The Ogden Family Crest

The founders of this family-so highly connected through New England, New York and New Jersey-were two brothers, John and Richard Ogden, who emigrated before the middle of the XVII. century, and settled in New England as architects and master-builders. They erected the first stone church on Manhattan Island, in 1642, while New York-then called New Amsterdam-was still under Dutch rule. They were afterwards employed at Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth) and Newark, N. J. Their descendants have been prominent in politics, in commerce, and in the learned professions. The name signifies the vale of oaks-oak-deane: contracted or corrupted into Ock-den, and, finally, Ogden. The arms used by the family are those granted by Charles II. to John Ogden for faithful services to the late King, his father.

Family

Ogden

Motto

Et si ostendo non jacto.Showing is not boasting.

Blazon

An Oak Tree: Proper-A Lion, Rampant, Against It.

Source

America Hereldica