2. | Captain Joseph Lewis ODELL was born in 1789 (son of Joseph ODELL and Sally LEWIS). Notes:
arrived in Westminster winter of 1811 with his cousin John Odell and James Lester
O’DELL / ODELL, Joseph, Pte., served under Captain Daniel Springer 1812, received Land Claim Certificate Unit - Flank Company 1st Regiment Middlesex Militia, Vol 22, File 65, pages 1854-1855 . Possible identification: born February 14, 1789 Dutchess Co., New York, son of Joseph O’Dell & Sarah Lewis; married Gesie Maria Bostwick; died in Westminster. First cousin of John O’Dell. [Elgin OGS website]
Was this Captain Joseph Odell of the Middlesex militia who mustered the militia to fight the Patriots in 1837?
Joseph married Gesie Maria BOSTWICK in 1813 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA. Gesie (daughter of Adolphus F. BOSTWICK and Mary Polly BOSTWICK) was born on 4 Aug 1792 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 19 Apr 1852 in Westminster Tp, Ontario; was buried in Bostwick Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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