated by him, afterwards married his daughter, 
 Elizabeth De Hart Ogden. 
 
 The home in Astoria was soon broken up by the death of Mrs. 
 Ogden. 
 
 "Frances S. Blackwell, wife of Albert Ogden, departed this life on 
 Monday, 13th July, 1818." 
 
 "Oh Death! insatiate Archer! and could not one sufifice? Thy shaft 
 flew thrice and thrice my peace was slain." 
 
 Thus his bereavement is recorded. Although married three 
 times, he lived a widower for about fifty years. 
 
 His business address in 1820, April 9th, from a letter to him 
 
 from his neice, Rachel Canfield, was No. , Fulton Street, New 
 
 York. His business reverses came about 1824, and were the re- 
 sult of a series of calamities — losses by fire and loss of vessels, 
 which, coming together, resulted in complete failure. He gave 
 up everything he had and retired to the British Provinces with 
 his mother and daughter Margaret. His daughter Elizabeth had 
 been married to Albert Ogden Whelpley, August 10, 1823. They 
 went to Carleton, where they had many friends, and Albert en- 
 gaged in some business there. Later they moved to St. 
 George, where his brother died, in 1829. Through the influence 
 
ALBERT OGDEN. 97 
 
 of Sir Archibald Campbell, then Governor of New Brunswick, 
 who showed them much courtesy, Margaret undertook a school. 
 She received a license worded : "License is hereby given to Mar- 
 garet Ogden, pursuant to the Royal Instructions, to keep a school 
 in this Province for the instructioh of youth. This license to 
 continue during pleasure." April 19, 1833. From old letters we 
 learn that Albert Ogden had some interests in many places, and 
 we find him in Morristown, and in Orange, N. J, and at Wolcott, 
 Wayne Co., N. Y., about this time. At the latter place he had 
 large peach orchards. Margaret continued her school in their 
 house in Carleton, which was still standing in 1895, and was 
 pointed out by one of her former pupils, an old gentleman named 
 Mr. Samuel Brittain, who treasured many pleasant memories of 
 Mr. and Miss Ogden. 
 
 An interesting letter from Rachel Canfield, of Morristown, 
 to her uncle, Albert Ogden, at St. George, dated March, 1834, has 
 been preserved. She had only recently been bereaved of her lovely 
 daughter Cornelia, of which affliction she wrote to her uncle, after 
 which she gives family news of interest, which we quote in part : 
 
 "My Dear Uncle : — With sincere pleasure we received your kind 
 letter. We were happy to learn that yourself and cousin Margaret have 
 enjoyed a comfortable share of health, and that she can be of assistance to 
 you, and that your prospects are so good. Mrs. Ogden and family are well, 
 as is mother's. Sophia (Mrs. Lovell) and Mary Ann (Mrs. Hayward) 
 
98 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 are living with her. Sophia has a fine little girl two years old, and Mary 
 Ann has 2 sons, one 4 years and one 6 months. Mr. Lovell is in N. O. 
 Mr. H. is in N. York. I feel truly sorry that they are called to be separ- 
 ated from their husbands so much. William's family are well. He has 2 
 fine children, a son 12 years and a daughter 10 years. Mr. Colles' family 
 are well, in N. Orleans, when they wrote last. Harriet has 3 children, 2 
 daughters and a son, the youngest. She lost a dear little one about 4 years 
 old two years since. Charlotte is well and lives with Harriet. My own 
 dear boys are well, at least 3 of them. 
 
 "The row of buildings jn which their store was situated on south- 
 westerly side of the Green was consumed by fire. My dear boys lost about 
 $1,500 beyond the insurance. It was a dreadful fire, such a one as Morris- 
 town never witnessed. My sons are not discouraged. They are both 
 young and healthy and have lost no friends by the disaster. Ogden 
 is much beloved by all who know him, and Alfred is perfectly acquainted 
 with business. My son George is well settled as a physician in Burling- 
 ton County. * * * You mention that you attend a Sunday school. 
 I am glad you are so well employed. May God grant that you may be 
 successful in taking care of the lambs of Christ's flock ; may you be a 
 preacher of righteousness to them, and may you be one that shall turn 
 many to righteousness, of whom it is promised that they shall 'shine 
 as the stars in the firmament.' 
 
 "Your affectionate niece, 
 
 "R. Canfield." 
 
