Uzal Ogden

Uzal Ogden (1744 – November 4, 1822) was an American clergyman, at first a member of the Episcopal Church and later as a minister of the Presbyterian Church.

Early life Ogden was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1744. He was the son of Elizabeth Charlotte (née Thébaut) Ogden and Judge Uzal Ogden Sr. (-), an owner of the Ringwood Iron Works on Sussex County, New Jersey. His older brother, 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. In 1805 he became a Presbyterian, but, although he continued active in missionary work, he never thereafter held a charge. 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, and Maria Charlotte Gouverneur, the wife of Thomas McCall Cadwalader. Through her sister Gertrude Gouverneur, wife of merchant Peter Kemble, she was the aunt of U.S. Representative Gouverneur Kemble. Wallace Ogden (1788–1803), who died unmarried.