Probably came to New England with the Rev. Peter Bulkley, who was rector of the parish of Odell, in Bedfordshire, England, 1620. The Odell family had been settled in Bedfordshire for many generations, and it is probable that Mr. Wm. Odell was a resident of that part of England. He died at Fairfield, Conn. , in June, 1676, leaving sons John and William. Wm. Odell, Jr. , was of Fairfield, and afterwards of Rye, N. Y. , where he owned a large estate. From this Wm. Odell, Jr., the descent of Jonathan Odell of Pliilipse Manor is in the line of John of Pordham, whose wife was Johanna Turner ; and John Jr., whose wife was Hannah Vermilyea.

Jonathan Odell, son of John and Hannah Yermihea Odell, was born Dec. 26, 1730, and Margaret Dyckman his wife, in 1732. She died March 29, 17S3, and he died Sept 25, 1S18, -- both buried in the old Dutch Churchyard. Thev lived in the old Stone Inn still standingon the roadside, at Abbotsford, just below Irvington. Being ardent and undaunted Patriots, they suffered all the devastating consequences of living upon the border, the Neutral Ground, Mr. Odell himself and also some of his neighbors, being carried off and incarcerated in the old

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Dutch Church Prison, New York, in the autumn of 1776, and soon afu: the battle of White Plains, as related by his son, Col. John Odell, in histatement published herewith. In the later days, after the Revolution, it said by those who remember him, that he presented a picturesque appearance as he drove up the road in his gig to attend the Sabbathday 'services at the old Dutch Church, where he worshipped. He possessed a large lauded estate, 563 acres, extending from the Hudson River to the vSaw Mill River.