Meliora Ogle (1750 - 1775)

Born 13 Sep 1750 in Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of James Anderson — married 1767 in Maryland, Virginia

Descendants

Died Dec 1775 at age 25 in London, Middlesex, England

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Biography

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Meliora Ogle, the daughter of Samuel Ogle and Ann Tasker, was born on 13 September 1750^[1], probably at "Belair" plantation in Prince George's County, Maryland, where her parents lived at the time; However, some sources indicate that she was in born nearby at Annapolis, Maryland. She died in December 1775 in London, England.^[2]

Meliora Ogle and James Anderson were married in 1767-68 and at Tottenham near London.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
2. ↑ Will of Samuel Ogle names his daughter Meliora Ogle
3. ↑ Tayloe, Walter Randolph. The Tayloes of Virginia and Allied Families.

• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 (available on Ancestry.com).

• Baltz, Shirley Vlasak. A Chronicle of Belair. The Bowie Heritage Committee: Bowie, Maryland, 1984. 313 pages. 178 p., [4] p. of plates. Chronicles the descendants of Samuel and Anne (Tasker) Ogle of Bowie, Maryland in the mid 1770's. This sources has many references to James Anderson and Meliora Ogle.

• Tayloe, Walter Randolph. The Tayloes of Virginia and Allied Families. Manuscript: Berryville, Virginia, 1963. Her marriage to James Anderson is documented on page 84. Allied families include Corbin, Ogle, Gwathmey, Lomax and others. 117, iv leaves ; 28 cm. Full view of this text is available via the Hathi Trust Digital Library: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005769302