 About the year 1839, Albert Ogden decided to leave the Pro- 
 vinces, and their many good friends, among whom were Mr. 
 Josiah Wetmore's family, and he and his daughter Margaret went 
 to Brooklyn, N. Y., where his daughter, Mrs. Whelpley, was 
 living. 
 
 In a Power of Attorney given to Mr. Justus Wetmore, of 
 
ALBERT OGDEN. 99 
 
 Kingston, N. B., July 26, 1839, Albert gives his residence as 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., late of Carleton. It was while they were living 
 in Brooklyn that his daughter Margaret was married, on October 
 9, 1845, in St. Mary's Church, by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, to 
 Joseph Schofield. 
 
 The last years of Albert Ogden's life were spent in the house- 
 hold of his niece, Mrs. J. S. Holmes, who was living in the old 
 Ogden (Dixon) house on Morristown Green. His venerable form 
 is still remembered by many. Every day he made his way to daily 
 prayers at St. Peter's Church. A staunch adherent to the church 
 of his parents because he believed in it, and was prepared to de- 
 fend it with reasons. 
 
 A letter to his daughter Margaret, in 1851, July i, thus de- 
 scribes his pleasant home with his niece, Mrs. Holmes. This was 
 in his 84th year: 
 
 "I have been since here in as good health as usual and, as we are 
 favoured with daily services in our church, I think it a favour and bless- 
 ing that I have been able to attend generally. The church is half a mile 
 distant and full enough for me to walk twice in a warm day; still I think 
 it best to use my limbs while I have the power so to do, in the service of 
 Him from whom I derive all my powers of thought and action. I am as 
 comfortably situated myself as I could wish to be, except the absence of my 
 family. A good quiet room where I can feel retired, if I choose so to be, 
 from all company or intrusion. The family all amiable and very accom- 
 modating to my wants and wishes, and very attentive to church duties and 
 take an active part in the Sunday school, also do the young ladies take an 
 
loo FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 important part in the choir; Emily generally performs on the organ, and 
 they both sing well. At my request they are always ready and willing to 
 perform Psalms and Hymns, especially each evening, and this is a source 
 of pleasure, for in them is evidently not only good music but words of 
 inspiration that reach the heart." 
 
 Also another 
 
 "Morristown, Sept. 9, 1851. 
 "All my friends here endeavor to make my stay agreeable to me. I 
 believe I informed you in a former letter that in consequence of Mary's 
 indisposition Mrs. Holmes has concluded to spend a month with her broth- 
 er Nathaniel Holmes, at Tarrytown, and that in the meantime I was to stay 
 with Mr. Lovell. Both places are very agreeable to me and very like home, 
 so is Mr. Colles and family. No want of fine fruit or any of the good 
 things of this world, for all which I cannot be too thankful." 
 
 Albert Ogden was a man of the very highest character — very 
 just and honorable in all his business relations, and very generous. 
 A devout Christian. In his old age he was very indulgent to his 
 grandchildren and he said he had not realized, at the time, that 
 with his own children he had been more strict than was necessary 
 — always requiring the most prompt and implicit obedience so that 
 his children stood in awe of him — but his grandchildren loved him 
 without fear. He used to give them exercises to do on rising and 
 on retiring at night, such as he used to have when a cadet, to im- 
 prove carriage and make the back straight and strong. One was 
 
ALBERT OGDEN. loi 
 
 to extend the arms and slowly to describe a circle with them many 
 times trying to meet the backs of the hands behind you. He also 
 advocated the cold water bath, which was his daily practice, and 
 he boasted of never having been ill until the infirmities of age 
 came. He died in his 97th year. The 91st Psalm was chosen by 
 one of his nieces to be sung at his funeral instead of one of the 
 hymns. It was a fitting tribute to his long Christian life. He 
 died on Thursday, February 2d, 1865, at 2 o'clock A. M. He is 
 buried in St. Peter's church-yard, Morristown. 
 
FOURTH GENERATION. 
 
 Descendants of Albert Ogden — b. Jan. 20, 1769; and Margaretta Wood Ogden — b. Aug. 15, 1776- 
 
 married at Morristown, N. J., Mar. 29, 1800. 
 
 5th Generation. 
 
 6th Generation. 
 
 f Albert Ogden Whelpley, b. 
 1824, July 23; m. Abby Anna 
 Warden Wardell, b. 1823, ] 
 Sept. — ; d. 1891, Jan. 31. 
 
