Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin O'Dell was born in 1776, in Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Simeon J O'Dell Sr, was 51 and his mother, Mary Morey, was 47. He married Pheobe Carrier about 1800. He died on 14 October 1811, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States.
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- Benjamin Odell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Odell, a place in Bedfordshire, which derives from Old English wād ‘woad’ (a plant collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) + hyll ‘hill’. The spelling O'Dell is not Irish, but a creation by folk etymology, found first among English migrants to Limerick. Compare Waddell . — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames O'Dell and Odell .
Altered form of Swedish Odell , as if of Irish origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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