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486 Ogden was: 6. Ger'-trude Gotwerneur ;^ who married Joshua Waddington.
In a letter from Theodosia daughter of Aaron Burr, to her father, this lady
is thus beautifully described :
" ' Since we parted, however, I have made a charming acquaintance (that is not
English). She is possessed of that unsuspicious candour, that softness and playful-
ness of disposition, which you so much admire. Modest, without too much diffidence
of herself ; possessing a good understanding, which she depends upon without
vanity ; wealthy, she is fond of splendour ;
and
with fine spirits she likes gayety.
Yet neither occupies her much, because it is through her heart only that she can be
really interested ; and perhaps from this singular union of delicacy, sensibility,
vivacity and good sense, she lives in the world without becoming a part of it; and at
thirty every variation of her feelings displays itself in her changes of colour and
countenance. Thus far this character of her is just. No doubt she has faults, but
our intimacy is not great enough to render them conspicuous ; and
I never take the
trouble to seek what it would give me no pleasure to find. She is all attention to me.
I passed several days at her country-house (that formerly owned by Daniel Ludlow),
and am invited to visit her in town during the winter. . . . My friend's name is
Waddington, wife of Joshua Waddington, merchant, and daughter of Abraham
Ogden of New Jersey. Her mother Mrs. Ogden is fond of me. She said you and
my mother were quite intimate at her house. You wrote a long letter once on the
birth of one of her sons, calling him Prince. Does this bring her to your recollec-
.'' tion She amuses me with many anecdotes of you.' " "
The seventh child of Abraham (436) and Sarah Frances (Ludlow)
487 Ogden was: 7. Gonvcrneur ;^ who married Charlotte Seton ; and had:
488 {i.) Hai^riet S.;'^ who married: first, her cousin William Ogden; and,
489 secondly, Richard Harison ; (2.) Mary S.; '^ who
married G. W. Usborne ;
490-92 (3.) Barbara C. S.;'^ (4.) Charlotte S.;'^ (5.) Gouverneur ;'^ (6.) Rebecca
493-94 E.;'^ who married Abijah Bigelow ;
(7.) Gertrjide G. W.,-'' who married
495-96 John Gordon; (8.) Catharhie F.;'^ (9.) George Parish p who married
^"^ The Private Journal of Aaron Burr. . . . with Selections from his Correspondence. Ed. by-
Matthew L. Davis. . . . New
Yorlt, 1858, i. 75-76.
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