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founders of the families whose subsequent fortunes are of interest to us,
we now proceed to set forth what has been preserved of the family-history
of these two men and their descendants.
The Ogdens, having appeared first upon the scene in our prelimmary
sketch, here claim the first notice. Whitehead, in his " East Jersey under
the Proprietary Governments;"' Hatfield, in his " History of Elizabeth,
New Jersey;"^ and Stearns, in his "Historical Discourses relating to the
First Presbyterian Church in Newark " ^ (the three authorities who have
enabled us to draw the preceding historical sketch), often speak of the
important part which the Ogden family acted in all the earlier history of
New Jersey, and make mention of men of that name, or of Ogden descent,
who have distinguished themselves in that State and in other States, even
down to the present time. But we have not been restricted to pubhshed
authorities. Mr. Francis Barber Ogden of New York has allowed us the
privilege of drawing from private notes prepared by him, which have the
authority, in part, of unpublished manuscripts, and, when not so authorized,
are a valuable confirmation, within the family, of the statements of pub-
lished histories. All the quotations which follow, in this monograph, are
to be understood as made from Mr. Ogden's notes, unless otherwise cred-
ited, either in his own words or in the words of authorities referred to by
him. The accompanying Pedigree, in two sheets, has been mostly prepared
from materials presented in tabular form by Mr. Ogden.
Respecting the arms described at the head of this paper Mr. Ogden
wrote, in a private letter to one of the authors of this volume, September
19, 1883, as follows :
' East Jersey under the Proprietary Governments. ... By William A. Whitehead. .• .
Second Ed. . . . Newark,
Volume I. . . .
N. J. 1875. ... or Collection of the New Jersey Histor. Society,
' History of Elizabeth, New Jersey. ... By Rev. Edwin F. Hatfield, . . . New
York, 1868.
' First Church in Newark. Historical Discourses relating to the First Presbyterian Church in
Newark. ... By Jonathan F. Stearns, . . . Newark,
228
1853.