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BIRTH: In a deposition he made on 16 July 1781 in Calve rt County, Maryland, he
stated that he was about thirty six years of age. 

Source: Maryland State Papers (Red Book) 26, pt.2 (MdH R 4595), items 9 and
21, July  16, 1781

Many important early recor ds related to Calvert County,
MD were destroyed in
the War of 1812 as well as the great courthouse fire in the 1880's.

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Two reference documents for Alexander Ogg found in th e Maryland State
Archives (Annapolis) are as follows:

>Maryland Assessment Record of 1783 - Tax Assessment record in Calvert
County, MD showed Alexander to have 6 acres of Meadowland and 33 acres of
Tillington.  The assessment also showed horses, cattle, and pigs an d other
property (slaves) totaling £387.

>Chancery Record for Alexander Ogg March 26th, 1794 showed Alexander w as
insolvent.  Alexander owed his 10 creditors about £580. Almos t the entire debt
was paid by selling his property and by the people who owed Alexander loa ns
made to them.  Creditor names were as follows: Thomas Graham, Joseph
Garrett, George Denton, Levin Wood, Elian Woolf, and William Allein of Ca lvert
County; Jane North of Virginia; William Edminton of Montgomery County, MD .;
Doctor Richard Buckley of Prince George County.; and Joseph Carson for se lf
and Boyle; Glenn of Philadelphia.  Joseph Carson claimed £500 a s the largest
creditor. There were over 30 family and friends that paid money into the
chancery, included in this group were three of the Hance family (Benjamin ,
Francis, and Samuel) which became an important part of the Ogg family his tory. 
Benjamin's daughter Rebecca was married to Alexander's son Robert
Washington Ogg.

This Chancery (or bankrupt cy) was caused, apparently, by terms of the treaty
ending the Revolutionary War.  The treaty required merchants who owe d money
to British Mercantile houses to pay those debts in full in sterling mone y even
though their own Continental currency was virtually worthless internation ally.

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From Amelia E. Ogg wife of Lon Allen Ogg (Hamilton, Mon tana): 1827 - taken
from old Bible written by Robert Alexander Ogg son of Alexander Ogg (the
farthest back R.A. Ogg had traced) who came from north of Ireland to Mary land
in 1770.

He was a soldier under Washington (George Pres. U.S) records of two Maryl and
regiments have been lost).

Evidently he or his ancestors went over from the Highlands of Scotland i n the
great migration that made North of Ireland protestant. Scotch-Irish-Scotc h who
lived in Ireland.

Alexander had two sons, Alexander and Robert Washington by his first wif e and
two sons Kinsey and John S. and a daughter Fannie by the second wife.

[Above information received from James E. Og g Colorado on Nov 7, 1999]

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From Robert Alexander Ogg, Supt. Public School, Yakomo , Indiana, July 1902.

"My great-grandfather, Alexander Ogg, came from the North of Irelan d to
Maryland in 1770, married Susan - -.had two children, Alexander and Rober t
Washington, his wife died when Robert was 9 mos old, he was in the revolu tion
under Washington, remarried a Miss Skinner, had three children, John Shan non,
Kinsey and Fannie.  He moved to West Virginia then to Ohio.  Th e two older
children were cared for by the mother's family, the elder, Alexander, die d in the
War of 1812. 

The younger, Robert Washington was born in 1776, married Rebecca Hance in
Maryland. moved to Belmont Co. Ohio in 1811, died at the age of 61, leavi ng 8
children Benjamin, Alexander Washington, Robert Washington, Young,
Elizabeth, Arianna, John Shannon Davenport, and Sarah.  Benjamin mov ed to
Misouri and died there aged 87.  Robert Washington moved to Indian a and died
at the age of 75. Ariana married James Callerd and died in Middle life.&# 160; The
others are still living in Ohio excepting Young who moved to Kansas and t hen to
Oklahoma.  Robert Washington Ogg was my father, there being 8 other
children..."

