Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Odell was born in 1690, in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Augustus Odell, was 30 and his mother, Sarah, was 20. He married Elizabeth Walker Greenman in 1710, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1760, in Hopkinton, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, at the age of 70.
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- Joseph Odell in entry for Joseph Odell, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
Spouse and Children
1690–1760 Male
1690–1777 Female
Children (5)
1714–1785 Male
1718–1793 Male
1720–1810 Male
1725–1825 Male
– Female
Parents and Siblings
1660–1751 Male
1670–1720 Female
Siblings (2)
1690–1760 Male
1709– Male
World Events (1)
1723 · Pirates Hung in Newport
Age 33
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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