 BETH De Hart Ogden, b. 
 
 I, Jan. 10; d. 1864, Mar. i; 
 
 1823, Aug. 10, Albert Og- 
 
 Whelpley, b. 1801, Nov. 
 
 d. 1843, Oct. I. He was a 
 
 of Rev. Samuel Whelpley. 
 
 7th Generation. 
 
 Elizabeth Alice Whelpley, b. 
 1852, Jan. 15; d. 1853, July 1. 
 
 8th Generation. 
 
 Albert Ogden Whelpley, Jr., f Clifton Whelpley, b. 18? 
 
 b. 1853, July is; m. 1879, 
 
 Leonard, b. 1853, June 30. 
 
 Nov. 13. 
 
 Nov. 26, Henrietta 'Barker J ^va Whelpley, b. 1882, Ap: 
 
 25- 
 
 Hazel Whelpley, 
 Oct. 29. 
 
 b. 1 88 
 
 r Gladys Lillian Kuske, b. 185 
 Lillian Whelpley, b. 1864, ^ Aug. 26. 
 
 Jan. 15; m. Joseph Charles ! Clara Alma Kuske, b. 185 
 
 Kuske, b. 1864, Jan. 27. 
 
 I Sidney Diller Whelpley, b. 
 i 1867, Oct. 25; m. Anna Jean- 
 l ette Van Ness, b. 1866, Nov. 3. 
 
 Samuel Melancthon Whelp- 
 ley, b. 1826, Feb. 22; m. 
 Emma Hoffman, b. 1838, Oct. 
 29. 
 
 r Luther Hoffman Whelpley, 
 m. Amelia B. Bula. 
 Frank Weber Whelpley. 
 ,' Augusto H. Whelpley, m. 
 Clara Pignol. 
 Emma Virginia Whelpley. 
 Anna Elmendorf Whelpley. 
 Josephine Ogden Whelpley. 
 
 Virginia Ogden Whelpley, b. 
 1830, Nov. 18; d. 1872, Aug. 
 7. She belonged to All Saints' 
 Sisterhood in Baltimore. 
 
 Sidney Algernon Whelpley, b. f 
 
 1832, May 1; d. 1871, May 20; j Louisa Whelpley. 
 m. Louisa Elmendorf, d. 1873, 
 (^ Jan. 27. [ 
 
 Kiiiu Vincent Ogden, b. 
 2, Aug. 4; d. 1803, Dec. 
 
 Feb. 27. 
 Lillian Dorothea Kuske, 
 1900, April 19. 
 
 f Raymond Leslie Whelpley, 
 I 1896, Nov. 13. 
 
 Milton Elwood Whelpley, 
 i 1899, Aug. s. 
 
 Irma Evelyn Whelpley, 
 I 1902, Aug. 18. 
 
 aret Ann Ogden, b. 1804, 
 ;. 25; d. 1882, April 30; m. 
 5, Oct. 9, Joseph Schofield. 
 
 J- Anna SchofielDj^ b. 1847, July 
 .7. Henry | 
 Fisher Vermilye, b. 1848, 
 
 25; m. 1870, Sep. 17, Henry 
 
 Sep. 6; d. 1872, Feb. 3; son 
 of Rev. Isaac Dyckman Ver- 
 milye. 
 
 Anna Josephine Vermilye. 
 
ANDREW OGDEN. 103 
 
 V. Andrew Ogden, youngest son of Lieut, Benjamin Og- 
 den and Rachel Westervelt, and brother of Rachel, Benjamin and 
 Albert, was born in New York, October 15, 1771, and died there, 
 November 5, 1819. He was a boy of 11 years when the family 
 left New York for the British Provinces, after the War of the 
 Revolution, in 1783. There is no way of fixing accurately the 
 date of his return to New York, but some of his grandchildren 
 are sure that he went to Columbia College before engaging in 
 business. 
 
 In June, 1796, as appears by his letter of that date, he was a 
 clerk for Galbreath & Elms, importers and jobbers, on a salary 
 of £300, with the confidence of his employers and the expectation 
 of being soon in business for himself. It was about this time that 
 he married Mary Dixon, who was born October 7, 1778. She 
 was daughter of John Dixon, born 1744, and died 181 1, and Mary 
 Williams, his wife, born 1741, and died 1814. These dates are 
 from the records of First Church, Morristown, N. J. 
 
