American
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Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.née Thébaut) Ogden and Judge Uzal Ogden Sr. (-), an owner of the Ringwood Iron Works on
Sussex County, New Jersey
Sussex County is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey. Its county seat is Newton.Provincial Congressman Lewis Ogden, married Margaret Gouverneur and his younger brother, Charles Ogden, married Hannah Gouverneur, both sisters of Uzal Jr.'s wife Mary Gouverneur. One of his sisters, Mary Ogden, married Peter
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* Schuyler County, Illinois
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* Schuyler County, New York
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, son of Philip Schuyler and grandson of
Arent Schuyler
Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730) was a member of the influential Schuyler family (among the first settlers to New Netherland). He was a surveyor, Native American trader, miner, merchant, and land speculator.
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Through his paternal grandfather Capt. David Ogden Jr., he was a direct descendant of colonist John Ogden. His maternal grandfather was Gabriel Lewis Thébaut of the island of Antigua.
Ogden graduated from
Princeton University
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in 1762. He studied theology in Elizabethtown, and then, going abroad, received at the same time both deacon's and priest's orders in the Protestant Episcopal church on 21 September 1773, from the bishop of London.
Career
For some years after the beginning of his ministry he labored as a missionary in
Sussex County, New Jersey
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.
In 1798 he was elected bishop of New Jersey, but consecration was refused by the general convention in June, 1799, owing to difficulties that, existed between him and his parish. These culminated in 1804, and his suspension was authorized if he persisted in his refusal to resign. In 1805 he became a Presbyterian, but, although he continued active in missionary work, he never thereafter held a charge. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by
Princeton
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in 1798. He published numerous letters, addresses, sermons, and ''Antidote to Deism: being an ample refutation of all the objections of
Thomas Paine
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against the Christian religion, as contained in a pamphlet entitled
The Age of Reason
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, addressed to the citizens of these states'' (2 vols., 1795).
Personal life
In 1766, Ogden was married to Mary Gouverneur (1755–1814), the daughter of Samuel Gouverneur and Experience (née Johnson) Gouverneur. Through her brother Nicholas Gouverneur, a merchant, Mary was the aunt of
Samuel L. Gouverneur
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Gouverneur was born in 1799 in New York City. His f ...
, who was both nephew and son-in-law to President
James Monroe
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, and Maria Charlotte Gouverneur, the wife of Thomas McCall Cadwalader. Through her sister Gertrude Gouverneur, wife of merchant
Peter Kemble
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Peter Kemble was bo ...
, she was the aunt of
U.S. Representative
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Gouverneur Kemble
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Early life and ...
. Together, they were the parents of:
* Nicholas Gouverneur Ogden (1776–1823), who became a business partner of
John Jacob Astor
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.
* Samuel Gouverneur Ogden (1779–1860), who married Eliza Lewis, a granddaughter of Francis Lewis. After her death, he married Julia Fairlie (1808–1862).
* Alida Gouverneur Ogden (1785–1847), who married Rev. Anson Rood (1801–1857).
* Wallace Ogden (1788–1803), who died unmarried.
* Mary Gouverneur Ogden (1792–1860), who died unmarried.
* Margaret E. Ogden (1798–1823), who died unmarried.
Ogden died on November 4, 1822.