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Sept. 22d. Jackson Odell. - "Captain Roberts urged Thompson at Young's house to fall back upon the relief or to retire into the house, but he persisted in drawing up in front. John Odell was then dispatched to a hill near Twitching's corner, where one of the relief companies had been posted, but it had marched a day before to Wright's Mills. Upon the first intelligence of Newton's Nortons ad- -vance, Jonathan Odell (Col. John) conducted a daughter of Joseph Young afterwards Mrs. Van Wart on horseback to a place of safety. The horse he rode was the Courtland grey. Tuesday September 23rd. - "The road from the White Plains road near the C[ourt] house which leads to Twitching's was called Saw Mill river road. Lieut Wright Carpenter was brother of Mr. Carpenter who lived by Colonel Odells. The Van Tassel family
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settled early in the country before Philipse purchased and intermar- -ried, some of them with the Indians. Laurence's plantation near Dobb's Ferry probably just above. The English encamped sometime on the high ground west of the Turn- -pike road and adjacent to Jonathan Odell's house. This ground was gene- -rally 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. DeLancey's party overtook Cushing on the Sprain road about two miles south of Mc. Chains, but the way being narrow and the re- -treat conducted with skill they found no opportunity to charge till they arrived at Bates', that is, Odell's.
The English encamped sometime on the high ground west of the Turn- -pike road and adjacent to Jonathan Odell's house. This ground was gene- -rally 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. DeLancey's party overtook Cushing on the Sprain road about two miles south of Mc. Chains, but the way being narrow and the re- -treat conducted with skill they found no opportunity to charge till they arrived at Bates', that is, Odell's.