Daniel Odell (abt. 1733 - 1816)

Born about 1733 in Westerly, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Died 6 Dec 1816 at about age 83 in Smith's Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Daniel Odell served with United Empire Loyalists during the American Revolution.

Daniel Odell was born in about 1733, possibly in Westerly, Rhode Island. He was the second son of Augustine "Austin" Odell and Elizabeth (Galusiah) Odell.^[1][2] He came with his father to Beekman Precinct, Dutchess, New York by 1743.^[3]

He married Mary "Valentine" Spalding, a daughter of Samuel Spalding,^[4] at some point in New York,^[5] possibly about 1753.^[6] Daniel settled on 248-acre Lot 6 in Beekman, and joined the Dover Baptist Church on May 16, 1762. He was taxed in Beekman and Pawling from 1757 and 1778.^[7]

He was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War, likely the Private Daniel Odle who served in the Southern Campaign under Capt. Andrew Maxwell in Brigadier General Montfort Browne's Prince of Wales American Regiment.^[8] The muster rolls for his unit show him in Charlestown, South Carolina from February 24 to June 24, 1781; Beaufort, South Carolina from October 25 to December 24, 1781; James Island, South Carolina from April 25 to June 24, 1782; then in Long Island form December 25 1782 to February 24 1783.^[9] His land was confiscated during the Revolution; John Keating ran a merchant business on Odell's land in Dover. Odell claimed a loss of a 160 acre farm and house, plus a cider mill and carpenters and blacksmiths tools. His claim was rejected in 1786.^[10]

He left New York for Nova Scotia, where he appears on a roll of discharged officers in Annapolis County in June 1784 with a household of himself, one woman, and two children in Clements Township, (now Hillsburgh Township), Digby County. His son Abijah was also at Digby, while his son Daniel Jr. was at Annapolis.^[11] He petitioned for land at Smith's Cove in Digby County in 1785.^[12] He appears in the 1791 census for Clements.^[13]The Odells were the only Baptist Loyalists in Digby County, and hosted Rev. Enoch Towner's services at their Smith's Cove home.^[14] Daniel died December 6, 1816 in Smith's Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia^[15] and is buried in the Thomas Cemetery there.^[16]

Children:^[17]

1. Uriah Odell, b. December 28, 1755, m. Esther Sheldon. Stayed in New York.
2. Phebe Odell, b. May 28, 1758, m. Ebenezer Preston of Dover NY, d. March 31, 1838.
3. Abijah Odell, b. about 1758, m. Sarah Sheldon. Left Nova Scotia for Vermont.
4. Daniel Odell, b. 1761, m. Elizabeth Hunt.
5. Mary Odell, m. Marcus Brundage.

Note: Some online sources claim Daniel married Elizabeth Hunt after the death of his first wife Mary, but this appears to confuse Daniel with his son Daniel Jr.

Daniel was born about 1733. He passed away about 1816.

Sources

1. ↑ Twelve Families, p. 438
2. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.
3. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 609.
4. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.
5. ↑ Twelve Families, p. 438
6. ↑ Find a Grave
7. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.
8. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.
9. ↑ Clark, pp. 249-253.
10. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.
11. ↑ Wilson, p. 76.
12. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.
13. ↑ 1791 Clements Township Census - Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 6.
14. ↑ Wilson, pp. 90-91.
15. ↑ Twelve Families, p. 438
16. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.
17. ↑ Doherty: Vol. 9 Page 616-620.

See also:

• Clark, Murtie June. "Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War, Volume III: Official Rolls of Loyalists Recruited from the Middle Atlantic Colonies, with Lists of Refugees from Other Colonies." 1999. pp. 249-253.
• Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent Volume 9. 2007.
• O'Dell, William F. Twelve Families: An American Experience. Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1981, pages 123, 438.
• Wilson, Isaiah W. Geography and History of the County of Digby. Halifax, NS: Holloway, 1900.

• 1791 Clements Township Census - Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 6.
• Find a Grave
• Ancestry.com, US and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
• Ancestry.com, Nova Scotia, Canada, Land Petitions, 1765-1800
• Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census