He graduated Yale College in 1764; was a tutor there from 1765 to 1766. He settled in the ministry at Millington, Conn, where his sister Elizabeth kept his house. He was a young man "eminent for genius, learning and piety". He died of consumption at the age of 28 yrs. He was sitting in his chair reading the prayer in Doddridge's "Rise and Progress" entitled "A meditation and prayer suited to the case of a dying Christian", when he parted from this life. By his will he left to Dartmouth College "a legacy of five hundred dollars, and his valuable library."
Ogden Family History, pg 92
He graduated Yale College in 1764; was a tutor there from 1765 to 1766. He settled in the ministry at Millington, Conn, where his sister Elizabeth kept his house. He was a young man "eminent for genius, learning and piety". He died of consumption at the age of 28 yrs. He was sitting in his chair reading the prayer in Doddridge's "Rise and Progress" entitled "A meditation and prayer suited to the case of a dying Christian", when he parted from this life. By his will he left to Dartmouth College "a legacy of five hundred dollars, and his valuable library."
Ogden Family History, pg 92
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