 In an old deed in Morris County Records, John Dixon is 
 called "Merchant of New York." Another deed in N. Y. Reg., is 
 as follows : 
 
 "John Dixon, merchant, of Morristown, N. J., and wife, to Andrew 
 Ogden. Deed, 1796. 57^ ft. front on Frankfort St., N. Y." 
 
 A very just and satisfactory estimate of Andrew Ogden's 
 
104 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 character can be formed from the interesting letter above referred 
 to, which he wrote to his brother Benjamin, who was then hving 
 in Antigonish, N, S., as follows : 
 
 "New York, June, 1796. 
 
 "Dr. Benjamin Ogden : — I write by Mr. John McKeough, who has 
 been with us two or three weeks waiting for a passage to HaHfax. About 
 a fortnight since I returned from Albany, where I went upon business 
 for Galbreath and Elmes, after the completion of which I took stage for 
 Schenectady and from thence rode to Charlton, about 9 miles further over 
 the Mohawk River, where I had, for the first time, the pleasure of seeing 
 several of our uncles and aunts, and cousins without number. Uncle Jona- 
 than Ogden had lately purchased and moved in Charlton. The others, 
 uncles Jessie Conde and Gilbert Miller, both of which you have heard our 
 mother speak of, have been at that place near 20 years, and have acquired 
 very handsome estates. To particularly describe them all, their different 
 dispositions and occupations, circumstances, &c., &c., would, on account of 
 their numbers, be too great an undertaking; therefore it must suffice for 
 the present to say they are very agreeable in their families, their employ- 
 ment, chiefly farming, and generally in very easy circumstances. 
 
 "Our spring importation being sold, we have very little else to attend 
 to but collecting, which part of the business I have little to do with ex- 
 cept when sometimes the debt is considered in jeopardy when I find I am 
 generally commissioned, but my ordinary part of the business is conducting 
 the sales which, though requiring great exertions in the seasons of spring 
 and fall in a house which sells such an immense amount of goods. Yet 
 after those seasons I have long intervals of leisure which this summer I 
 mean to improve by spending some time in the country, though not before 
 Albert's businesss will admit of his accompanying me which, as it's now 
 the retailers' best season for trade, is not the case. Albert is very attent- 
 ive and improves in the line he is in, and no doubt will do very well in New 
 York. He has made no particular agreement with Mr. Heard as yet re- 
 
ANDREW OGDEN. 105 
 
 specting his salary, but I dare say, from his being so well approved of, to- 
 gether with my being very intimate with Heard, he will get a compensation 
 adequate to his expenses which may be considered an acquisition for a 
 person so totally unused to accounts or business of any kind as he was 
 on his arrival. The salary, until he gets a further insight in business, is 
 no object as I can, without any inconvenience, assist him if necessary. 
 
 "I expect shortly, as the gentlemen on your coast term it, to fish upon 
 my own hook which, should I accomplish, we can be of greater service to 
 each other. I have had several proposals of partnership in the wholesale 
 and retail line, and think probably I shall accede to some of them by the 
 fall. But as my situation, by an increase of salary to £300 per annum, has 
 become more easy, I shall naturally expect more advantageous offers than 
 before I would have accepted of, or will remain a little longer in my pres- 
 ent employment when, probably, I may have an opportunity of shipping in 
 the importing line which is a more lucrative business and, of course, pleas- 
 anter. 
 
 "I wonder, Benjamin, if you are still so much attached to the Garden 
 of Eden that I could not persuade you New York would be a more eligible 
 situation for a man of your abilities? You have been waiting with san- 
 guine expectations 10 years to see the walls of Dorchester rise, but I imag- 
 ine have witnessed the reverse. On many subjects I would not venture to 
 advise a brother so much my superior in judgment, and in this will only 
 observe that I think 10 years of the most active part of a man's life is too 
 great a sacrifice to so little purpose, and advise you to leave a place where 
 even the greatest exertions will not afford a decent living.. I wish you to 
 think seriously of the matter and write me on the subject soon, indeed, I 
 can't reconcile the idea of your continuing in such obscurity any longer 
 than you can conveniently make arrangements to leave it. My amiable 
 tiister-in-law, I fear will not feel herself much obliged by my advice, as it 
 would tend to deprive her of the society of near friends in Dorchester, but 
 when she reflects 'tis the interest and happiness of a brother inseparably 
 connected with her I wish to promote, she will not accuse me with officious- 
 ness. 
 
io6 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 "Colonel Hierlihy's property on the Mississippi, in consequence of the 
 treaty lately concluded between the United States and Spain, will, from 
 information I have, likely be valuable. The United States boundary, as low 
 on the river as the 31st degree north latitude, will, it is thought, include 
 the colonel's land. 
 
