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486. CATHARINE L. OGDEN (Abraham176, David50, Josiah10, David3, John1), b. July 15, 1771; d. Oct. 21, 1814; m. Jan. 22, 1791,
ABIJAH HAMMOND, b. 1757; d. 1832; of Westchester Co., N. Y.
"The Old Merchants of New York" says that ABIJAH HAMMOND was one of the founders of the "Tontine Coffee House." The
signers of the Tontine shares were many, and "they were the crème of the crème of New York society. They were the founders of
our great commercial city, and their names should be honored as long as the city endures." The establishment was to be used as a
Coffee House, "and for no other use or purpose, until the number of nominees should be reduced to seven, " when the property was
to be sold and the proceeds divided between the seven remaining shareholders.
The town of Hammond, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., was named for ABIJAH HAMMOND, who owned the township previous to 1814.
CHILDREN (Chart 32):
1412. SARAH MARY HAMMOND
1413. CATHARINE HAMMOND, m. WILLIAM BAYARD.
1414. MARY SARAH HAMMOND
1415. CHARLES H. HAMMOND
1416. GEORGE WILLIAM HAMMOND
1417. ABRAHAM OGDEN HAMMOND, m. MARY C. B. EDWARDS.
1418. WILLIAM HAMMOND
1419. MARY HAMMOND, m. WILLIAM H. HARISON, b. Apr. 29, 1795: d. May 1,1860; son of Richard N. Hanson and Phebe
Champlin, his wife.
1420. GERTRUDE WADDINGTON HAMMOND
1421. ALEXANDER HAMILTON HAMMOND
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Notes regarding Abijah Hammond’s father in law, Abraham Ogden:
Ibid. page 103.
176. ABRAHAM OGDEN, ESQ. (David50, Josiah10, David3, John1), b. Dec. 30, 1743 O. S.; d. Jan. 31, 1798; m. Dec. 22, 1767,
SARAH FRANCES LUDLOW, b. Feb. 18, 1744; d. Sept. 9, 1823; dau. of Thomas Ludlow and Catharine Le Roux, his wife.
John Greig Ogden, a descendant of ABRAHAM OGDEN, contributes the following biography:
"ABRAHAM OGDEN, the third son of David Ogden, was born at Newark, N. J., in 1743. He married Sarah Frances Ludlow,
daughter of Thomas Ludlow, a wealthy and prominent citizen of New York.
"He became a distinguished lawyer, and is said to have had no equal before a jury. He was also Surrogate of Morris Co., NJ,
holding the office for many years, and residing in Morristown until the end of the Revolutionary War. He then removed to Newark,
NJ, having been appointed by Washington as the first U. S. Attorney for that District, and died there in 1798 at the early age of 55,
leaving a large family. It was the good fortune of Mr. Ogden and his family to be on terms of friendly intercourse with Washington,
who, while a portion of the Continental Army was quartered at or near Morristown, passed much of his time at the house of his friend
'Squire Ogden, as he was then called. It appears that the General took a particular interest in his host's son Thomas Ludlow, and
would often make his rounds among the army with the boy mounted before him on his saddle. It was about this time that the
following incident, not without historic interest, occurred. The General, seeing a pair of foils, playfully challenged his young
companion to a fencing match. After a few thrusts, the button flew off the boy's foil, the unprotected point of which penetrated the
General's hand, inflicting a slight flesh wound and drawing the only blood shed by him during the war. The Royalist sentiments of
the boy's grandfather David Ogden, 'the old Judge,' as he was called, were well known in the community, and the report got abroad
that an attempt had been made to assassinate the Commander in Chief while among his Tory friends. The anecdote, as a matter of
family history, is well authenticated. "
ABRAHAM OGDEN was member of the Legislature of New Jersey in 1790, and was U. S. Dist. Attorney 1792-8. Some of the
most eminent men of the country studied law in his office, among them being Richard Stockton, Gabriel Ford and Josiah Ogden
Hoffman.
Gen. Washington appointed him a commissioner to obtain the relinquishment of a title which the Iroquois Nation of Indians held
to a part of northern New York state. This gained for him a knowledge of the country lying south of the St. Lawrence river, and
resulted in the purchase of a large tract of country by himself, his brother Samuel Ogden, Gouverneur Morris, Nicholas Hoffman,
Richard Harison, and Stephen Van Rensselaer, and Ogdensburg was founded.
CHILDREN (Chart 3):
485. DAVID A. OGDEN, b. Jan. 10, 1770; d. June 9, 1829; m. REBECCA C. EDWARDS.
486. CATHARINE L. OGDEN, b. July 15, 1771; d. Oct. 21, 1814; m. ABIJAH HAMMOND.
487. CHARLES L. OGDEN, b. Oct. 30, 1772; d. July 15, 1826; m. ELIZABETH MEREDITH.
488. THOMAS LUDLOW OGDEN, b. Dec. 12, 1773; d. Dec 17, 1844; m. MARTHA HAMMOND.
489. ABRAHAM OGDEN, JR., b. July 22, 1775; d. Oct. 24, 1846; m. MARY L. BARNWELL.
490. GERTRUDE G. OGDEN, b. May 22, 1777; d. ; m. JOSHUA WADDINGTON.
491. GOUVERNEUR OGDEN, b. Aug. 13, 1778; d. Mar. 4, 1851; m. CHARLOTTE CURZON SETON.
492. WILLIAM OGDEN, b. Mar. 28, 1780; d. Aug. 16, 1801.
493. SARAH F. L. OGDEN, b. Feb. 17, 1782; d. Feb. 15, 1849.
494. MARGARETTA E. OGDEN, b. Aug. 17, 1783; d. Sept. 3, 1834; m. No. 498, DAVID B. OGDEN.
495. ISAAC OGDEN, b. Oct. n, 1784; d. June 6, 1867; m. No. 1500, SARAH OGDEN MEREDITH.
496. SAMUEL N. OGDEN, b. July, 1787; d. Oct., 1787.
497. FRANCES S. OGDEN, b. June 23, 1788; d. Aug. 3, 1824; m. NATHANIEL LAWRENCE.
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