I82134: William BROOKE (1 Dec 1643

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http://www.usna.com/News_Pubs/Publications/Shipmate/2003/10/Ogle. htm

"Contrary to what the building’s name suggests, the Ogles were not its original owners. Dr. William Stephenson, an Annapolis surgeon, built the house in 1739 yet died before its completion in 1742. Five years later his widow leased it to Samuel Ogle, the first of three Maryland Governors to live there.

Samuel Ogle was nearly three decades older than his wife, Anne, who outlived him by many years. When he died, Anne’s brother, Benjamin Tasker, bought the house for 70 tons of Baltimore pig iron and sold it to Anne in 1760.

Ogle Hall changed hands again in 1773 when Anne sold the property to her son, Benjamin Ogle, who governed Maryland from 1798 to 1801. George Washington was among Benjamin’s many esteemed guests, and the two dined together at Ogle Hall on 1 October 1773."

"In 1774 they erected a ten-foot high brick “party wall” to separate their land from the adjacent Lloyd property. Equally dramatic additions were made inside including a grand cantilevered staircase, semi-octagonal ballroom wing, and second story master chamber. This construction had clear drawbacks as Henrietta confided to her mother-in-law in 1776: “Have not yet seen the Miss Anderson’s—our house hear being in Confusion and litter with workmen and most of our furniture sent to Bell Air has prevented me from inviting them over…”

Three decades after its completion Benjamin and Henrietta Ogle renovated and enlarged Ogle Hall. In addition to adding a grand staircase, second story chamber, and ballroom wing with a raised ceiling, they re-trimmed the house. The new ballroom received the most ornate trimming, a magnificent plaster cornice.

In the end, the work proved worthwhile, as the Marquis de Lafayette later lauded the new ballroom as “the most beautiful” in America. Legend has it that Lafayette also planted the yew tree that once graced Ogle Hall’s garden."

Although Benjamin Ogle died in 1809, Henrietta continued to live there until her own death in 1815. At that point James Steele purchased the property, which added further intrigue to the home’s history. Mr. Steele’s son, Henry, married Francis Scott Key’s daughter, Maria. Mr. Steele’s wife was also related to the nearby Lloyds. Mrs. Edward Lloyd V owned Ogle Hall when her daughter, Anne Catherine Lloyd, married future Naval Academy Superintendent, Franklin Buchanan, in 1835.

The Steele family maintained ownership of Ogle Hall until Sally Scott Murray Lloyd purchased it in 1839. Eight years later she sold it to Thomas Pratt, the third Governor of Maryland, who owned it until 1867. And it is there that Ogle Hall’s naval heritage begins.

...."today, more than 200 years later, her residence at the corner of King George and Tabernacle Street (College Avenue) stands intact as Ogle Hall or “Alumni House.” More than a hall or house, however, 247 King George Street is a home. For like a home, within its walls the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association keeps Alumni connected as a community, as a family."

see http://www.oglefamilyofmarylandandalliedfamilies.com/

My Southern Family

William BROOKE

1 Dec 1643 - ____

ID Number: I82134

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Henry FIELDING

ABT 1670 - ____

ID Number: I34155

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Jennie GATEWOOD

ABT 1859 - ____

ID Number: I43438

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William Henry GATEWOOD

ABT 1810 - ____

ID Number: I103774

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Agnes Morton JONES

15 Jan 1853 - ____

ID Number: I30834

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Bobby ODOM

Hon. Benjamin OGLE Gov. of Maryland

7 Feb 1749 - 7 Jul 1809

ID Number: I101404

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Ann THEUS

4 Aug 1750 - 7 Aug 1797

ID Number: I66213

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Sarah "Sallie" Howard WICKLIFFE

28 Dec 1806 - 29 Jul 1873

ID Number: I91417

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