 "I had a hint from a son of Uncle Gilbert Miller's, who has been 
 some time in that country and came passenger with I. McKeough from 
 New Orleans, that the latter had an idea of getting the colonel's title, hav- 
 ing, as he told Miller, been offered it some time before he left Dorchester, 
 by the colonel as a compliment or at least for a trifling consideration. I 
 would suppose McKeough to be possessed of more honor than to take an 
 advantage of the colonel's ignorance on the subject, but thought proper to 
 say this much which, should you think proper, you might mention to the 
 colonel for his guidance, for you know with many persons friendship is a 
 small consideration when a good bargain may be effected at the expense of 
 it, which McKeough might do. 
 
 "Wheat in New York has fell within a few weeks from 22 to 15, per 
 bushel, owing to the plentiful supply of provisions in the European and 
 West Indian markets. The consequence is that many of our speculators 
 in that article have been severely bit, and some of them entirely stopped 
 payment. 
 
 "Mr. Elmes' ill state of health not admitting his doing any business 
 since last November, Mr. Galbreath came out early this spring and as- 
 sumed the direction. He proposes retiring in about 10 weeks, if Mr. Elmes 
 does not get better of his complaints by that time. He of course will take 
 in a new partner. 
 
 "I send you by Mr. McKeough a parcel of papers to which I refer you 
 for news. I also send * * * * which I wish to be favored with my 
 sister-in-law's acceptance of. 
 
 "About seven weeks since we had letters from Penobscot, when Wet- 
 more and family were all well, and a short time since heard from St. John, 
 where health also prevailed. The doctor has lately disposed of the farm 
 at Rye and remitted the old gentleman part of the money, I think £150. 
 
ANDREW OGDEN. 107 
 
 The remainder to be received shortly, when Albert will receive his de- 
 mand. I believe the farm sold for £400 currency. 
 
 "The old gentleman and mother are no doubt relieved from a great 
 burden of Mr. Lamoreaux and family coming here from St. Johns. Robert 
 will, I believe, do very well where he lives in Westchester. He has a 
 respectable academy under his charge, applys himself closely to the study 
 of Divinity, and no doubt will accomplish his purpose of getting orders 
 before long. By request of the parishioners and the clergymen in West- 
 chester, he has preached several sermons of his own couching which has 
 given great satisfaction. 
 
 "Make my respects acceptable to the colonel." 
 
 This letter in Andrew Ogden's hand-writing, to his brother 
 Benjamin, is not signed and probably was never sent; but it is 
 nevertheless just as complete and authentic a record of the events 
 which it contains as if Benjamin had received it. 
 
 The old gentleman referred to is his step-father, Timothy Wet- 
 more, and Robert was his half-brother. Jane, daughter of Tim- 
 othy Wetmore, married Mr. Lamoreaux. (See Wetmore Genea- 
 logy, by J. C. Wetmore.) Andrew, according, to his hopes and 
 expectations, was soon engaged in a prosperous business, and ap- 
 pears to be in partnership with his friend, Mr. Heard, from this 
 deed found in N. Y. Reg. : 
 
 "Jonathan Hobson to Andrew Ogden and James Heard, merchants, 
 of New York. Deed dated April 18, 1800, $4,900. Dwelling house and lot. 
 Maiden Lane, south side." 
 
io8 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 In 1 80 1, Andrew appears in the New York City Directory as 
 a merchant, doing business at 96 William Street, and in 1802-3, 
 "Ogden Bros.," have the same address. 
 
 Andrew's first child was born in Morristown, in April, 1797, 
 probably at the Dixon homestead, which was on the corner of 
 Green and Bridge street, next door to the old Baptist Church. 
 Old records show that John Dixon was living there in 1803, 1804 
 and 1806. The same records speak of this house, in 1812, as 
 the Widow Dixon's. (John Dixon died 181 1), and in 1817, as 
 William Dixon's. (Mrs. John Dixon died in 1814). William 
 Dixon, physician, born, 1774; died 1827; was son of John Dixon, 
 and brother of Mary, wife of Andrew Ogden. 
 
