American
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clergyman, at first a member of the Episcopal Church and later as a minister of the
Presbyterian Church
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.
Early life
Ogden was born in
Newark, New Jersey
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in 1744. He was the son of Elizabeth Charlotte (
née
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Thébaut) Ogden and Judge Uzal Ogden Sr. (-), an owner of the Ringwood Iron Works on
Sussex County, New Jersey
Sussex County () is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Newton.Provincial Congressman Lewis Ogden, married Margaret Gouverneur and his younger brother, Charles Ogden, married Hannah Gouverneur, both sisters of Uzal Jr.'s wife Mary Gouverneur. One of his sisters, Mary Ogden, married Peter Schuyler, son of Philip Schuyler and grandson of
Arent Schuyler
Arent Philipse Schuyler (June 25, 1662 – November 26, 1730) was a member of the influential Schuyler family (among the first settlers to New Netherland). He was a surveyor, Native American trader, miner, merchant, and land speculator.
Early l ...
.
Through his paternal grandfather Capt. David Ogden Jr., he was a direct descendant of colonist
John Ogden John Ogden may refer to:
* John Ogden (colonist) (1609-1682), an American colonial leader
* John Ogden (actor) (died 1732), a British stage actor
* John B. Ogden (1812–?), 19th century Arkansas judge
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. His maternal grandfather was Gabriel Lewis Thébaut of the island of
Antigua
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.
Ogden graduated from
Princeton University
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in 1762. He studied theology in Elizabethtown, and then, going abroad, received at the same time both deacon's and priest's orders in the Protestant Episcopal church on 21 September 1773, from the bishop of London.
Career
For some years after the beginning of his ministry he labored as a missionary in
Sussex County, New Jersey
Sussex County () is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Its county seat is Newton.Belleville, New Jersey
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.
In 1798 he was elected
bishop of New Jersey
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, but consecration was refused by the general convention in June, 1799, owing to difficulties that, existed between him and his parish. These culminated in 1804, and his suspension was authorized if he persisted in his refusal to resign. In 1805 he became a Presbyterian, but, although he continued active in missionary work, he never thereafter held a charge. The degree of D. D. was conferred on him by
Princeton
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in 1798. He published numerous letters, addresses, sermons, and ''Antidote to Deism: being an ample refutation of all the objections of
Thomas Paine
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against the Christian religion, as contained in a pamphlet entitled
The Age of Reason
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, addressed to the citizens of these states'' (2 vols., 1795).
Personal life
In 1766, Ogden was married to Mary Gouverneur (1755–1814), the daughter of Samuel Gouverneur and Experience (née Johnson) Gouverneur. Through her brother Nicholas Gouverneur, a merchant, Mary was the aunt of Samuel L. Gouverneur, who was both nephew and son-in-law to President
James Monroe
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, and Maria Charlotte Gouverneur, the wife of
Thomas McCall Cadwalader
Thomas McCall Cadwalader (September 11, 1795 – October 22, 1873) was an American who trained to be a lawyer but made his career in the military, retiring as a major general.
Early life
Thomas McCall Cadwalader was born on the family estate c ...
. Through her sister Gertrude Gouverneur, wife of merchant
Peter Kemble
Peter Kemble (December 12, 1704 – February 23, 1789) was an American politician from the colonial period who served as president of the New Jersey Provincial Council from 1745 to 1776, the last to hold that office.
Biography
Peter Kemble was b ...
, she was the aunt of
U.S. Representative
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Gouverneur Kemble
Gouverneur Kemble (January 25, 1786 – September 18, 1875) was an American diplomat, industrialist, and two-term United States Congressman from New York from 1837 to 1841.
He helped found the West Point Foundry, a major producer of artillery ...
. Together, they were the parents of:
* Nicholas Gouverneur Ogden (1776–1823), who became a business partner of
John Jacob Astor
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.
* Samuel Gouverneur Ogden (1779–1860), who married Eliza Lewis, a granddaughter of
Francis Lewis
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. After her death, he married Julia Fairlie (1808–1862).
* Alida Gouverneur Ogden (1785–1847), who married Rev. Anson Rood (1801–1857).
* Wallace Ogden (1788–1803), who died unmarried.
* Mary Gouverneur Ogden (1792–1860), who died unmarried.
* Margaret E. Ogden (1798–1823), who died unmarried.
Ogden died on November 4, 1822.