Rebecca ODELL

Family/Spouse: Samuel MOREHOUSE. Samuel (son of Thomas MOREHOUSE and Isabel ?) was born about 1642; died in 1687 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas MOREHOUSE died before 1700.
2. James MOREHOUSE
3. Mary MOREHOUSE was born about 1670; died in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
4. Samuel MOREHOUSE died in 1732.
5. Ann MOREHOUSE
6. Rebeckah MOREHOUSE was born in 1665; died on 02 Apr 1692 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
7. Hannah MOREHOUSE died before 1698.
8. Daniel MOREHOUSE was born about 1679; died on 24 May 1739 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
9. Elizabeth MOREHOUSE
10. John MOREHOUSE died between 28 Mar and 31 May 1727.

Notes:

"History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Odell, William
He came from Newport, co. Buckingham, England. Statements that he was a member of the Wodhull family of Thenford, co. Northampton, are absurdly irrelevant.
Of Concord by 1639; rem. to Southampton, L.i., 1642; and later to Fairfield, whre a grant of land was recorded 8 Apr. 1660.
Will 6 June 1676; son William; gr. child Samuel Morehouse, son of dau. Rebecca, and his brothers Thomas and john Morehouse; gr. child John Odell, son of John; to Goody Knap, four yards of new red cloth; dau.-in-law Mary Odell; son John Odell and dau. Rebecca Morehouse; son-in-law Samuel Morehouse and son John Odell, Exec'rs. Inv. 12 June 1676.

Name:
The name of his wife is unknown.

William was in Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony, by 1639 where his children James and Rebecca were born. he removed to Southampton, Long Island, New York, by 1642. On 30 August 1659 he is mentioned in Fairfield Land records and deeds, buying fifteen acres near the Chere/Chayr Swamp from Thomas Morehouse, which land he sold to John Hardman on 17 March 1662/3.

William married UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]