It is said that 011 occasion when the Hessians made a raid on the Odell premises they hung up a faithful slave Ccesar three several times so as to make him tell where the pork was secreted, but he would not, and at last they left him hanging until some one cut him down as soon as they were gone.
Ol the capture of Jonathan Odell, his grandson, Jackson Odell says: "My grandfather was made prisoner after the battle of White
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Plains and confined in the Sugar House, together with Jacob and Abraham Storms, Tennis Cronk, and Garret Lent. They all died there but my grandfather, Jonathan Odell." Gen. Vaughn of the British army was encamped for some days on the high ground west of the turnpike road, and adjacent to Jonathan Odell's house, called Odell's Hill; in the course of which time his orchard was cut down, about 1,000 bushels of wheat distroyed in the sheaf, and his hogs killed by the enemy. For the latter it is said he was afterwards fully paid.
Col. John Odell, s o called from having commanded a regiment of militia after the Revolution, born in 1756, was the eldest son of Jonathan. He was a stalwart patriot, and did valiant service in the cause of his country, winning distinction as one of the famous Westchester Guides. In a memorial to the legislature of this State date of Feb. 22, 1S30, his services are succinctly set forth as follows :