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William ODELL

Male Abt 1618 - 1676


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  1. 1.  William ODELL was born about 1618 in Prob. Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England; died between 06 and 12 Jun 1676 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    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.

    Family/Spouse: UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. John ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 1638 in Poss. in England; died between 22 Apr and 6 May 1707 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    2. 3. Rebecca ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jul 1642 in Concord, Connecticut.
    3. 4. James ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 02 Jan 1639/40 in Concord, Connecticut; died before 04 Apr 1641; was buried on 04 Apr 1641 in Concord, Connecticut.
    4. 5. William ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1644.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John ODELL Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born before 1638 in Poss. in England; died between 22 Apr and 6 May 1707 in Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Although the births of John's siblings, James and Rebecca, were recorded in Concord, no record of John's birth is found. it is possible that he sailed as an infant from England with his parents.

    John was first mentioned in Fairfield records on 8 February 1673 when a deed noted that he had had "quiet possession" for eight years of a parcel of upland and meadow at Greenlea containing twelve acres. this is likely the same twelve acres that John's father William received from the Town of Fairfield 8 April 1660. John and wife Mary had married about 1665, so it is possible that John received the land as a gift from his father and built a home there. Two other gifts from William to John were recorded 24 November 1673, twenty acres in Greelea neck and two acres in Greenlea meadow.

    At a General Assembly held at Hartford 13 October 1664, John was "accepted to be made free," i.e., named a freeman. Mr. Gould and Mr. Sherman were appointed to administer the "oath of freedom." As a result of his freeman status, John began receiving regular grants of land from the Town of Fairfield.....

    In the list of the Fairfield's inhabitants and the amount of land that had been granted to them in the year 1670/71, John was cited with 467 acres, compared to his father's 362 acres. The value of John's estate was placed at 143 pounds, sixteen shillings compared to his father's 111 pounds, eight shillings. Compared to other Fairfield inhabitants, John was right in the middle; forty-nine had larger estates; fifty-two had smaller estates.

    On 7 May 1678, a petition signed by John Odell, Isak Wheeler and Mathew Sherwood was sent to the General Court in Hartford on behalf of the residents of Pequonnock. In it, they noted that "they live almost four miles distant from the center of the town, and find it very difficult to get their children educated at school" because of the distance to the school. "They have hired a schoolmaster..and have "forty-seven children already entered at (their own) school. They desire no help from the town for the support of this school, but ask that they be freed from paying to the town in reference to their school" (four miles away in the center of Fairfield). On 9 May 1678, at a Court of Election held in Hartford, the Court approved the petition and went on to "recommend it to the said Court of Fairfield to emprove so much of their county revenues as they can spare besides, for the settlement and encouragement of a grammar school there (in Pequonnock)".

    Joh may have had some kind of partnership with Samuel Treadwell, as the Town of Fairfield exchanged a twenty acre parcel of land with them in 1685. In 1685 and 1686, John and Treadwell exchanged a twenty-acre parcel and a thirteen-acre parcel with John's son-in-law Samuel Morehouse.

    On 18 March 1689/90, John and sons John junior and Samuel were all named to the list of freemen in the Town of Fairfield.

    John died sometime between 22 April 1707 when he wrote his will and 6 May 1707 when it was exhibited in the Fairfield Court of Probates by the witnesses. At the Court, it was approved and ordered to be recorded.

    John married Mary ? about 1665. Mary died before 22 Jan 1711/2. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. John ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1666 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Jun 1743 in Stratfield, Connecticut.
    2. 7. Elizabeth ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1745.
    3. 8. Rebecca ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point died before 11 Jan 1741/2.
    4. 9. Samuel ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1677 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1727.
    5. 10. Hannah ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Oct 1679 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 14 Jun 1756; was buried in Old Stratfield Burying Ground, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
    6. 11. Deborah ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Aug 1682 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 23 May 1745 in Greenfield, Connecticut.
    7. 12. Mary ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1693 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 13 Aug 1771 in Trumbull, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    8. 13. Martha ODELL  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1695; died after 1764.

  2. 3.  Rebecca ODELL Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 17 Jul 1642 in Concord, Connecticut.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 14. Thomas MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1700.
    2. 15. James MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 16. Mary MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1670; died in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 17. Samuel MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1732.
    5. 18. Ann MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 19. Rebeckah MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1665; died on 02 Apr 1692 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. 20. Hannah MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1698.
    8. 21. Daniel MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1679; died on 24 May 1739 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    9. 22. Elizabeth MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point
    10. 23. John MOREHOUSE  Descendancy chart to this point died between 28 Mar and 31 May 1727.

  3. 4.  James ODELL Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 02 Jan 1639/40 in Concord, Connecticut; died before 04 Apr 1641; was buried on 04 Apr 1641 in Concord, Connecticut.

  4. 5.  William ODELL Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born about 1644.

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