Daniel Ogden (abt. 1735 - 1819)

Born about 21 Aug 1735 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Died 30 Nov 1819 at about age 84 in Lawrence, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States

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Daniel Ogden was pioneer Settler of Clearfield County.

Biography

Lieutenant Daniel Ogden served with 5th Regiment, Tryon County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Daniel Ogden is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 262777
Rank: Lieutenant

Daniel Ogden is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A085709.

Daniel was born 21 Aug. 1735 in Greenwich, Conn.^[1]

He died in 1819.^[2][3][4].

Daniel Ogden Jr SAR Patriot #: P-262777

Sources:

56th-77th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC;

SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ., 2002) plus data to 2004

Fernow, 'Docs Relating To The Colonial History of State of NY', and 'NY in the Rev', Vol 15, P 297.

Daniel Ogden Jr. is DAR Patriot Ancestor #: A085709 who served for New York in the 5th Tryon County Militia. His Rank Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant with Colonel John Harper. His spouse: Eleanor Scoutan. Children in file: Mathew who m. Elizabeth Bloom.^[5]

From Lewis Cass Aldrich's History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania:
      Daniel Ogden, prior to his coming to this locality, was a resident of Cherry Valley, New York State. During the war that place was the scene of a massacre almost equal to Wyoming. All his property was destroyed, and one of his sons, David, was killed by the Indians. His wife, with the remaining children, were compelled to flee to the woods for safety, and remained there during the entire night. In the year 1797 Mr. Ogden, with three of his sons, came to this place, ascending the West Branch in canoes. In this work they met with great difficulty. The channel in places was narrow and filled with rocks, rifts, and water-soaked trees, and they were obliged frequently to unload and drag their empty canoes over these places, which hindered their progress considerably. They passed above the old Indian town, and made a landing on the site now occupied by Matthew S. Ogden, about half a mile south of Clearfield courthouse. There was but one break in the vast wilderness, the far-famed clear fields near the site of the Indian village of Chinclecla moose. These fields bore evidence of recent cultivation upon the arrival of the pioneer. After having made a clearing and erected a log house, which was done with some assistance rendered by the few Indians then here, Mr. Ogden returned to Cherry Valley and brought his family here. Of his eight children, none were born here. They were Abner, Jonathan, David, who was captured and slain by the Indians at Cherry Valley; Daniel, Jr., Joab, Jehu, Matthew, and Margaret.
      The Indians above mentioned were always referred to as the Cornplanter tribe. In fact there was no such tribe of Indians. Cornplanter was a war chief of the Seneca tribe, and had two wives and many children, but they all belonged to the Senecas. The family, and perhaps the chief himself, may have resorted hither, but this is unlikely, as the Allegheny was nearer and larger. A special reservation was made for the children and descendants of Corn- planter on the banks of the Allegheny, in Warren county, where about eight of the Cornplanter descendants still reside, and where the " Cornplanter Monument " is erected.
      Daniel Ogden, the father, was a strong, muscular man, a great hunter, and quite fond of joking. There was no grist mill nearer than Lock Haven, and when meal was low, he used an old jointer-plane turned bottom up, and b}^ drawing an ear of corn along the surface, managed to manufacture a sufficient quantity of meal to supply the family demand. His son, Matthew, being ol an ingenious turn of mind, built a grist-mill in 1804, on Chincleclamoosc Creek. The greatest novelty, in construction, that ever was erected in the country, was Mat. Ogden's mill. There was but one piece of iron in the whole structure, a spike used for a spindle. The bolter was made of cap- cloth, and geared to the water-wheel with a strap, but notwithstanding its rude construction, the mill supplied the grist for the neighborhood for some time, and until Robert Maxwell built the second mill on Anderson Creek some years later. Matthew Ogden married Elizabeth Bloom, daughter of William Bloom, in the year 1802. This was the first marriage ceremony performed in the county. " Squire " Arthur Bell officiated.
      Daniel Ogden died in 1819, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. His wife died in 1835, aged ninety-eight years. Several of the children returned to New York State. Daniel, jr., moved over to the Allegheny River. Joab went West, but returned and settled near James Woodside, in Brady township in 1804, and was the second white settler in that locality. He died there.

Sources

• Source: S-2047177890 Repository: #R-2138127636 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=16746257&pid=8208. No REPO record found with id R-2138127636.

1. ↑ "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)" Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=11ffd366-a2ba-4b38-a789-37d0c666eccc&tid=16746257&pid=8208
3. ↑
4. ↑ The Following posting on Findagrave.com for John Ogden of Rye gives Daniel's death date and paternity: Find A Grave: Memorial #130399927

   "An entry from the family bible of Daniel Ogden [Jr.] of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (great-grandson of John Ogden [1625 — 1682]) reads as follows: "Daniel Ogden died November 30, 1819, who was the son of Daniel Ogden, Sr., who was the son of Richard Ogden, who was the son of John Ogden from Yorkshire, England."

   Maintained by Charles Boetsch (contributor 48409474).
5. ↑ DAR-grs|A085709|Ogden, Daniel Jr. |June 28, 2019

• Aldrich, Lewis C. History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason 1887 Print.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Ogden-376 created through the import of Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Deborah Anne Welder. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Deborah Anne and others.

• Military service and sources by Meehan-411 28 June 2019.