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JONATHAN OGDEN. 



Mr. Jonathan Ogden, elected sixth President of 

 the Society in 1816, was the son of Joseph Ogden 

 and Sarah his wife, of Holbeck, in the parish of 

 Leeds, County of Yorkshire, England. He was 

 born March 6th, 1768 and came to this country 

 somewhere about the year 1785, but at what date 

 does not clearly appear ; at any rate, he had the 

 honor of witnessing the inauguration of General 

 Washington as first President of the United States, 

 on 30th April, 1789. He was married by the Rev. 

 Bishop Benjamin Moore, of the Diocese of New 

 York, at Trinity Church, on March 15th, 1804. to 

 Miss Charlotte Eliza Walton, daughter of Mr. 

 Abraham Walton, of New York, gentleman, and 

 Grace Williams his wife. They had issue two sons 

 and three daughters, viz.: Joseph, born 1805; 

 Sarah, 1808; Jonathan, 181 i; Grace, 1813 ; and 

 Charlotte Eliza, 1818. 



Mr. Jonathan Ogden was elected a Vestryman of 

 Old Trinity in 18 16, and was thereafter re-elected 

 year by year until his death in 1833. He was one 

 of the most highly esteemed, successful, and pop- 

 ular of the many honorable and respected mer- 

 chants of his day in this city, where he established 

 soon after his arrival in America the house of 

 Ogden, Day & Co., subsequently changed to Ogden, 

 Ferguson & Co. He is said to have been at one time 