[Above information received from James E. Og g Colorado on Nov 7, 1999]

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[Robert W. Ogg.FTW]

BIRTH: In a deposition he made on 16 July 1781 in Calvert County, Marylan d, he
stated that he was about thirty six years of age.  Source: Marylan d State Papers
(Red Book) 26, pt.2 (MdHR 4595), items 9 and 21, July  16, 1781

MARRIAGE:

1. He first married Susan _______ about 1772.  Sh e died when her second child,
Robert Washington, was "about 9 months old,"; about 1777.  ; After her death,
Robert and Alexander, her first child, "were cared for by the mother 's family.";

Sources: Adams Lee Ogg, letter dated 24 January 1899 t o Albert Washington
Ogg and Robert Alexander Ogg, letter dated __ July 1902 to John A. Shelto n.

MARRIAGE:

2. Alexander next married Jane Hellen 29 March 1781 i n Ann Arundel County,
Maryland.  Source: St. James Parish of southern Ann Arundel County,M aryland,
Register 1663-1856, page 104 #16, and West River Charge Records.

MARRIAGE:

3. Alexander married Ann Skinner February 15,1784, in A nn Arundel County,
Maryland.  Source: St. James Parish of southern Ann Arundel County , Maryland,
Register, 1663-1856, page 107, #17, and West River Charge Records.

DEATH:

The inventory of the estate of the decedent, Alexande r Ogg, was submitted to
the Hampshire County, Virginia (Now West Virginia), Court on December 24,
1799.

MILITARY:

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SERVICE: In 1777, Alexander was a mem ber of a
Maryland Militia company commanded by Captain Frisby Freeland.

Source: S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright, The Ma ryland Militia in the
Revolutionary War, page 148, published by Family Line Publications in 198 7.
The authors of this compilation obtained their information from Maryland
Historical Society records and the Archives of the State of Maryland.

BIOGRAPHY:

1. Alexander came to America before 1770 as he was list ed as a creditor in an
inventory dated 5 June 1769 of the estate of James Duke.  Source: V. L.
Skinner, Abstracts of Inventories of the Prerogative Court of Maryland, 1 769-
1772. Alexander does not appear in the volume which includes the years 17 66-
1769. This record was found by George W. Ogg, a descendant of Alexander a nd
his first wife, Susan, in the Maryland Hall of Records, filed in Liber 10 1, folio 288.

2. Alexander immigrated from the "north of Ireland..stopping a yea r or two in
some one of the West Indies islands...to the south of Maryland about 1770 ," and
settled near Prince Frederick, the county seat.;  Sources: Adams Lee Ogg's
letters dated 24 January 1899 to Albert Washington Ogg and 27 April 189 9 to
Robert Alexander Ogg and one dated __ July 1902 from Robert Alexander Ogg
to John A. Shelton.

3. Although the name is Scottish, there is no evidence that Alexander wa s born
or ever lived in Scotland.  It seems likely that his ancestors cam e to Ireland as a
part of a general migration during the 1600's.  "The name Ogg i s Gaelish and is
common in Scotland, especially among the Highlands.  It means young.   Among
the Gaels, Og (Angus-Og) was the God of Youth.  In the Mill on the F loss,
George Eliot speaks of the village of St. Ogg's and of Ogg, the son of Br on who
was made a saint because he carried the mother and Christ child across th e
flood in the Floss.";  Source of q uote: Robert Alexander Ogg, letter dated 17
March 1923, from Greencastle, Indiana, to Mrs. Ada Ogg Frost, Greenfield,
Indiana.

4. It has been suggested that the immigrant Alexander Ogg of Calvert Coun ty,
Maryland, and Alexander Ogg of Orange County,Virginia, were the same pers on.
However, research seems to prove conclusively that they were two differen t
men.  The many dates of events in their lives places one Alexander i n Maryland,
continuously, from 1769 to 1789 and the other Alexander in Orange County,
Virginia, continuously, from about1760 to 1817.

