Nathaniel Ogden (abt. 1750 - 1826)

Born about 1750 in Basking Ridge, Somerset, New Jersey

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 18 Nov 1826 at about age 76 in Coeymans, Albany, New York, United States

Biography

Nathaniel Ogden, the son of Stephen Ogden and Elizabeth Whitaker, was born at Basking Ridge, New Jersey, about 1750.^[1][2]

He married Elizabeth Collins on July 17, 1791.^[1]

Nathaniel was a Quartermaster in the Continental Army. He was at one time a prisoner in the hands of the British at White Plains, and was one night approached by an officer, who was a brother Mason, and told where he might find a horse hidden, and ready for a rider. In the morning the prisoner was missing. He was with Washington at the battle of Trenton, and spent the next winter in the camp at Morristown. After the Revolution he removed to Coeymans, on the Hudson River, where he died. His claim against the Government for bounty is recorded in the Land Papers at Albany, N. Y.. under date of June 18, 1790.^[1]

The will of his sister Elizabeth (Ogden) Barnet has this clause: "To the children of my brother Nathaniel, the sum of $2,000 to be equally divided among them."^[1]

Nathaniel Ogden died November 18, 1826, aged 76 years.^[1]

Children

1. Harriet Ogden ^[1]
2. Isaac Ogden, 6. Nov. 23, 1793; d. May 29. 1795.^[1]
3. Eliza Ogden, b. Apr. 20, 1795; d. —; m. Robert Thompson.^[1]
4. Oliver Barnet Ogden, b. Sept. 17, 1796; d. 1846; m. Lois (Taylor) Woodrbridge.^[1]
5. Maria Ogden, b. July 2, 1798; d. —; m. Newton E. Crittenden.^[1]
6. Clarissa Ogden, b. June 12, 1802; d. -^[1]
7. Julian Ogden, b. Nov. 23, 1803; d. Aug. 29. 1805.^[1]
8. Ellen Ogden, 6. Jan. 29. 1807; d. Mar 13. 1874; m. Thomas Jefferson Greene.^[1]

Revolutionary War Service

Quartermaster Nathaniel Ogden served with New Jersey Militia during the American Revolution.

Nathaniel Ogden is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A085767.

Nathaniel Ogden is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 262767
Rank: Quartermaster

Ogden, Nathaniel is DAR Ancestor #: A085767 He was Quartermaster in the New Jersey Militia, also Sergeant with Colonel Oliver Spencer. His Spouse: Elizabeth Collins. Children in file: Harriet who m. Abraham Covert, Oliver Barnet who m Louise Woodbridge Taylor.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Ogden Family: Page 73, Page 115.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed June 28, 2019), "Record of Ogden, Nathaniel", Ancestor # A085767.Meehan-411

See also:

• Wheeler, William Ogden. The Ogden Family in America. (Printed for Private Circulation by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1907).

Acknowledgements

• Profile updates with his Revolutionary War Service, sources, 1776 sticker by Meehan-411 28 June 2019.