Odgen Mansion in Elizabeth New Jersey
In 1751 the then royal Governor of New Jersey, Jonathan Belcher, bought the Ogden residence and lived there until his death in 1757. In 1758 William Peartree Smith, a grandson of NYC mayor, close friend of NJ’s first Governor William Livingston and himself a member of NJ’s Committee of Correspondence, took ownership of the house.
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Odgen Mansion in Elizabeth New Jersey
In 1751 the then royal Governor of New Jersey, Jonathan Belcher, bought the Ogden residence and lived there until his death in 1757. In 1758 William Peartree Smith, a grandson of NYC mayor, close friend of NJ’s first Governor William Livingston and himself a member of NJ’s Committee of Correspondence, took ownership of the house.
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