 According to family tradition, William practised medicine at 
 this time, and kept a drug store there, as was the custom of the 
 country doctor of those days. The lean-to addition of the house 
 on the street was his office and that had to be removed to widen 
 the street. This old house was standing when Bridge Street was 
 laid out and it was necessary to lay the street so as to cut off a 
 considerable portion of the house ; consequently the road and side- 
 walk were very narrow ; at one time it was "only a cow path." 
 There was a house called "the yellow house," which was opposite 
 John Dixon's, and there Rachel Wetmore lived in 1804. It was 
 owned by her brother, Andrew Ogden. On the map of 18 17, it is 
 marked as the Ogden house. Some of Andrew Ogden's descend- 
 
ANDREW OGDEN. 109 
 
 ants, now living, remember with afifection the old Dixon house on 
 the Green, looking out on the old "First Church," with its friend- 
 ly clock ever ready to furnish the time of day, and the cosy, hos- 
 pitable interior of the old home, with its beautiful mahogany fur- 
 niture, kept so well polished, and the garden, where fruit, flowers 
 and vegetables grew for comfort and pleasure. Some of the rare 
 old china, beautiful cut glass, and silver, of best old designs, is still 
 cherished in the family. The fine old linen, the spotless dimity 
 hangings, with ball trimmings, and the old time chintz are not 
 forgotten, though time will soon claim them all forever. If the 
 library is still in existence it would be a mine to the lover of old 
 books. 
 
 There are many deeds recorded in N. Y. Reg., of Andrew 
 Ogden's business transactions, of which the following may locate 
 his residence on Broadway : 
 
 "Andrew Ogden, merchant, and Mary, his wife, to Harry Peters, 
 merchant, mortgage, April 13, 1806. (Liber. 15; p.499). 
 
 "Dwelling house, 8th ward, on easterly side of Broadway, bounded 
 in front by Broadway; N. E. by Elizabeth Duryee, late of James Robert- 
 son ; S. E., in rear, by David Deas ; S. W., by Anthony L. Bleecker ; 75 
 ft. front; 316 deep." 
 
 The name Stuyvesant, in another deed, calls to mind a cur- 
 ious old talisman of gold and carved wood, to wear on a chain. 
 
no FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 It was given by John Stuyvesant, brother of Peter, to Jane Ogden, 
 Andrew's daughter: 
 
 "Andrew Ogden and wife to Ex'rs. of Peter Stuyvesant, land in 
 Washington street, not yet opened. Mortgage, March i8, 1808. Rec'd. L. 
 21 ; p. 522. Cancelled ." 
 
 Mrs. Lovell's narrative tells of "Andrew and Albert being 
 wealthy importing merchants in New York, and that Andrew's 
 country place was on Broadway, between Astor Place and 4th 
 Street, the house of which was standing about the year 1849, or 
 later. His mother, Rachel Ogden Wetmore, had a small house 
 near that of her son Andrew, and one faithful servant, who lived 
 with Her for many years." This "country place" must have been 
 the summer home which his grand-daughter, Mrs. George T. Cur- 
 tis, says, "was called the farm," his other residence being on the 
 corner of Broadway and Leonard Street. He and his wife used to 
 take long carriage tours in the country to Water Gap, Mauch 
 Chimk, and other places, in the pleasant summer weather, some- 
 times spending two or more weeks traveling in that enjoyable 
 way." 
 
 He made a will November 12, 1810 ; Proved November 29, 
 1819. N. Y. Surrogate's office. It is principally interesting as an 
 index of his property at that time. His will names aged mother, 
 widowed sister and her helpless family. Gives brother Benjamin 
 
ANDREW OGDEN. m 
 
 and brother Albert $5,000 each. His mother to have $200 annual- 
 ly. Will speaks of all his children and either of his two sons, but 
 does not give names. Abraham E. Smedes and John Haggerty, 
 guardians and executors, with Albert Ogden. Smedes and Hag- 
 gerty were to have handsome English gold watches. 
 
 Andrew became a man of wealth and station and was inter- 
 ested in the affairs of his time. In Memorial Hist, of N. Y., by J. 
 G. Wilson, we note that in 1812, June 9th, "Mr. Abraham Smith, 
 of New York, presented a petition of the most important mer- 
 chants of New York to avert war with England, signed, Andrew 
 Ogden & Co., John Jacob Astor, and many others. 
 
