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In 1827, according to a usage now antiquated and always barbaric,
Gov. Ogden, having been bankrupted by no fault of his, was thrown into
prison for debt. Meanwhile came the national holiday of Feb. 22, when
the patriot contrived to throw out a national flag between the bars of his
prison, together with the placard " Blood and Thunder !
Is this Liberty ?"
After the military review of the day, a Captain of militia, by permission,
marched his company into the prison, to salute the ex-Governor and old
soldier of freedom—which was done, while the people shouted outside.
The injured captive was soon afterward released.
Gov. Aaron (259) Ogden married, in 1787, Elizabeth daughter of
Judge John Chetwood of Elizabethtown, N. J.; and had by her :
260 I. Mary Clietwood^ (b. 1789); who married, in 1809, her second
cousin George Clinton Barber of EHzabethtown, N. J.
261 2. Phcebe Ann^ (b. 1790, d. 1865).
262 3. Matthias^ (b. 1792, d. i860); who married Lucille Roberts of
263 Jamaica, W. I.; and had : (i.) Lucille Dit Sanssay'^ (b. 1819) ; (2.) Eliza-
264-66 beth Chehuood'^ (b. 182 1); (3.) Josephine ;'^
267 (b. 1826); {'-,:) Maria Palmer'' (b. 1828).
268 4. John Robert ^ (b. i 794,
d. 1 799).
269 5. Elias Bailey Dayton,^ who was
(4.) Mary Henrietta''
" born at Elizabethtown, 22 May, 1799 ; graduated at Princeton 1819 ;
admitted to the bar 1824; Counsellor at Law 1829; Sergeant at Law in
1837, being the last lawyer raised to that dignity (now abolished) in New
Jersey ; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey 1848 to
1865; who died at Elizabethtown 24 Feb'y 1865. He was a member of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, an active influential member of its Con-
ventions, and a Trustee of the College at Burlington."
Beasley ;
He married: first, in 1826, Susan daughter of Rev. Dr. Frederick
secondly, Louisa A. daughter of Judge Henry A. Ford of Morris-
261