William Odell

1615 -

• Name	William Odell  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt. 1615
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Abt. 1639	Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [2]
  Will	6 Jun 1676	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Death	Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I1104	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2025

  
  

  Children	1. John Odell + 2. William Odell, Jr.,   b. Abt. 1634, Bedfordshire, England   3. Ms. Odell
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Another of the old families of Greenburgh, who have always been prominent in its history, is that of the Odells. The progenitor of the Odell family in America was Mr. William Odell, who, with his wife and family, came to Concord, Mass., about 1639. He afterwards removed to Fairfield, Conn., where he died, and his will dated, June 6, 1676, was proved by his son, John Odell, and his son-in-law, Samuel Moorehouse. Another son of the emigrant was William Odell, Jr., of Rye, N. Y., who married a daughter of Richard Vowles, of Rye, and had three children, one of whom was John Odell, of Fordham, N. Y., who married Hannah ____, and had, among other children, a son, John Odell, Jr., of Fordham, who married Hannah Vermilyea, and died leaving a will dated September 25, 1735 (N. Y. Liber 13, p. 183), in which he mentions his “honored father, John Odell,” his wife, Hannah, and his children – John, Isaac, Jonathan, Abraham, Hannah and Altien. source: Scharf, John Thomas. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been Annexed to New York City, Volume 2. Philadelphia, PA: L. E. Preston and Company, 1886.

  
  

• Sources

  [S317] Charles Washington Baird, Chronicle of a Border Town. History of Rye, Westchester County, New York, 1660-1870, Including Harrison and the White Plains Till 1788, (New York, NY: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, 1871). [S318] John Thomas Scharf, History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been Annexed to New York City, Volume 2, (Philadelphia, PA: L. E. Preston and Company, 1886).