 The first break in his happy and prosperous career came in 
 1814, when his two little daughters died. Then came the great 
 grief, in 1817, of losing their first born son, William, a young 
 man of great promise, who died in his 20th year. Business re- 
 verses followed which swept away his property, and with it his 
 health and reason. He died at his residence on Broadway, No- 
 vember 5, 1819, aged 47 years. His widow, about two years later, 
 removed to Morristown, N. J., with her children, where she lived 
 in the Dixon house, corner the Green and Bridge Street, until her 
 death, in 1850. A letter from Rachel Canfield to her uncle, Albert 
 Ogden, written March 21, 1834, gives this family news: "Mrs. 
 Ogden, you doubtless know, has married her daughter, Mary Car- 
 oline, to Mr. Nystrom, and Jane, to Mr. Holmes, an Episcopal 
 
112 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 clergyman, now about to leave this place and to be settled in a 
 small congregation at Orange, four miles from Newark. Mrs. 
 Ogden has only Cornelia with her now." 
 
 Mrs. Ogden was buried in St. Peter's church-yard, where 
 her marble tombstone is to be seen with this inscription : 
 
 Mary Dixon, wife of 
 
 Andrew Ogden, 
 
 Born Oct. 7, 1778; 
 
 Died March 16, 1850. 
 
 "Blessed are the dead, who died in the Lord." 
 
 The record from Andrew Ogden's family Bible, and other 
 family records, is as follows: 
 
 "Andrew Ogden; b. at New York, Oct. 15, 1771 ; d. 1819, Nov. 5." 
 "Mary Ogden (Dixon) ; b. Oct. 7, 1778; d. 1850, March 16." 
 
 There children were 
 
 Fifth Generation. 
 
 William; b. at Morristown, N. J., April 17, 1797; d. 1817, 
 
 Dec. 7. 
 Jane Seaman ; b. at N. Y., Feb. 4, 1800. 
 Mary Caroline; b. at N. Y., Nov. 13, 1801. 
 Horace ; b. at N. Y., April 26, 1804 ; d. 1826, Dec. 6. 
 Augusta Louisa ; b. at N. Y., Oct. 17, 1807 ; d. 1814, July 8. 
 Cornelia Hierlihy; b. at N. Y., Mar. 6, 1809; d. 1833, 
 
 Feb. 20. 
 
REV. BENJAMIN HOLMES 113 
 
 Rachel Ann Eliza; b. at N. Y., Jan. 12, 1812; d. 1814, 
 Nov. 9. 
 
 Jane Seaman, eldest daughter of Andrew Ogden, was 
 married at St. Peter's Church, Morristown, N. J., October 
 29, 1829, to the Rev. Benjamin Holmes, by the Rev. Wil- 
 liam R. Whittingham, afterwards Bishop of Maryland. 
 These two clergymen were devoted friends and fellow- 
 workers. Benjamin Holmes, born November 10, 1797, was 
 son of Benjamin Holmes and Phebe Jarvis, of Tarrytown, 
 N. Y. He founded St. Peter's Church, where there is a 
 tablet placed to his memory. He also founded St. Mark's 
 Church, in Orange, N. J., where he died, in 1836. He was 
 buried beneath the chancel and the inscription on the tablet 
 there to his memory, written by Bishop Doane, of New 
 Jersey, reads : 
 
 "In memory of the Reverend Benjamin Holmes, rec- 
 tor of this church, who was born in New York, December 
 16, 1797, and died at the parsonage, August 4, 1836. 
 
 "From his youth, meekness, gentleness, simplicity and 
 godly sincerity, marked him the child of God. Through 
 his whole ministry, zeal in his Master's cause, tempered by 
 prudence, sustained by integrity, and crowned with charity, 
 made him a pattern for his brethren, and a pillar of the 
 church. Of his activity as a missionary, his faithfulness 
 as a preacher, his devotion as a pastor, this church and 
 that of St. Peter's, at Morristown, both which he founded, 
 are the enduring memorials. Their love for the man, 
 their admiration of the Christian, their gratitude to the 
 honest watchman for their souls, the congregation of St. 
 Mark's Church thus mournfully record." 
 
 An extract from a letter written by Mr. Jacob M. 
 King, an old Morristonian, dated April 17, 1831, from 
 which we are permitted to quote, thus speaks of Rev. Mr. 
 
