Samuel Ogden

Colonel Samuel Ogden (December 9, 1746 — December 1, 1810) was a colonial businessman in New Jersey who had an iron works. He fought on the winning side during the American Revolutionary War. Afterward, he became a developer and land speculator for a large tract of land in upstate New York.

He worked with his brother Abraham Ogden, brother-in-law Gouverneur Morris, and others on developing this tract. The City of Ogdensburg, New York, at the confluence of the Oswegatchie with the St. Lawrence River, was named for him.

Early life Samuel Ogden was born in 1746 in Newark, New Jersey, one of five sons of David Ogden (1707—) and Gertrude (née Gouverneur) Ogden (1716—1775). Among his siblings were Sarah (née Ogden) Hoffman (who married Nicholas Hoffman and was the mother of Josiah Ogden Hoffman); Abraham Ogden (who married Sarah Frances Ludlow); Chief Justice Isaac Ogden (father of Peter Skene Ogden); and Nicholas Ogden (who married Hannah Cuyler). Euphemia was a daughter of Lewis Morris Jr., a wealthy landowner and judge, and his second wife, Sarah (née Gouverneur) Morris. She was a sister of Gouverneur Morris (a U.S. Senator and U.S. Minister to France), and among her half-siblings was Lewis Morris, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Staats Long Morris, a loyalist and major-general in the British army. Together, they were the parents of:

David Bayard Ogden (1775—1849), who married his first cousin, Margaretta E. Ogden (1783–1834) (daughter of Abraham Ogden). Their daughter, Sarah Ogden Meredith, was married to Isaac Ogden (son of Abraham Ogden). Sarah Morris Ogden (1779—1832), who died unmarried onboard Nashville from New Orleans to New York City. Catharine Morris Ogden (1781—1863), who married James Parker, a 1793 Columbia College graduate who became a U.S. Representative. Euphemia Ogden (b. 1782) Lewis Morris Ogden (1783—1810) Morris M. Ogden Isabella W. Ogden (1787—1820) Caroline Knox Ogden (1789—1790), who died young. Caroline Knox Ogden II (1791—1844), who married Isaac A. Johnson. Gouverneur Morris Ogden (1792—1793), who died young. Samuel Gouverneur Morris Ogden (1794—1797), who died young.

Col. Ogden was a very prominent Episcopal churchman and was a delegate to all the conventions from 1791 to 1809.

Ogden died on December 1, 1810. After his widows death in 1818, a tablet inscribed to her memory is in Grace Church in New York City at Broadway and 10th street which reads "Euphemia Ogden Relict of Samuel Ogden Esq. of Newark, N.J. Born Sept. 10, 1754, Died June 2, 1818" along with "Isabella W. Ogden, her daughter Born Feb. 17, 1787, Died 15th April, 1820."