Rhoda Ogden

1742 - 1822  (80 years)

• Name	Rhoda Ogden
  Birth	28 Sep 1742	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Nov 1822	Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut   [1, 3]
  Alternate death	22 Dec 1822	Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut   [4, 5, 6]
  Burial	Stockbridge Cemetery, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts   [3, 6]
  Person ID	I14861	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Ogden,   b. 7 Oct 1716, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey d. 21 Jan 1787 (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Phebe Hatfield,   b. 25 Nov 1720   d. 22 Dec 1796 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1736  [3]
  Family ID	F9722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Timothy Edwards,   b. 25 Jul 1738, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts d. 28 Oct 1813, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	25 Sep 1760	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey   [1, 2, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ogden Edwards,   b. 11 Oct 1780, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts d. 23 Jan 1873 (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F9367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2020

  
  

• Notes

  From The Ogden Family in America, Elizabethtown Branch, and Their English Ancestry by William Ogden Wheeler (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1907): RHODA (Ogden) EDWARDS died at Litchfield, Conn., while visiting friends. She was a remarkable woman, loyal and conscientious. An autobiography of a nephew by marriage has this important entry: "In the summer of 1809 I met my cousin Aaron Burr at the house of our common uncle Hon. Timothy Edwards in Stockbridge....The day after Burr left our uncle's I called at the house to talk over the impressions of this unwonted visit. My aunt was a venerable and pious woman. 'I want to tell you, cousin,' said she, 'the scene I passed through this morning. When Col. Burr's carriage had driven up to the door, I asked him to go with me into the north room, and I cannot tell you how anxious I felt, as I, an old woman, went through the hall with that great man Col. Burr, to admonish him, and to lead him to repentance. After we were by ourselves I said to him: "Colonel Burr, I have a thousand memories associated with you. I took care of you in your childhood, and I feel the deepest concern over your erring steps. You have committed a great many sins against God, and you killed that great and good man General Hamilton. I beseech you to repent, and fly to the blood and righteousness of the Redeemer for pardon, I cannot bear to think of you as being lost, and I often pray most earnestly for your salvation." The only reply he made me,' continued the excellent old lady, 'was, "Oh! aunt, don't feel so badly; we shall both meet in heaven yet; meanwhile may God bless you." He then tenderly took my hand, and left the house.'"

  
  

• Sources

  [S2044] George E. McCracken, "Who Was Aaron Burr?" The American Genealogist 40:65, April 1964. [S1557] The Ogden Family in America, Elizabethtown Branch, and Their English Ancestry by William Ogden Wheeler. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1907., date only. [S1557] The Ogden Family in America, Elizabethtown Branch, and Their English Ancestry by William Ogden Wheeler. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1907. [S388] FamousKin.com. [S1547] Timothy and Rhoda Ogden Edwards of Stockbridge, Mass., and Their Descendants: A Genealogy by William Henry Edwards. Cincinnati: The R. Clarke Co., 1903. [S1559] Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, With a Genealogy of the Ancestors of Prof. and Mrs. William S. Tyler, prepared by Cornelius B. Tyler. 1912. [S1547] Timothy and Rhoda Ogden Edwards of Stockbridge, Mass., and Their Descendants: A Genealogy by William Henry Edwards. Cincinnati: The R. Clarke Co., 1903., date only. [S1559] Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, With a Genealogy of the Ancestors of Prof. and Mrs. William S. Tyler, prepared by Cornelius B. Tyler. 1912., date only.