5. He was a tobacco farmer and tavern owner in and near Prince Frederick,
Calvert County, Maryland.  Source: Mary land State Papers (Red Book) 26, pt.2
(MdHR 4595), item 1, Deposition of Alexander Ogg, 16 July 1781.

6. On May 30, 1775, "Allesander[sic] and Susanna Ogg" were list ed among the
witnesses in the marriage of Johns Hopkins Jr. to Elizabeth Harris. Sourc e:
Henry C. Peden, Quaker Records of Southern Maryland.

7.  The record of two events, one in 1775 and one in 1781,are intere sting
vignettes into his life and times:

a.  About 1775, he petitioned the Maryland Provincial Convention a s follows:
"That your petitioner had, without any intention of violating eithe r the Continental
Association or Provincial Resolves, sold a few goods at a greater advanc e than
was allowed by the Provincial Convention. In consequence of which, The
Committee of Calvert County, agreeable  to the Provincial Resolution , published
your petitioner in the Maryland Gazette as an offender; by which Publicat ion your
Petitioner is prevented from pursuing any method to enforce the payment o f the
debts due to him. Your petitioner, in the most solemn manner, declares hi s
hearty sorrow and repentance for his transgression and, as the people o f the
county are fully satisfied that your petitioner will not in word or dee d transgress in
the future, he prays that your Honour will restore him to his former cond ition so
that he may pursue his business [he was a tobacco farmer and tavern opera tor].
And your petitioner as in duty bound will pray."  Source: Maryl and State Papers
(Red Book) 13 (MdHR 4574), item 31, Petition of Alexander Ogg, not dated
(probably about 1775).

b. About six years later, on 16 July 1781, Alexander made the following
deposition in Calvert County:  "The Deposition of Alexander Ogg , aged about
thirty six years, being duly sworn on the holy Evangels of Almighty God,
deposeth and saith that, on the day of the 29th of June last, a man who c alled
himself Anderson, carrying [in] his hand a white country made linsey coat , striped
trousers, a handsome bristol stone freemason broach in the breast of [his ] shirt,
a black silk banelona [sic] handkerchief about his neck and asked this de ponent
if he kept tavern who answered in the affirmative.  The man called f or grog.  He
told this deponent he had brought in from Bilboa a fine parcell[sic] of a rms nigh
2000 Stand and the vessell [sic] was chased by two English Frigates fro m Point
Lookout up the River Potowmauk and that he had run into Briton's Bay wher e he
had delivered them safe to Col. Richard Barnes who _____ he said he had.& quot; This
deponent then went about his business and, after some time, on his retur n to the
house, he saw Mr. Thomas Heathman and the above Anderson sitting near
together, Heathman reading a printed paper, which he is satisfied was an
English Commission, and that Anderson had a letter directed to his Esy Th om.
Sim Lee [Clerk of Prince George County].  "Mr. Heathman address ed this
deponent: `This is the man that took our tobacco Patuxent a few days befo re
Christmas.' This deponent demanded of Heathman if he did not know this ma n,
who answered `Yes, he now recollected him but did not know him at first.'
Anderson then said to Heathman: `It was the best tobacco ever carried t o New
York and, had you started with the vessell [sic] and gone to New York, yo u would
have shared sixty pounds hard money, for that was each man's share,' an d also
said that `You are fools carrying tobacco up the Bay, for, if you was t o carry it to
the Tangiers [islands in  Chesapeake Bay], from thence it would be s ent to
Portsmouth where a guard ship lay to protect them " they would get 1 8 or 20£
hard money _______ hogshead' and that he heard the said Anderson say he,
Anderson, was in the Bay at the time when the planning party with one Rob inson
was at Louis Marlborough, then, on this deponent's[sic] making some grog , he
heard him telling Heathman something about the Engagement in the Bay
between the Torpius and Hibernius but cannot tell the particulars and fur ther
saith not.";   Sources: Maryl and State Papers (Red Book) 26, pt. 2 (MdHR 4595),
item 1, Depositon of Alexander Ogg, dated 16 July 1781 and ibid., item s 9 and
21, also dated 16 July 1781. As a result of this deposition, Alexander Og g and
Thomas Heathman were fined 30£ each.

