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Josiah Ogden Hoffman

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He was a member of the New York Society Library, which has records of some of the books he borrowed between 1790 and 1805.
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Fenno-Hoffman family papers (1780-1883, bulk 1789-1845), Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Following his first wife's death in 1797, on August 7, 1802, he married Maria Fenno (1781–1823), daughter of
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On February 16, 1789, he married Mary Colden (1770–1797), and they had four children, including:
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Genealogy of the Hoffman family : descendants of Martin Hoffman, with biographical notes .
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Josiah Ogden Hoffman, ca. 1790, portrait miniature by John Ramage (from Frick Photoarchive).
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Eleven generations of Hoffmans in New York; descendants of Martin Hoffman, 1657-1957
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National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, July 20, 1804, p. 2.
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from 1795 to 1802, and was also a member of the State Assembly in
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by Eugene Augustus Hoffman (Dodd, Mead & Co., NYC; pg. 204ff)
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In 1828, he was appointed as one of the first justices (with
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Sarah Matilda Hoffman (1791–1809), who was engaged to
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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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Josiah Ogden Hoffman was born on April 14, 1766, in
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Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Sr.
Josiah Ogden Hoffman
Gilbert Stuart
New York
Assembly

New York County
Attorney General of New York State
George Clinton
John Jay
Nathaniel Lawrence
Ambrose Spencer
New York
Assembly

New York County
Newark
Province of New Jersey
New York City
New York
Ogden
Charles
Newark, New Jersey
New York City
Federalist

New York State Assembly
1791
1792
1792–93
1794
1795
New York Attorney General
1796–97

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