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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Curtis Lynn Older
The following information was obtained mostly from The Link Family by Paxson Link.
Alexander Ogle was born May 21, 1730, and he was baptized in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church near New Castle, Delaware. Ogleton, Delaware, near New Castle, Delaware, was named after Alexander's father, Thomas Ogle. Alexander was the youngest of the six children of Thomas Ogle and his second wife, Elizabeth Graham.
Alexander lost both of his parents to death by age four. Grandfather and grandmother Graham became his guardians. 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.
In 1752 he married Martha, followed his trade and built a house in New Castle. Martha's last name is unknown. Alexander Ogle and his family moved to Frederick County, Maryland, and he made his first purchase, a tract of 250 acres named "Williams Project," on December 16, 1763.
Alexander, about 1770, erected a large stone house on a prominence, a large bank barn, spacious corncrib, walled cave, cisterns, and out-sheds. Just at the foot of the elevation on which stands the house flows Fishing Creek. Here he engineered the mill race for water power and constructed and ran a flour mill and sawmill.
In March 1778, Alexander took and signed the oath of Allegiance to the Cause of the American Colonies, and began supplying the Maryland troops with flour. His only son, Alexander Ogle Junior enlisted in the Continental Army. Alexander Ogle Senior was a patriot of the American Revolution.
Alexander and Martha Ogle were the parents of nine children according to Paxson Link, author of The Link Family.(15) The will of Alexander Ogle, dated February 20, 1783, names only Alexander's wife and six of his children. Three of the nine children of Alexander and Martha apparently died before 1783.
i) Elizabeth was born July 26, 1753. Elizabeth died May 2, 1800.
ii) Rebecca was born May 17, 1755. She died on March 23, 1805.
iii) Susannah was born December 9, 1756. She was not named in the will of Alexander Ogle.
iv) Alexander Junior was born December 25, 1759.
v) Martha, a twin of Jane, was born September 23, 1761.
vi) Jane, a twin of Martha, was born on September 23, 1761. She married John Adam Link II.
vii) Mary was born October 30, 1763. She married Samuel Cook on December 15, 1783.
viii) Jemima was born October 20, 1766. She was not named in the will of Alexander Ogle.
ix) David was born August 6, 1770. He was not named in the will of Alexander Ogle.
Alexander Ogle signed his will on February 20, 1783, and it was probated on March 21, 1783. Martha signed her last testament September 15, 1805, and it was probated January 25, 1806. She was laid to rest beside Alexander in the home burial plot.
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