He lived at the Tompkins- Odell farm, distinguished for having been the headquarters of Rochambeau during the summer of 1781, and which was purchased of the Commissioners of Forfeiture in 1785, he having previously purchased the interest of the widow Bates in the improvements on the property. Her husband, Gilbert Bates, was taken prisoner by two British scouts who came along and took him from the orchard just opposite the house, in the fall of 1779, and putting him on a horse, tying his feet together, so carried him away, and that was the last that was ever seen of him. Mr. Bates had bought the place of John Tompkins who built the now old and historic house about 1733.

Pierre Odell, who died at Hastings in 1885, and Dyckman Odell, who still continues to live on the old place, were both sons of Col. Jackson Odell. Dyckman Odell is married and has a family of seven children. Col. John Odell, who died in 1835, aged 79 years, was buried in the old Dutch Churchyard.

Lieutenant Abraham Odell, another son of Jonathan, born 1760, served in the early part of the Revolution as one of the Westchester Guides. He also, for some time, acted as Adjutant and Secretary to Governor-General George Clinton. Was a Lieutenant in 1781. After the war he was Member of Assembly for seven terms, and for nearly twenty years Supervisor of the town of Greenburgh. lie married Anne Mandeville of Peekskill. Died 1S20, and was buried in the old Dutch Churchyard, Tarrytown. Pliebe Odell, a daughter of Abraham, married Rufus S. King of New York, and was so the mother of Rufus King, E-sq-, of Yonkers, the historian of the Odell family.