Note 935 — Chapter IV · (continued 2)

Ogden (1740–1800) was rector of St. John’s Church (formerly Queen’s Chapel), Portsmouth, N. H., from 1786 to 1793. He was a well-meaning but an exceedingly erratic man. Perry, The History of the American Episcopal Church, 1587–1883, vol. ii, p. 79. He is said to have been the first Episcopal clergyman to be ordained in the city of Boston. Cf. ibid., p. 488. His death occurred at Chestertown, Md.