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	b. ca. 1588 in Gloucestershire?, England
	m. unknown
	c. Anne, Symon?, and Susanna
	d. unknown (40+)

Incomplete church records reveal that Simon Ogburne of Gloucester was the father of two girls, Anne, christened on 1/10/1622 and Susanna, christened on 3/15/1628. Symon of Gloucester could well be the father of Symon the Immigrant. A search of church records in Wiltshire fails to disclose any reference to a Symon Ogbourne in that county.

2. Symon Ogbourne/Ogborne

	b. ca. 1625 in Gloucestershire?, England
	m1. Gusie? ca. 1651
	c1. Nicholas and Mary
	m2. Lucie (Baker?) ca. 1656 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
	c2. Simon, Elinor, Elizabeth, and Katherine
	d. 1669 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia (44)

Because an immigrant had to safely arrive in the colonies before a land patent (deed) would issue, I have chosen 1650 as an estimated date of arrival for Symon the Immigrant rather than 1652, the year a land patent issued to Thomas Steevens for transporting Symon Ogbourne and others to Virginia. It usually took at least two years to process the necessary paperwork between two continents.

3. Nicholas Ogbourne

	b. ca. 1653 in Lancaster or Isle of Wight County, Virginia
	m. Ann Higgins ca. 1672 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
	c. Nicholas, Jr. and John
	d. 1692 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia (40)

The location of the land listed in the patent was not always indicative of where the immigrant actually settled.

4. Nicholas Ogbourne, Jr.

	b. ca. 1673 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
	m. Ann Smith ca. 1695 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
	c. Nicholas, Simon, Elizabeth, Mary, and John
	d. 1713 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia (40)

Nicholas Jr.’s third son, John, is said to be the progenitor of the Georgia branch of the Ogburn family, and the history of that family can be found in As I Was Told About the Ogburn and Wynne Families by Rubyn Reynolds Ogburn (1958) and the Dixon-Ogburn Family History by Otis H. Ogburn (1994).

5. Simon Ogbourne

	b. ca. 1698 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia
	m. unknown
	c. John, Edmund, and Johathon
	d. in Prince George County, Virginia (40+)

Numerous deeds, wills, and chronology assist in logically identifying the children of Simon Ogbourne. A professional genealogist, Katherine Elliott, independently reached the same conclusion.

6. John Ogborne/Ogburn

	b. ca. 1719 in Prince George County, Virginia
	m. Tabitha Neblett ca. 1744 in Surry County, Virginia
	c. William, John, James, Henry, Benjamin, Charles, and Matthew
	d. 1774 in Brunswick County, Virginia (55)

William (Dr. Billy) Ogburn (1746-1828) settled in Guilford County, North Carolina in 1802; James Ogburn (1753-1804) was the progenitor of the Forsyth County, North Carolina Ogburns; Rev. Henry Ogburn (1754-1831) moved to Gallatin County, Kentucky in 1794; and Matthew Ogburn (1764-1839) made his home in Montgomery County, Tennessee. John Ogburn (1749-1822) remained in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. He had no children. Benjamin Ogburn (1757-1825) moved back to Brunswick County, Virginia.

7. Charles Ogburn

	b. 8/18/1760 in Brunswick County, Virginia
	m. Angelina Clark on 9/22/1789 in Northhampton County, North Carolina (widow of William Peete)
	c. Hartwell Clark, Lucy Hart, Nancy Watkins, Elizabeth Clark, Angelina Clark, Benjamin Watkins and Charles Harrison
	d. 2/21/1839 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia (78)

As the population increased, once large counties were divided to make for smaller and more meaningful units of local government. Prince George County was created in 1702 and included present-day Mecklenburg County; Brunswick County, including present-day Mecklenburg County, was carved out of Prince George County in 1720; Lunenburg County, including present-day Mecklenburg County, was spun off next in 1746; and Mecklenburg County was finally created in 1765.

8. Charles Harrison Ogburn (widowed twice)

	b. 6/27/1804 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
	m1. Angelina W. Fennell on 3/24/1829 in Charlotte County, Virginia
	c1. John Fennell, Benjamin Watkins, Charles Wesley, and William Bedford
	m2. Sarah Hill Dance on 7/23/1839 in Prince Edward County, Virginia
	c2. Sarah Margaret Angelina
	m3. Jane Maria Hatchett on 8/1/1844 in Lunenburg County, Virginia (widow of Benjamin W. Hite)
	c3. Frances Hatchett, William Archer, Edwin Cooke, Alpheus Cabell, and Richard Emmett
	d. 6/11/1877 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia (72)

When the slaves in the South were freed in 1865, many of them took the family name of their former master as their own. Members of an organization today known as the "House of Ogburn" are descendants of two slaves of Charles Harrison Ogburn.

9. Benjamin Watkins Ogburn (widowed once)

	b. 7/3/1832 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
	m1. Lucy Rebecca Harrison Harwell on 5/5/1854 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
	c1. Charles Harper, Illa, Richard Harwell, Lucy Angelina, Elva, Mary Elizabeth, Fannie Harrison, Benjamin Watkins, Jr., and Eva Rebecca
	m2. Martha Rebecca "Queen" Walker on 11/3/1872 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
	c2. Wesley Allen, Mattie Drucilla, and Melville Walker
	d. 12/28/1911 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia (79)

10. Wesley Allen Ogburn

	b. 2/11/1874 in Ogburn, Virginia
	m. Viola Virginia "Jennie" Jones on 11/28/1894 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
	c. Virginia Estelle, Charles Allen, John Wesley, and Wilson
	d. 3/19/1906 in Mecklenburg County, Virginia (32)

11A. John Wesley Ogburn

	b. 2/22/1899 in Union Level, Virginia
	m. Annie Laura Brame on 4/11/1924 in Union Level, Virginia
	c. John Wesley, Jr. and Charles Brame
	d. 1/18/1987 in Kenbridge, Virginia (87)

11B. Wilson Ogburn

	b. 8/31/1900 in Union Level, Virginia
	m. Dorothy Edith Axworthy Hicks on 10/1/1936 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada
	c. Robert Wilson and Donald Allen
	d. 4/20/1988 in Sterling Heights, Michigan (87)

Moved to Detroit, Michigan in the fall of 1916.

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