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Ogden ; but Mr. Francis B. Ogden, whose notes we follow, is of a different
opinion. He says, with much probability :
"The sons of John being associates and Property-holders in Elizabeth, it is not
probable they would remove from there, nor can I find any account of any of them
doing so. I therefore conclude that the company of emigrants from Fairfield, Conn.
(Samuel, Jonathan and John), who in 1695 settled in Fairfield Township, Cumberland
Co., N. Jersey, were sons of Richard, and that they named their tract after their for-
mer home. It would be interesting to ascertain if any of the descendants of Richard
Ogden are now resident in Fairfield County, Conn."
John Ogden's sister Hannah ^ was the first wife of his brother-in-law
Robert Bond (see KOttS On tfft iFaWClfeS Of JJonlT UtOf
SUJrtSWt at the end of this monograph).
The children of John and Jane (Bond) Ogden, five sons, have been
already named, in the order of their birth. All of them were born before
the emigration to New Jersey. We repeat the list here for greater pre-
cision, and for the sake of a few brief notes respecting them :
4-8 John, 2 Jonathan, 2 David,^ Joseph ^ and Benjamin.^ Of these the
three elder ones took the oath of allegiance in 1665, and were named as
original Associates under the Nicolls grant. John made himself con-
spicuous, in 1 67 1, in the maintenance of rights secured by the Patent of
1665 ;
and
is mentioned as one of the largest contributors to the support
of the ministry in 1694, as is his brother Jonathan ; the latter also held the
office of Deacon in that year. All three accepted the Dutch rule in 1673 ;
and renewed their land-titles in 1676, at the demand of the restored English
Government. Jonathan Ogden's grave is in the burial-ground of the First
Presbyterian Church in Elizabethtown. Joseph and Benjamin, being
younger, seem not to have come forward into public life before 1673 ;
Benjamin was Sheriff in 1694.'°
'" We have gathered these particulars from Hatfield's Elizabeth, ut supra.
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