Samuel Ogle (c. 1694-1752)
MSA SC 3520-947
Governor of Maryland, 1731-1732, 1733-1742, 1746/47-1752
Under Restored Proprietary Government
Biographical Profile:
OGLE, SAMUEL (ca. 1694-1752)
BORN: ca. 1694 in Northumberland, England; probably second son.
IMMIGRATED: from St James’ Parish, Westminster, England; arrived in
Annapolis on December 2, 1731 as governor.
RESIDED: in England until late 1731 (probably of Newcastle in 1729);
Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, 1731 until late 1742; Savile Row, Westminster,
London, England, early 1743 until early 1747; Annapolis and “Belair,” Prince
George’s County, March 1747 to death.
FAMILY BACKGROUND
FATHER: Samuel Ogle (1658-1718/19) of Bousden, Northumberland, England,
and Dublin, Ireland; a member of Parliament for Berwick, 1689, 1695, 1698,
1700-1702, 1705, 1708; commissioner for the revenue in Ireland, by 1699-at
least 1712; died in Dublin; son of Luke Ogle (1630-1696) of Berwick and
Bousden.
MOTHER: Elizabeth (?-ca. 1697), widow of Thomas Dawson, of Newcastle,
Northumberland, England.
STEPMOTHER: by 1701 Ursula, widow of Lord Altham, daughter of Sir Robert
Markham and wife Mary.
BROTHER: Luke (?-1735), of Newcastle, Northumberland, England.
HALF BROTHERS: George (1704-1746), a writer and translator, who married
in 1735 Frances, daughter of Sir Frederick Twysden; Robert (ca. 1706-?);
and Thomas (ca. 1713-?)
SISTER: Mary (?-by 1777), who married John Broughton of Maidstone,
Kent, England.
HALF SISTER: Meliora (?-ca. 1774) of Dublin, Ireland, who never married.
MARRIED: between July 5 and July 12 1741, Anne (1723-1817) daughter
of Benjamin Tasker (ca. 1690-1768) and wife Ann (?-1775). Anne was the
granddaughter of both Thomas Tasker (?-1700) and William Bladen (1670-1718).
She was the niece of Thomas Bladen (1698-1780); Elizabeth Tasker (1686-1706/7),
who married Thomas Addison (1679-1727). Her brothers were William
(1713-1715); Benjamin (1717-1717); Benjamin Tasker, Jr. (1720/21-1760);
Bladen (?-ca. 1721); Bladen (1722-1723); and Bladen (1730-died young).
Her sisters were Rebecca (1724-1822), who married Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-1797);
Elizabeth (1726-1789); and Frances (?-1787). Her nephew was Benjamin
Tasker Dulany (1752-1816). Her niece was Rebecca Lowndes (1757-1802),
who married Benjamin Stoddert (ca. 1751-1813). Her first cousins
were Rebecca Addison (1703-?), who married first, James Bowles (?-ca. 1727/28),
and second George Plater (1695-1755); Elinor Addison (1705-?), who married
fourth, Corbin Lee (?-1774).
CHILDREN
SONS: Samuel (1747-1748); Benjamin Ogle (1748/49-1809).
DAUGHTERS: Anne (1743-1747); Mary (1746-1808) who married John Ridout
(1732-1797); and Meliora (1750-ca. 1775), who married James Anderson of
Hertford, England. Anderson immigrated to Maryland in 1774 leaving
his mother, Meliora, and two children in England. A third child was
born to Meliora in 1775 and was brought to Maryland by Anne Tasker Ogle
in 1784.
PRIVATE CAREER
EDUCATION: Literate, educated in England.
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., by 1731. Ogle was an active
horseman and supporter of thoroughbred racing in the colonies. He
imported “Queen Mab,” the famous English brood mare, and “Spark,” a blooded
stallion originally owned by Frederick, Prince of Wales, and given to Ogle
by Lord Baltimore. Among his other livestock at “Belair,” Ogle kept
a buffalo.
OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: officeholder; planter.
PUBLIC CAREER
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Upper House, 1732/33-2733 (appointed during the
2nd session of the 1732-1734 Assembly, reassumed the office of governor
before the Convention).
OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: governor, sworn on December 7, 1731, replaced
on December 11, 1732, by Charles Calvert, 5th Lord Baltimore (1699-1751);
sworn on July 11, 1733, replaced on August 23, 1742, by Thomas Bladen (1698-1780);
sworn on March 16, 1746/47, died in office, 1752; councillor, 1732/33-1733
(president, member of Council during Calvert’s stay in Maryland); surveyor
general of the Western Shore, 1733/34-1742, 1748-death.
MILITARY SERVICE: captain, cavalry, before 1731.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: In a letter to Lord Baltimore shortly
after his arrival in Maryland, Ogle criticized Benedict Leonard Calvert
(1700-1732) and his handling of Maryland’s affairs, especially the antagonism
Calvert had provoked from important residents such as “Bodely” and “Delany”
(Daniel Dulany (1685-1753)). His Maryland Gazette obituary says,
“In private Life he was an amiable Companion; in his Conversation, affable,
cheerful, and instructive, but never assuming; and in his Friendship, warm
and sincere…”
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME
PERSONAL PROPERTY: received £1,500.0.0 sterling from Benjamin
Tasker (ca. 1690-1768) as Anne’s dowery.
ANNUAL INCOME: £200.0.0 sterling towards the salary of principal
secretary, 1751.
ADDITIONAL COMMENT: rented a house in Annapolis (now known as “Ogle
hall”), 1747 until his death.
LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: none in Maryland, may already have owned his
house in Savile Row, Westminster.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased
100 acres in Anne Arundel County, 1734, and 1,570 acres in Anne Arundel
County, 1736. Purchased 1,677 acres in Prince George’s County with
Benjamin Tasker (ca. 1690-1768) in March 1737 and bought out Tasker’s interest
in the land in August 1737. This property, plus 500 acres which Ogle
added to it in 1749, became known as “Belair,” and Ogle commissioned his
father-in-law to build a mansion there while the Ogles were in England
during the early 1740s. Ogle sold 384 acres in Anne Arundel County in 1738,
and purchased 1 lot in Annapolis, 1740. In 1741, on the day following
the signing of his marriage agreement with Anne Tasker and her father,
Ogle gave a life interest in 924 acres on the upper Severn River, Anne
Arundel county, to Sarah Guyther (probably 1708-?), a spinster. He
purchased 1 lot in Annapolis, probably already rented to Jonas Green, publisher
of the Maryland Gazette, in 1749. Before his death, Ogle took our
certificates of survey on 5 tracts totalling 516 acres in Frederick county.
WEALTH AT DEATH
DIED: on May 3, 1752, at 4:00 in the morning; buried in St. Anne’s
Churchyard, Annapolis.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: incomplete inventories totalled £2,553.11.4
current money, including 50 slaves, 20 horses, bank stock in England worth
probably less than £5,000.0.0 in 1752 but valued at £8,550.0.0
sterling in 1768. Ogle’s estate was still unsettled at the death
of his surviving executor, Benjamin Tasker (ca. 1690-1768).
LAND: 2,539 acres in Prince George’s and Anne Arundel Counties, 2 lots
in Annapolis, and at least 1 house in England.
Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al., A Biographical
Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, Vol. II, I-Z, (Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985), 618-9.
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