460. Documentation for Thomas Ogle (1666 to 1734) father of Alexander Ogle (May 21, 1730 to Btw Feb 20, 1783 and Mar 21, 1783) Thomas Ogle was the son of John Ogle and his wife Elizabeth.(1) John Ogle was born September 30, 1649, in Berick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England.(2) He died in 1683 in New Castle, Delaware.(3) John Ogle, 1646-1684, a young officer, eighteen years of age, in the English Military Expeditionary force under Colonel Richard Nichols, sent by King Charles II and the Duke of York to terminate Dutch influence and colonization in America, landed in 1664. Following the successful conclusion of this military task, young Ogle remained in the new world. The Duke of York through governor Richard Nichols granted John Ogle some eight hundred acres of land, on White Clay Creek, near New Castle on the Delaware in 1672. He soon disposed of this tract of land and purchased other tracts near Ogleton, Delaware.(4) The maiden name of John Ogle's wife, Elizabeth, is not known with certainty. There are some who contend John's wife was Elizabeth Wollaston, who was born in 1651 in Northumberland, England and who died in 1713 in New Castle, Delaware. These supporters contend that John and Elizabeth were married in 1667 in New Castle, Delaware.(One World Tree cite articles) (5) There are also strong supporters for Elizabeth Petersdotter as John Ogle's wife. This Elizabeth was born in 1654 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in 1702 in New Castle, Delaware. Supporters of this Elizabeth believe the her and John Ogle were married about 1671 in New Castle, Delaware.(One World Tree - cite articles) (6). Thomas Ogle was born in 1666 in New Castle (county?), Delaware.(8) After the death of John Ogle, his son, Thomas Ogle, after whom Ogleton, Delaware, was named(?), remained on the home farm of his father and increased his holdings to 2,500 acres.(7)Ogletown, Delaware, was a small hamlet that grew up around the intersection of the "Great Road from Christiana Bridge to Head of Elk" and England’s Mill Road, now Rts. 4 and 273, where Thomas Ogle(which Thomas Ogle) had built a house and tavern by 1739. Maps dating to the 1800s show an inn and six or seven houses around the intersection, and by 1868 there was also a school. Besides its long history, the intersection was located on a low hill surrounded by small, swampy wetlands, which made it a likely place to find prehistoric camp sites. When improvements were made to the intersection, an extensive program of archaeological survey and testing was carried out. The project area measured about 100 acres.(DelDoT) Rathmell Wilson married Martha (Meeteer) Wilson in the 1830s. Martha (Meeteer) Wilson was the daughter of Samuel Meeteer (Meteer, Meter, alt. spellings), who owned the Meeteer Paper Mill on White Clay Creek just north of Newark (later, it became the Curtis Paper Mill). The original deed to the land where the mill stood was granted by William Penn to Thomas Ogle in 1684; it and additional historic deeds are contained in Series X. Additional documents about the mill, the distribution of Samuel Meeteer's estate, and Rathmell and Martha Wilson's interest in it can be found at the Maryland State Archives, in Chancery Court Records. Correspondence to Martha Wilson and accounts of her home, the Oaklands estate, are contained within the Wilson Family Papers. Rathmell and Martha Wilson had three children: Helen Elizabeth "Lizzie" Wilson, Annie M. Wilson, and Edward Rathmell Wilson. Thomas Ogle first married Mary Crawford who was born in 1671 and died in 1720. OneWorldTree (8) Thomas and Mary Ogle were the parents of eight children.(9) Joseph Ogle, for whom Ogle County, Illinois, was named, was a grandson of Thomas and Mary Ogle.(B) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Thomas Ogle married second Elizabeth Graham in January 1703 in New Castle, Delaware. She was born in 1702 in Dumbaton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She died September 6, 1734, in White Clay Creek, New Castle, Delaware. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Thomas Ogle died at New Castle in 1734.