Robert Ogden 2nd (1716 - 1787)

Born 7 Oct 1716 in Elizabethtown, Essex County, Colony of New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Hatfield) Ogden — married before 1737 in Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1787 at age 70 in Sparta, Sussex, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Robert Ogden 2nd performed Patriotic Service in New Jersey in the American Revolution.

Robert Ogden 2nd is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A085772.

Ogden, Robert Sr. Ancestor #: A085772. Chairman of the Committee of Safety. ^[1] (Most is a copy from http://www.famousamericans.net/robertogden/).^[2]

Robert Ogden, a patriot, was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey October 16, 1716; and died in Sparta, New Jersey on January 1, 1787. He is buried in Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, NJ.^[3]

He was a member of the King’s council for New Jersey, and in 1751 became a member of the legislature, to which he was re chosen on each succeeding election, becoming in 1763 speaker of the house.

In 1765 he was sent as a delegate to the Continental Congress (the "Stamp Act Congress") that convened in New York on 25 October of that year, when a ” Declaration of Rights and Grievances” was drawn up, with an address to the king and a petition to each house of parliament. These proceedings were approved and signed by all of the members except Timothy Ruggles and Mr. Ogden, who maintained that the proceedings were to be submitted to the several provincial assemblies, and, if sanctioned, to be forwarded by them as their own acts.

The conduct of Mr. Ogden gave offense to the people of New Jersey. It was widely misconstrued to mean he opposed the declaration of rights and he was accused of Tory sympathies. Sabine includes him in his compendium of Loyalist biographies.^[4] He was burned in effigy, and in consequence of this he resigned his membership in the assembly.^[5][6][7]

His reputation was subsequently redeemed. In 1776 he was chairman of the Elizabethtown committee of safety. He is recognized by DAR for Patriotic Service.^[1]

Wife1: Elizabeth Unknown

Date: abt. 1735

Child: Rhoda Ogden

Wife2: Phebe Hatfield Hatfield-1231

Date abt. 1737

Robert’s son, Matthias, soldier, born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 22 October, 1754; died there, 31 March, 1791, joined the army under Washington at Cambridge, and accompanied Benedict Arnold in his march through the Kennebunk woods in the winter of 1775, participating in the attack on Quebec, where he was wounded. He was made Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st battalion of the first establishment on 7 March, 1776, and subsequently Colonel of the 1st more regiment of the New Jersey continental line, which he commanded until the close of the war. Colonel Ogden was taken prisoner at Elizabethtown in November, 1780, and originated and commanded the unsuccessful attempt to capture Prince William Henry -(subsequently William IV.), in March, 1782

A good biography is here: https://archive.org/stream/ogdenfamilyiname00whee#page/n115/mode/2up

Notes

Note NI09487[Maltby 08282011.FTW] "of Elizabethtown, NJ. Unpub. p.384

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 30, 2017), "Record of OGDEN, ROBERT SR", Ancestor # A085772.
2. ↑ Wilson, James Grant and John Fiske, eds., Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 4:561; Archive.org.
3. ↑ Burial: Robert Ogden, Sparta Cemetery, Sparta, NJ; Findagrave.com.
4. ↑ Sabine, Lorenzo, Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution (Boston: Little Brown, 1864), 2:123; Archive.org.
5. ↑ Halsey, Edmund D., Descendants of Robert Ogden, 2d, 1716-1787 (Amenia, NY : Walsh & Griffen, 1896), p. 7; FamilySearch.org.
6. ↑ Hatfield, Edwin F., History of Elizabeth, New Jersey: Including the Early History of Union County (New York: Carlton & Lanahan, 1869; Carlisle, MA: Applewood Books, n.d.), pp. 407 ff.; Archive.org.
7. ↑ Wheeler, William Ogden, Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott: 1907), pp. 78ff. Archive.org.

• Maltby 08282011.FTW Repository:

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

• https://archive.org/stream/ogdenfamilyiname00whee#page/58/mode/2up

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Ogden-372 created through the import of Maltby master 08282011.GED on Aug 30, 2011 by Harry Maltby. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Harry and others.