- Benjamin Ogle
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birth_date =February 7 ,1749
birth_place =Annapolis, Maryland
death_date =July 6 ,1809
death_place = Annapolis, Maryland
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spouse =Rebecca Stilley,
Henrietta Margaret Hill
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children = Elizabeth Ogle,
Benjamin Ogle II
residence =Belair Mansion ,Collington, Maryland
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footnotes =Benjamin Ogle (
February 7 ,1749 –July 6 ,1809 ) was theGovernor of Maryland from 1798 to 1801.Early life
The
Ogle family was quite prominent for many centuries inNewcastle-upon-Tyne ,Northumberland ,England , dating from themedieval period. Born inAnnapolis, Maryland , Benjamin Ogle was the son of former Provincial governor,Samuel Ogle and Anne Tasker.cite book
last=Warfield
first=Joshua Dorsey
title=The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland
publisher=Kohn & Pollock
month=July |year=1905
location=Baltimore, Maryland
pages=248-250
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vgINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA208&dq=Samuel+Ogle#PPA248,M1
isbn=0806379715] Upon his death in 1752, Samuel left his estate to his 3 year old son Benjamin, but appointedBenjamin Tasker, Sr. as his son's guardian and to manage the estate. Tasker sent young Ogle toEngland when he was 10 to further his education. [cite book
last=Baltz
first=Shirley Vlasak
title=A Chronicle of Belair
publisher=Bowie Heritage Committee
year=1984
location=Bowie, Maryland
pages=pages 19-22
id=
LCCN = 85165028]Ogle returned to Maryland in 1770 to find Tasker's daughters (his aunts) were occupying his father's estate, the
Belair Mansion , so he resided in his father's city home at 247 King George Street in Annapolis (which is now Alumni House for theUnited States Naval Academy ). Ogle took possession of the Belair Mansion in 1774 after a lawsuit to reclaim his father's home from the Tasker family.cite book
last=Baltz
first=Shirley Vlasak
title=A Chronicle of Belair
publisher=Bowie Heritage Committee
year=1984
location=Bowie, Maryland
pages=pages 39-41
id=
LCCN = 85165028] [cite book
last=Warfield
first=Joshua Dorsey
title=The Founders of Anne Arundel And Howard Counties, Maryland
publisher=Kohn & Pollock
month=July |year=1905
location=Baltimore, Maryland
pages=248-250
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vgINAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA208&dq=Samuel+Ogle#PPA250,M1
isbn=0806379715]Career
Benjamin Ogle became a member of the Maryland colonial council and would support the
American Revolution .Ogle became a friend ofGeorge Washington whose presidential records show he dined at Belair onOctober 1 ,1773 .Governor of Maryland
He was elected Governor of Maryland by the Legislature in 1798, serving until 1801.
Upon
George Washington 's death in 1799, Ogle issued a proclamation thatFebruary 11 ,1800 be observed throughout the State as a day of mourning. His precedent started the tradition of observing a holiday on February each year, now known asPresident's Day .Legacy
Benjamin Ogle married Rebecca Stilley and had one daughter, Elizabeth. Ogle later married Henrietta Margaret Hill with whom he had a son, Benjamin Ogle II. He left his estate,
Belair , to Benjamin Ogle II upon his death in 1809 in Annapolis. He is buried in Annapolis, Maryland. [cite book
last=Baltz
first=Shirley Vlasak
title=A Chronicle of Belair
publisher=Bowie Heritage Committee
year=1984
location=Bowie, Maryland
pages=page 64
id=
LCCN = 85165028]References
External links
* [http://virtualology.com/apsamuelogle/ Biography at Virtualology.com (under his father)]
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