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Eliza Jane ODELL

Female 1821 - Aft 1891  (> 71 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Eliza Jane ODELL was born in 1821 (daughter of John ODELL* and Annis GRIFFETH*); died after 1891.

    Eliza married William Loop ODELL after 1859. William (son of William ODELL* and Caroline WILSON*) was born in 1824 in Odelltown, LC; died after 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John ODELL* was born on 17 May 1787 in Dutchess, New York, USA (son of John ODELL and Regina Enor SCHRIVER*); died on 27 Feb 1852.

    Notes:

    came to Westminster Tp middle of winter 1811 with his first cousin Captain Joseph Lewis Odell and James Lester.
    L 25 C1
    served in War of 1812

    O’DELL / ODELL, John, Pte., served under Captain Daniel Springer 1812, received Land Claim Certificate Unit - Flank Company 1st Regiment Middlesex Militia, Vol 22, File 65, pages 1848-1851. Possible identification: born May 18, 1788 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York; son of John O’Dell & Elizabeth Schryver; married Annis Griffith; died February 27, 1852 in London; buried Old Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery, Middlesex Co. First cousin of Joseph O’Dell. [Elgin OGS website]

    first school Odell schoolhouse, one of earliest in Westminster Tp, built on his land 1817
    Odell 2
    11 children

    John married Annis GRIFFETH* in 1816. Annis (daughter of Nathan GRIFFITH* and MARY*) was born in 1797; died on 22 Sep 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Annis GRIFFETH* was born in 1797 (daughter of Nathan GRIFFITH* and MARY*); died on 22 Sep 1867.

    Notes:

    Odell 1

    Children:
    1. Lyman Oscar ODELL* was born in 1834; died on 20 Oct 1890.
    2. Seraph Prissila ODELL* was born in 1823; died in 1824.
    3. Priscilla ODELL* was born on 21 Aug 1825; died on 2 Mar 1859.
    4. Nathan ODELL* was born on 5 Feb 1829; died on 26 Jul 1829.
    5. Eanor Louisa ODELL* was born in 1830; died on 11 Apr 1889.
    6. Edwin Augustus ODELL* was born in 1837; died in 1838.
    7. Mary Ann ODELL* was born in 1817; died on 3 Jun 1856.
    8. Leonard ODELL was born in 1819; died in 1889.
    9. 1. Eliza Jane ODELL was born in 1821; died after 1891.
    10. John Austin ODELL was born in 1832; died in 1899.
    11. Harriet Maranda ODELL was born in 1840; died in 1914.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John ODELL was born in 1758 in Dutchess, New York, USA (son of Joseph ODELL and Martha MANNING); died in 1812.

    Notes:

    died from illness in War of 1812 in Quebec
    [HCM, p. 948]: John Odell was born in 1758 in Dutchess County, N.Y.. His wife, Enor Schriver, was also born in that State, Feb. 17, 1761, and to their union a family of ten children were born -- William, Peter, Joshua S., Albert S., John, James, Rebecca (who married a Mr. Doty), Martha (wife of Ezra Griffith, the first tax collector of Westminster Township), Hannah and Loop. During the American Revolution, John Odell was a Loyalist, and left the State of New York shortly after 1785, and settled near Montreal, Canada, where he passed the remainder of his days. All his children, with the exception of Loop, who died in Lower Canada, came to Westminster Township, Ont., his son Albert S. being the first one to come. The latter arrived in 1810, and the remainder of the family shortly after, his brother Joshua coming in 1811 and taking up 200 acres of land, on which he located and began clearing.

    [HCM, p. 950]: John Odell was born February 19, 1758, and was married on the 17th day of February, 1779, to Miss Enor Schriver, who was born February 17, 1761. Their sons and dughters are as follows: -- William (who was born February 17, 1782), Peter (born November 17, 1783), Johanna (born September 1, 1785), Albert S. (born May 26, 1787), John (born May 18, 1789), James (born July 19, 1791), Rebecca (born September 19, 1793), Martha (born January 15, 1796), Hannah (born April 1, 1798), and Loop (born March 1, 1802). [The third child was given by William Odell as Joshua S., instead of Johanna.]

    John married Regina Enor SCHRIVER* in 1779. Regina was born in 1761; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Regina Enor SCHRIVER* was born in 1761; died in 1844.

    Notes:

    Odell/Manning

    Children:
    1. Hannah ODELL was born in 1798.
    2. Albert Scriver ODELL* was born in 1787 in Dutchess, New York, USA; died on 14 Jul 1856.
    3. 2. John ODELL* was born on 17 May 1787 in Dutchess, New York, USA; died on 27 Feb 1852.
    4. William ODELL* was born in 1782 in Dutchess, New York, USA; died on 12 Aug 1850.
    5. Martha ODELL* was born in 1796 in Odelltown, LC; died in 1866.

  3. 6.  Nathan GRIFFITH* was born in 1756 in Maryland, USA; died on 11 Aug 1852.

    Notes:

    enlisted in Continental Army 1776 in Baltimor, Private and Corporal, until 1783; 9 months ranging service Mohawk Valley; took part in the taking of Burgoyne and several engagements previous; he received a pension from the U.S. gov't from 1818 until his death. He and wife Mary moved from Vermont to Westminster in 1835 to join their children
    Griffeth 9

    born 1756 - probably the earliest birth of anyone at BSC

    [HCM, p. 1001]: Nathan Griffith, sr. (grandfather of Mrs. Skuse), was a soldier in the American Revolution on the side of liberty, and received a pension from the American Government. ...Mr. Griffith, sr., resided in Vermont for some years after his son had moved to Canada, but finally took up his residence with his son.

    Nathan married MARY*. was born about 1769; died on 22 Jun 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  MARY* was born about 1769; died on 22 Jun 1848.

    Notes:

    Griffeth 7

    Children:
    1. Nathan GRIFFITH* was born in 1790; died on 21 Jan 1862.
    2. Ezra GRIFFETH* was born in 1791; died on 11 Apr 1880.
    3. 3. Annis GRIFFETH* was born in 1797; died on 22 Sep 1867.
    4. Mary Polly GRIFFETH was born about 1799; died in 1871.
    5. Lyman GRIFFETH was born about 1804 in Vermont, USA; died on 8 Oct 1869.
    6. Eli GRIFFETH* was born about 1806 in Vermont, USA; died on 7 Nov 1879.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Joseph ODELL was born in 1735 in Westchester Co., New York, USA; died about 1802.

    Joseph married Martha MANNING in 1757. Martha was born in 1738; died in 1806. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Martha MANNING was born in 1738; died in 1806.
    Children:
    1. Joseph ODELL was born in 1761 in Dutchess, New York, USA; died in 1824.
    2. 4. John ODELL was born in 1758 in Dutchess, New York, USA; died in 1812.