John Ogden 
John was born on September 19th, 1609 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England. John's father was Richard Ogden and his mother was Mary Elizabeth Huntington. His paternal grandparents were Edward Ogden and Margaret Wilson; his maternal grandparents were Samel Huntington and Margaret Crane. He had a brother named Richard. He was the older of the two children. He died at the age of 93 on November 24th, 1702 in Elizabethtown, East Union County, NJ.General Notes
Came to Southampton, Long Island, NY in 1640 w/wife Jane Bond Ogden, son JOhn, and twins David and Jonathan. Was a leader among settlers in founding the town. Later moved to Stamford, CT, Hempstead, Long Island, back to Southampton, and in 1665 was a founder of Elizabethtown, NJ. In 1673 he was acting Governor of East Jersey. His son, David, was a "stone church builder." David's wife, Elizabeth Swaine was first married to her cousin Josiah Ward. When the Bradford colonists came to Newark she is said to be the first to land. (The Ogden Family in America Elizabethtown, NJ Branch, compiled by William Ogden Wheeler 1907).
In 1644 JOhn was one of the patentees of Hempstead, LI, uner the Dutch. Was elected freeman 3/31/1650 and Magistrate October 7, 1650 and again in 51, 57, and 61 in Southampton. Represented Sothampton at the General Court in 1659 and sat in the Upper House in 1661. Gov Philip Carteret appointed him Justice of the Peace for the "Province of New Jersey" and Deputy Governor. On 5/26/1668 he was chosen Burgess.
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- b.~ 1450 in Nutley, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1478 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1456 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1514 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England d.<19 Jul 1569
- b.~ 1462 in Lyndhurst, Hants.
- b.~ 1482 in Lyndhurst, Huntshire, England
- b.09 Jun 1540 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1498 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1518 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.15 May 1568 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England d. in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1515 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.1542 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.1520
- b.19 Sep 1609 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England d.24 Nov 1702 in Elizabethtown, East Union County, NJ
- b.1541 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England d. in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.~ 1571 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England d. in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
- b.1553 in Bradley Plains, Hampshire, England
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