8. Alexander Ogg signed the "oath of allegiance and fidelity to th e state of
Maryland and the cause of freedom."  This was required of all f ree white males
by a law passed by the General Assembly of Maryland on 5 February 1777.
Source: Bettie Stirling Carothers, Signers of the Oath of Fidelity to Mar yland
During the Revolution, vol. II, page 38.

9. In 1782, Alexander's lands included 33 acres of "Tillington" plantation, 6 acres
of Meadow land and 1 lot in Huntingtown.  Source: Calvert County, Ma ryland,
Tax Assessment of 1782.

10. Alexander was declared bankrupt in 1788.  He owed 500 pounds ste rling to
Joseph Carson of Self, Boyle, and Glen of Philadelphia.  On Octobe r 14, 1788,
John Woolf, the court appointed trustee, sold at public sale, all the rea l and
personal property of Alexander Ogg.  After the sale and payment of h is debts, he
was left with about 50 pounds sterling to start life anew. 

Source: Annapolis, Maryland, Chancery Court, Papers 329 8 G.  His bankruptcy
was caused, apparently, by terms of the treaty ending the Revolutionary W ar. 
The treaty required merchants who owed money to British Mercantile house s to
pay those debts in full in sterling money even though their own Continent al
currency was virtually worthless internationally.

11. Sold, 21 November 1796, by Robert Moore, attorney for Robert McClay,
exctr. of Joseph Carson, deceased, of Philadelphia - to Joseph Wilkinso n - for
75 pounds - land in Huntingtown, where Alexander Ogg formerly lived.  ; Source:
Maryland Hall of Records, Calvert County Land Abstracts, Book 1, F176.

12. Alexander, Ann and family moved from Maryland to Frederick County,
Virginia [now West Virginia], after John's birth in November, 1789 and be fore
June 1793. They spent several years in the "upper part of the Shenan doah
Valley [true]. then he [Alexander] came to the then wild region on the up per
waters of the Monongahela River [not true; see par. 17 below]  wher e he
[Alexander] died near the end of the century."  Source: Adams L ee Ogg, letter
dated 27 April 1899 to Robert Alexander Ogg.

13. In 1793, Alexander and Ann lived in Frederick County,Virginia, at a d istance
of no greater than 11 miles from the County Circuit Court in Winchester.& #160; The 11
miles was one of the bases for calculating the amount they were paid for
appearing as witnesses in a suit in June and August, 1793. Whether the 1 1 miles
was one way or round trip is not clear from the wording on the legal docu ments.

Source: Circuit Court of Frederick County, Order Book n umber 24 covering the
years 1792-1794, pages 403 and 408.

14. During the period 1797-1799, Alexander and his family were living in
Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia).  Source: Personal Pr operty Tax
Lists.  The name of the tax assessor and the order of entries in th e tax records
suggest that the family lived near Fort Edwards, a frontier fort near th e present
town of Capon Bridge.  Source: George W. Ogg, from interviews conduc ted
during the early 1990's with "local [Hampshire County] experts." ;

15. In 1798-1799, Alexander was listed in the Hampshire County Court Minu te
Book as the assignee of John Stoker against Charles Burrels and George
McDonald, defendants, in a petition for payment of debt.  The suit s were
dismissed after all parties agreed to a settlement.

16. On March 18, 1799, the grand jury for the "body"of Hampshir e County
indicted the overseer of the road leading from Spring Gap to Stokes Mil l for
failure to maintain the road "according to law."  This act ion was the result of a
complaint they had received from Alexander Ogg.

17. Alexander died in Hampshire County, Virginia, in1799. The inventory o f his
estate, dated December 24, 1799, appears in the records of the Hampshire
County Court.

18. In 1800, Ann Ogg is shown as the head of a household in Hampshire
County,Virginia. Source: Hampshire County personal property tax records.< /div>

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