Will of Richard Odell of Newport Pagnell, (Bucks.) miller, dated 21 November, 1636:
To William Odell my eldest son, my freehold land in Cranfield, co. Beds. Mary Odell my daughter £20 at marriage or 21. Elizabeth Odell, daughter of John Odell my brother, 10 shillings. Residue to Martha my wife, whom Extrx. and John Odell and Robert Markes of Newport Pagnell, blacksmith, Overseers.
To William Odell my eldest son, my freehold land in Cranfield, co. Beds. Mary Odell my daughter £20 at marriage or 21. Elizabeth Odell, daughter of John Odell my brother, 10 shillings. Residue to Martha my wife, whom Extrx. and John Odell and Robert Markes of Newport Pagnell, blacksmith, Overseers.
Witnesses:
Richard Hull
Thomas King
Robert Bitchnoe
Proved 10 January, 1636/7, by the Extrx. named
(Source - Arch: Buckinghamshire Will Book 36, folio 80)
| Family Members Mentioned | Property Listed |
| Martha Odell (wife) | • residue of estate • made co-executor |
| William Odell (eldest son) | • freehold land in Cranfield, Bedfordshire England |
| Mary Odell (daughter) | • £20 when she marries or turns 21 |
| John Odell (brother) | • made co-executor |
| Elizabeth Odell (niece) *daughter of brother, John |
• 10 shillings |
Background Information:
Richard Odell was born 1576 in Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Martha Nicholls in about 1601 in Pagnall and died there in 1637. Richard might have been the son of Richard Odell (born ca. 1540 in Bedfordshire, England and died 31 Mar 1611 in Salford, Bedforedshire, England) and Elizabeth Perst/Pierce/Pierde (1550-1580), who were married 12 Sep 1565 in Bedfordshire.
My direct ancestor, William Odell (1602-1676), might have been the above mentioned "eldest son" of Richard Odell (1576-1637), who was willed the land in Bedfordshire. My William Odell was christened in the Cranfield Parish Church in Bedfordshire, England 24 Feb 1602. Note that Cranfield is the very place in which the land was located. He is believed to be a direct descendant of Walter Flanrencis, the Count of Flanders, who may have fought alongside William the Conqueror in 1066.
William Odell immigrated to America in the 1630's from England. William, a Puritan, was a Concord Planter who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with Winthrop's Fleet on a ship called the Susan and Ellen, likely with the congregation of Reverend Peter Bulkeley's All Saints Church. Concord was the first inland settlement in what was then Massachusetts, and William purchased land there from the Indians.
Richard Odell was born 1576 in Pagnall, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Martha Nicholls in about 1601 in Pagnall and died there in 1637. Richard might have been the son of Richard Odell (born ca. 1540 in Bedfordshire, England and died 31 Mar 1611 in Salford, Bedforedshire, England) and Elizabeth Perst/Pierce/Pierde (1550-1580), who were married 12 Sep 1565 in Bedfordshire.
My direct ancestor, William Odell (1602-1676), might have been the above mentioned "eldest son" of Richard Odell (1576-1637), who was willed the land in Bedfordshire. My William Odell was christened in the Cranfield Parish Church in Bedfordshire, England 24 Feb 1602. Note that Cranfield is the very place in which the land was located. He is believed to be a direct descendant of Walter Flanrencis, the Count of Flanders, who may have fought alongside William the Conqueror in 1066.
William Odell immigrated to America in the 1630's from England. William, a Puritan, was a Concord Planter who came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with Winthrop's Fleet on a ship called the Susan and Ellen, likely with the congregation of Reverend Peter Bulkeley's All Saints Church. Concord was the first inland settlement in what was then Massachusetts, and William purchased land there from the Indians.
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