(KK) New Castle County, Delaware Wills, 1682-1800 about Elizabeth (Graham) Ogle Name: Elizabeth Ogle Will Loc: Wh. Clay Crk. Hd. Will Made Date: 18 Sep 1734 Will Book: Misc Page: 1.376 Comment: Widdow and relick of Thomas Ogle; Eldest son, Edward Ogle; five of my children, viz: David, Alexander, Elizabeth, Susannah, and Jane Ogle; eldest son, Francis Graham (by my first husband); son, William Graham; two daus Grissel and Anne Graham; daus Anne Land, Elizabeth Ogle. Exc. Francis Graham and William Armstrong. http://www.ogles.org/abstract.htm The Ogle/Ogles Family Association Vol. 13 1992 132 pages, charts 368-401; Alexander Ogle - Maryland Miller in Revolutionary Times Ogletown was a small hamlet that grew up around the intersection of the "Great Road from Christiana Bridge to Head of Elk" and England’s Mill Road, now Rts. 4 and 273, where Thomas Ogle had built a house and tavern by 1739. Maps dating to the 1800s show an inn and six or seven houses around the intersection, and by 1868 there was also a school. Besides its long history, the intersection was located on a low hill surrounded by small, swampy wetlands, which made it a likely place to find prehistoric camp sites. When improvements were made to the intersection, an extensive program of archaeological survey and testing was carried out. The project area measured about 100 acres. The archaeological survey was done by shovel testing, the excavation of 3x3-foot test units, and the surface inspection of plowed fields. A total of twelve archaeological sites were found. Eight of these sites later received more intensive testing, including the excavation of backhoe trenches and more 3x3-foot or 1x1-meter test units. Five of the sites were prehistoric. Datable artifacts found on these sites include artifacts from the Archaic (6500 to 3000 BC) and Woodland I (3000 BC to AD 1000) Periods. Four of the sites were small, temporary camps known as "Procurement Sites," but the Paradise Lane Site was larger and may have been a "Base Camp" where people camped for longer periods. The discovery of this site next to a small swamp suggested to the authors that prehistoric people may have used these small swamps more often and more intensely than archaeologists had thought. Artifacts were found in deeply buried soils at both the Paradise Lane and Dairy Queen Sites, and excavations were later carried out at both these sites (DelDOT Archaeology Series No. 63 and No. 117). Thomas Ogle House in 1955 The historic sites included the John Ruth Inn Site and several house sites dating to the 1800s. The John Ruth Inn Site included both the remains of an inn shown on maps dating to the 1800s and a possible earlier building that might have been the inn Thomas Ogle built before 1739. Testing was carried out at the location of Thomas Ogle’s house, and some remains were found, including his grave. However, the site had been badly disturbed by road construction and the construction of a gas station on the site. Excavations were later carried out at the John Ruth Inn Site and the A. Temple Site, a farm built around 1850 where the archaeologists found the foundations of a house and the remains of outbuildings and other yard features (DelDOT Archaeology Series No. 77 and No. 81). Alexander was the youngest of the six children of Thomas Ogle and his second wife, Elizabeth Graham.(3) Alexander was born May 21, 1730, and he was baptized in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church near New Castle, Delaware.(1) Ogleton, Delaware, near New Castle, Delaware, was named after Thomas Ogle.(2) Alexander lost both of his parents to death by age four.(5) Grandfather and grandmother Graham became his guardians.(6) At age fifteen Alexander became an apprentice under a wheelwright named David Robinson. At age eighteen Alexander worked under John Springer of Wilmington, where he completed his training at twenty-one years of age.(7) Children (Ogle) first marriage to Mary Crawford: i. Mary, born 1700 ii. Thomas, born 1705 iii. Joseph, born 1707 iv. James, born 1709 v. John, born 1711 vi. Benjamin, born 23 Nov 1715 vii. Judith, born 1717 viii. David, born 1725 ix. Elizabeth, born 18 June 1726 x. Susan, born 6 May 1728 xi. Jane, born 1729 xii. Alexander, born 21 May 1730 Children (Ogle) first marriage to Elizabeth Graham: i. Mary, born 1700 ii. Thomas, born 1705 iii. Joseph, born 1707 iv. James, born 1709 v. John, born 1711 vi. Benjamin, born 23 Nov 1715 vii. Judith, born 1717 viii. David, born 1725 ix. Elizabeth, born 18 June 1726 x. Susan, born 6 May 1728 xi. Jane, born 1729 xii. Alexander, born 21 May 1730 REFERENCES 1. Paxson Link, The Link Family (Paris, Illinois: [s.l.], 1951), p. 80. 2. The Link Family, p. 79; Francis Hamilton Hibbard, assisted by Stephen Parks, The English origin of John Ogle, first of the name in Delaware (Pittsburgh: n.p., 1967); Sir Henry Asgill Ogle, Ogle and Bothal (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Andrew Reid & Company, 1902); also Curtis L. Older, The Braddock Expedition and Fox's Gap in Maryland (Westminster, Md.: Family Line Publications, 1995), p. 98. Alexander Ogle, father of Jane Ogle, provided wheat and flour from his mills to the Maryland troops during the American Revolution. See Maryland State Papers, Series A, MdHR 6636-23-29/7 1/7/5 and related papers. A. No document to support this date.