John Odell was then despatched to a hill near Twitching's corner, where one of the relief companies had been posted, but it had marched a day before to Wrights Mills. Upon the first intelligence of Newton's advance, Jonathan Odell conducted a daughter of Joseph Young afterwards Mrs. Van Wart on horseback to a place of safety. The horse he rode was a the Courtland grey. Tuesday September 23rd. - "The road from the White Plains road near the Court House which leads to Twitching's was called the Saw Mill river road. Lieu Wright Carpenter was brother of Mr. Carpenter who lived by Colonel Odells. The Van Tassel family [margin: Company] [page break] 28. 1845. settled early in the country before Phillipse purchased and intermarried, some of them with the Indians. Laurence's plantation near Dobbs Ferry probably just above. The English encamped sometime on the high ground west of the turnpike road and adjacent to Jonathan Odell's house. This ground was generally called Odell's Hill - while there they burnt about 1000 bushels of wheat belonging to Mr. Odell and cut down most part of his orchard. De Lancey's party overtook Cushing on the Sprain road about two miles south of McChains, but the way being narrow and the retreat conducted with skill they found no opportunity to charge till they arrived at Bates', that is, Odells.

The English encamped sometime on the high ground west of the turnpike road and adjacent to Jonathan Odell's house. This ground was generally called Odell's Hill - while there they burnt about 1000 bushels of wheat belonging to Mr. Odell and cut down most part of his orchard. De Lancey's party overtook Cushing on the Sprain road about two miles south of McChains, but the way being narrow and the retreat conducted with skill they found no opportunity to charge till they arrived at Bates', that is, Odells.