Rhoda (Ogden) Lewis (1796 - abt. 1880)

Born 1796 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Lewis — married 1822 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 1880 at about age 84 in Brooklyn, NY

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Biography

Rhoda Ogden was born in 1796 in Newark, New Jersey. One source claims her birth was 1798. She was born to parents Isaac Ogden and Abigail Baldwin. ^[1]

She married James Lewis in1822 in New Jersey. They had one child, a daughter named Sarah Frances.

Rhoda and her husband James Lewis are on the federal 1850 census as living in Brooklyn in a multi-family dwelling with two other small families including the Harts. ^[2]

A New York Presbyterian church record of attendance was found of daughter Sarah Frances with Rhoda Lewis November 1828.^[3] Thus was from the Laight Street Church in lower Manhattan, no longer there.

Rhoda is on the 1860 New York census, living in Brooklyn, NY. She was living with her daughter’s family. James her husband had died in January of 1858.

Rhoda died about 1880 in Brooklyn, New York.

Sources

1. ↑ Baldwin, Charles Candee]]. The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881 (Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio, 1881) Page 521 [ The Baldwin Genealogy, the descendants of Deacon Aaron Baldwin...Compiled by Baldwin, George. pg. 521
2. ↑ Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: 1811 - 1841

• Presbyterian Historical Society; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1907; Book Title: 1811 - 1841

• 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 pg 34

• Baldwin, Charles Candee, Baldwin Genealogy. Cleveland, 1881. (974p.): 521

• New York, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790- 1860

• Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.