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WANDA
IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.....
I, AS WELL AS MANY AMATEUR OGDEN RESEARCHERS, HAD,FOR MANY YEARS, ACCEPTED THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY AS FOUND IN WILLIAM OGDEN WHEELERS BOOK,"OGDEN FAMILY IN AMERICA".
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO I CAME UPON INFORMATION THAT THIS ENGLISH ANCESTRY WAS FRAUDULENT,PERPETRATED UPON WHEELER BY A "GENEALOGIST" BY THE NAME OF GUSTAV ANJOU WHO AT LAST COUNT HAD FORGED SOME 305 ANCESTRIES FOR WEALTHY PATRONS FOR FEES RANGING UP TO $9000,AND WHO ALWAYS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED.
IT APPEARS THAT WHAT ANJOU DID WAS TO TAKE INFORMATION FOUND IN RECORDS OF "VISITATIONS OF HANTS" (HAMPSHIRE)REGARDING A WILLIAM OKEDEN OF ELLINGHAM AND THREE GENERATIONS OF HIS DECENDANTS AND CREATE THE ENGLISH ANCESTRY AROUND THIS.THIS WILLIAM OKEDEN,IN WHEELERS BOOK,IS SHOWN AS A SON OF ROBERTUS OKEDEN AND WIFE JOAN.THERE IS,ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OR DOCUMENTATION FOR ANY OF THE ENGLISH OGDEN (OKEDEN)ANCESTRY FOUND IN ANY ENGLISH RECORDS.
ADDITIONALLY,I CORRESPONDED WITH ANOTHER DECENDANT OF JOHN "THE PILGRIM" WHO HIRED A WELL RESPECTED ENGLISH FAMILY AND HISTORICAL RESEARCHER BY THE NAME OF KAY PRIESTLEY TO ATTEMPT TO LOCATE ANY EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT WHEELERS ENGLISH ANCESTRY,AND,ASIDE FROM WILLIAM OKEDEN OF ELLINGHAM,COULD FIND NONE OF THE OGDEN (OKEDEN)INFORMATION CLAIMED BY ANJOU.
ALSO,THIS SAME GENTLEMAN WENT TO SOUTHAMPTON ON LONG ISLAND IN SEARCH OF ANY RECORD SUPPORTIVE OF THE CLAIM THAT JOHN "THE PILGRIM"WAS THERE AS EARLY AS 1640 AS WHEELERS BOOK CLAIMS AND FOUND THAT NO RECORD OF THIS EXISTS.THE FIRST MENTION OF JOHN "THE PILGRIM"IS IN 1641 WHEN HE WAS GRANTED A LOT AT STAMFORD,CONNECTICUT.LATER IN 1642 JOHN AND HIS BROTHER,RICHARD,"OF STAMFORD"CONTRACTED WITH THE DUTCH GOVERNOR TO BUILD A STONE CHURCH AT FT AMSTERDAM.IT WAS SOMETIME AFTER COMPLETING THIS CHURCH THAT JOHN LEFT TO SETTLE AT SOUTHAMPTON.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING GUSTAVE ANJOU,USE GOOGLE AND DO A SEARCH FOR HIM.WHAT YOU WILL FIND COVERS HIS FRAUDULENT PRACTICE QUITE WELL.
I HOPE THIS IS AN ADEQUATE EXPLAINATION.
ROBERT OGDEN
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