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About Robert Ogden, Esq.
Robert Ogden BIRTH 1687, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 20 Nov 1733 (aged 45–46), Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA BURIAL First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA, MEMORIAL ID 6079275
Photos added by Nikita Barlow & Jim Fisher
Robert Ogden, Esq., age 46, "A Pillar in both Church & State..." was the son of Jonathan and Rebekah (nee Wood) Ogden. A landowner and lifelong resident of Elizabethtown, he is described in colonial records as Collector for Essex County in 1720-21. Twice married, he became the father of a large family. In 1712 he wed Hannah Crane of Newark, and the couple became the parents of six children: Hannah, Robert, Phebe, Moses, Elihu, and David. Hannah died at age 36 in 1726, and the following year he married Phebe (nee Roberts) Baldwin, the young widow of Jonathan Baldwin and mother of Joanna and Matthias Baldwin. Three daughters were born of this second marriage: Rebecca, Mary, and Sarah, bringing the number of children in the Ogden household to eleven by the time of Robert's death six years later. Phebe, twice widowed at 29, later married Edward Sarles. The serene soul effigy in the tympanum of Robert Ogden's stele is atypical of the 1730's, when most gravestones featured grim effigies of the winged death's head type. It is also more sculptural, including finely-carved heraldric flowers, an indicator of the deceased' superior social status and wealth. Its exceptional craftsmanship and design was a likely influence on the work of famed Elizabeth carver Ebenezer Price---a child at the time of Ogden's death in 1733. The gravestone was pierced by a musket ball in June 1780, when the churchyard became engulfed in the fighting during the Revolutionary War Battle of Springfield. ("Anonymous" Gravestone PHOTO by Nikita Barlow.)
Parents Jonathan Ogden, 1646–1732 Rebekah Wood Ogden, 1648–1723
Spouse Hannah Crane Ogden, unknown–1726
Siblings Hannah Ogden, 1682–1730 John Ogden, 1700–1780
Children Hannah Ogden Winans, unknown–1783 Robert Ogden, 1716–1787 Phebe Ogden, 1718–1735 Moses Ogden, 1722–1768 David Ogden, 1726–1801 Mary Ogden Stockton, 1729–1795 Rebeccah Ogden Halsted, 1729–1806 Sarah Ogden Bloomfield, 1734–1773
Inscription
"Here ly the Remains of Robert Ogden Esqr Obijt Novr 20th A D 1733 AEtat 46
One dear to God to Man most dear A Pillar in both Church & State Was he whose precious Dust lies here Whose Soul doth with bright Seraphs mate His Name immortal shall remain Till this cold Clay revive again"
- The f-like letter S seen in the gravestone inscription has been transcribed using s a modern S.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6079275/robert-ogden
- Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Nov 30 2017, 20:30:47 UTC
- Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Feb 13 2022, 23:10:41 UTC
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Robert Ogden, Esq.'s Timeline
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1687
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Elizabeth Town, Union County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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| 1712 |
1712
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New Jersey, Colonial America
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1714
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Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, United States
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| 1716 |
October 7, 1716
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Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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1717
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Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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1718
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Elizabeth Town, Union County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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| 1726 |
1726
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Elizabeth, Union, NJ
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| 1729 |
June 16, 1729
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Essex County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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