Abraham Ogden

Abraham Ogden (December 30, 1743 – January 31, 1798) was an American lawyer and politician who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1791 to 1798 and negotiated the Treaty of New York.

Early life Ogden was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1743. He was the third son of David Ogden and Gertrude (née Gouverneur) Ogden. His father was a noted jurist and a member of the supreme court for the royal province of New Jersey before the Revolutionary War.

His sister, Sarah Ogden (1742–1821), married Nicholas Hoffman (1736–1800), and were the parents of Josiah Ogden Hoffman (1766–1837).

Among those who studied law at his Morristown office were Richard Stockton (later United States Senator from New Jersey) and his nephew, Josiah Ogden Hoffman, later the New York State Attorney General. In 1791 President Washington appointed him U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, a position he served until his death.

Washington also appointed Ogden as Commissioner to the Indians in Northern New York. He led the delegation that negotiated the Treaty of New York (1796) with the Seven Nations of Canada. Gouverneur Ogden (1778–1851), who married Charlotte Curzon Seton William Ogden (1780–1801) Sarah F.L. Ogden (1782–1849) Margaretta E. Ogden (1783–1834), who married David B. Ogden Isaac Ogden (1784–1867), who married Sarah Ogden Meredith Samuel N. Ogden (1787–1787) Frances S. Ogden (1788–1824), who married Nathaniel Lawrence the younger, merchant of Liverpool, England

Ogden died in 1798 in Newark.