114 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 Holmes : "We also have lost our little clergj'man, Mr. 
 Holmes, having moved to Orange. He is a man for whom 
 the congregation entertained the most unfeigned respect, 
 and so far from saying or doing anything to make his 
 parting unpleasant, they all assembled on the eve of his 
 departure and loaded him with presents. A most simple 
 and unaffected christian, not a spark of cant or assumed 
 gravity about him, and I believe in his heart entertained 
 the most profound contempt and abhorrence for the system 
 of proselyting, getting up excitements, and so forth." 
 
 The children of Rev. Benjamin Holmes and Jane 
 Seaman Ogden were : 
 
 Mary Eleanor, who d. 1857, April i8th, in the 
 
 23d year of her age. 
 Benjamin ; b. 1836, Sept. 21 ; d. 1840, Dec. 31. 
 
 Mrs. Holmes lived to the good old age of 98, greatly 
 beloved and honored by all who knew her. She is buried 
 in St. Peter's church-yard, where her grave is strewn with 
 flowers each Easter and All Saint's Days, by one of her 
 loving nieces, to whom she was like a mother. 
 
 Andrew Ogden's second daughter, Mary Caroline; b. 
 1801, Nov. 13, was married at Morristown, N. J., 1823, May 
 13, to John Nystrom, a native of Norkoping, Sweden. (He 
 was introduced to Andrew Ogden's family by the Swedish 
 Consul. He was an importer of Swedish iron. His broth- 
 er Frederick exporting the iron from Sweden.) 
 
 She was very beautiful and accomplished and took an 
 active part in the work of St. Peter's Church, helping 
 with the music and playing the organ, and interested in all 
 benevolent work. They lived on the west side of the Green 
 in a house built for Mr. Nystrom with all the modern 
 improvements of those days. A few years later Mr. 
 Nystrom, who was a sportsman, bought the farm now 
 
DESCENDANTS OF ANDREW OGDEN. 115 
 
 owned by the Howlands, where they could have plenty of 
 room for country sports and enjoy more outdoor life. Mrs. 
 Nystrom died after a short illness, of pneumonia, on Feb. 
 ruary 22, 1838. 
 
 The children of John Nystrom and Mary Caroline 
 
 Ogden were: 
 
 Sixth Generation. 
 
 1. Mary Caroline; b. 1824, May 4. 
 
 2. Louise Adele; b. 1825, Nov. 14. 
 
 3. Charles Westfeldt; b. 1827, Nov. 14; d. unmar- 
 
 ried. 
 
 4. Emilie Christina. 
 
 5. John Oscar; d. 1841, Jan. 20, aged 61^ years. 
 
 I. Mary Caroline Nystrom was married at St. 
 Peter's Church, Morristown, N. J., 1848, 
 Oct. II, to Edward Nicoll Dickerson, of 
 Paterson, N. J. He was son of Philemon 
 Dickerson, Governor of New Jersey, in 
 1836. He was a distinguished lawyer, a 
 scientific man and an inventor. He died 
 December 12, 1829, in his 6sth year. Their 
 children : 
 Seventh Generation. Eighth Generation. 
 
 Mary Caroline Dickerson, d. y. 
 
 Edward Nicoll Dickerson; m. 
 Charlotte, dau. of John E. Og- 
 den, a descendant of John Ogden, 
 of Elizabcthtown. He grad. 
 Trinity Coll. valedictorian of 
 class 1874. 
 
 Louise Adele Dickerson; m. 
 Charles W. Gould, of New York. 
 
 Lillian Dickerson. 
 Priscilla Ogden Dickerson. 
 
"6 FAMILY HISTORY. 
 
 2. Louise Adele Nystrom married, Nov. 6, 185 1, 
 George Ticknor Curtis, of Boston, Mass., 
 son of Benjamin Curtis and Lois Robbins. 
 He was a noted lawyer and author of "The 
 History of the Constitution of the United 
 States," and many valuable works. He was 
 born 1812, and died Mar. 28. 1894, and was 
 buried at Kensico Cemetery, N. Y., where 
 a monument is placed to his memory. The 
 children of George Ticknor Curtis and 
 Louis Adele Nystrom Curtis : 
 
 Seventh Generation. 
 
 Louise Constance. 
 Herbert Nystrom. 
 Emilie Christina. 
 Caroline Alice. 
 
 Charles Gordon ; grad. Columbia, 
 1881 ; inventor of the Curtis 
 steam turbine, extensively used 
 here and abroad (1905). 
 Adele Hillard. 
 
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